PAUL LAYZELL

BACK FROM BROOKLYN

2011-12-07T16:45:00.002Z

I have returned! I was staying with NY residences, Pete Gamlen & Tuesday Bassen for about 2 months! It is a wonderful place- and has fueled many new ideas for me. Thanks BK.

STILL LYF

2011-11-07T05:03:00.003Z

I had a lovely write up on Raney Town, a blog run by artist Rebeca Raney. She makes wonderful drawings and sculptures, so you should check it! Oh, yeah and here's a picture of some flowers I done.

FALL

2011-11-04T19:17:00.004Z

Currently in New York City! Working on various project including a new self published zine with Tuesday Bassen & Pete Gamlen, on our favourite time of the year... Autumn!

BEBOP

2011-10-08T13:05:00.001+01:00

STEVE JOBS

2011-10-06T02:17:00.003+01:00

I use a lot of Apple 'stuff', for work and/or play. And who doesn't like Pixar films, right? Not me! (bar the 'Cars' franchise). So I guess I owe a thank you to the late Steve Jobs for having a hand in making those things that I use on a daily basis and cherish oh so so much! ...Cheers Steve!

GOOGLE- THINK QUARTERLY

2011-09-30T17:27:00.002+01:00

Worked on this project earlier in the year, got to work with a lot of nice 'n' talented folk, and had a great time doing it. We were asked to fill a floor sized canvas with little drawings of characters to be dissected into thousands of individual book covers, took three days all in all!

Go team!

GIFFITI

2011-09-11T01:20:00.002+01:00

Playing around on ye'olde flaaash... This happened!

CRYSTAL ANTLERS- TWO WAY MIRROR

2011-07-30T20:50:00.003+01:00

New music video i've been working on with 'm'bro' Matt Layzell and with help from Treat studios bretherin. Watch iiiiit!

LATITUDE

2011-07-28T21:19:00.003+01:00

I was recently painting a mural at Latitude festival with m'pals Pat Bradbury, Dan Woodger,Jerome Miller and Megan Pearce, as part of their 'art in the woods' thing they had going on. Despite the rain, it was really fun, grade A fun-time. Jim Stoten was also there, doing the damn thang thang.

[This photo was taken by Richard Johnson and featured on NME]

PDP

2011-07-21T03:52:00.002+01:00

PDP

SKY'S THE LIMIT

2011-07-11T23:23:00.003+01:00

Low qual picture of a painting I bashed out for the Brighton GDI degree show in london. Thanks to all that came along! I'll try n get a better qual picture soon.

CREATIVE REVIEW

2011-06-30T17:27:00.002+01:00

Creative Review have posted some Brighton illustration graduates work to promote our London graduate show, One of mine's up there as well as a heap of other great work- so go check already!

HUSTLE BUSTLE

2011-06-29T18:32:00.002+01:00

Making a quick 'n' little publication called Hustle Bustle, should be on sale for the Brighton Graduates Show at the Rochelle School, London on 7th till 12th July.

WALK CYCLE

2011-06-21T12:09:00.000+01:00

LERNDERN

2011-06-19T19:10:00.002+01:00

Staying in the capital city of England AND the United Kingdom: London. Just for a bit, working on another music video!

WEBSITE

2011-06-08T18:56:00.002+01:00

New website is up 'n' runnin'! I've tied a bottle of champagne to my laptop and am smashing it against the screen as we speak. It's a GO!

paul-layzell.com

SOOTHE

2011-05-24T23:48:00.002+01:00

Hella busy setting up degree show and the necessary peripherals. Here's some soothing imagery.

COLD CHILLIN

2011-05-10T22:26:00.002+01:00

HIGH RISE SURVIVAL

2011-05-01T16:42:00.002+01:00

D UP

2011-04-25T20:51:00.001+01:00

BIG B

2011-04-16T14:14:00.004+01:00

B is for... Brighton! Degree Show that is! comin' at you soon!

A little too soon!

OUR MAN IN PARIS

2011-04-12T23:22:00.002+01:00

MAZES 'MOST DAYS'

2011-03-31T17:29:00.001+01:00

'Most Days' Mazes from Paul Layzell on Vimeo.

