New Work - Day of the Disco

It's not quite Halloween but I just couldn't wait that long to unleash the hordes of the undead onto the dance floor.

New Work - Snow Queen

A queen ruling over a harsh, snowy planet somewhere in a far flung corner of the universe. What is the story behind this cold character?

New Work - Pray

It's been some time since I posted anything so here is some new work that I recently completed:

New Work - Night Town

It's festival time in Night Town! Somewhere in the world there lies a great forest, hidden away in this forest grows a tree of unknown age. The inhabitants of this tree appear visible to the human eye only once every 23 years when they hold a festival to celebrate something long forgotten.

Are they celebrating tonight?

New Work - Jellicity

I have just completed this personal piece of work called 'Jellicity'. I thought that 'jellicity' would be a real word, referring to how jellified something was (similar to elasticity), but apparently not. So next time you make some jelly and a friend comments upon its lack of jellicity, you know where the term comes from. Additionally it can refer to, as in this case, a city inside a jellyfish.

.Dock Illustrations

I recently created these designs for an article in a free paper called .Dock (an abbreviation of Document of Creativity in Kobe). .Dock is a paper that documents design related activities in Kobe, a city appointed a City of Design by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).

The article by Bianca Beuttel (a Kobe based designer-essayist) looks at the relationship between children and design.

New Work - Mammalian Peanut Challenge

Here is a new piece of work that is a slight departure from my usual style. The idea was to get away from my computer and work in a freer more experimental manner. It was nice to get my hands dirty!

Who will win the challenge?

Behance Uploads

Continuing my uploading of past work to the Behance site, here is a collection of Victorian machinery:

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Victorian-Robots-%28200809%29/7021817

And here is a preview

New Work - Jurassic Love

This is a new piece of personal work I have just finished called 'Jurassic Love'. The image represents a fictional (as far as I know) love story between two Diplodocus (Diplodoci?). As we all now know that love story doesn't have a particularly happy ending.

Antler Town Cotton Bags

Here is a preview of the 'Antler Town' cotton bags I have had made for the Atelier Loghouse craft fair. Details of the fair can be found HERE

Atelier Loghouse Craft Fair

On Sunday 11th of November I will be selling some of my work alongside many other artists at the Atelier Loghouse near Minou. I will mainly be selling bags and postcards so if you are interested in popping around and saying hi details can be seen on their website HERE.

New Work - Spiderlins

I have just completed this new image, observing the life of a rather musical family of Arachnids. I was interested in creating an image with spiders and was inspired by the many interesting shapes that exist in the wild and those yet to be discovered!

For more of my work, please see www.paulbedser.com

New Work - Bat Cave

Here is some new work I have just completed, entitled 'Bat Cave'. This particular bat cave, however, does not feature any ageing British actors dressed as butlers. (please click image to enlarge):

To see more of my work, please click here

New Work - Antler Town

Following on from my last illustration comes another piece exploring the lives of the tiny people that lead near invisible lives in the wild. Have you seen one?

(click to see larger image)

Website Update

Just a quick message to say I have just updated my website with some new work. I have already posted links to most of the work here before but it is all now conveniently in one place, less scrolling involved! The site can be seen here . Thank you!

New Work - Fly the Coop!

Here is a new piece of work I have recently finished, about the little people we see living in the trees and forests around us. You know what I'm talking about, right? Those little folk? What do you mean you never see them? Your just not looking hard enough!

'Fly the Coop!' (click to enlarge)

To see more of my work, see my website here.

New Work - Tree House

Here is some new work I have just completed, inspired by....well, trees and woodland animals and stuff like that. Hope you enjoy passing your eyes over it! (Click to see large image)

If you would like to see more of my work, please see here.

New Work / Poolga

Two new pieces of work by myself are now available to download for iphone and ipad from the great Poolga website. The work is part of an 'Unseen Agency' week on the site featuring works by many fantastic Unseen artists. See here for the Poolga site and check out more Unseen artists here. Here is a sneak preview:

Cloudbusting

Moonlight Fishing

Snow, shopping arcades and Kyoto.

As you may have noticed, its been a while since I last posted anything here, largely due to work commitments, so I thought I would post a quick rundown of anything noteworthy from the last two months.

To start off, here are some photos of the recent snowfall in Osaka city, the first proper snow I have seen in the city.

Next up is a visit to a cafe called Mole which is built inside the vaults of an old bank. The Cafe serves very good, if a little expensive coffee.

On a considerably less cold day, we recently visited Tenjinbashi-suji, supposedly the longest shopping arcade in Japan! We also made a brief stop to check out the nearby temple.

I made my second visit to Kyoto a few weeks back, in order to see an exhibition by the Japanese Illustrator Junzo Terada. The exhibition was held inside a large department store next to Kyoto station and was very impressive, with work ranging from posters to models and animation.

We also spent time browsing a number of craft shops in town.

The Exhibition flyer.

A Tanooki lined stairway

From the top of the stairway

Well that's about it for the update, hopefully I will find the time to write on a more regular basis, watch this space!

Tory's Highball

I am rather fond of the Japanese Illustrator Ryohei Yanagihara so when seeing his character design on Suntory's Highball I just had to indulge!

I had never heard of a Highball before but must say I have become quite addicted to the whiskey based drink!

For more of Ryohei Yanagihara's work, check out this site