Jack Hughes

YCN 11/12

2012-01-20T14:09:00.003Z

YCN 11/12 Student Awards poster I gone and done. Cheers Kez and Zoe!

1 Year on ...

2012-01-14T18:39:00.003Z

In death you're still my biggest inspiration.

R.I.P Trish

Birds

2011-12-22T22:36:00.001Z

A few cheeky Christmas birds I made today.

NEW WEBSITE

2011-12-06T22:01:00.001Z

WHOA! Crazy!

My new website it up and running, I really think you should go and check it out, I dedicated it to you, my loyal fan.

jack-hughes.com

Sunday Telegraph Magazine

2011-11-27T14:50:00.001Z

Small piece for the Sunday Telegraph Magazine supplement. About the Jawbone UP, go check it.

Preview

2011-11-27T14:49:00.001Z

Cheeky preview of a project I'm working on and really enjoying. More to come!

CIBSE Journal November

2011-11-18T15:01:00.001Z

Cover illustration for the CIBSE Journal November issue. You can read it online here as a pdf. Fun times.

Sci-Fi

2011-11-06T15:21:00.000Z

2001: A Space Odyssey

Brazil

Westworld

More to come!

Kirsten!

2011-11-06T15:19:00.000Z

A big thank you to Kirsten for her time at the YCN. Good luck with everything!

YCN Student Awards

2011-11-06T15:16:00.000Z

Illustrations to accompany the YCN's annual Student Awards. Go read the briefs here!

The Birks

2011-11-06T15:10:00.000Z

Charity action entry to save The Birks cinema. Went for 60 big ones!

TimeOut London October

2011-11-06T15:09:00.000Z

A few illustrations for TimeOut London the October issue.

Raise Your Game

2011-11-06T15:05:00.000Z

Illustrations for online article on the YCN website, read it here.

Therapy Today

2011-10-24T21:47:00.000+01:00

Was asked to be the house illustrator for the current issue of Therapy Today. Photos are courtesy of the YCN.

Ash

2011-10-06T13:49:00.001+01:00

Don't smoke kids. Smoke old people.

Google - Think Quarterly

2011-10-06T13:49:00.000+01:00

Illustrations for Google's Think Quarterly, read the article here.

September Shadows

2011-09-29T19:42:00.000+01:00

Computer Arts

2011-09-23T14:35:00.000+01:00

Illustration for Computer Arts issue October 2011.

Exciting!

Plastic II

2011-09-22T21:23:00.001+01:00

Two Inch Punch

2011-09-22T21:18:00.000+01:00

Some album artwork design for musician Two Inch Punch. Art Directed by Fred & Eric.

Plastic

2011-09-17T00:59:00.001+01:00

Cheeky peek at what I've been doing recently.

Space Shapes

2011-09-05T12:35:00.000+01:00

Some spacey/shapey stuff I was working on a while ago and suddenly stopped.

Americans ...

2011-09-05T12:32:00.000+01:00

Few poster designs for The School of Life, sadly I lost out to fellow YCN intern Ryan Bartaby, well deserved winner though! You can see his poster on the YCN blog here.

You've been swell!

2011-09-05T11:58:00.000+01:00

A goodbye/thank you card for fellow YCN intern Charlotte Trounce.

She was swell!

Rejected Heads

2011-09-05T11:53:00.000+01:00

Some rejected ideas for a recent project. Love a good head silhouette me. Enjoy!

Flat Packed Trees

2011-08-12T20:37:00.000+01:00

It's Nice That

2011-07-18T01:02:00.000+01:00

Got a mention on It's Nice That on their Things post alongside fellow illustrators Ellie Tzoni and Marin Matsuo for our collaboration screen print pack.

Post is here:

link

Go have a read!

YCN

2011-07-18T00:59:00.000+01:00

So sorry for having abandoned you all of late, the website appears to have taken priority over the blog in the last few months but things are about to change!

