Saturday, February 21, 2009

MR T IS IN NYC ON A SECRET WARS MISSION...



In NYC for a long weekend setting up the mechanics of our first Secret Wars - I got 15 or so meetings in 4 days and am running round like a mad shopper..

Also viewing office spaces as Monorex is going stateside!

Watch this space as we will be dropping more details soon

All interested artists please get in touch if you would like to take part...email studio@secretwars.co.uk




Manhattan Bridge

Grand theft auto commission - spray painted!

Another Banksy ??


Cash for guns people - this was my main source of income..

Chinatown

Downtown

A crazy electric cop car - reminds me of demolition man

Our friend Elmo (ATG) up in Williamsburg
My new friend @ JFK

Thursday, February 19, 2009

JIMI & ALFA IN A SOHO BAR: called err Soho Bar

Jimi & Alfa dropped some crispy nuggets all over Soho Bar, go down and check it out for yourself: 12-13 Greek Street, daaaan the West End..










Tuesday, February 17, 2009

SECRET WARS GRAND FINAL

The end is really blooming nigh!
Hicks vs Reeps 1, who will win the £1000 and the right to call themselves a champion!
This, the Series 3 Final will be held in the biggest and best venue to date!
click flyer below for details...




Monday, February 16, 2009

Tiger Beer Chinese New Year Party, Dubai

Just got back from Dubai, where i was flown out to paint a life size Ox for the Tiger Beer Chinese Lunar New Year party, held at the Chill Rooftop, Royal Ascot Hotel.


Tried to mix traditional chinese colors and patterns, with some more stylised elements in the Tiger Beer color scheme.


while i was in town i dropped this on the wall at the 9714 office...


thanks to Simone, Ben, and Saadia @ 9714 for making it happen.

VOLUME MAGAZINE WANTS YOU!!

I want you to submit some work to the new issue of the magazine I work on called volume. you may have heard of it. Its on its 6th issue now and is doing really well. Its a culture magazine that promotes young creatives and up and comers. I'd really like you to get involved?You can submit anything you like. It can be a photo, illustration, poster design, painting, sculpture.....??? Just so long as it is submitted following the a4 portait guidlines.You can check the earlier mags out on the link below to see what kind of thing other people have submitted and if you are selected for the final print your work will be published in a run of 5000 for all the world to see. What I need you to do if you are interested is submit between 1 and 5 images. High resolution a4 portrait by the end of feb.I will email a reminder closer to that time.Let me know if your interested...Here is the email address for you to send your submissions tojoshsutterby@gmail.comI hope to here from you soonJoshContributing Art Editor, Volume Magazinewww.volume-magazine.com

Friday, February 13, 2009

KANYE WEST BLOGS SECRET WARS...


Our friend Kanye has showed us some love stateside and blogged about the last Secret Wars battle...BIG!

See you in NYC!

LINK - www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/

Thursday, February 12, 2009

SECRET WARS X HAVANA CLUB



Head to the one off art battle at Village Underground for a fast and furious creative experience like no other. Sponsored by Havana Club, the live art battle will last for 100 minutes and pitch two teams of acclaimed artists against each other in a bid to produce the freshest and most exciting wall mural.

Art battle at Village Underground
Celebrating street art and Cuban culture in a creative and original style, the art battle at Village Underground is a combined effort between the Secret War crew and Cuban rum giant Havana Club. Using only coloured (first coloured SW battle) acrylics and edding special markers on a 200 foot white wall, two teams of artists will compete against each other to produce the most creative and cutting edge wall mural.

Audience participation
The results of the art battle at Village Underground will be judged by a panel of experts. The audience will also have a big say in which team emerges as victorious, as the crowd vote will be measured using a decibel reader. The wall mural will then be displayed at Village Underground from Thursday 5th March - Tuesday 10th March alongside key pieces from the 100 Pieces of Havana exhibition.



WANNA COME ALONG?
The art battle at Village Underground takes place on Wednesday 4th March 2009. Entrance is free but space is limited. For more information and to get a place on the guest list.

contact Emma Buxton on - 0207 426 0616

Markers supplied by

Monday, February 09, 2009

SECRET WARS BRUM X EDDING VIRAL!

Loving this video made by the boys up in Brum - Edited and produced by Trav and Theo (Insequence media)..


Edding pen promotional video from Trav on Vimeo.

Thursday, February 05, 2009

FATSARAZZI PORTRAITS AT MONOREX STUDIO

Fats shot a beutiful set of portraits down at the Monorex HQ... Check THIS to see the rest, BO!!

SECRET WARS SEMI FINALS!

Massive night, packed to the rafters with anxious revelers waiting to see another set of artists get beat down and slung out!
Close contests and controversial outcomes as Hicks pulled the rug from under Drunk Park.
Reeps pulled out a good'un against the tournament favourite Mr K, which was enough to sway 1 judge and the crowd to vote for the mechanoid...

Session banged out tune after tune of goodness, and Jimi C gave the T4 presenters a run for their money with another impeccable performance... HA!!!

So, there we have it, the final is upon us (date tbc).... REEPS Vs HICKS, who will join Alfa and Wen in the winners circle and take the £1000 cash prize...

Dont forget to check the SECRET WARS website to stay tuned....







