MERGSWORLD-folklore and the mind illustrated

Liquid Themed piece for EATSLEEPDRAW.com

2011-01-28T14:31:00.001Z

http://mergs888.tumblr.com/post/2975593962/eatsleepdraw-submission-theme-liquid

Birds Tee on LTD-Tee!

2010-12-21T11:19:00.004Z

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The Birds Tee is available at LTD-Tee's website this week! Priced at $26.99 you also get a screenprinted poster and is delivered in a neat little screenprinted box! Got to the link to buy or see more of their range http://ltdtee.net/

This is How we Roll

2010-12-20T21:06:00.004Z

Hopefully be rotating the sneaks being cleaned...!

No it isnt..

2010-12-20T20:49:00.005Z

Forgot to buy urself a X-Mas present???

2010-12-14T11:08:00.002Z

I have two T Shirts available for just such an occasion, first up is the Mergs x Unequalbalance Tee,

http://store.unequalbalance.com/product/un-ique-02-mergs-t-shirt-print-1-of-50

and the Volcanic Gash Tee with Second Son and Donuts The Store in Bristol

http://www.donutsthestore.co.uk/site/products/second-son/second-son-x-nash-x-donuts-t/

T-shirts can be bought through the website links ive included!

Now get buying!!!!

Beavering away

2010-11-19T16:46:00.002Z

Working on a new series of prints at present, shoulda started sooner ready for the holidays but nevermind, great things come to those who wait....! At least ive bloody started now!

Part 8: Dirt Nap

2010-10-27T18:01:00.003+01:00

Part 7: One Bird with two stones

2010-10-27T17:58:00.001+01:00

Hot wings

2010-09-16T11:20:00.001+01:00

Part 6: Bodies

2010-09-15T21:09:00.004+01:00

This is the storm that follows the quietness of Silencio! Sorry it took so long to come out, ive been caught in one heckuva storm myself.

A soundtrack has been linked to accompany part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-_Q8znGMRg - altho the song is 4mins plus, you'll probably finish 'reading' Part6 in 30 seconds, but let it play on if you like Smashing Pumpkins!

Feel like a teenager when i hear this song. Name goes quite well with the scene too...Enjoy!

Part 6: Bodies

2010-09-15T21:09:00.003+01:00

This is the storm that follows the quietness of Silencio! Sorry it took so long to come out, ive been caught in one heckuva storm myself.

A soundtrack has been linked to accompany part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-_Q8znGMRg - altho the song is 4mins plus, you'll probably finish 'reading' Part6 in 30 seconds, but let it play on if you like Smashing Pumpkins!
Feel like a teenager when i hear this song. Name goes quite well with the scene...Enjoy!

Part5: Silencio....

2010-08-26T22:24:00.004+01:00

Its been a while, folks but its making a come back! Sorry for the delay but have been caught up in all kinds of trouble of late. Finally I have a proper desk to work on again and have been fortunate to have been hit with a spate of work to focus my mind and heart on!

Fifth instalment in the mysterious silent comic strip, under the chapter heading of Silencio... a kind of calm before the storm, or are we in the storm already?

Broken Home

2010-08-12T16:41:00.003+01:00

Places I've been, places id Like to go

2010-08-10T22:28:00.001+01:00

My own typeface! "Places©"

Part 4 The Byrds

2010-07-30T17:48:00.000+01:00

Part. 3 Secret of the Emperor's Spy Birds

2010-07-26T16:55:00.002+01:00

The plot thickens as it looks like the chain of command goes beyond the dark room and even further than the swamplands...just who is the man in the High Castle....?

The Mergs In The Chair

2010-07-21T22:44:00.002+01:00

Pt.1 The Mergs in The Chair

Pt.2 The Mergs in The Tree

JD Salinger's The Catcher In The Rye

2010-07-19T16:06:00.004+01:00

Been reading this lately and thought id draw one of the scenes, seemed like a good idea at the time as a cover, may do another when i finish reading it, not far to go now...!

Sneak Peak Sculpts!

2010-07-16T10:10:00.004+01:00

This is a growing set of 3D Mergs ive been working on, Body shapes reminiscent of Osamu Tezuka drawings! Elongated legs, puffed up chests etc! APint work to folow after i fire these up!

2010-07-09T18:31:00.004+01:00

Second Son x Nash x Donuts Store, BRISTOL 23.04.10

2010-04-29T17:09:00.003+01:00

My First T shirt went into a limited production last week!

