Cheism

Berlin Towers

2012-01-23T12:06:00.004Z

A drawing of the towers and wonderful architecture of Berlin. :)

The Sketchbook Project 2012

2012-01-20T16:23:00.006Z

I'm taking part in the Sketchbook Project 2012 and here are some of the pages I have completed so far, more to come very soon! :)

Hadokennnnnnnnn!

2012-01-10T16:32:00.013Z

I've been a massive street fighter ever since I played it on the Super Nintendo in the 1990s and remember drawing the characters when I was younger, so I thought it would be interesting to relive those days by drawing them 15 years on! Here is what I ended up producing.....minimalist street fighter-yoga fireeeeeee!

Faces doodle

2012-01-06T10:30:00.006Z

Been a little since I posted some doodles, so here you are, some faces I've seen the on the tube and some that I have made up from my imagination.

Sweet Cheeks

2012-01-05T09:39:00.002Z

A logo I completed for a friend's bakery website-Sweet Cheeks.

Berlinmography

2012-01-03T15:23:00.007Z

Some lomo shots from Berlin, more to come soon! Happy New Year everyone

Bear on a bike cycles to Andaman Islands!

2011-12-29T18:29:00.005Z

Exclusive photo of my bear on a bicycle tote bag making it all the way to Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, many thanks to friend and fellow sunset lover Manveena who took it there :)

Black and White Berlin

2011-12-21T09:47:00.007Z

Berlin in black and white

Stickerin' Berlin

2011-12-19T10:28:00.012Z

Here are some stickers I stuck while in Berlin, to add to its amazing street art scene! :)

Asethetic of Lostness

2011-12-15T14:25:00.004Z

Guten tag! I've just come back from 5 amazing days in Berlin, and met nomadic graphic designerChelsea Watson who runs a lovely blog, and she has very kindly featured me on her blog. You can check that out in full here: http://www.aestheticoflostness.org/search/label/inspiration

I'm loving the map that she has featured on her map, tracking her route so far!

Sketchbook work

2011-11-27T18:53:00.006Z

Here are some doodles and drawings from my sketchbook. The top drawing is an imaginative city from my head and the 2nd drawing is from Primrose Hill of London (a real city)

Blackpool

2011-11-17T13:14:00.007Z

YCN invited me and many other talented illustrators to work as a visualizers for Merlin Entertainments conference in Blackpool. It was great day out by the seaside and spending time with the YCN crew and fellow practitioners. Here are some photos of the town, more to follow of what what was actually happened on the day...

Neon Dim Sum

2011-11-10T16:54:00.003Z

Here was my entry for the Drawing Crowds exhibition, inspired by my trip to Hong Kong last year and the main signboards I saw. The exhibition is still on until the 20th November, come along! :)

Chemography #3

2011-11-04T15:54:00.010Z

Here are some of the lomography shots, which were taken on my brand new Sardina :)

Drawing Crowds

2011-11-02T12:39:00.006Z

Tomorrow (3rd November) is the day 'Drawing Crowds' opens at the Stone Space, Leytonstone. The exhibition focuses on exploratory drawing and will be featuring my artwork-"Dim Sum Daily" (thumbnail above). It will be open until the 20th November and more details can be found on the facebook page and the website. Hope you to see you there! :)

6 Church Lane
Leytonstone
London E11 1HG.

2 to the Power 10 exhibition

2011-10-25T14:45:00.006+01:00

I recently took part in a postcard art project, that was recently organized by the Orange Dot Gallery, CassArt, and Geoffery Harrison. The postcard was sent to me in the post that was a section of a larger image created by Robbies Brown Shoes and I was asked to illustrate/decorate it however I liked. Above our some photos of the finished piece and the private view. The exhibition is currently on until the end of the month at the Orange Dot Gallery, Tavistock Place, London. Hope you get to see it! :)

Jammie Dodger Storyboards

2011-10-13T14:24:00.006+01:00

Last month, I was commissioned to create some storyboards for Jammie Dodger biscuits to be used as indents for ITV's Saturday night line up. The brief was to have the 3 monkeys competing of who has the better biscuits, pushing the screen around in different and cheeky ways.

