Kyle Smart

Change of Address

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:59:00 +0000

I've decided to start using Tumblr, instead of Blogger for my regular updates. Its right here. Please do re-subscribe.

Cheers :D

New Studio, New Piece

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:50:00 +0000

This weeks been really busy, I got a studio space! I share the space with a friend of mine, Liam Barrett, plus Jon Mcnaught, Robin Davey and James Lewis. Heres my corner -

Today I had time to squeeze out a new piece to. Been trying to give things more context and reason to be on the page. This is not intended to offend, lets see what the internet thinks.

cheers

The Skinny: Heston

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:37:00 +0000

Heres a quick Illustration I did for The Skinny Magazine again. It was about TV chefs and in particular Heston Blumenthal. So here he is, serving up some science, on a plate, on the TV.

Cheers

Sharon Van Etten

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:44:00 +0000

Zero Core Magazine asked me to produce an Illustration to accompany a Sharon Van Etten piece. I wasn't familiar with her work before, but ended up listening to the whole lot on Spotify. 'Serpents' really stood out for me, so this is what I ended up with.

Thanks for looking.

5 to 1

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:40:00 +0000

There has been a lot in the news lately about high unemployment. A lot of people I know are struggling with the issue. Had a quiet weekend so produced this. For every 5 jobseekers, there is 1 job available.

Also my favourite sketch from this weeks life drawing.

cheers.

Glasgow Film Festival - The Skinny Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:08:00 +0000

Pete over at The Skinny magazine asked me to produce a couple of header style images for the film and music section. The Glasgow Film festival was coming up. So I took a load of characters making an appearance. The deadline was pretty tight for an image like this but I'm pleased with the results. Monoke and Supes are my favourite. Click for a larger image.

Cheers for avin a peek.

Bits and Bobs

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:07:00 +0000

I've been really busy doing lots of stuff that I can't show yet. So for now heres some bits and bobs that I've been doing in between other stuff.

Hurrah for starting life drawing again and thanks for having a look.

Buenos Aires Exhibition - DISTANCE

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:02:00 +0000

Every now and again I get invited to do something for an exhibition. The nice thing about these is it gives me a chance to just try some new things out for an afternoon. Here is one such piece.

Thanks to Romina for inviting me to participate.

The Work Life Balance Kit

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:37:00 +0000

I've been looking at a lot of a air-fix model kit diagrams lately... exciting stuff. Or, at least trying to figure out a way of appropriating some of it. I spotted an article about work-life balance and this sprung to mind.

Cheers for looking.

Thoughts Not Spoken - Take 2

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:16:00 +0000

I've redone the 'Thoughts Not Spoken' piece. I thought it deserved a bit better execution so here it is. This time with a woman not looking into an abyss. Quite quick again over a day, trying out my new stay wet palette and still marvelling at the powers of complementary colour mixing.

Cheers

Global Cool Foundation

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 15:33:00 +0000

In between some other projects I've been doing some work for an organisation who are trying to help promote a greener lifestyle. This was part of a website relaunch, the core message was to try and get people to turn off the heating in favour of some warm jumpers. This will be the last post for a couple of weeks over Christmas. Expect to hear again in the new Year.

Thanks for looking :D

The Skinny - Robo-SantaZilla

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:00:00 +0000

I promise this is the last Festive image from me this year! This was another really fun piece for the guys over at The Skinny Magazine. This time, Santa gets his wires crossed with SkyNet and takes over the world.

You can read the article here or go buy the magazine from anywhere good.

Christmas Card

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:00:00 +0000

Here's this years Christmas Card, limited edition of 50. I've only got a few left after our Pop-Up shop( See the slideshow below). They are £2 including postage and packaging, so email me if you'd like one.

In other news, my website has had a pretty big re-vamp. So go check it out - http://www.kylesmart.co.uk/

Thanks for looking

The Skinny - Santa's List

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:28:00 +0000

I've been doing lots of Christmas related stuff lately and felt the need to hold of on it a bit. Wouldn't want to pre-empt anything. This is for a great little magazine called 'The Skinny'. Available on all good magazine racks.

This is one of those times when the rough just wasn't working after I got started. So went back to try and add another twist. Hey presto, Santa on the loo.

Soft Monsters

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:32:00 +0000

Heres a piece for Annalemma Magazine . A short fiction piece about two blokes who meet in a gallery. Was nice to do something a bit more spontaneous with the marks.

6x8 Exhibition

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:53:00 +0000

I did some work for a charity exhibition that opened this weekend to raise money for a children's charity. Here are my two pieces.

Painting

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:05:00 +0000

Here are some little paintings I did a while ago. They will be on sale in a pop-up christmas shop in Quakers Friars, Bristol, from the 11th. I've got a huge canvas on the go, along a similar line. When thats done I think I can put these dancer paintings to bed and move on.

Siri

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:38:00 +0000

Amazed by the IPhone and Siri, I've been looking at my droid with disappointed eyes lately.

Food and Gender

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:03:00 +0000

Here's an idea from a long time ago that I thought could do with sprucing up a bit to round of the portfolio.

Drawing for Animatic

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:48:00 +0000

A video production company in Bristol contacted me to do some drawings for an animatic they were producing. The drawings had to be both simple and digital so it was easy for them to work with. Here's some of them.

Pathological Atruist

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:47:00 +0000

Editorial for an article I thought was interesting from the NY times. About how some people go too far with altruism at their own expense. Been trying to speed up with this one to.

New Home, New Studio

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 15:33:00 +0000

Things have just started to get going again after graduating. I thought I would post a quick picture of my corner of our new home studio. Expect to see some new work in the coming weeks.

Also I started my new job as the Illustration fellow/Intern at UWE. I'll generally be helping the lecturers their teach the program and fill in any gaps when they aren't around. Looking forward to meeting the new students next week.

Thanks, Kyle

Millers Law

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 21 May 2011 09:43:00 +0000

I've been preparing for a couple of big group shows with my fellow UWE students the past couple of weeks. In the meantime I did this editorial for a science piece about how the more we discover the less we know, revealing the unknown.

AMMO Magazine.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 21:03:00 +0000

My work has been published in AMMO magazine, Issue 6. My copy should be arriving in the post soon. If you want to see it in print along with loads of other great Illustrators you can buy it from their website. Heres some photos the Art Director sent over. Cover Illustration is by Gabriella Barouch.

Penguin Jacket

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:52:00 +0000

I'm going to visit some family and friends tomorrow, but before I leave I thought I'd put these two images up. One is for a Penguin design compeition and the other is an editorial about the art of science writing. Some resolution versions are on my website. Which has also had some under the hood work. Thanks for looking!