Matthew Hams Illustration

The Good Times

2012-01-19T03:05:00.000-08:00

Here's my illustration for The Church of London's one-off newspaper The Good Times. Distributed on Monday 16th January (supposedly, the most depressing day of the year), The Good Times was created to promote the brightest and most inspiring people and organisations.

My illustration accompanied an article about Peer to Peer Funding organisations.

Click here to download the Newspaper or here to find a list of stockists.

Huck Magazine

2011-11-04T06:20:00.000-07:00

I have an illustration in the latest edition of Huck Magazine accompanying a feature about Morgan Spurlock's film The Greatest Story Ever Sold. I worked with The Church of London again on this and they've used a lovely, shiny effect in parts, which I think works really well on the page.

More Think Quarterly

2011-10-28T06:04:00.000-07:00

Creative Review has a nice write up of how the recent Think Quarterly cover I was involved with was put together. You can read the article here.

2 to the Power 10 Postcard Exhibition

2011-10-11T13:11:00.000-07:00

Here's my postcard for the 2 to the Power 10 postcard exhibition organised by the Orange Dot gallery in association with the British Postal Museum. I was sent a postcard to work on that was part of a larger design by Robbie's Brown Shoes, made up of 32 individual postcards.

Here's Robbie 's large image.

...and here's the re-assembled image. My wobble fellas bouncing all around inside the man's cranium.

Lastly, here's a sketchbook page with more bouncy wobble fellas.

Many thanks to Robbie and all the other artists involved. It was a excellent project to be involved with and the end result looked great.

Google Think Quarterly Cover Project

2011-10-03T12:18:00.000-07:00

In August I was asked by YCN to take part in an exciting project with The Church of London to work on the cover for Google's quarterly magazine Think Quarterly. Myself along with 13 other illustrators were given the task of filling an absolutely enormous sheet of paper full of drawings which would then be divided up and used as 2,500 unique covers. For 2 days I had an absolute blast working with Church of London and the other illustrators on what was a fantastically collaborative experience.

Here's a short video that The Church of London produced showing how the project was put together.

Here's a list of the illustrators involved;

Photos courtesy of Rosie Gist and Chetan Kumar. See more photos from YCN here.

2 to the Power 10 Postcard Art Project

2011-10-03T02:17:00.000-07:00

I have a wee postcard in this exhibition happening later this month at The Orange Dot Gallery. I will post a photo soon!

Raw5

2011-09-13T02:43:00.001-07:00

Raw Studio recently celebrated their 5th birthday and to commemorate the occasion they asked over 70 designers and illustrators to create some birthday themed artwork. You can view and buy everyone's work here, with profits going to Wood Street Mission. My canvas is a greedy, cake gobbling party fella.

Egaku

2011-04-01T02:26:00.001-07:00

Some of the drawings I did whilst at It's Nice That's event at Pick Me Up will be available to buy at the Egaku art fair in aid of Japan which takes place on Sunday 3rd April at Jaguar Shoes in Shoreditch.

Egaku is a one day event to raise money for the Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. Onsale will be zines, prints, ceramics, original drawings, books and much more. See here for more details.

Pick Me Up. It's Nice That. One of One

2011-03-15T07:19:00.001-07:00

I'm going to be doing some drawing along with lots of other brilliant illustrators as part of It's Nice That's One of One event at this year's Pick Me Up at Somerset House. Pick Me Up runs from the 17th - 27th March and I'll be doing the afternoon sessions on the 18th & 25th, so pop by and say hi! More details here!

New Work: Robin

2011-02-07T11:36:00.001-08:00

New Work: Carrot

2011-02-07T11:35:00.002-08:00

New Work: Chef

2011-02-07T11:35:00.001-08:00

New Website, Work, Castle

2011-02-07T11:28:00.001-08:00

I've updated my website with a bit of new look and lots of new work.

Milk

2010-09-01T05:29:00.000-07:00

Little set of illustrations for a feature on different types of milk for Attitude magazine.

Wizards VS Witches with Fickle Fate

2010-08-24T03:33:00.000-07:00

This is a collaborative poster that I worked on with Fickle Fate AKA Mr. Timothy Hunt, illustrator, graphic designer and all round nice fella!

Two Sides Postcards

2010-07-06T04:04:00.000-07:00

Earlier this year I was lucky enough to work with the good people at 300million on a set of postcards for Two Sides, a company promoting sustainability of the print and paper industry. It was a really nice project to work on and the postcards look great.