So I've joined the YCN which you can see here:

link

They also did a blog post about me which is here:

link

Rocket Man Bringeth News

2011-06-16T02:19:00.000+01:00

Sorry it's been a while guys, but I've been incredibly busy tricking myself into thinking all nighters, Relentless, huge printing costs and stress have been all worth it. Only time will tell if it actually has been. In other news, updated my website, please take a gander:

jack-hughes.com

Synthy

2011-05-22T13:48:00.000+01:00

Now I just need to print the bitch out and construct it into a reasonably well crafted synth. FML.

Motellin'

2011-05-21T16:19:00.000+01:00

Screen pranted.

The MOON MOTEL

2011-05-13T18:48:00.000+01:00

To be screen-prant.

Blue

2011-05-03T23:17:00.000+01:00

ALPHABET

2011-04-30T23:16:00.000+01:00

Cheeky little alphabet I've been doing over the past few days.

Cohen - Harvey

2011-04-22T16:59:00.000+01:00

D&AD

2011-04-20T16:55:00.000+01:00

UNSUCCESSFUL. Yeah cheers D&AD, can I have my £12 back now please?

Gabriel García Márquez

2011-04-15T12:51:00.000+01:00

Planes

2011-04-12T22:57:00.000+01:00

"How do poems grow? They grow out of your life." - Robert Penn Warren

Just a quick gif I made after spending a good half an hour gazing at the night sky with my camera, listening to this on accidental-repeat:

FMP the 1st

2011-04-07T19:53:00.000+01:00

"Be happy. It's one way of being wise." - Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Corsair - Boards of Canada

Final major project draft. Re-printing this is going to be phun.
Oh and if you want to buy one just hit me up.

Do Not Disturb

2011-04-05T22:42:00.000+01:00

"All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on." - Henry Ellis

Cosmic

2011-03-31T21:38:00.000+01:00

"The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it." - Terry Pratchett

COLOUR ME TOTEM

2011-03-31T21:07:00.000+01:00

"I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music" - P. J. Harvey

My submission for the Colour Me Totem project over at Inkygoodness. I would say submit your own, but the deadline is less than 3 hours away. Bertation.

http://inkygoodness.com/

http://www.urbandictionary.com/Bertation

TWIT

2011-03-09T16:10:00.000Z

I have now joined the ranks at twitter, follow me mayhap?

I Found The F

2011-02-24T03:05:00.000Z

"Everything's intentional. It's just filling in the dots." - David Byrne

Broadcast - I Found the F

Obsessed cont.

2011-02-20T20:57:00.000Z

"I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you." - Mae West

HIGHS FOR YOUR EYES

2011-02-20T14:13:00.000Z

CLASS OF 2011 - KINGSTON UNIVERSITY - ILLUSTRATION & ANIMATION BLOG:

HIGHS FOR YOUR EYES

Insane

2011-02-16T10:05:00.000Z

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean

BJÖRK .vs. POE

2011-02-15T19:31:00.001Z

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Edgar Allan Poe

"There's no map to human behaviour." - Björk

Dreaming

2011-02-06T23:05:00.000Z

"Dreaming about being an actress, is more exciting than being one." - Marilyn Monroe

Some image ideas.

Obsessed

2011-01-26T01:24:00.001Z

"Sometimes when people get what they want they realize how limited their goals were." - Joan Holloway

This is definitely productive work, especially since Mad Men has nothing to do with my FMP.

Cliché

2011-01-26T01:16:00.000Z

"Shake your earrings over my head, lay down your dreams on my pillow before bed." - Trish Keenan

She Begins

2011-01-19T17:51:00.001Z

"I took the top off my head, just to see what would happen. All my dreams floated away and I was left only with reality." - Supermundane

R.I.P Trish Keenan

2011-01-14T15:03:00.000Z

SOLAR - LUNAR - MILKY

2011-01-14T11:55:00.000Z

"Don't make decisions when you're angry. Don't make promises when you're happy."