Was called in last minute by the boys at Second Son to design a T-Shirt for their Second Son x NashMoney x Donuts store Collab event and T-shirt launch! Due to Icelandic eruptions of the volcanic kind the original Will Kemp design was stuck in the factory and could not be shipped out for the event, hence the commisioner picked up the Bat phone and called me in!

Check out the link for more photos and a very funny recounting of said event!!!

http://www.second-son.com/booze/nash-collab-launch-party-donuts-bristol/

you have no heart.

2010-03-15T12:47:00.006Z

Hard Times....UN= x Mergs prelims

2010-03-03T02:22:00.001Z

prelims, sketches for the UnEqual Balance x Mergs Tshirt & Print

Monica Vitti

2010-03-03T02:01:00.003Z

Hopefully the first of several portrait related work, very much tryin to do a James JEan but not really doin it very well, but all in the name of fun and expanding one's range...

toyyyyyyy sculpts

2010-02-23T16:03:00.003Z

Anyone out there got some casting and moulding skills n wud like to collaborate???

moleskine entries

2010-02-23T15:27:00.006Z

Some sketchwork for yoni clothing and Unequal Balance, dont sketch enuff but have been slowly getting back into it...!

Round em UP!!!

2010-02-20T13:43:00.002Z

Old designs for the Yoni® logo all made between 2008-2010

UNEQUALBALANCE X MERGS: UN=IQUE#02

2010-02-20T13:38:00.003Z

Sneak Peak at the Tee and the silkscreen print, looking to DROP in April, check them out www.UNEQUALBALANCE.com

"Y?" ....

2010-02-20T13:36:00.000Z

WISE WORDS....!

2010-02-20T13:33:00.001Z

yoni a/w '11 Sneak Peak!

2010-02-04T00:04:00.003Z

ADIDAS LAUNCH PHOTOS!!!

2009-12-08T15:26:00.005Z

See more photos of the event at the Adidas Originals page!

"Nooka Nooka" toy customisation for New York Gallery opening

2009-12-05T08:13:00.008Z

As mentioned in a previous blog, I customised a Nooka toy with ILD which was later exhibited as part of the Nooka gallery event! Here are the photos of the toy, the process and them from a few different angles ;-) Uploaded in reverse order so from Finish to Start(-ish)

And heres a link to the event with photos to boot!

ADIDAS x POCHOIR

2009-12-01T06:42:00.005Z

Check out the fully revealed pieces at MERGS.CO.UK
The LAUNCH takes place tomorrow at The ADIDAS Concept Store- Pochoir, Fark, Claroscuro, Joe, Paulo and myself spent all day today painting/spraying/stencilling/pasting up the interior of the store, and I must say it looks like a job well done!

Thank you so much guys!

Now make sure you and your friends roll down and get your free booze at 7pm on the dot!!

Photographs of the event to come up after the event and sufficient recovery attained of course! See ya there!

Google Map this:

No 6 London
Newburgh Street 6
London WC1 7RO
United Kingdom

more info/contacts"
+44(0)207 734 99 76

newburgh.street@adidas.com

Adidas Originals x Pochoir + 6 guest Artists

2009-11-24T23:51:00.004Z

Adidas Originals are on the cusp of releasing a series of modified classic Adidas sneaks by Artists from around the world! To celebrate the Launch of the Pochoir x Adidas Superstar 80 a party will take place at The Adidas Concept Store on Newburgh St, London on DEC 1st.

Pochoir himself has hand picked 6 other artists including myself in the line up to exhibit exclusive art pieces specially made for the show!!!!

Above is a little teaser as to what i'll be showing! You'll have to get to the store to see it in the flesh, full size pic to come after the show!!

Check the shoe out here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6zGLwzGkH4

Be THERE!

See more Pochoir!
Dont forget to check and bookmark www.mergs.co.uk

Nooka Gallery event

2009-11-17T13:14:00.005Z

*
mergs for ilovedust

full story here:

NOOKA GALLERY EVENT IN NEW YORK

*photo from Nooka.com
Thats my piece (1 of2) on the top left, all hand drawn!
See more customized Nooka watches and Munnys @ www.mergs.co.uk

imavillage

2009-10-15T16:34:00.003+01:00

For those of you who are in Berlin and very much into your art in all of its forms!!!!
CLick on the image to go to ima village and see the details!!!