NEWNESS

2011-03-31T17:03:00.002+01:00

BOYO

2011-03-20T18:10:00.003Z

I was asked to submit to a Spanish zine called Pandemia, I thinks it's just started up. Not sure when it'll come out, but here was my submish anywho.

IN THE JURKS...

2011-03-08T02:04:00.003Z

This is one of many frames i'm woy-kin' on for a music video animation. Will be finished Friday!

IN THE WORKS...

2011-02-24T00:10:00.000Z

THE CITY

A LIL LOVE STORY

2011-02-24T00:05:00.002Z

TUFF LOVE

2011-02-14T21:33:00.001Z

Wooood paintings.

YOU DOWN?

2011-02-11T19:33:00.002Z

SPRUCED

2011-02-11T17:02:00.002Z

I have given the ol' blog a spruce up, as well as my archive: which you can look at if you want to.

ITS PIZZA TIME

2011-02-06T15:59:00.002Z

For assessments i displayed my work in customized pizza boxes, because... ya know... it ties in with the theme of my work and uh... i got to visit my local pizza shop.

ART BLAKEY

2011-01-27T14:29:00.002Z

realz quick lil painting...

MMM

2011-01-14T01:11:00.002Z

MUR CRM-MS

2010-12-24T18:00:00.001Z

EN WHY SEE

2010-12-06T18:19:00.002Z

RED WHITE & BLACK

2010-11-30T12:03:00.003Z

I am involved in a new exhibition in London which showcases work from up and coming Art and Design students. I also got to design the flyer. People also involved include: Pat Bradbury, Jerome Miller, James Lancett, Doug Stewart, Marta Dlugolecka, Andy Shrubsole and many more! It's on the 10th of December so come on down if you're around.

GAME TIME II

2010-11-16T01:54:00.003Z

End result of a flyer for GAME TIME! A hip new knight up in Leeds, it's a monthly thing, so if you're in that vicinity- you should probably go.

UNWIND

2010-11-03T22:01:00.002Z

GAME TIME

2010-10-19T12:08:00.002+01:00

This is still work in progress, but I'm pretty happy with it.

HOWSE

2010-10-15T15:43:00.002+01:00

Lots more stuff to come....

SPACE WARRIOR

2010-09-28T15:02:00.000+01:00

And so... year 3 begins!

GENGHIS KHAN

2010-09-20T22:33:00.001+01:00

LIMN FOR FRESHERZ

2010-08-27T02:54:00.001+01:00

Waheey, party!

TAKE OFF!

2010-08-27T02:35:00.004+01:00

UNAIRED PILOTS, a fresh new illustration publication created by Robin Bushell of TREAT!

I had the privilege of designing the cover [pictured], and boy oh boy what a privilege it was! With illustrations from: Amy Brown, Julia Pott, Daniel Britt, Jerome Miller, George Gendi, Matt Layzell, Daniel Boyle, Will Crook & Robby B himself!

SLACKERS CLUB 2

2010-08-09T12:30:00.002+01:00

E4 Slackers Club Battle from Treat on Vimeo.

A while ago now, I helped out on the second installment of an advert for Picture House & E4's 'Slackers Club'. It has finally made it to air, which means i can finally post it. I was working for the fellas at TREAT Studios, and alot of hours were put in by alot-a people. Enjoy.

125, PEROU, MILLER & CO

2010-08-04T12:57:00.006+01:00

So a while back now, I contributed in an event to raise money for the Great Ormond Street Hospital charity.

The event, run by 125 Magazine and music/fashion photographer PEROU, hosted an evening of live art, music, fashion and free drinks! Under the banner of Miller & Co (a group of 6 Illustrators including Jerome Miller, Megan Pearce, Rhea Evers, Dan Stirling and myself) a mural was painted along with custom illustrated clothing and furniture- all in just 4 hours! All of the work to be auctioned away to raise money for the charity, it was intensely fun and also intensely hard graft! The event will be covered in the next issue of 125, so keep an eye out.

A LIL CATCH UP

2010-07-11T15:19:00.004+01:00

I have been out of the loop recently, so i think a little catch up is in order. What seems like a long time ago, I painted a little piece up on the wall at the YCN headquarters for Pat Bradbury's World Cup Moments project! There are loads of other brilliant illustrators getting involved also. You can follow all the happenings of YCN and the World Cup Moments mural on YCNs Blog. (Photos taken by Pat)

SHTICKERS

2010-06-20T15:08:00.003+01:00

Design for the Limn guys to promote their new website!

