adage

big thanks to advertising age for making the bloomberg gaddafi illustration one of their top 10 magazine covers of 2011.

dark london

episode one of charles dickens' dark london is out now. here are a couple of my favourites from it.

couple of new things

Rarely get time to post these days, it's been a very busy summer.. in the meantime, check out the interview in the last issue of crack magazine, many thanks to Jake and Diggy for the interview and for being patient..



also, here's a recent cover for Bloomberg Businessweek, really nice to be working with Richard Turley again. Thanks also to businessinsider.com for the write-up.

solo show in london

solo show opening at the outsiders gallery in soho this thursday, 6-9pm, come along.

owl

scary owl is scary.

brooklyn wasteground

it's 33 degrees here. nov's writing hangs up above.

outsiders

big thanks to everyone who came down to the outsiders gallery show on the 8th - all the originals sold on the night, but there are still some limited edition signed screenprints available over at shopatlazarides.com. the show is on until the 31st.

göoo

göoo #9, the 'utopia' issue is out now, there's a double page in there from me and there's a whole lot of other good stuff, get yourself a copy at http://www.revistagooo.com.ar/.

london show

small group show coming up at lazarides in soho, opening on july 8th. more details coming very soon, meanwhile here's a quick preview.

nabokov

'invitation to a beheading' is out now on penguin modern classics - another nabokov cover coming up from me soon.

more new stuff

a lot of new stuff here, some published, some unfinished or unused, mostly from the past few weeks.
this one's for the room in hungary for a feature on erno rubik, out sometime this week i think.


gil scott-heron, did this a couple of days ago.


one of 11 images for a special edition of GQ japan, unfinished version, i'll upload the published version when i get it.


i've forgotten who this was for, nice project, an article about immigration laws i think.


a piece for GQ italy, out in a couple of months or so.


a dps for göoo in argentina, one of 3 images for them, their new issue should be out sometime soon.


editorial leftover


more stuff for gq japan, this version didn't make it to print.


this one's for Time Out, part of 6 images, should be out next week or the week after.


this one was in last sunday's observer.


more sketchbook stuff, this boy appears on the cover of wargames, published by penguin soon as far as i know

new stuff

I've been real busy so this blog hasn't had much love from me recently, but here's some newish stuff, editorial jobs and random bits from the last few months.

new website

davidfoldvari.co.uk has finally been updated. lots of new stuff in the main portfolio and editorial sections, and the best of the older stuff is now in the archive.

burnt

burnt man, burnt sausage. in the observer yesterday.

drung.

new one for the observer, i like this one. out sunday.

goodbye G2

last monday's charlie brooker illustration was my final piece for the G2. it's been a really good two and a half years, so a very big thanks to richard turley for his brilliant art direction, and of course to charlie brooker, whose text inspired all the work. a selection of my favourite illustrations from the brooker pieces will appear on my updated site soon, watch this space for news on that.

meanwhile, my work will continue to appear weekly in the observer for david mitchell's column - here is this week's illustration, out on sunday.

t-post

noose design now available at t-post, check out their site and subscribe, lots of good stuff going on there.

update

just a note to say i'm still here, i've been getting quite a lot of emails requesting updates and new stuff - i am working on updating my website, and am holding back on any major updates here until that's done. it's obviously taking me forever, and this is due mainly to other work commitments, which have to take priority. watch this space meanwhile, a proper update is not far off now. you can also check the blog over at http://www.bigactive.com, which gets weekly updates.

on a slightly different note - a quick message to all illustration students. i've been getting an overwhelming amount of emails from students referencing my work for various projects and essays, and rather than copy/pasting the same reply to everyone, here is a little bit of advice:

if you study graphics or illustration, my most serious piece of advice to you would be to stop looking at my stuff for inspiration as soon as possible. if you want to be genuinely inspired or influenced by what i do, then look outside the tiny and insignificant bubble that is contemporary illustration. watch films, read books, look at other forms of art and design, learn about what's going on around you - anything that takes you outside illustration. despite of what your tutors may tell you, as an illustration student, referencing and studying other contemporary illustrators' work is not only going to damage your own work, but it will only help to homogenise and water down illustration as a whole. there is a big problem with illustration students at the moment - they are spending too much time referencing and copying other illustrators' work, and this will end their career before it has a chance to start. i'm only stating the obvious here, but as a student, you should do everything to make sure your work looks nothing like anybody else's out there, otherwise it will never be noticed, and you might as well get a job in mcdonalds.
i and most other working illustrators i know generally go and see a lot of degree shows, and anyone referencing other contemporary illustrators tends to be seen as ignorant and a bit second rate and crap - nobody wants to see the same old, but we all love seeing things we've never seen before, it's what moves this industry forward. as a new graduate, it's your job to move things forward, and by referencing other illustrators, you are doing the opposite.

so if you're using me as your contextual reference (or whatever), then do the following:
- stop looking at my work for inspiration, it is based on my own background and cultural references, and therefore no use to anyone but me
- look instead at your own cultural and personal background for inspiration, it's what i do
- look at 20th century graphic design and see how much of it you really understand. (i wish i had studied that stuff more at college)
- look at every piece of work you've done over the last year - how much of this work do you feel represents you as a truly unique individual, and how much of it is 100% different from what everyone else is doing? unless the answer is 'all of it', it's time to re-think everything. (i'm not saying i'm exempt from this rule, i have to remind myself to do this a lot).

your tutors have a responsibility to educate you properly, and if they're making you reference nothing but contemporary illustration, they are failing massively. it's your degree, you should demand more.

that concludes my rant, feel free to prove me wrong by showing me amazing new work. there's a lot of new talent out there, it would be good to see some of it put to use.

site update coming real soon.

prints

productofgod.net have a few artists' proofs for sale in very limited numbers. There are 3 small series including the piece below (A2 size), and two other smaller pieces (both A4). They are raw experimental pieces and curiosities as opposed to clean and repetitive print editions, so each print is unique and therefore only available in very limited numbers. they're selling fairly quickly so grab one before they're all gone.

unused

leftovers, sketchbook pages, drawings i haven't used yet and other things i found on my desk.

bristol

small show coming up at soma gallery in bristol, opens on the 24th of october.