Currentstate - Doodle & Waffle

NOV 09: CHRISTMAS ART FAIRS DATES

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:04:00 +0000

I'm doing a number of Christmas art fairs between now and December, where you can come and buy my prints, postcards and gifts. Including a new exciting venture in London at the Old Truman Brewery called All I want for Xmas.
All I Want for Xmas will feature a wide variety of exclusive goods on sale from independent retailers in the form of gift markets, exhibitions, designer sales, independent shops and even a pop-up emporium, which will take over the first floor of the vast T1 space.

My Dates are:
26th November - Sandwell Civic Square, 12-9pm
28th November - Moseley Christmas Arts Market, Birmingham, 9-3pm
5th December - Flair Art Fair, Wolverhampton Lighthouse, 11-4pm
5 - 6th December - Old Truman Brewery, London, 10-6pm
12 - 13th December - Old Truman Brewery, London, 10-6pm
19th December - Moseley Christmas Arts Market, Birmingham, 9-3pm
20th December - Christmas market, Hereford High Town, 9-3pm
19 - 20th December - Old Truman Brewery, London, 10-6pm

NOV 09: INFLUX MAGAZINE NEW ILLUSTRATION

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:48:00 +0000

I have just completed another illustration for Influx magazine. This is the first draft and the brief this time around, was to not only do my usual colourful vector work on the car but also somehow give a sense that this car is a product of 2009/the naughties. I'm pretty happy with it.

OCT 09: IMAGES 34 SUCCESS

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:41:00 +0000

I've just found out my work has been selected for Images 34: The Best of British Contemporary Illustration! I have had one of my portraits illustrations selected by a rather prestigious jury for the Self Initiated category, so I am very please! Images 34 kicks off with the exhibition launch in London in July 2010 and then the book is sent out to art directors and designers from early August.

OCT 09: NEW FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Here's some of my latest personal work, I'll be adding more as I complete them. This project has been on my horizons for a while now but I only finished a few of them this weekend. Hoping to push my own work more in the direction of fashion illustration & get some work published in this style. It a mix of photoshop & illustration/vector work. Oh and I love origami birds.

OCT 09: KISS ME CUPCAKES BRANDING

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:14:00 +0000

Just done some branding work for my friends who run the very lovely Kiss Me Cupcakes. Used a nice colour palettes from colourlovers. I'm happy with the branding and they are too, sweet!

OCT 09: INFLUX MAGAZINE

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:04:00 +0000

I've just been commissioned again by Influx magazine to illustrate some classic cars. Used lots of layering in these to get a bit of texture. Some bright colour treatments going on too.

Hope i've managed to do them some justice.

OCT 09: MENAGERIE POSTCARD BOOK - ITS HERE!

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:49:00 +0000

Our Menagerie book is finally here. The book features artwork from 10 different illustrators. This book is full of amazing, beautiful postcards.

The other contributing artists are: Anke Weckmann, Gemma Correll, Sarah Ray, Mary Kilvert, Yee Tin Kuit, Michelle Turton, Karoline Rerrie, Amy Timms, Ruth Green, Kate Hindley. We'll be showcasing these illustrations in 2010 at a number of venues across the UK. In the meantime take a peak at the book on our blog www.menageriebook.blogspot.com

If you want to buy a copy of the book visit my shop. It's hot off the presses http://currentstate.bigcartel.com/

SEPT 09: INFLUX MAGAZINE

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:44:00 +0000

Here's four illustrations I recently completed for influx magazine on Italian Car Designers. Even though the original images were very low res, I did ok and influx mag were happy with the results.

http://www.influx.co.uk

OCT 09: MARVIN'S MINI MART

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:24:00 +0000

Last week I took part in a little project called Marvins Magical Mini Mart. It was a bunch of local designer makers & illustrators selling there wares, as part of the Pop Up Style shop in Birmingham city centre for three days at the end of Sept. Some lovely work by Mr Ben Javens, Sara Fowles (Needles & Hooks) Ruth Green, Joe Rogers, and the Love to Print girls.

We're all hoping to repeat the shop nearer to Christmas, so i will keep you posted!

AUG 09: MENAGERIE - GIRLS WHO DRAW

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:28:00 +0000

I've been working on a few new illustrations on the theme of Menagerie for the new postcard book by 'Girls Who Draw' collective. I will keep you posted for when the book arrives on the shelves.

The first illustration is about Hannah Twynnoy, the first lady to be killed by a tiger from a traveling roadshow in the 1700's. The artwork gave me the chance to mess around with some more hand drawn type, which i've been dying to do. I worked for so long hand scratching this type in a miniscule stroke weight that I'm now suffering with Carpal tunnel syndrome (check out the detail), ouch :(( and now having to take a rest from illustrating for a little while if i can. The second illustration, Sloth - what more can i say but they are ace and i want to draw many more!

JUNE 09: FAMILY PORTRAIT

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:11:00 +0000

It was my sister Faye's 40th birthday and I decided to immortalise my neices in one of my colourful portraits. I think everyone was well pleased including me. Have a look at more work like this is on my portrait site www.jane-anderson.co.uk

MAY 09: AOI ILLUSTRATOR OF THE MONTH

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:03:00 +0000

Each month AOI (Association of illustrators) feature three illustrators who describe a little about how they work and who they work for. I was really chuffed to be selected as May's featured illustrator. Nice exposure, cheers guys!

