SHOW ME DA MUNNY
If you dig customised toys you'll love this.
Its all in aid of kids affected by hurricane katrina. The Munny Show by Kidrobot
STOKE THE FIRE
Check out our friend Fraser Byrne's showreel. Its hot. Click...here
SKATEBOARD
here's a pic I did on a deck I had lying about. It was for a present. Click...here
T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE ONLINE
The latest designs and illustrations I've done for my other Project TWOAND8 are available to buy online. go to the site if you like.... here
NEW TWOAND8 ADVERT
Just submitted a new advert for TWOAND8 Clothing, it'll be in the next Ride Magazine. The ad features my call to arms artwork and a photo by kung of TWOAND8 team rider Leo 'Les' Forte.
SURF BREAKS - Tavarua & Teuhupoo
A couple more of the surfing programes I did the graphics for are available to preview on the extreme channels streaming. all 10 programmes are showing on the Extreme Channel as far as I know. These two links show the programmes for the breaks at Tavarua and at Teahupoo. The Teahupoo show featured the sickness of big wave legend Laird Hamiltons 'millenium wave'.
Surf Breaks - Tavarua
Surf Breaks - Teahupoo
UPDATE
There are a couple of new illustrations / drawings in the latest works section under Misc.
T-SHIRTS
4 new designs I've done for my other project TWOAND8 are now in print and available to buy. They were on sale at the Worcerster Jam the other week and to my relief went down a storm. I was so stoked that people seemed into them, its always scary sending your own stuff to print out of your own wallet! Thanks to all those who came to the Jam and made it such a great day. There are some preview pics of the t-shirts below, they'll be available online soon through the TWOAND8 website in the meantime if you email me we can sort something out and I can take payment via paypal or cheque. The cost is £19.95 + £2 p+p
Call To Arms Colourways
Extrusion Colourways
Falcons Colourways
Roots Colourways
SURF BREAKS - J-BAY
Havent got around to putting up any examples of my work for the Surf Breaks programme yet but here is a link to the J-Bay programme thanks to the Extreme Channel. Hope you enjoy the graphics aswell as the surfing. Click here
SURF BREAKS - THE EXTREME CHANNEL
A couple of weeks ago I finished another project with Sprout Media for the Extreme Channel. working with Adam Warrmington and Matt Chandler we put together 10 short programes about the best surf breaks around the world, Pipeline, Jaws, Kirra, Mavericks, J-Bay, G-Land, Trestles, Hossegor, Tavarua & Teahupoo. They're showing daily on the extreme channel so check em out if you can. I did the graphics / logos / illustrations by the way... I'll put some previews up when I get a chance.
DEFIANT
I've been working on some
graphics for a new web based mail order streetwear company, DEFIANT. At the moment there is just a holding page there but a whole shop / site will be coming soon. If you register your details you'll get a sick ltd. edition defiant t-shirt (while stocks last).
GOODBYE
Sadly this weekend my girlfriends mum Mrs Bland (by name and not by nature!) passed away after a long battle with cancer. She is an amazing lady full of character and this world will be less colourful without her here. The next world aint gonna know what hit em!!! A real inspiration for individuality, determination, passion and love, something we all need more of. See you on the brightside Mrs Bland x
TWOAND8 WORCESTER JAM POSTER
Just done an advert / flyer for my other project TWOAND8. Its for the forthcoming BMX Jam at Worcester Ramps in support of keeping the park running. There is also a small section on the TWOAND8 website to keep you upto-date on the latest arrangments for the jam. See the flyer here...
ILL COMMUNICATIONS
You may be having a bit of trouble loging onto the site or with sending / receiving emails and phone calls to 99SECONDS. My apologies, we've been moving premisis and also changing over to a new host. As a result communication with the outside world has been pretty ill for the last few weeks. We should be back up and running this week at somepoint. Expect some updates on latest works and random drawings and stuff. Been nuts busy lately so there is loads of new stuff to be posted. Same applies for TWOAND8 (our other project) and there are several new designs at the printers, stand by...