Google-Think Quarterly

2011-10-03T12:31:00.014+01:00

I was lucky enough to be part of an amazing project for Google, through creative agencies 'Church of London' and 'YCN'. Along with 12 other super talented illustrators, we had to illustrate the cover for Google's Think Quarterly magazine-the 'People' issue. We worked on a giant canvas that was filled with many doodles and was photographed, edited, and turned into 2,500 totally unique covers! The top 3 images are some of the contributions I made to the massive canvas.

There is also a short 'making of' video on youtube, which you can view here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJUYr-6hWkM&noredirect=1

You can view the full magazine here: http://www.thechurchoflondon.com/work/customer-publishing/think-quarterly-%E2%80%93-the-people-issue/

Bournemouth Pier

2011-09-28T18:25:00.001+01:00

A sketch of the pier on Bournemouth beach.

Commissioned work

2011-09-19T15:23:00.006+01:00

I love receiving good post in the morning! Here's a copy of an educational book I completed some illustrations for earlier this year, one a full A4 page depicting 'Urban Life' and the other image of a shopping centre to accompany a question exercise.

Tudor Man

2011-09-16T13:05:00.003+01:00

A sketchbook image I decided to colour in, before and after, I call him Tudor Man!

Sketchbook

2011-09-14T13:13:00.002+01:00

It's been a while since I posted any images from my sketchbook, here are some drawings while people watching and lunch breaks, will post some more later!

Chemography #2

2011-09-06T10:30:00.001+01:00

Some of the best photos from my second lomo film, the dog photographed at the bottom is Sophie, incase you were wondering!

Edinburgh

2011-08-22T15:40:00.005+01:00

Hot off the press, another drawing I recently completed of Edinburgh, again focusing on rooftops as well as interesting towers and buildings, which the city has many to offer :)

Glasgow Towers

2011-08-16T12:27:00.004+01:00

As you may of seen on my blog, I recently visited Glasgow, and here is an illustration of the beautiful towers and interesting rooftops the city possess. I always think its important too look up when visiting any city, lots of hidden gems and interesting sights.

Illustration Rally

2011-08-15T13:00:00.004+01:00

Afternoon! I recently submitted a hand drawn font for Illustration Rally's Typography and they have featured it on their website alongside many other fantastic entries. Have a look here: http://illustrationrally.blogspot.com/2011/08/typography-hand-drawn-no-6.html

Chemography

2011-08-11T13:20:00.008+01:00

Hello good people, here's are some of the best shots from my first ever roll of film on my lomography camera. After seeing how some of these have come out, I have definitely got the bug to keep snapping and lomo-ing life :)

Happy Birthday Stag

2011-08-08T14:25:00.003+01:00

Here is a card I recently drew for a good friend of mine who likes Stags. :)

Glasgow

2011-08-04T11:18:00.008+01:00

I was lucky enough to visit Scotland recently, and here are some of the photos I took while in Glasgow. As with anyplace I visit, I stuck a sticker in the city to leave my mark!

Hejorama Feature

2011-07-28T15:51:00.008+01:00

The passionate traveler website, which looks at all elements of travel, have kindly featured my sketchbook images in their travel notebook section! You can check out the full feature here, including the song I chose to go with the sketches. I'm looking forward to collaborating with them again soon on another exciting project! I was also sent these amazing notebooks, for being their 300th follower on Facebook, can't wait to start using them.

New Website!

2011-07-21T12:48:00.004+01:00

I've totally failed to mention that I have recently had my website refurbished and updated with new work and a new sticker map. Have a looksie here and tell me what you think :)

Dogs Allowed

2011-07-18T20:12:00.002+01:00

A poster I recently created, came to me pretty randomly.

Spin me into the night

2011-07-09T14:52:00.001+01:00

A photo recently taken at London Zoo.

