Recently I was contacted by County Durham based Metal band Reflection in exile to design them a new t-shirt. After listening to what I feel is some fantastic riffoholic mayhem this is what we came up with…

Reflections in Exile website.

Reflections in Exile Facebook

Reflections in Exile reverbnation

Get committed to creativity by getting in touch and seeing what ASYLUMseventy7 can do for you, your band or business

ASYLUMseventy7 can not only fix you up with creative eye catching CD artwork and design taken from the initial idea through to the completed product in your hand but also set your stage, posters and website to match! Get committed to creativity and the full eye catching image!

Stage graphics are a simple and very effective way to own the stage for your set and etch the logo or current CD artwork in the fans mind for future gigs and events! These can take the form of drum skins, amp covers, and backdrop banners!

Gig posters are a fantastic eye catching way to get your band noticed and remembered.

Band websites are another great way to tie the band image and current album artwork together in one strong eye catching cohesive look.

Happy Valentines Day!

I am very very lucky to be able to celebrate this day with the most wonderful woman I have ever known, she is my world, my love, my inspiration, my strength and my reason for carrying on when things get harder than I think I can cope with! she is my wonderful, beautiful, kind, clever and loving wife Emily.

Thank you my love for being mine!

Here is the new artwork for Leeds based indy rock band Little Vegas Lies After doing their logo redesign early last year it was a great pleasure to finish the year designing their new EP The Domino EP.

Little Vegas Lies

Little Vegas Lies on Soundcloud

Little Vegas Lies on Facebook

Little Vegas Lies on Twitter

Little Vegas Lies on Youtube

At the beginning of the year I was contacted by Sweet Delirium Jewellery about shooting their new range, after some discussion and planning, sourcing and arranging models and MUA the date got booked, the pieces were sent and the camera was put into action, these are some of my favorite shots from that action…

Model: Crimson Raine & Alivya V Free
MUA: Liv Free – Make Up & Hair Artist
Photo and edit: ASYLUMseventy7
Jewellery: Sweet Delirium Jewellery

At the beginning of the year I was contacted by a few people with some very cool projects and this was one of them. Krissy Gore owner at Gore Couture Corsets asked me to shoot this new and very cool spiked corset. After working with Liv Free Make up and hair on all my other shoots with Gore couture we decided she would be perfect for the job then with the addition of her accessories (Creations by Liv Free) and model Imogen (last seen in the Gore couture Vampire shoot – Vampires don’t sparkle ) we had our team.

Heres the results of a fun day with bubbles and spikes.

Get committed to creativity!

This is my first submission to The Gallery, to read more on what it’s all about click the link

Here is some new logo and T-shirt design work I completed for punk singer songwriter BruceTality!

Formerly a member of The Shreds and Disarray! Now a solo artist writing original material in a Punk singer/songwiter style. Inspired by the Beat Poets of the 50′s and Folk Singers of the 60′s as much as 70′s Punk and 80′s Hardcore. I’m hoping to bring my own flavour to songs about my experiences and the people I’ve met so far in my life…

Check out BruceTality on Youtube

2011 was a good year for me at ASYLUMseventy7, as you can read in my “highlights of year” post, but I have bigger plans, targets and dreams for 2012. Here are some of the things I’m aiming to achieve this coming year, some simple, some hard and a few just things I’d love to add to my portfolio.

• One of my aims for 2011 was to get my Facebook like page to 2,000 likes. This year I aim to double that to 4,000 and also increase the interaction with the people on there.
• In a similar vein I aimed to get my Twitter followers to 1,000 as well as talk to more tweeps. Again I’d like to double this and spread the creativity and conversation more.
• In 2011 I had a couple of interviews at the beginning of the year and later got work on the BBC and arts council websites not to mention several papers, this year I aim to repeat it and get more exposure in both print and on line publications.
• Models I would love to work with include: Ruby True, ulorin vex and Helene Atsuko again. If anyone can help make this happen please get in touch!
• Waldrobe Id like to work with this year include: Violaceous Latex, Antiseptic Fashion, Sacre Coeur Adornments, Sweetdelirium jewelry and more with Gore Couture
• As well as working with more metal/rock and indy bands I would like to design/photograph some really heavy/black metal bands as well as break into the darker drum & bass scene.

What is on your list of aims, targets and creative dreams? Let me know in the comments below

Welcome to the last post of the year. Here I just want to say thank you to all the cool people I have had the pleasure of working with and show off some of my favorite works and highlights of 2011.

These new promo work that I had printed and have been selling well as postcards in my shop , CD design and artwork for guitarist Zeni Danussi, T-shirt design for Code666 band negura bunget, The poster and logo for the Grimsthorpe festival, Logo design for black metal band Engraved in Blood, some new edits of old shoots featuring Helene Atsuko, Alix Gray and Starr Saxby, A vampire photoshoot with MUA Live Free and Gore Couture corsets, Promo shoot for Attitude clothing with industrial band Combichrist, exhibiting some of my work in New York,not to mention getting my photography on the BBC and arts council websites for my work at  SO Festival 2011.