CATastrophe

2011-01-12T20:22:00.000Z

"LAAAAAAAAAAAAALAAAAAAAALA........"

Stranger

2011-01-07T22:29:00.001Z

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." - Albert Camus

Same project done two years ago, link. Funny how different my style is.

Snow White

2011-01-04T00:35:00.000Z

"We had been waiting for something to happen, not realising it has started years ago."

I wish I could combine all of these images into something edible and eat it. Apologies to anyone if I've nicked a few of your images.

Enter

2011-01-02T23:17:00.000Z

"The hum of the machines comforted when all others were gone,"

Website is up and running, check it out here.It's far from finished though, still need to tweak a few things here and there, but please visit and let me know what you think.

p.s. learn to edit HTML and CSS scripts some more.

Noughties

2011-01-02T15:30:00.000Z

Broadcast - Tender Buttons

Boards of Canada - Dayvan Cowboy

Goldfrapp - Paper Bag

PJ Harvey - The Mountain

"I took the top off my head, just to see what would happen. All my dreams floated away and I was left only with reality."

R-r-r-reeepost.

Futuresound

2011-01-02T13:32:00.001Z

"People tell you who they are, but we ignore it - because we want them to be who we want them to be." - Don Draper

Taken me quite some time to photograph and upload this, but I wanted to do it justice with a nice camera. Project about Johnny Cash's If You Could Read My Mind.

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T13:15:00.001Z

Enjoy it everyone, here's to 2011, an impending year indeed.

Snowglobe

2010-12-23T22:06:00.000Z

"I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat." - Edgar Allan Poe

Companions

2010-12-17T00:29:00.000Z

"Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget." - G. Randolf

Cycle to the Olympics

2010-12-13T19:45:00.000Z

"I don't see why people are so snooty about Channel 5. It has some respectable documentaries about the Second World War. It also devotes considerable airtime to investigations into lap-dancing, and other related and vital subjects." - Boris Johnson

This project has truly destroyed me, I am so thankful to have conquered it.

Tricky Tricky

2010-12-12T00:20:00.000Z

"Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known." - Oscar Wilde

Can't decide between the two, leaning towards the first image more.

Diana Take 9

2010-12-10T20:32:00.000Z

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." - Pablo Picasso
Owen Pallett - E is for Estranged

Diana saw the snow.

Mountain Hole

2010-12-05T21:15:00.001Z

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Winston Churchill

Hipster

2010-12-05T21:13:00.000Z

"Fashion is made to become unfashionable." - Coco Chanel

Bikefest

2010-12-02T21:53:00.001Z

"I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments." - Jim Morrison

End in a Box

2010-11-18T21:33:00.000Z

"I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird." - Coco Chanel
Collaboration between Moira Lam, Emma Shoard and myself. It was fun.

Jack

2010-11-18T01:55:00.000Z

"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen." - John Steinbeck

GIF

2010-11-14T22:10:00.000Z

"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing." - Emo Philips

Obsession

2010-11-14T19:50:00.001Z

"I'm only a four-dimensional creature. Haven't got a clue how to visualise infinity. Even Einstein hadn't. I know because I asked him." - Patrick Moore

Gemini

2010-10-21T20:35:00.000+01:00

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Winston Churchill

Futuresound Draft

2010-10-17T22:18:00.000+01:00

"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Mirror Mirror

2010-10-11T22:39:00.000+01:00

"Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title." - Virginia Woolf
Grizzly Bear - Granny Diner ... please ignore the awful fan made video and just listen to the song.

Luka and the Fail of Life

2010-10-11T18:19:00.001+01:00

"Success builds character, failure reveals it" - Dave Checkett
Oh Luka, I tried so hard...