Urban Life

2011-07-05T11:43:00.005+01:00

Here is a illustration I was recently commissioned to create for Cornelson's education books. It will be published in their next edition of books and as soon as I receive a copy of the book, I will post the photos on here! :)

Burst Magazine-Typo Issue

2011-06-29T20:28:00.006+01:00

Hello again! Another bit of good news, I contributed to the type issue of Burst magazine, they featured my skiphabet and a new illustrated font I recently created called 'Arm Font', inspired by life drawing classes and general observing of human arms, hehe. (Unfortunately, they spelt my surname incorrectly and made me sound like an special curry!) Check out and download the full issue here:
http://burstmagazine.co.uk/2011/06/15/issue-5-type-issue/

Ballad Of feature...

2011-06-27T19:35:00.006+01:00

The lovely lovely girls at Ballad of, have very kindly featured me on their website, check out the full page here: http://balladof.co.uk/2011/06/chetan/

SORTED

2011-06-16T13:54:00.011+01:00

Here are some photos of 'Sorted', that recently took place at the East Gallery, Brick Lane.
The illustrations created for ‘Sorted’ were inspired after traveling through South East Asia. During the trip I documented the different types of food that were eaten, modes of transport traveled on, and statues representing different faiths and beliefs. The show was a success, and there is already talk of a Sorted II next year! Thanks if you came along to the show :)

Flamingo Magazine Interview

2011-06-09T12:53:00.004+01:00

The lovely people at Flamingo Magazine have featured and interviewed me on their website, check it out here. :)

Sneak Peek!

2011-06-08T12:22:00.004+01:00

Only one day to go until SORTED opens at the East Gallery, Brick Lane, East London, and here's a sneak peek of what I will be exhibiting...:-)

SORTED

2011-05-26T13:42:00.007+01:00

9th to 15th June, are dates for your diaries, as I am inviting you to visit 'SORTED'-an exhibition I am exhibiting in, with 9 other talented illustrators and artists. It will be taking place at the East Gallery, Brick Lane, London, and your more then welcome to attend the private view taking place on the 9th June from 6pm till 10pm. The flyer/posted was designed by the lovely Jo Cheung, who is also exhibiting at the gallery. Be great to meet you! :)

Thailand Postcard

2011-05-18T13:06:00.003+01:00

I received this lovely postcard yesterday, all the way from Thailand, it was sent by my very good friend and the talented photographer/writer farfrom, check out her work here.

NYC building

2011-05-11T12:28:00.002+01:00

A photo taken back in 2004 of a NYC building before I had a digital camera.

Dissolving Face

2011-05-04T19:19:00.002+01:00

A random drawing I did with paint, totally random! I guess its Francis Baconesque.

Serco Illustration Competition

2011-04-18T16:02:00.002+01:00

Here was my entry for the Serco Thames Illustration Competition run by the AOI.

Jiro Osuga-Tokyo

2011-04-12T11:40:00.010+01:00

A break from the illustration posts, went to this very amazing exhibition by Jiro Osuga on the subject of Tokyo at the Flowers Gallery in East London, here are some of the best bits.

Starry Eyed

2011-04-05T11:54:00.004+01:00

We might be getting longer days now, but everyone loves a starry night.Inspired by the Nightmares on Wax song: Stars, which you can listen to here

Instructions for Harmony

2011-03-30T12:49:00.003+01:00

A short project I completed whilst at YCN, instructions to create an atmosphere of harmony in the studio.

Sleeping

2011-03-28T15:54:00.004+01:00

Whenever you get on the tube on Monday or any day, you see people falling asleep or trying to stay awake, its too hard not to draw...

Chalky by nature.

2011-03-16T13:48:00.008Z

Here is some of the chalk work I was doing whilst at YCN. It was to encourage visitors to the shop, to join the amazing library.

World Plumbing Day

2011-03-11T10:20:00.008Z

An illustration for the YCN website celebrating World Plumbing Day, which is today! Below is another idea I had for it and a drawing of a plumber's crack, it had to be done.

Life Drawing

2011-03-06T21:33:00.006Z

Some drawings from a recent life drawing class at Book Club.

Pick of the week's book at YCN

2011-03-02T20:07:00.004Z

Howdy, I was kindly asked by the folks at YCN to pick three books to be added to their ever growing and amazing library. I chose these three books, which I think are a must for any artist's bookshelves! Links to the books can be found on the here .