LCAD/LIMN

2010-06-12T15:41:00.003+01:00

If you're in the vicinity of Leeds it's a must you check out the Leeds College of Art & Design Degree Show, and more importantly the Parteey AND the official after party, LIMN. Here's the poster I done.

SAVANNAH HEAT

2010-05-28T16:03:00.004+01:00

What a week! The Tunnel is finally finished, i was even on BBC Sussex being interviewed about it.

So now i have my nights back, i've been jonesin' to do some personal work... so i made this last night/this morning, I guess all this nice weather has something to do with it.

FUNDZ

2010-05-18T17:21:00.003+01:00

I made this poster for a fundraiser party for Level 2 GDI Brighton, which is on tonight, so if you're in the area: swing by!

MURAL

2010-05-15T15:42:00.003+01:00

I haven't posted up much work this month, due to a mural I'm painting (with 7 other strapping illustrators/designers) in a tunnel leading to the seafront in Brighton. We are known as Tunnel Vision, and work only at night, working ridiculous hours from sunset 'til sunrise. You can follow the thrills and spills at the Tunnel Vision blog, it is due to 'officially' open on the 25th of May. The Mural is a homage to musicians and people in the music industry who have connections with the fair city of Brighton. The image above is a section of the wall I have painted, of Radio 1 DJ; Annie Nightingale.

UNIVURSO

2010-05-05T18:22:00.002+01:00

Creator of universes...

PIZZA

2010-04-30T16:58:00.002+01:00

This is a pizza box design I made in response to my visit to New York.

TEESH

2010-04-25T22:58:00.002+01:00

AIRPLANE

2010-04-22T16:07:00.002+01:00

Over the Easter break I helped out Treat Studios on their second Slackers Club TV advert. I mainly worked on backgrounds but due to the packed out character cast, i also got to do a little animation as well. The ad will show your favourite film characters battling it out to the DEATH! It should be airing soonish on E4, so watch out! Some more samples from the animation can be found on Treat Studios' blog...

JEFF GOLDBLUM

2010-04-13T21:19:00.002+01:00

RAINFOREST AT NIGHT

2010-04-01T15:34:00.002+01:00

UNION SQUARE, NYC

2010-03-15T19:54:00.002Z

CONCRETE JUNGLE

2010-03-06T23:37:00.002Z

So I'm jetting of to New York! I made some screen-printed booklets that fold out into a poster as some self promo for when I'm out there. It's called JANGALA and is very loosely based on characters from Kipling's Jungle Book.

BLITZ! AVOID THE FUTURE

2010-03-06T23:08:00.004Z

Avoid The Future, is an Anglo-French blog that covers all things of an independent comic nature. They recently did an article on the Brighton Zinefest which included a little write-up on my zine; Blitz! Here's a link to the article... here.

RAPTOR

2010-03-05T22:59:00.001Z

DUDES

2010-03-04T22:20:00.003Z

I've been working on a new animation project with brother Matthew, It's still under construction and probably wont be finished anytime soon as I'm trying to fit it in amongst projects for University. Here's a little teaser anyways...

SKOTCHBOOK

2010-02-26T01:49:00.002Z

Here's another little sneak peak at the gems that lurk deep within my sketchbook.

SKATEHOVEN

2010-02-24T03:00:00.003Z

Just scanned in a load of stuff from my sketchbook. Here's a little number I conjured up whilst on a long- ass train journey...

MARMALADE

2010-02-19T02:29:00.002Z

Book cover.. design... poster... what?

R.I.P. J DILLA

2010-02-10T19:11:00.002Z

7/2/1974 – 10/2/2006

LIMN

2010-02-10T17:29:00.003Z

Some flyer designs i did for Nation of Shopkeepers to promote an audio/visual night in Leeds. I'll be doing some live illustration there at the end of March, with friend and colleague:

Pat Bradbury.

Sounds pretty radical!

PEOPLE I'VE NEVER MET...

2010-02-06T16:44:00.003Z

... Conversations I've Never Had. Response to brief set by Nobrow for their Flickr competition.

LEADING THE WAY

2010-01-31T15:32:00.001Z

MIXTAPE

2010-01-20T15:03:00.002Z

Some digital artwork for a project to produce 6 'mix tapes'.