LEEKY GALLERY
An exhibitor
pulled out of their slot for this month at Bristol's Leeky Gallery so a bunch of us pulled together to fill the walls best we could at short notice. The stuff will be on view for the whole of May finishing with an open day party thingy on Saturday the 28th. Please come along and check it out if you're in the area. Leeky Gallery is in the Attic Room above Road menswear in the shop BS8 on Park Street. Opening hours are mon-wed 12-5.30 and thurs-sat 'till 6. Check out the website for more on the artists involved here... Oh and there is a picture of my wall here...
HIDDEN NATION: AZRAEL
I did an illustration a while back for my good friend Lee at Hidden Nation. It was a frame sticker for his latest BMX the 'Azrael' (Angel of Death). Well at last its come into being and I now have my very own one built up. Its so dope. Here are some pics of it with a close up of the sticker. Support independent BMX!
My Azrael
Close up
Artwork
UPDATES
I've added the work I did for Stencil to the work section. There are some examples of the character sheets and the storyboards in there as well as the preview of the animation. There are also some examples of illustrations I've done for Computer Arts Projects magazine in the illustration section of 'work'
STENCIL
Sprout Media asked me to design some characters for them for an animation they were producing for the title sequence of a new lifestyle program called 'Stencil'. I ended up designing the characters, doing the storyboards and drawing the backgrounds. I've wanted to do animation since I was a kid so I was stoked for the chance. My concepts and drawings were handed over to Nick Harrop and Morgan at Spider-Eye who did a great job of bringing it all to life. I'm pretty stoked on the outcome, it has a few tweaks still to do here and there before its finished. Cant wait to see it fully dialled. In the meantime, here is a preview of it how it stands, its about 1.2mb, not sure if it buffers correctly tho. Here...
SPROUT
A couple of weeks ago I did an exhibition stand for the recently founded TV company Sprout Media. Check it out it the latest works section by clicking Misc. to your left.
ELLIE
Congratulations to Kung and Kerri on the birth of their lovely daughter 'Ellie'. Welcome to the world.
YAKA
I've just finished a simple website for a friend of mine, illustrator and artist Finian Neary AKA 'Yaka". Some of you might know his work for Minute Skateboards. Check out his work here...
A CALL TO ARMS
Here's an illustration I've been working on for my other project TWOAND8. Click on the pic for a bigger version
COPYRIGHT
I've just done another illustration for a forethcoming Computer Arts magazine. This one is about Copyright and features evil tenticles trying to steal some ones work. Click here
TWOAND8 ADVERT
The latest advert for TWOAND8 features Bristol rider Craig Stevens, a fan of amazonian otters. Click here
COMPUTER ARTS PROJECTS
The latest issue of Computer Arts Projects Magazine (Issue 69, the Advertising Issue) is out and features an illustration and a tutorial on D.I.Y. advertising on a budget (by 99SECONDS). For a quick look go to the 'Latest Works' gallery in the Misc. section (button to your left) - Adi | 9th March
SKETCHY
Just added a few drawings from my sketch books - go to the Misc. section (button on your left) - Adi | 8th March
UPDATE
I finally got a chance to add all the pop up enlargements for the portfolio images in the WORK section. Now if you have a look at any of the examples of our work you can hit the enlarge button and see a larger / uncroped version. Hope you like em.
PISCES
Here's an illustration I did for the lovely Caroline Bland. She's a pisces. Click here
T-SHIRTS BACK IN STOCK
TWOAND8, the BMX inspired clothing company that I design for is back in stock having been sold out for about 2 months, go on the site, check em out and if you like treat yourself here. The site is currently being refreshed and will have a new product section and updates to all the team pages, I've been a bit slack on this over the winter.
YAKA
I'm currently working on a simple portfolio website for Bristol based artist / illustrator Finn Neary, AKA YAKA. His work is amazing, you may have seen it before on Minute skateboards or in the Guardian magazine, standby for a link to the finished portollio, in the meantime here is a like to the holding image
COMPUTER ARTS
I've just done a DPS illustration
and tutorial for CA Projects magazine. Its should be in the shops now, havent seen it yet myself. Its an advertising special. I'll add some images of it when it get a copy.