Tuesday, February 03, 2009

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

SECRET WARS IN NYLON GUYS MAGAZINE

A small interview / feature on Secret Wars with Mr T and Jimi Crayon....

Click on the images to read (if your cheap), or go buy a copy to show some love!

The magazine is filled with some good features and is worth grabbing while you still can.




SECRET WARS X EDTN MAGAZINE

The newest issue of EDTN is a collab with the Secret Wars crew - Featuring artists Teck 1, Jimi Crayon, Miss LED, Mr K and more....

There are only 500 copies available so grab yours while you can!


BUY FROM HERE - WWW.EDITIONMAGAZINE.COM

Friday, January 23, 2009

Monorex x Reebok @ BBB, Barcelona

Currently away on duty in Barcelona - 6 Monorex artists working on the Reebok stand over the 3day show.

Artists involved: Stika, Teck 1, Jimi Crayon, Mr K, Miss LED and Alfa.

More info and photos to follow



Thursday, January 08, 2009

Edding design brief - Calling all artists!


So here is the brief for the new edding ‘Art Series’ Design Competition…

Task: Creation of an edding art series label and packaging design
edding wants to launch a new product line with label designs based on illustration/graffiti – the new line will be called edding “art” series

In total 6 label designs are needed for a new (slim retractable) permanent marker art line and a new slim retractable highlighter art line. Additionally a packaging imprint design is needed for a pencil case (see pictures).

Final hand in date for designs: January 25th, 2009 (Digital files preferred!)

Price for Awarded Design(s)

Artist: 1000 € per design: To include a permanent marker and/or highlighter label and a pencil case label

Organisation: 500€ (per design) in edding products (products of organisations choice)

The Products: Slim Retractable Marker and Highlighter

  • Retractable Permanent Marker(4 colours of ink planed: black, dark blue, red, green)
  • Retractable Highlighter(4 colours of ink planed: yellow, green, orange, light blue)

Here are the PDF’s…Thanks to Very Nearly Almost magazine for the links! :)

art4_permanent_marker

art5_highlighter

and here is the brief in full…

edding-design-brief-retractable-permanent-marker-and-highlighter-art-serie

Get to it!

Friday, December 26, 2008

Remembering the 80's!

The following video basically sums up my childhood life - these legendary cartoons are what gave me the inspiration and love for animation and design today.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Queensbury (German pop band) x Secret Wars x Reebok

This is a weird but funny post.. Queensbury the pop band (German version of Girls Aloud), used the Secret Wars x Reebok ice cream van in their new video.

Its hard to see as the editing is so quick but Teck 1, Alfa, Jimi Crayon and Mr K all collaborated and painted the van back in July @ BBB.

Apparently this is all over German TV etc.

Please note: we did not plan this and was a suprise to us. BUT I must admit that these girls have made the van look even better....;)

Check the video below:

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Ubisoft Commission @ Trumans Brewery

Below is the video produced by the boys @ Stitchthat...This is a one minute viral, documenting the 3 commissions we did in the summer for Ubisoft @ Eurogamer.


Saturday, December 13, 2008

Reebok x Monorex - Santa's Grotto!

Monorex were asked to play Santa this year by Reebok - The brief was to paint 80 pairs of Reebok Freestyle HI in Secret Wars Black and White....Each pair treated as a complete freestyle, using edding pens and spray!

We commissioned 5 of our UK artists (Disco, Alfa, Mr K, Stika & Jimi Crayon) - Each artist had to paint 16 pairs each.

Once completed these cool kicks will be shipped individually around the globe to Reebok top friends and family....Listen out for the doorbell as it might be you!

Tools used:
  • Edding 750
  • Edding 751
  • Edding 780
  • Molotow Belton - Deep Black
Some of the end results....Enjoi!

Jimi Crayon


Disco


Alfa

Mr K
Stika

Tuesday, December 09, 2008

ANOTHER BUSY WEEKEND!

Ok for those of you who are thinking of what to do this weekend - then please read on...

FRIDAY 12TH DEC - ILLUSTRATED APE X MONOREX MAGAZINE LAUNCH PARTY!

Free entry and magazine will be on discount for £1 each! click on image for details.



SATURDAY 13TH DEC - SECRET WARS LONDON SERIES 3 Q FINAL (SET 2)

WEN vs HICKS & REEPS vs CHENT @ The Secret Warehouse HQ

Details - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=42583196231


Some very excited crowd members :)

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

TIGER BEER LADYBOY AD BANNED!



This genius poster was banned this week for being offensive to asian women! It got pulled after 8 sad people complained to the authorities....come on people, take a joke!

Like it or not we have decided to post the ad and show our support.

ENJOY AND BIG UP TIGER BEER UK!

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Monorex x Illustrated Ape - Special Edition Mag!

NEWS FLASH!



The new Monorex Illustrated Ape magazine is out in the shops NOW - Go grab a copy as we only printed 2000 in total.

There are some super sick artists involved in this project and some great case studies on animations.

Artists featuring include - Teck 1, Jimi Crayon, Wayne Horse, Chu, Odisy, Mr K and more!

68 pages of pure visual entertainment...

CALL OUT FOR ANIMATORS / SHORT FILM
ALSO if you would like to get involved please go and upload your creations to APE's website - www.theillustratedape.com

Email us your thoughts to APE@MONOREX.COM

Monday, November 03, 2008