Sean Johnson http://seanjohnson.net The blog and portfolio of designer and graphic artist Sean Johnson Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:15:35 +0000 en hourly 1 Blowing off the cobwebs! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seanjohnson/~3/4rasxNGj-XI/ http://seanjohnson.net/blog/blowing-off-the-cobwebs/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:40:20 +0000 Sean http://seanjohnson.net/?p=282 Well well, it’s been a while, ain’t it?!

Since starting my own design company – Nice and Ripe Ltd – back in April it’s been hectic to say the least. We had our second baby only a month before and with a steady stream of work coming in I’ve been burning the midnight oil and drinking loads of coffee!

I had every intention of running Nice and Ripe as a web and graphic design agency and having this site as an outlet for my personal, more artistic productions, but it became apparent very quickly that work was coming in off the back of my personal work showcased around the internet. As a result, I’m going to be merging the two sites and using Nice and Ripe as the outlet for all my creative output – not only art, design and creative direction, but also my music production and DJing.

I’m going to be moving into a new art studio over the next few weeks and I’ll be buying a 4 colour screen printing press so I can produce my own limited prints and t-shirts that I’ll be selling on the new website.

I’ve also been invited to paint at a couple of festivals this year including the Secret Garden Party next week which I’m particularly buzzing about. It’s 25 years this year since I did my first piece of graffiti art as a teenager and the smell of paint brings the memories flooding back. :)

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(30″ x 8″)

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Run, DMC & Jam Master Jay
Watercolour on paper (12″ x 9″)

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Public Enemy
Watercolour on paper (12″ x 9″)

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Eric B & Rakim
Watercolour on paper (12″ x 9″)

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Afrika Bambaataa
Watercolour on paper (12″ x 9″)

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For those who love my Hand Of Sean font there’s now Sean’s Other Hand font – a lighter, more natural version of my own handwriting, but with some similar characteristics of the original Hand Of Sean font.  Sean’s Other Hand is currently only available for download from this site.

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A clean and tidy hand-written font available for exclusive download from DaFont.com

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]]> http://seanjohnson.net/portfolio/fonts/tidy-hand/feed/ 0 http://seanjohnson.net/portfolio/fonts/tidy-hand/ Model Train Graffiti http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seanjohnson/~3/HC4Ff3MxXcY/ http://seanjohnson.net/blog/model-train-graffiti/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:10:35 +0000 Sean http://test2.seanjohnson.net/?p=23 I recently bought a couple of model train carriages to paint up with graffiti as a little fun side project and whilst doing a bit of research I found this video on YouTube. It’s been filmed really well and looks pretty realistic in places. When I’m done I might try and hijack Pop’s train set to take some photos!

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The legend that is Keith Haring sadly passed away 20 years ago to the day, aged only 31! He worked with a number of New York graffiti artists during the 80s and gave a different take on street art culture.

He was a massive inspiration for me – much love! Rest in peace.

www.haring.com

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