Below is a little excerpt....
"ÏMA Design Village hosts Illustrative's first-ever "Degree Shows."

Acting as creative consultants, the ÏMA team supported the festival in creating an exhibition that includes work from Europe's top graphic arts and illustration departments. Work from leading universities, including Royal College of Art (London), Central St. Martins (London), University College Falmouth (Cornwall), Züricher Hochschule der Künste (Zürich) and Kunsthochschule Weißensee (Berlin) will be on display through 1 November 2009."

NOW GO GO GO!!!!

mergs mergs mergs

2009-10-08T15:52:00.006+01:00

CLICK IMAGE FOR MERGS.CO.UK

Rod Serling

2009-08-03T22:33:00.000+01:00

2009-07-29T18:21:00.000+01:00

2009-07-28T17:31:00.000+01:00

mergs: Thrice plus one!

2009-07-25T14:26:00.003+01:00

2009-07-25T00:19:00.001+01:00

Sound Directions!

2009-07-24T20:05:00.001+01:00

Now FOCUS!

2009-07-17T14:34:00.003+01:00

Brigette Bardot on the cover of Film circa.1964!

2009-07-16T13:12:00.002+01:00

MERGS WEBSITE

2009-07-15T11:54:00.004+01:00

IS OFFICIALLY ONLINE!

Freestyle elevator space!

2009-06-26T13:32:00.007+01:00

MERGARETTES!

2009-06-22T20:45:00.003+01:00

In the Eye of the beholder...

2009-06-18T23:11:00.005+01:00

Some good friends of mine once stood up for me against a lot of opposition...

2009-06-18T19:42:00.004+01:00

Tahmac LP Cover: TAHLAND X MERGSWORLD

2009-06-18T18:08:00.005+01:00

Completed back in 2008 with ilovedust, go find this album in yoUr local record shops!

ïnside ïMA Design Village

2009-06-03T20:02:00.004+01:00

Just a few teasers for now!
Mergsworld x

Oh My Days!

2009-06-02T20:30:00.003+01:00

Try and spot me!

See ALL current DMY and ÏMA Design Village photos here!

ïMA Design Village Update!

2009-05-22T18:19:00.003+01:00

www.imavillage.com
Thats me on the crane up the wall!!! Go to the ïma website and click on the link to see all the photos of me painting the birds!

Shrooms!

2009-05-07T22:11:00.004+01:00

IMA Design Village mit Mergs Project

2009-05-07T17:01:00.003+01:00

Just some early shots for now, more to come in the following weeks!

IMA Design Village banner

2009-05-06T11:50:00.002+01:00

2009-04-16T11:12:00.001+01:00

2009-04-15T14:47:00.001+01:00

Merg Birds

2009-04-09T11:26:00.000+01:00

Prep drawing for IMA Design Vilage
Things to buy, Hebrew to learn...

Soon....

2009-04-08T11:51:00.001+01:00

Curzon Cinema & Don't Panic Comp Entry

2009-04-07T13:31:00.003+01:00

A Night with George A. Romero

Thank you to all my Droogys for voting! And if you havent voted yet, better get to it quick! Voting ends tomorrow! YIKES! Will let you all know how it goes!

Link to vote is embedded in the title!!

In print

2009-04-03T12:17:00.006+01:00

This book came out a few years ago and features on the cover a project that Kim and I did on light drawing & long exposure photography!
Book author: John Ingledew
(Main Image) Cover Photography: Kim

And I believe this went to print much more recently, design and finish by ilovedust, illustration by myself. Below is the original image, photography provided by Graphia Book
Book author: Marley Gibson

2009-02-23T15:37:00.002Z

First of new series of drawings I believe

L'Etranger by Albert Camus

2009-02-19T16:48:00.005Z

Read this quite a while ago and had been meaning to do an illustration for it for a very long time! Well, here it is depicting one of (many) pinnacle scenes in the book. I chose to leave the gun out of the image, as I didnt feel it necessary because for me it is the boiling heat of that day and the bottled up frustration within our protagonist which I felt were more vital in describing the scene...

Fela Kuti

2009-01-27T18:32:00.004Z

Fela Kuti

In the net...

