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My name is Chris Summerlin, I work as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer. I live in Nottingham. At some point in 2009 I will be 32 years old.
I work by hand and then use computer programmes (that should be in a museum) to add colour and text, leading to a unique and striking style of work.
I have done countless record sleeves, magazine illustrations and somewhere in the region of 250 gig posters for clients throughout the world.
A random selection of my work is shown below. I have a Blog that I will be updating with current work (among other things) here:
http://honeyisfunny.blogspot.com
A full catalogue of work including all gig posters (see seperate section below) can be viewed here: MY PORTFOLIO AT FLICKR
I am usually quite busy but am always keen to take on new work: my rates are exceptionally cheap and I am happy to discuss anything you have in mind.
I also work closely with several very skilled photographers should you wish to incorporate a mixture of graphic and photographic material in a piece of work.
Email me at: honeyisfunny(AT)fastmail(DOT)fm
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CD sleeve for "Aversions" by Gareth Hardwick (Low Point Records)
Sleeve for "Electric Soup" EP by Strategy (Low Point Records)
LP and CD sleeve layout for "You Are The One I Pick" by Felix (Kranky Records). Photography by Lucinda Chua and layout assistance by Craig McCaffrey.
CD Digipak for Beyond This Point Are Monsters (Fight Me Records)
CD sleeve for "Be Not Afraid" by The Slow Life
Selection of illustrations for Plan B Magazine
Cover images for Left Lion Magazine
Illustrations for film poster commission (2008)
Programme posters/promotional images for Energimolla, Kongsberg, Norway
Illustration of Sister Rosetta Tharpe for Plan B Magazine
Promotional images for comedian Doktor Cocacolamcdonalds for the Edinburgh Festival and BBC's "Comedy Shuffle"
Website graphics for the band Dobermann
LP sleeve for "II" by Crevecoeur
Logo re-design for Concrete Cinema
T-shirt design for The Tupolev Ghost
CD and LP sleeve design for "Rupert The Sky" by Bilge Pump (Gringo Records)
CD digipack sleeve for "Green Light" by Clearfield
CD sleeve for "Project: Death" by Hey Colossus (Jonson Family Records)
Wedding invitation for Matthew Tagney & Kerry Carson
Album packaging for "Darkness" by Last Of The Real Hardmen (Low Point Records) - hand-screened by I Dress Myself
Posters for Q-Arts in Derby
Promotional graphics for Leicester Summer Sundae Fringe Festival
Sleeve for Marnie Stern / Cas Pas Cap split 7" (Hidden Hive Records)
CD sleeve layout for "S/T" by High Above The Storm. Photography by Hugo Poon.
GIG POSTERS
I've designed over 200 posters for shows over the last 7 or so years and most of them are available to buy from me.
These are posters made first and foremost to promote the shows in question, they were printed up at the time and plastered over venue walls, pub toilets and other exciting places. I even put one on a guy's back once and let him walk round Nottingham with it for a day before he noticed. That's another story though.
I started re-printing these in small numbers a few years back. They're all a little larger than A3 in size (somewhere around 310mm wide by 430 mm high give our take a few mmmmmms) and they fit very pleasingly into a standard clip frame from Wilkos. They're litho-printed using a machine that cost a million pounds. This isn't a joke, it really cost a million pounds. Needless to say, I don't own it. It lays the colours down as pure tones meaning these look absolutely perfect, bright, vibrant and flawless. They're also printed on various types on heavy paper stock, usually Splendorgel (if you're in the business). That means very thick, matt-textured paper if you're not. They look and feel (and smell) tremendous.
A HUGE GALLERY OF THEM ALL IS HERE: http://www.honeyisfunny.com/catalogue.html
And there are also limited prints of illustrations I have done for magazines like Plan B that you can see above in my portfolio or on my Flickr page which is linked below.
So thats:
£5 EACH or FOUR FOR £15
Plus postage to your part of the planet which is: £2.50 in the UK and £3.50 elsewhere. To a maximum of 4 posters per tube.
I accept the wonderful rip-off Paypal (though ask that we split the fees they impose if that's cool), cheque or glorious cash.
Bear in mind I have limited numbers of some of these so if you want to send a cheque or cash then bear in mind it has to be first come first served so please list alternatives. I guess that's the benefit of paying instantly with Paypal. I knew there had to be one benefit...
I post them in a compact, sturdy tube and I always throw in some freebies too. I have thousands of posters in a box that have been left over from shows, they might be a bit crumpled or have some marks but they're free – perfect for decorating that mouldy bathroom!
All of them can be seen in this Flickr gallery here:
Or: VIEW ALL MY GIG POSTERS AND ARTWORK BY CLICKING HERE WHICH WILL TAKE YOU TO A NICE, WELL ORDERED GALLERY AT MY FLICKR PAGE...
Or click this sentence to add my design 'company' THE SPEEDING TRAIN on Myspace (if that's your thing)
Any questions, or to order, email me at: honeyisfunnyATfastmailDOTfm
(replace the AT with @ and the DOT with a dot!)
HAVE A LOOK AT MY PHOTOS AT FLICKR WHYDON'TCHA?
I play lots of music for different people. If you're looking to waste some time or your boss is away, click the links below to find out more...
LORDS
FELIX
KOGUMAZA
STAGE BLOOD
WOLVES! (OF GREECE)
LAST OF THE REAL HARD MEN
REYNOLDS
E O M
ANDY CLAMBAKE & THE RESURRECTION MEN
THE EVIL HAWK
THE GOOD ANNA
DAMO SUZUKI'S NETWORK
GLENN BRANCA
OTHER LINKAGE
http://honeyisfunny.blogspot.com
DISKANT
PLC LTD - Cartoons drawn at work
MYSPACE
FLICKR
WALLET UPDATE 2007: I retired another wallet. Give it a click to see what was inside...
Here's the old retired wallet from 2004. Click on it to see the contents.
WANT TO KNOW WHY IT'S CALLED "THE SPEEDING TRAIN"?