PHIL SOC POSTER

2010-01-07T16:04:00.002Z

BACK IN SUNNY BRIGHTON

2010-01-03T22:41:00.001Z

RAMBLE IN THE BRAMBLE

2009-12-27T22:45:00.003Z

SKETCHBOOK COVER

2009-11-29T17:03:00.003Z

DOG

2009-11-23T20:35:00.005Z

Just a little painting done in the ol' studio.

PUFFLINGS

2009-11-19T22:27:00.003Z

PUFF-IN SPACE

2009-11-18T22:40:00.003Z

This is a pitch for Puffin Post, for an issue that would cover space or technology, or something of that nature...

OPENING NIGHT

2009-11-14T13:05:00.003Z

The opening night of ALL YOU NEED IS... is tonight. I spent a long evening/night with a bunch of loyal people getting the space ready. There's a wealth of great work, mostly for sale, so come on down if you can!

BOO!

2009-11-06T03:12:00.001Z

GHOSTS from Paul Layzell on Vimeo.

'GHOSTS'

SHOW 4 SHO

2009-11-03T20:30:00.004Z

This is a poster i have knocked up for a show Pat Bradbury has birthed for level 2 illustrators and graphic designers. Should be dope. I'll be helping out, come on down for the festivities! Private view on 14th of November, it runs for two weeks after that, i think.

DANCE WITH ME FOR REAL

2009-10-26T20:15:00.001Z

DANCE WITH ME from Paul Layzell on Vimeo.

YEAH BAY-BEH.

DANCE WITH ME

2009-10-21T01:05:00.002+01:00

i'm trying a bit harder to keep this blog replenished with fresh items, if you couldn't tell. I'm working on an animation (for this 'sequences' project we gots going) which is really stupid because i only have about 3 and a half days to get it done, and i am having to self teach myself flaash! not cool. Here are some initial ideas and sketches....

LANCETT VS LAYZELL ROUND 2

2009-10-15T16:56:00.002+01:00

check out the blog it's currently round 2 here's my entry. lancett vs layzell.

SLACKERS

2009-10-15T15:51:00.003+01:00

I recently did some work for and at TREAT Studios, for an advert for E4's: Slackers Club. Watch out for it if you have TV!

OPEN DAY

2009-10-15T15:39:00.003+01:00

this is what happens when you tell paul layzell and karin shiragami to make an open day poster for brighton......

eh.

2009-08-13T00:08:00.003+01:00

Friendly Fire

2009-07-14T18:35:00.003+01:00

James Lancett- friend, ally, colleague, comrade....foe? Surely not. But either way an intense battle is raging on; one of fury, pride, bloodshed... and drawing cartoon characters from our childhood.

New blog! lancett VS layzell. first theme, favourite transformer. Above is a sample of my entry.

For your veiwing pleasure.

lancettvslayzell.blogspot.com

PDP

2009-05-23T15:37:00.003+01:00

i now have a music myspace! so give it a listen, there's only one song up at the moment but i suppose that's better than no songs.

www.myspace.com/pdp666

baseball part 2.

2009-05-22T22:55:00.003+01:00

i think if you click on them they grow bigger??

baseball part 1.

2009-05-22T22:48:00.003+01:00

wow, it's been a long time. time for a bit-o catch up. here is an illustrated list of the top 10 MLB all-time career batting average leaders.

thank you, ESPN.

BIG UPS

2009-03-04T22:00:00.005Z

A famous man once said:

'Give big ups, where big ups are due...'

Famous man

With this in mind, a special shout out goes to my man Matt Layzell.

The man hooked a brother (literally) up, with a hot link to this here blog...

If you get a chance (who ever is reading this) please check out his ultra fresh site.

www.mattlayzell.com

p.s. i will update with some more work soon!

WW1.

2009-01-25T15:35:00.002Z

WW1..

2009-01-25T15:34:00.002Z

WW1....

2009-01-25T15:23:00.007Z

These are the images i have come up with from an eye witness account of a gas attack during trench warfare in the first world war. They are not the finished artical, but it's near enough....tell me what you think..... cheers

SKULL

2008-11-27T15:34:00.001Z

So This Is A Blog?

2008-11-07T01:50:00.000Z

answer: yes, yes it is.