Vampire Strike!

2010-06-07T09:16:00.001-07:00

New promotion postcard mail out currently winging it's way across the land - blah!

Entourage

2010-06-07T09:09:00.000-07:00

Here's another wee illustration I did for Attitude Magazine about having a team of personal trainers of your very own at your disposal.

Nike78

2010-06-06T11:00:00.000-07:00

I was asked to take part recently in the Nike78 project in which a boatload of super-talented created people were asked to "Challenge the function" of a pair of Nike trainers, using sport as inspiration. Often needing a bit inspiration myself when it comes to sporty activities, I thought it might be nice the trainers could offer you a little encouragement in the form of some handwritten typography. Check out my page here, where you can see a little animation of how I thought that might go, and don't forget to check out all the other designer's outcomes!

PC Pro Magazine

2010-01-27T07:16:00.000-08:00

Illustrations for a PC Pro Magazine feature about file sharing: the facts!

YCN Annual 2009/10

2010-01-27T06:52:00.000-08:00

I was asked by YCN to create this illustration for their 2009/10 annual that incorporated their 'A is for awards' logo. You can't enter for the award, winning is a surprise!

My Two Front Teeth, the Christmas Shop...

2009-12-02T02:30:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of handmade Christmas cards I made for YCN for their festive store 'My Two Front Teeth'. The store is open at 72 Rivington Street, London seven days a week from 10am to 7pm between the 1st-23rd Decemeber. There'll be loads of cool Chrisrmassy stuff handmade by a bunch of artists and illustrators for everyone to buy, you can find out more here!

Attitude Magazine

2009-11-10T06:40:00.000-08:00

Another illustration for Attitude Magazine's grooming section. For an article about acupuncture.

Almos Prints

2009-11-09T09:00:00.001-08:00

More pics from the Mr. Almos show last month. Prints should be available to buy soon!

Guardian Money 31.10.09

2009-11-04T03:24:00.000-08:00

Here's the Money cover I did for this weekend's Guardian supplement. The article was about National Savings interest rates being quite good with their bonds.

Mr. Almos Show

2009-11-04T02:44:00.000-08:00

My work up at The Mr. Almos' Big Pen Ship show at the Rag Factory in London.

Edit: Nice little review of the show from Amelia's Magazine here.

Mr. Almos' Big Pen Ship

2009-10-17T13:36:00.000-07:00

"Mr Álmos' big pen ship - An illustration show from 13 magical illustrators - October 22 -26th - The Rag Factory, 16-18 Heneage Street, Brick Lane London E1 5LJ - Private View - 22nd 6 til 9 - The count down begins............"

I have a couple of pieces in the show, along with a whole bunch of stuff by some other great illustrators. The private view is on Thursday 22nd October, so come along and enjoy!

See more here!

Site Update!

2009-09-03T03:17:00.000-07:00

I've just updated my site with some new work and a bit of a new layout, so have a wee peruse if you should so fancy!

Attitude Magazine

2009-08-03T03:29:00.001-07:00

A recent illustration for Attitude magazine, for an article about, erm colonic irrigation.

Meals on Wheels

2009-08-03T02:42:00.000-07:00

An illustration for the Guardian for an article written by Heston Blumenthal about the best rest stops in Europe.

YCN

2009-07-31T02:38:00.000-07:00

Earlier this week I popped into YCN to do some drawings on brown paper for one of their upcoming projects. Thanks a lot to the YCN guys for inviting me in and for posting me up on their blog. it was a lot of fun!

Fight!

2009-06-10T06:05:00.000-07:00

Above you can see a screenprinted poster that I worked on with good man and all round design maestro Matt Stokes. There are a limited number available to buy, so if you want to get your hands on one, please send one of us an email!

Update!

2009-05-19T05:08:00.000-07:00

Howdy folks, time for an update! Above is an illustration for the Howies Spring catalogue I did earlier this year and below is an illustration for the Guardian I did last month for a special money supplement on pensions.

Also, I was very kindly asked by the folks at sharesomecandy to be a contributer to their blog. There's some very talented designers also showing off their stuff on the blog, so you should go and take a look!

Next blog I'll hopefully be able to show you some work I've been doing for something I'm quite excited about!

