Organised!

So I have organised my desk, I have bought an amazing new computer chair....now to do some illustration...

I have some good ideas in the pipeline I just need to start on them, like my mum always says 'stop talking about them and start doing them!' 

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Here is my print for today's screening of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas at Cult Cinema Sunday! I've focused on some of the weird and wonderful characters you see in Fear and Loathing to create this this very bright and funky poster that will be for sale tonight! There are 50 signed prints to get your hands on tonight but if you miss out or can't make it you can get your copy after the night at http://www.cultcinemasunday.bigcartel.com/

Ripley's believe it or not!

 'Frenchwomen in the 17th Century created elaborate hairdos with scenes from literature, models of the city of Paris, windmills and waterfalls.'

'Edward Bovington of Burnham England, had three tongues.'



For my latest editorial work I decided to illustrate some facts from the 'Ripley's believe it' or not book. I'm always interested in the unusual and bizarre and this book is rich with great tales of extraordinary people and things so it was good fun looking through the book and deciding which quotes to illustrate, I still have one more I want to do so keep checking back!

Platform Expos 2012

Over the 17th and 18th me and a group of illustrators from Hull did live painting at Platform Expos an event that showcases digital gaming and the entertainment industry. For my characters I played around with creating a monster robot creature hybrid! The days where long but fun and now I have two great character designs I intend to use and develop for another project.... :)

Also you can see our painted wall coming together in a time lapse video courtesy of photographer Thomas Arran (you can see more of his work at- http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomasarran) 

Time Lapseeeeeee - http://vimeo.com/38974543

UN Declaration of Human Rights Illustrations

The UN Declaration of Human Rights is something I've always known of but never read until this project. Initially I thought it would be a hard project to create images for but once I got my head around it and found things I could relate into the images it was quite fun! All the UN quotes are incorporated into the images fully apart from two; the heart in hands is; 


Article 3. Everyone has the right to life liberty and security of person. 


And the school child with the lunch box is;

Article 26. (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.

Doll House!

So excited over this! Found a 1970s Caroline's Dolls house in a charity shop for a fiver! It's just the size I was looking for to restore! Can't wait to get going on it as a little on going project for myself, just waiting on some lights for it at the minute before I start.

One more quote illustrated

I decided to have a go at another Bruce Mau quote this one was 'Break it, Stretch it, Bend it, Crush it, Fold it'. I wanted to achieve the piece by representing the words at shapes, some of them work really well some of them could do with more tweaking but I really like the over all effect! I also used illustrator for some the shapes which was new to me.

New Scientist cover and spot illustrations

' drinkers learn to like the taste of alcohol because they associate it with pleasure, so they could gradually re-educate their palates to appreciate substitutes too.'

'The big problem with alcohol is that it kills people. And while there's an obvious way to stop this happening - drink less or not at all - for some reason, humans find this advice nigh on impossible to follow.'

For this project we had to create a cover and two black and white spot illustrations for New Scientist. I found a great article in one magazine called 'Taking the Demons out of drink' looking at whether you can replace alcohol with a pill or whether you can solve hang overs with a pill.

Text Me Up

This project was to illustrate texts from Tracey Moberly's new book 'Text Me Up'. The book is a collection of text messages she has kept since 1999! I picked out three out the 100,000 she has! Here's a link to the book if you are interested- http://www.sanderswood.com/text-me-up!/

'Kill kill kill'

'Where's my sugar puffs'

'KY jelly £3.00 Nicole love doll £84.95 Penis enlarger £39.95. Porno Paul'

The images will be displayed in The Museum of Club Culture on Wednesday 23rd when Tracey Moberly is also doing a talk about her book, so get yourself down to that! There will be lots of other illustrators displaying their interpretations of the texts too! http://www.facebook.com/groups/378470125091/

Bruce Mau Quotes

Take Field Trips - The bandwidth of the world is greater than that of your TV set, or the Internet, or even a totally immersive, interactive, dynamically rendered. object-oriented, real-time graphic-simulated computer environment.

Imitate - Don't be shy about it. Try to get as close as you can. You'll never get all the way, and the separation might be truly remarkable.

Go Deep - The deeper you go, the more likely you will discover something of value.

Drift - Allow yourself to wander aimlessly. Explore adjacencies. Lack judgement. Postpone criticism.


Slow Down - Desynchronize with typical time frames and surprising opportunities may present themselves.

Stay up late - Strange things happen when you've gone too far, been up too long, worked too hard, and you're separated from the rest of the world.

Famous Quote Editorials

'I see this strange tool, my brain' John Fowles.

'The Bark is the song of the Dog' Anon.

'A person without imagination is like a teabag without hot water' Anon.

'Invention or discovery takes place by combining ideas' Jacques Hada Mard.

'Beware of Artists they mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous' Queen Victoria.

'Colour is the place where our Brain and the Universe meet' Paul Klee.


These are my new editorial pieces for illustration.

Business Jargon

Cubicle Monkey

Desk Jockey

Jump the Shark

Catch a Whale

I've been looking at Business Jargon this week and ways of illustrating certain quotes of jargon for editorial purposes. These are my final images hope you enjoy them!

Elvis Presley 2011

Finally my finished colour version of Elvis Presley! I'm happy with it but at the same time I feel like it needs something more, however I can't think what that something more should be! If you have any feedback or ideas just let me know! My twitter is http://twitter.com/#!/vicksoir and my facebook is http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Victoria-Green-Illustration/100002530548813 cheers :)