Book head

2011-02-24T10:31:00.004Z

Some random doodles from my sketchbook. The bottom one is called book head!

Tkts Map

2011-02-21T13:02:00.002Z

Recently visited the tkts website and they've uploaded the map I designed for them on their website, check it out here

Skiphabet

2011-02-16T12:54:00.002Z

A recent alphabet, inspired by a recent ski trip to France.

YCN

2011-02-16T12:46:00.004Z

Feature of me on YCN website, I recently started an internship there, and completed a special Alphabird font for the website. :)

sketchbook tignes

2011-02-15T12:32:00.003Z

Sketchbook work, had nice views of the mountains.

Feature on 'of Indian orgin' website

2011-02-11T12:41:00.005Z

I've very kindly been featured on the 'ofindianorigin' website, which celebrates creative work by designers, writers and artists linked to India by body, mind or soul. You can have look at the feature, by clicking here.

Light Art

2011-02-10T13:09:00.006Z

Making some light art that I didn't know I could do with my camera. Also took a night time shot of the stars...woooow

Cross the tracks

2011-02-08T11:14:00.003Z

Some more photos from Tignes, France.

Tignes, France.

2011-02-07T15:43:00.004Z

I recently went on a snowboarding trip to Tignes, France, took loads of photos, which I'll update you with throughout the week.

Hong Kong Street Scene

2011-01-24T11:28:00.004Z

I'm still obsessed with neon lights and signboards, and there's lots of them in Hong Kong, yay! :)

Kuala Lumpar is...

2011-01-11T11:53:00.002Z

A recent drawing...

Tkts Map Commission

2011-01-07T12:33:00.004Z

Welcome to 2011, you made it! Here is a commission I got at the end of last year to illustrate a map for the tkts website. The tkts booth is based in Leicester Square, London and they sell cheap theatre tickets. The image will be online when the company relaunches their website in Spring.

Merry Christmas

2010-12-23T12:40:00.002Z

Merry Christmas to all my followers here on blogger, thanks for the follow! If you don't happen to bump into Santa Claus, he's probably busy on the moon...

Old Vietnamese Lady...

2010-12-14T12:48:00.002Z

Newsletter Illustrations

2010-12-13T16:08:00.006Z

Afternoon all! Here are some illustrations I completed for a newsletter for a school in Lille, France. The newsletter was about a school trip to one of the highest mountains in Malaysia.

People watching

2010-12-07T13:14:00.003Z

On the boat in Hong Kong, people watching...

Anish Kapoor's Mirrors

2010-11-30T12:25:00.008Z

Anish Kapoor's Mirrors in Hyde Park, London.

Sunset rush hour

2010-11-25T13:11:00.004Z

Toys

2010-11-23T11:44:00.002Z

It was like a weird toy dream...

Hong Kong Stairs...

2010-11-16T16:04:00.002Z

A photo taken in Hong Kong

Topless Tramps

2010-11-11T16:17:00.004Z

Some topless tramps playing cards....

Powerlines

2010-11-03T11:16:00.002Z

An illustration inspired by my travels and the powerlines I saw everywhere...

Published work

2010-10-20T19:11:00.008+01:00

Good news! A few months ago, German publisher-Cornelsen asked to use my lost property images in their Key Stages home study book and also feature a short interview with me. They recently sent me a copy of the book and I was happy with the final result. :-)

Cross

2010-10-13T20:01:00.003+01:00

Photograph I took of a church near my house at sunset...

Winklebag.com

2010-10-11T19:11:00.005+01:00

I've done quite a few posts just featuring my work recently, now for something different. I was working at the London Design Festival closing night @ the V+A a few weeks ago, and I met a very nice chap called Micheal, who is keeping alive the technique of letter pressing. He handed me his business card, which wasn't the typical type you would receive! (see photos above). Here is a link to his website called: winklebag.com There's an interesting meaning behind the name Winkle Bag, find out by visiting the website. :)

Thai Elephant

2010-10-05T19:29:00.002+01:00

Some people say that Thailand is shaped like an elephant's head...