Guardian Travel 07.02.09

2009-02-14T08:37:00.000-08:00

Here's the cover illustration I did for last Saturday's Guardian Travel supplement. Yes, I do know that the British Isles isn't quite that big but hey!

Merry Xmas!

2008-12-23T00:59:00.001-08:00

Here's a wee Xmas card I made to send out. I hope everyone has a great Christmas and I'll see you all in the New Year!

New Type - Not That There's Anything Wrong With That!

2008-12-08T04:58:00.000-08:00

I've added a couple of new type pieces to my portfolio. The first is another memorable Seinfeld quote and the second is a lyric from The Boy Least Likely to song I'm Glad I Hitched My Apple Wagon to your Star.

Illustrophile

2008-12-04T08:45:00.001-08:00

A big thank you to Illustrophile for posting me up on their blog. Click the link to view.

It's Nice That

2008-11-13T01:02:00.000-08:00

It's Nice That is one of my favourite design blogs and today they've posted me up. Cheers guys!

Source Magazine: Money Doctor

2008-11-10T05:38:00.000-08:00

I have an illustration in the Nov/Dec issue of Source Magazine. The illustration was to accompany the money doctor's advice about having your car written off.

New Website

2008-11-03T03:32:00.000-08:00

I have just updated my website with a new look and some new work. Above is some new personal work based on strange quotes from the sitcom Seinfeld. Here are just a couple but there's a deep well to draw from, so expect more Sein-quotes soon!

No.1 Fan

2008-10-13T06:20:00.001-07:00

Guardian G2 09.10.08

2008-10-09T08:49:00.000-07:00

Hello! Above is an illustration for today's G2 supplement in the Guardian. The article is about using online money saving websites during these 'crunchy times' as the AD put it. Crunchy indeed!

Here's a link to the online version.

Inside Housing Magazine

2008-09-25T13:23:00.001-07:00

Here's an illustration I did recently for Carolyn at Inside Housing Magazine about innovation in the office. It would be nice to see more human canonballs in real life, wouldn't it?

New Promo Mailout and Business Card

2008-08-14T01:04:00.000-07:00

All the Ways That Got Me There

2008-08-11T12:29:00.000-07:00

This a personal piece that I did recently which I'm pretty sure will end up as some sort of limited edition print.

AOI Images 32 Exhibition

2008-08-01T04:55:00.000-07:00

Tuesday evening was the annual AOI Images awards night and I was lucky enough to have some work in the exhibition. The exhibition is on at the London College of Communication in Elephant & Castle until the 27th of August, so go check it out!

Post-it Note

2008-06-16T06:14:00.001-07:00

The Guardian - How to Save Money

2008-06-15T02:51:00.000-07:00

I had a couple of illustrations in the Guardian's "How to Save Money" supplement yesterday. The whole supplement looks great and rather conveniently is really quite useful!

Guardian Family Section 31.05.08

2008-06-02T05:44:00.000-07:00

Howdy! Here's another illustration for the We Love to Eat column in the Saturday Guardian.

Creepy Crawlies!

2008-05-11T03:56:00.000-07:00

Here's a little something I knocked up for Terra Firma. Its a true story of how I was helpless to watch a ladybird crawl under the keyboard of my laptop. It might still be there for all I know!

Guardian Money 03.05.08

2008-05-11T02:24:00.000-07:00

Here's an illustration I did with The Guardian for the Money Section last weekend about Norwich Union rebranding as Aviva. Its was a short deadline of just a few hours, but was all the more enjoyable for it!

Superman

2008-03-21T05:57:00.000-07:00

My version of Superman.

The Guardian Family Section

2008-03-20T09:54:00.000-07:00

Here's an illustration I did for the Guardian for last Saturday's 'We Love to Eat' recipe in the Family section. I like her little 60's bob and coat.

HSJ Magazine

2008-03-11T04:43:00.000-07:00

Here's a recent illustration that I did for Health Service Journal about investing to make sure Britain has a world class health service by 2020. It's always fun to draw a big futuristic machine!

Esquire Magazine & AOI Images 32

2008-01-14T11:12:00.000-08:00

Here's an article I was asked to illustrate by the good people at Esquire Magazine for the business section of their February issue. I saw a Bugs Bunny cartoon the other day where bugs was reading a copy of Esquire in a barrel!

In other news, just before Christmas I found out that I've been selected for the AOI's annual Images book! Cheers AOI!

Welcome!

2007-11-18T07:29:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the News section of my brand new website!