MARCH 09: NEW WORK

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:04:00 +0000

I'm working on quite a few new illustrations and cards. Spurred on by the fact that i want to get rid of all of my old work and have lovely new stuff on my once a month Moseley Arts Market. I shall be posting a few things over the coming months. Have some other interesting things in the pipeline will keep you posted as and when.

MARCH 09: NICE REVIEW

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:56:00 +0000

A few months ago I had my red riding hood illustration as a limited edition screen saver on Sky Arts, a project co-ordinated by Arts & Business. Then last month had this little review emailed to me by A&B..... Thanks Neil.

'Discovering Jane Anderson - I think she has a really interesting style that crosses over from the analog fine art landscape into her digital work". Read the full review here, http://neilbennett.blogspot.com/2009/02/discovering-jane-anderson.html

FEB/MARCH 09: NEW WORK

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:45:00 +0000

A recent digital portrait commission for a client. The Shawyer boys. Spent a long time on this trying to get it right. Happy with the results, I hope the family are too.

FEB 09: MISFITS & MISCELLANY EXHIBITION

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:57:00 +0000

This is our first exhibition as a collective. Its at exposure gallery. Exhibition runs from 3rd Feb-3rd March. Private view is on the 26th Feb 6-9pm. We've been very gratefully sponsored by Asahi, so it looks like it will be a good night. Do come along if you can. All of the details on the flyer.

JAN 09: MORE MISFITS CAPERS

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:33:00 +0000

Our Girls Who Draw collective are getting ready to have our first group exhibition at Expose Gallery in London, its all a bit of a whirlwind, more info to follow. I've been doing more on my geek series. Here's a couple of new ones.

OCT 08: PLUS BURSARY

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:26:00 +0000

I was lucky enough to be selected for a Plus Design Festival bursary. The theme this year is hybrids and I've designed a t-shirt with hybrid animals. Pretty pleased with this design. Can you spot the real hybrids?
Plus info: Plus is a unique design-led festival showcasing all that is innovative, pioneering, and novel in the world of international typo/graphic design Hopefully this will be on sale in the plus shop. For more information visit: http://www.youplusus.net

OCT 08: NEW ILLUSTRATIONS

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:12:00 +0000

A few new illustrations for prints. I'll be selling these at my art markets & fairs over Christmas. Have a look at my website http://www.jane-anderson.co.uk/events for dates.

OCT 08: MISFITS & GIRLS WHO DRAW

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:56:00 +0000

I'm a member of a female illustrators collective called Girls Who Draw. Its a new group, who have got together to showcase their work through exhibitions, fairs & to make nice pretty things. We've been planning a postcard book over the summer and its currently being printed. All good stuff, some really good illustrations the likes of Gemma Correll, Mmm Biscuits, & Sarah Ray. I'll be selling the book at fairs over Christmas. So here's my interpretation of the theme misfits.

SEPT 08: PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:44:00 +0000

I've been doing a more digital portraits recently. Here's three that i did in September. The clients were very happy with the results, and i was too.

AUTUMN 08: LONG TIME NO UPDATE

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:15:00 +0000

Well Its been a long time since i've updated my site. I've been steadily working away on various commissions and personal projects over the summer. I've also been trying to set up a new commercial graphics company called Anderson Design Group, so my currentstate stuff could be purely based around illustration & more experimental design. Alex Bermingham a 2nd year vis comm student came to work for me over the summer, so a big thanks to him. Here's some illustrations i did of loudmouth twat Gordon Ramsey and Orlando Bloom.

MARCH 08: THE POST - ART REVIEW

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:41:00 +0000

I was photographed by The Birmingham Post a week ago, and the article appeared in this week's Post on Monday & Tuesday. The article has coincided with the launch of Visual with an exhibition at Baskerville House this thursday. Here's a snippet of the article.
The Visual programme has also secured a number of commissions including more recently, a major one completed by Jane Anderson for Crosby Land Lease’s development in the City Centre, which involved a five-day trip to New York. The Birmingham-based artist has produced three large canvas prints that start off with the Bull Ring and St Martin’s Cathedral, then combine the street scenes of Birmingham and the Big Apple, before making way for the final picture of a yellow taxi and the Iron Building in downtown Manhattan.

Visit the visual site http://www.visualforbusiness.com

FEB 08: CROSBY INSTALL

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:31:00 +0000

Well I've been away on holiday for two months and my artwork for Crosby is still wasn't installed. Luckily i was back in time to see it go up. With a install team from SP Group - who were fab (cant recommend them enough if anyone is doing any really large format printing). The final canvas's covered 7x3 metres - massive! It was a fairly complicated install, even warranted a health & safety officer to oversee its going up over the stairs on a wall 9 metres off the ground. Go check it out if you get the chance. Its at i-land Crosby Lend Lease just behind the Birmingham Hippodrome on Bromsgrove Street. Very pleased with it now its up.

DEC 07 - CAPE TOWN

noreply@blogger.com (Currentstate) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:54:00 +0000

In December & January I was lucky enough to take a two month break to go and do some traveling & a bit of photography. My journey started in Cape Town - South Africa, then to Australia, New Zealand and finally Thailand - Koh Phenang. Cape Town was an interesting place. Apartheid clearly still exists, and we did a tour of some of the townships of Lagan, Khayelitsha and Gugulethu. Here's a few of my pics. There's more on my facebook profile.