PAINTINGS FOR SALE
I've just submitted 2 paintings (Acrylic on box Canvas) to the Leeky Gallery 1st birthday exhibition. As mentioned in old news (below) the gallery is here in Bristol above the BS8 shop on Park Street. Its a gallery for affordable art, mostly street / graf inspired. There is a party there tomorrow (Sat 12th Feb) to mark the start of the auction (50 artists submit a piece up for auction in aid of the Tsumani Apeal.) Click on the links below to see the artwork I have for sale, if you are interested, contact the gallery, email me or pop in and see for yourself. They are a very reasonable £75 each. The piec I have donated is shown below in the last bit of news, the bids start at £1!!
Barbus Barbus
That Sinking Feelin
LEEKY GALLERY
Untitled, Acrylic & ink on canvas up for auction from £1 for the Tsunami Appeal
I just finished a painting which is to be dontated to the Leeky-Bay (like ebay) auction, all proceeds are for the Tsunami appeal. There are over 50 artists involved and all are donating a piece to the appeal, bids start at £1!!! There are some bargains to be had there for sure. This is all taking place at the Leeky Gallery, Attic Room, BS8, Park Street, Bristol from this saturday. Get yourself down and help raise some money while aquiring some art. Would appreciate a few bids on mine so I wont be the odd one out. I'll probably have some other paintings and drawings in there for sale too from next saturday (12 Feb).
IMAGES ADDED
I've finally got around to adding the misc. section. Check here regularly cos thats where I'm gonna be putting all my recent work and all kinds of bits and bobs like canvases and photographs I've taken for fun. I put some recent portraits I've done in my sketch book. Hope you like.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Hope you had as good a christmas and new year as I did. My thoughts and best wishes go out to all those affected by the Indian Ocean Tsunami, makes you realize how powerful mother nature really is. Anyway, insignificantly I was lucky enough in the run up to the holidays to get a few canvases painted for some friends, here they are, acrylic on canvas...
Charlie
The Blands
Also managed to quickly refresh the look of the ever popular bmx photography website randombmx.com
WINTER UPDATE
Been pretty busy the last few weeks since the site was first put up, havent even had a chance to add the photograpgy or Misc. sections let alone all the pop ups in the work section. All good though, things have been varied to say the least.
Just finished a last minute illustration for Computer Arts Magazine. Its my first for them and hopefully not the last. I tried to tackle it so that it was a fusion of 'hand draw' meets 'photoshop'. Alot of it I think looks like it was hand painted but asside from the characters the rest is all digital. Click the preview below to see a bigger version.
Also just done another BMX frame graphic for Hidden Nation. This time its for the AZRAEL (Angel of Death) frame. click HERE to check it out.
Did a flyer / poster for Worcester / Bristol metalcore band Broken Promise. They're brutal as hell but I love em. They played at the TWOAND8 Jam and also at my birthday jam at Park Central in Bristol. If you like hardcore / screamo go to the gig, click on the pic of the flyer to get a bigger one, print it off and you'll get in cheaper + show your support for the up and coming.
I'm currently refurbishing kung's randombmx website, it should be up by christmas but until then here is a preview of the new logo I did, a bit of a nod to soviet russia I think.
WELCOME TO A NEW BEGINNING
We finally made it! 99SECONDS is 2years old this month and we've only just found time to build our own website. It's been a busy but fun couple of years punctuated by us lifting anchor and relocating to good ol Bristol.
Life is good here, out of the rat race of London and we haven't looked back once. Its given us more space and more time to develop our work and our friendships and rethink the whole way we go about our business. The creative scene here is awesome and street art is flourishing. The skatepark culture is a huge part of this city's lifestyle as is the music. What better place could we be? Okay yeah its England and its winter but hey you can't have everything right?
Well please enjoy looking around the website. I hope you find something that interests you. To see some brief examples of the stuff we do please check out the WORK pages. They are shown as little flash slideshows so please make sure you have flash / shockwave installed. Still to come is the Photography portfolio and also a few bits and bobs in the MISC. section. Enjoy looking around, hope to hear from you soon.
Adi | 19th Nov 04