Introvert/Extrovert

2010-10-11T10:00:00.000+01:00

"All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting." - George Orwell

Recycle

2010-10-02T00:01:00.000+01:00

"Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered." - Albert Camus

Well good quote. I can see myself recycling this acrylic circle ... mayhap I'll whip out the paints, get my painterly on ... watch this space.

90

2010-10-01T03:25:00.000+01:00

"I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past." - Virginia Woolf

My brain bleeds.
And so will my wallet.

Ice Queen Print

2010-09-30T17:55:00.001+01:00

"It is far more difficult to murder a phantom than a reality." - Virginia Woolf

Ice Queen print (badly) photographed for your (dis)pleasure.

Procrastination

2010-09-29T00:06:00.000+01:00

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Edgar Allan Poe

My summer summarised in one diagram.

KEZIAAAH

2010-09-21T22:28:00.000+01:00

"I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall." - Eleanor Roosevelt

Portishead - Machine Gun

Diana Take 8

2010-09-20T17:00:00.000+01:00

"A sad soul can kill quicker than a germ." - John Steinbeck

Diana in Redscale at the Green Dragon.

MC

2010-09-19T21:02:00.000+01:00

"All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry." - Edgar Allan Poe

Little Dragon - Fortune

Ice Queen

2010-09-08T16:37:00.000+01:00

"The present will pass by if you live in the past. Neither should you wait too long for the future to find you." - Undisclosed

Doulgas & Nalia

2010-08-25T21:03:00.000+01:00

"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still" - Lao Tzu

New kittens. Yesss.

Diana Take 7

2010-08-19T20:47:00.001+01:00

"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world" - Albert Einstein

Diana joined us in Croydenz for my birthday.

Insignificant

2010-08-18T00:02:00.000+01:00

"The majesty of the forest makes me feel ... insignificant." - Xan

A thank you card for all my mother's friends and their kind donations to my birthday fund.

Human Geography

2010-08-17T17:30:00.000+01:00

"The greatest pain that comes from love is loving someone you can never have" - Unknown

Arcade Fire - Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)

Time now to get some actual work done.

Anna Fox

2010-08-04T09:26:00.000+01:00

"Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Click here to see more of her work. The rigor mortis woman is none other than Alison Goldfrapp.

Haters

2010-07-31T00:10:00.000+01:00

...gonna hate.

"If you love somebody, let them go. If they return, they were always yours. If they don't, they never were." - Doug Horton

Boards of Canada - Driving Station & You Could Feel the Sky

DeVir

2010-07-29T23:26:00.000+01:00

"The darkness has already taken you, foolish one, yet you refuse to close your eyes!" - Viconia DeVir

Unfinished business, making textures as I type this. Update will be following sooooooon.

Diana Take 6

2010-07-02T16:08:00.000+01:00

"The love that lasts the longest is the love that is never returned" - William Somerset Maugham
Diana went to Kew Gardens.

Diana Take 5

2010-06-21T15:04:00.001+01:00

"Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it" - David Starr Jordan

Diana visits the 80's.

Rupe-atron

2010-06-21T00:14:00.000+01:00

"Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it" - Albert Einstein

Happy Father's Day, father. Enjoy it while I'm still here.

Exhibition

2010-05-30T21:10:00.000+01:00

"You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from passing over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair" - Chinese Proverb

My wall space in the end of year exhibition, (badly) photographed on phone camera.
The event is here.
Also look at my fellow classmates spaces:
Sophie Powell
Hannah Rowlands
Samuel Falconer
James Lancett
Emma Shoard
Nina Cosford
...more to come.

Coming 1965

2010-05-26T17:43:00.000+01:00

"Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions" - Oscar Wilde

Illustrator/Designer

2010-05-25T22:14:00.001+01:00

"The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil" - Hannah Arendt

For once the quote actually fits the post, ha ha. Should i keep it as Illustrator/Designer or change it to just Illustrator .....

Mars silk

2010-05-24T18:03:00.001+01:00

"It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly" - Oscar Wilde

I silk screened my Mars poster today, enjoy!