Friday's drawing

Treasure Hunting Part Two; Dougal Wilson

Remember that superglossy Benny Benassi video with all the sweaty girls suggestively holding powertools? That was him. That tide of kibble rolling into a Big Yellow self-storage box? Him too. Will Young learning to swim, winning the olypics and swimming the channel? Oh yes. All his videos, whether pop promo, advert or recycling short (it's called Rubbish with Martin Freeman, Anna Friel and that handsome one from Teachers) sing imagination. They're so funny, so clever. Look out for the brilliant choppy editing in his Chikinki video, Will Young digitally putting his hand on his co-presenters leg at the end of the poignant Blue Peter themed video and the jumping dog in Goldfrapp's Happiness (an homage to the 1953 film Small Town Girl).
These are two of my favourites. The first is an advert for Orange which I saw aaaaages and thought was beautiful then totally forgot about and the second is what led me to Dougal Wilson today. He's amazing.

Treasure Hunting Part One

One of my favourite places on the internet is http://www.myloveforyou.typepad.com where you can find all sorts of uncommon illustrated delights. Today I found Lilly Piri.

Her drawings made me think of one of my old favourites, Aya Takano;

I love this coat

And then somehow I found myself looking at Dougal Wilson. It's so good when you find out that loads of stuff you like was done by the same person and you never knew. His work is brilliant and deserves a separate post and so...

Walk the plank

I think I've forgotten how to draw. What if I have forgotten how to draw? What if it happens with taking pictures? Or writing? Finally I forget how to speak, move or make eye contact? What if wake up one day to find all these hours on youtube and social networking websites has turned me into a big giggling idiot? What if it is already happening?

Gram National

Today I lost £7 on the Grand National and Tom is spending all day on his computer mixing his various noises into a song so even though I am wearing Going Out shoes and even brushed my hair, I found myself sitting in bed grumpily doing a drawing for Said the Grammaphone instead.

Bulletproof

Very lo-fi music promo made for the lovely Easter Parade (myspace.com/easterparade). Shot with a Sony Handycam and used iMovie to edit and the results aren't brilliant but am looking to master Adobe Final Cut asap. Reading up on Super-8 too...

Bullet Proof


In the meantime I'm looking at videos by the likes of James Copeman (see his Royal Tenenbaums-y Noah and the Whale video and literally off-the-wall Mystery Jets one on youtube.com) and Sophie Muller (youtube The Kills' - Cheap and Cheerful) and feeling quite inspired.

Flyer for Snap Crackle and Pop