Introducing Graham the Dead Good Greyhound

Tags: Character Art, Character Illustration, Dead Good Kids, Derby, Martin Hyde, the greyhound

Hello from Graham the Greyhound! Graham was created as part of a collaboration with the Derby Brewing Company, for their new pub The Greyhound, on Friargate in Derby.

The pub will feature the Dead Good Kids art throughout, and Design and i has done all of the design and branding for the new pub. This illustration of Graham was commissioned for the swinging pub sign at The Greyhound. The illustration builds on the Dead Good Kids style, using a a variation of the Victorian color scheme from the Dead Good Kids. There is another more detailed version of the artwork featured within the pub, with the Greyhound in a night time scene.

The Greyhound opens to the public at 8.30pm on Thursday 20th May 2010.

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New Dead Good Kids Facebook Page

Tags: Character Art, Character Illustration, Dead Good Kids, graphic art, Martin Hyde, the greyhound

Well we have finally got it sorted – the new Dead Good Kids Facebook page went live today. We have uploaded some of our favourite images of the Kids into the photos section. There are some montages of the main characters, and some portraits of the ever popular Edward & Verity. There are also some [...]

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Everything Inbetween – New Design and i Blog

As well as creating art and illustration I also have my design business – Design and i. You can check out the new blog at http://blog.designandi.co.uk/?p=71 Design and i and Everything Inbetween blog

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Dead Good Donation To The Children's Hospital

Tags: Accessible, AIR, Artist, Character Art, Character Illustration, Childrens, Dead Good Kids, Derby, Donation, Fine Art, Galleries, graphic art, Hospital, Scheme

I have been exhibiting my Character Art and Fine Art in Derby hospitals for some time, becasue I think hospitals can be a gloomy place, and artwork can really cheer people up. The exhibitions have been a real success and I have had some really nice comments about my work. Its all part of the [...]

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Signed art prints – with signatures that don't fade away

Tags: Artist, Character Illustration, Limited Edition, Martin Hyde, Open Edition, Prints, signature

Have you ever wondered why traditionally artist prints are always signed in pencil? Well there is a good, and simple explanation – the graphite in the pencil doesn’t fade.  If you signed the print with a typical pen, in the not too distant future the signature would fade and eventually disappear. In terms of position [...]

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Limited Edition or Open Edition?

Tags: Artist, commisions, graphic art, Julie West, Limited Edition, Oakley, Open Edition, Print, Prints

Limited edition or  open edition, this is always a difficult question to decide upon when you are an artist. I personally love open editions because they are affordable, accessible and available to the masses. Also from an artists perspective they are great because you can use the artwork in lots of different ways. Why should [...]

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New Range Of Dead Good Greeting Cards

Tags: Character Illustration, Dead Good Kids, Dead Good Wrestler, Greeting Cards, Martin Hyde, Merchandise, Print, We Come In Peace

I have recently finished a range of Dead Good Kids greeting cards. There is a mixture of designs including the Darkly Dreaming Series, the brand new Usually Dead Good, and a card featuring Bob from my other series: We Come In Peace. The cards are really nicely printing on heavy weight card and are matt [...]

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Welcome to the new Dead Good blog

Tags: Blog, Character Illustration, Dead Good Kids, Martin Hyde

Well its finally here, the new Dead Good Kids and Friends Blog. Its all been designed from scratch using WordPress. Its taken a while to get my head around creating custom themes for WordPress, but I’m pretty happy with my first attempt. Please feel free to get in touch with any comments on the new [...]

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