2009-01-06T18:04:00.012Z

Click image to enlarge

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

2009-01-05T20:10:00.004Z

Ive been hearing so much about this book (by the same author of No Country for old men ) called The Road The imagery described to me has been feeding my imagination aplenty and I had a bit of spare time today so I put my pen to paper and came up with this! I feel bad for drawing something Ive not even started reading yet, but its even worse when someone has to hold back their creativity, surely?

Enter the weird world of Shiro the hobo cat!

2008-12-28T11:03:00.004Z

"The cat on the wall was too cool for school, and when he was cut and betrayed ice alone poured from his veins." Oscar Wilde

X Mas gift for my flat mate buddy!

2008-12-24T01:13:00.004Z

The mug in the above picture is based on a design by design maverick Dane Whitehurst of the PlayCoalition He and a few other folks have been getting into the climbing scene and the appendage on the mug (which is one of those grips you get on the training walls for climbers) replaces the usual handle of your average mug! May the extreme tea drinking begin! Happy Christmas, Chums!

2008-12-23T20:31:00.003Z

Portrait numero 2: Yoko et John

2008-12-15T20:19:00.004Z

War Is Over

Portrait numero 1: Sun Ra

2008-12-15T18:48:00.004Z

Sun Ra claimed that he was of the "Angel Race" and not from Earth, but from Saturn, (he) also developed a complex persona of "cosmic" philosophies and lyrical poetry that made him a pioneer of afrofuturism as he preached awareness and peace above all.

One that slipped through the net!

2008-12-04T16:46:00.003Z

This little baby was originally planned for the Artful Dodger show in New York but due to budgets etc she didnt quite make it to the party. The plan was to have this and possibly another printed onto vinyl and then stuck onto pillars around the ILD exibition area, I totally forgot about it until speaking to a friend about skulls and this popped into my head! Cliche as illustrations of skulls are, they're a lot of fun to draw and I just can't help myself...

Thank God For Sales!

2008-11-26T19:13:00.002Z

I still have no money to go buy anything tho...

Show Me The Munny

2008-11-14T16:28:00.010Z

Here is a Munny I did with Ilovedust which was made specially for a talk but ilovedust head honcho at New York's Society of Illustrators it was also given as a gift to the friendly folks at Nooka Watches! Heres a link to a review of the Talk at S.O.I

Click the images to get into the detail and the story which starts from the right leg right around the front, to the back of head and then back to the front! Its my bastardized version of Odin's Quest for knowledge and power! Normal everyday shit.

TimeOut London New Talent Issue

2008-10-07T18:01:00.005+01:00

This came out a few months back-been a little busy n a bit lazy with getting this one out!

ARTFUL DODGER '08 NEW YORK FASHION WEEK

2008-10-06T12:21:00.009+01:00

Photos above by Cleveland

Recently I was very lucky to be a part of the design company ILOVEDUST who got helms deep involved in the Artful Dodger Party to launch their latest line of clothing for 2008 as part of the New York Fashion week. Here are a few photos and some more here Oh yeah and Jay Z was there too along with Beyonce.

Thanks a lot to the good folk at ilovedust, Spread and Artful Dodger!!

Also we got some behind the scenes action of the event!
The design above of the invitation was created by the almighty Matt of ilovedust

And a close up of the Airforce Ones along with Nooka watches, all customised by the ILD team for the ARTFUL DODGER show!
Nike x Nooka x ILD

And heres a few of the event itself...

Hanging out with the BETATANK design team who were visiting to perform in DEITCH'S Parade, unfortunately delayed til Spring due to bad weather! Partying it up nonertheless the night before!

Eyal, Jules and Joeseph Malia of BetaTank, a photographer Cleveland who was also exhibiting at the Chelsea Art Museum and Mergs outside the venue, enjoying some fresh air

The very friendly, very busy crowd

And the following morning...

Coming Soon...

2008-08-05T15:34:00.005+01:00

John, Paul, Ringo & George and their lost album.

2008-08-01T19:50:00.004+01:00

Somewhere in hell NO.3

2008-07-12T19:15:00.005+01:00

Alex gets comfy in his new home and practices his social skills on some nice ladies! Whatever next?

Somewhere In hell NO.2

2008-07-12T00:55:00.005+01:00

Having left home over the regurgitated porridge incident with Alex's old ma, he sets out far and wide for human flesh and high-adventure! Just like all the cool kids these days.

Somewhere In Hell NO.1

2008-07-11T16:22:00.003+01:00

He HATES You! Alex's (Mummy's 'Eggy weg') first full movie scene; where he renounces the demon bird's way and sets out to find his own intestines for breakfast!