Stir-Fry City

2010-09-27T11:48:00.003+01:00

Beard waterfall

2010-09-24T15:06:00.002+01:00

A re-working of an old sketchbook piece I posted a while ago.

Elephant Temple

2010-09-22T11:21:00.002+01:00

Thai doodle

2010-09-20T17:22:00.002+01:00

Unlock your mind

2010-09-13T17:29:00.003+01:00

AOI Images 34

2010-09-09T16:30:00.009+01:00

A few months, I did a blog post about being chosen to be featured in the New Talent section of The AOI Images 34 book. The private view took place at LLC(London College of Communication) in Elephant & Castle on Tuesday evening and I recieved a copy of the annual. It was great to be a part of the exhibition and also be published alongside so many talented illustrators. The exhibition is open for everyone to view from the 8th to the 14th September at LLC, more details of it here

Noodle sea and Bungalow city

2010-09-08T16:02:00.003+01:00

Thumbs Up

2010-08-31T15:01:00.002+01:00

Kuala Lumpar Head

2010-08-26T10:57:00.002+01:00

Hands down

2010-08-23T11:55:00.001+01:00

Collabo' with Miss Pearl Grey

2010-08-20T14:17:00.004+01:00

Something different for friday, the other week I was lucky enough to do a collaboration with the lovely Miss Pearl Grey. We took it in turns to draw different parts of the body and came up with these wacky creations!

On the plane...

2010-08-19T11:29:00.004+01:00

Drawing on one the countless plane journeys I took.

Vietnam

2010-08-18T11:25:00.004+01:00

The busy streets of Hanoi and the old town Hoi An.

Cambodia

2010-08-17T11:48:00.006+01:00

Some sketches from the amazing and anicent Angkor Wat and the capital of Cambodia-Phnom Penh.

Lao mountains

2010-08-16T18:03:00.001+01:00

Sketches from Thailand

2010-08-13T12:50:00.007+01:00

Melakka, Malaysia

2010-08-11T14:12:00.005+01:00

The view of the rooftops in the lovely town of Melakka, Malaysia.

Travel Sketchbook

2010-08-10T15:18:00.007+01:00

Whilst I was travelling around Asia I carried a sketchbook completing a mixture of observational and imaginative drawings. Got lots of pages to share, to start things off, here are some sketches I did at Delhi airport and of my uncle's shop in India. The other sketch is of a mosque tower I came across in Singapore. More to follow soon!

Xieng Khuan (Spirit City)

2010-07-26T12:26:00.013+01:00

Here are some photos of the amazing Xieng Khuan (Spirit City) otherwise known as the Buddha park, I visited in Laos. The park contains many sculptures of Buddhas and characters from Hinduism. There is also a giant sculpture that has 3 levels, representing hell, earth and heaven, in which you enter through a demon's mouth and you get great views of the park from the top. Amazing! :-)

Stencil Class in Laos

2010-07-19T16:04:00.012+01:00

Hey everyone, whilst on my travels through South East Asia, I took part in a stencil class in Laos learning a traditional stencil technique that is used by Buddhist monks to decorate temples in Luang Prabang. Under the guidance of Anousith Phonethasith (Sith), he taught me the technique of using chisel like tools to cut motifs and patterns out of handmade paper. I throughly enjoyed the class and would recommend anyone else to take part in class if you ever go to Luang Prabang in Laos. Sith is a very talented artist and here are some links to his website, which features some of his amazing designs!

http://yensabaiart.com/

Stickerin' Malaysia and South Thailand

2010-05-26T12:17:00.006+01:00

Here are some more places that have been stickered in Asia by Cheism!

Stickerin' Asia

2010-04-20T07:28:00.007+01:00

Its been a long time since I updated my blog and the main reason for that is I am currently travelling through South East Asia! I'd like to think I've taken an inspiration trip as I felt I was running short of ideas in London, so I needed some new things and places to inspire me. As always, I spread the word of cheism via stickers and here are some of the stickers I have stuck in Delhi and Singapore already, more to come soon, watch out Asia! :-)