Despite having quite a comical name (hes going to hate me for saying that ) Levi Bunyan is an Aberdeen based graphic designer, of whom has established himself a solid portfolio of posters and similar for many local bands. His style is characterised by the use of clean lines and often imaginative vectors that he incorporates into his designs.  I caught up with him the other day and squeezed the following interview out of him, check out his site and flickr stream.

What are your main influences?

Back when I started designing, I liked alot of different stuff I found on flickr and deviantart, this one guy agentfive on dA really got me into poster designing. Lately iv been really into the stuff by iso50, and of course the Obey Giant stuff.

What are your weapons of choice?

ak47 everytime! haha erm, I use a Dell XPS studio laptop, Wacom tablet, and Canon 400D camera, then I use Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator for the most part… and ofcourse pens, pencils, paper and the usually ‘artsy’ stuff haha

You have been producing gig posters more frequently, do you try to show the genre of the band through the imagery, or do you just go off on your own tangent?

Whenever I make a poster, for the most part, I listen to the band and try and get a feel for what they are about, and incorporate it into my own style, mixing the best of both, or atleast, trying to. Tho, there has been times I’ve had my own idea sunk in and go off on a tagent and do what I think would look nice

What do you do when you are not desiging? Other hobbies etc?

I am a geek 90% of the time. My hobbies were photography and designing from the beginning really, just turned into something more in the past while. Tho, I also train in Muay Thai kickboxing, enjoy mountain biking, and socialising, always good to meet new people etc etc.

Drink? JD n coke

Song for the moment? As I Watch You From Afar – Set Guitars To Kill

Genre of music? er, toughie, atm I’d say Progress Rock or Post Rock

Mac or PC? hahaha… I’M A PC!

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DirtyPilot.com and PaperMonster have teamed up to present some of today’s most talented stencil artists in a group show titled “Friends With Knives” opening on September 18th.

The show will feature works from artists such as LECKOmio, E.L.K., SOULE, Peat Wollaeger, PaperMonster, L.E.T. , Nathan Phaneuf , A1One , Billy Mode, Ben Slow, Koleszar, Dave Lowell, Mefee, Roy Schreuder and HAHA.

Friends With Knives aim is to highlight the beauty behind stencil graffiti styles/techniques such as photo-realism, pop, and political stencils at global level with artists hailing from Iran, Germany, USA, Australia, France and the United Kingdom.

Be sure to check out more over at DirtyPilot or visit PaperMonster for more info.

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Drew Millward is a fantastic British illustrator who creates some amazing characters. Drew was born in Coventry, grew up in Bolton, and now lives in Leeds.

He has recently updated his flickr page with some of his latest works which are truly inspiring.

Click the link below to see more of his works.

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He may be a boy by name, but Starheadboy is certainly a sticker man by nature.  Starheadboy has a style which makes his work look unfinished and rough but it is this style that makes his work look so innocent and childlike.

Based in Seattle, United States, Starheadboy’s creative stickers and paintings are no longer limited to the walls of the US. You’ll find his work dotted around the globe in some of the most prestigious street art locations.

The sticker is a fantastic tool with its ease of getting up. Using stickers minimises the time spend on the street reducing the risk of getting caught. However, Starheadboy has moved into the paste-up area and has more recently been working with new characters for this new method of art.

From more by Starheadboy check out the photos below and also his flickr page.

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“New York / London (September 8th, 2009) Independent web and mobile video content platform Babelgum will offer director John Reiss’ film documentary about the history of the international graffiti scene, BOMB IT, free-to-view online exclusively on Babelgum’s site. The full-length documentary, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and has screened at over 20 other festivals including Full Frame Doc Fest, will be available to watch on Babelgum’s Metropolis Channel, which is dedicated to showcasing videos about art, urban culture and trends, September 11th.

Named one of Daily Variety’s “Ten Digital Directors To Watch” John Reiss’s BOMB IT tells the story of graffiti through interviews and guerilla footage of graffiti writers in action following the movement as it paints the globe from Paris to Sao Paolo and Los Angeles to Cape Town. Featuring old school legends and current favorites such as Taki 183, Cornbread, Stay High 149, T-Kid, Cope 2, Zephyr, Revs, Os Gemeos, KET, Chino, Shepard Fairey, Revok, and Mear One. This cutting edge documentary tracks down today’s most innovative and pervasive street artists as they battle for control over the urban visual landscape.”

It’s certainly a film I’ll be checking out on it’s release on Babelgum this Friday!

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Here is a great little video about street artist Dr. D who takes advantage of the bill boards that we love to hate. The video is a “short documentary following London’s hardest working Street Artist Dr D around the time of the expenses scandal.”

The video has been produced byJack Lomax and directed by Colin O’Toole.

Previous work:

Via Vandalog.

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Southsea Skate Park, Portsmouth, has recently been visited by some of the leading UK stencil artists. The dreary concrete shapes have been decorated with a variety of different styles.

The event featured a Free Art area (where people where able to pick up a free piece of art) and the live painting of  the skate park.

Some featured artists that had work at the event where: Fark FK, Snub23, Stickee, Finbarr Dac, Please Flush, Ink Joy, Pahnl, Elmo and My Dog Sighs.

Click the link to see some more pictures:

Thanks to Elmo for the images.

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Check his flickr out here:
http://www.flickr.com/people/artofgorm/

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Legendary street artist Jef Aérosol has been busy recently with new work. He has updated his Flickr today with a host of images showing his latest pieces.

The work is up on the walls of Sicily, Italy.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with Jef Aérosol, he is a French artist who led the street art stencil revolution in France back in the 80’s. Widely recognised as one of the great stencil artists, Jef Aérosol’s work is comparable to that of Banksy – whilst there are similarities between the two, Jef should be recognised for his work independently.

Check more images of his work below.

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