Silver, a Mergs' Best Friend

2008-07-08T00:39:00.008+01:00

aaa...I loves the smoke theme, here it has manifested as mergs silver...

One of my favourite beasties: the hitotsume, below in silver along with original sculpey rendition.

Below Top: the bird of my dreams...with a bit of intestine in her mouth...classy! The mergs silver Tengu avec gut in beak! And right at the bottom is a hybrid of the Kappa at the front (left) and a squid with pointy tentacles at rear (right)!

Masters show Summer 2008

2008-07-07T23:48:00.007+01:00

Credits (starting from top): Ken K Chung, Conrad Stein, Handwash, Mark J Oliver. Click to get more detail out of the photos

Animated skeletons just love to dance!

2008-07-06T11:33:00.001+01:00

Click the image!

Old ish...

2008-07-06T11:15:00.003+01:00

I know its on the blog already but I just cant leave it alone, more characters to come, def!

Mergs x

Badges!

2008-07-06T11:09:00.003+01:00

Some badges I made for the show last week! Went down a treat, now I have none left!

The New Albion Comic

2008-06-05T10:47:00.006+01:00

Some sample pages of a Sci-Fi British comic!

Illustrated covers: Philip K Dick Collected short stories

2008-05-24T18:23:00.004+01:00

Books are collected by themes: "Androids", "Time-Travel" & "Parallel Worlds"
The covers loosely relate to the title and neatly join together!

Ilustrated People T-Shirt

2008-05-20T13:15:00.008+01:00

This is part of a design for a T-shirt for Illustrated People in Bricklane, East London. Illustrated People is a London based design studio producing exclusive clothing all hand-printed! Its only part of the full design so be sure to check the shop out in the future and also their website http://www.illustratedpeople.com/

Louis Vuitton & MergsWorld Monogram

2008-05-10T09:27:00.006+01:00

The monogram is essentially an observation of how some myths can be taken as reality (like religion) and how real life can escalate into myth (like religion!). It is also an experiment into the idea of the mythology behind couture and big fashion labels, handbags and limited edition designs having become a religion in its own right with private shrines dedicated all to their glory! The use of the LV monogram is not only a nod to its iconic image but also a reference to how some people feel when they see this pattern stretched over a piece of luggage or a tiny wallet. Im not an expert on fashion but I have seen in my time enough folk pausing for a moment of awe when they see it. Is it a bit too much? I dont know but it does certainly have that effect on some people which is interesting enough on its own. Its a work in progress and there are yet to be many more characters of myth and prominent figures of history and contemporary times to be added to the monogram.
Stay tuned for the updated versions!

MA Illustration Exhibition

2008-04-17T20:07:00.010+01:00

"The Demons"

The stairs

"The Harpys and
Woods Of The Suicides"(XIII Dante's Inferno)
Click images to inlarge

The Early Bird...

2008-04-06T17:47:00.006+01:00

Click for larger image

..gets to be sculpted into Silver Jewellery!
More to be added to the collection as soon as I get some more silver to play with!

Somewhere in Hell...

2008-03-04T12:36:00.003Z

Theres a PARTY goin' on!

Cover Design and illustration for Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange

2008-02-10T03:13:00.002Z

The Face of Another by Kobo Abe

2008-01-15T02:44:00.001Z

Above: Alternate cover

Above: Initial version

A cover I did of a book I'm currently reading by a Mr. Kobo Abe! A stunning piece of writing about a man who loses his face and subsequently his identity, and his mind, sort of. Highly recommended, although if you don't fancy reading a wordy exercise in existentialism, perhaps watch the film of the same title, starring Tatsuya Nakadai!

"Smokin!!"

2008-01-08T15:49:00.001Z

"The Look Of Love" triptych

Tengu with Nando's

2007-11-30T12:51:00.003Z

Ever see a pigeon in the street digging in a box of chicken wings? Its a sad shameful sight when you see an animal eating its own kind...
The Tengu is a revered and also fearsome creature of nature in Japanese mythology. He is part bird part man, sometimes having the head and face of a bird some of them resemble men with great big noses, which can grow to great lengths with age. See my earlier posts for more Tengu related things! Theres a childrens book here somewhere! http://mergsworld.blogspot.com/2006/10/tanuki-and-tengus-magic-fan.html