Here's a sneak peek of tomorrow's Guardian Guide cover. It's much more typographic than my usual work but I really enjoyed working on it.
JOHN TURRELL - SCREENPRINTED KINGMAKER POSTERS - WORK IN PROGRESS
by jimmy turrell on Wednesday, 17 July 2013
Heres some shots of a couple of limited edition posters I've just done (for my brother John Turrell's new album The Kingmaker) in the process of being screenprinted. You'll be able to buy them from his brand new site (which has literally just launched today) very soon. Click here for more details.

I did this for last weekend's cover of the Wall Street Journal supplement 'Off Duty'.
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I've just created this artwork for Pedestrian and the rest of the guys at 2nd Drop Records. 2nd Drop have released tracks from Ramadaman, Rusko, LV and South London Ordinance.
The track is a Fela inspired slice of Afrobeat which mixes modern rhythms and sub base to produce something pretty unique. Heard it on Gilles Peterson's show last week and its also getting support from Dark Sky, Djrum and LV.
I wanted to give the artwork a slightly dark, sinister feel with an analog, hand-made aesthetic while still keeping the contemporary tone that runs through the music.Underneath the top (chosen) image are a few other options I gave to the label. Released on July 26th you can pre-order it from the label's website: http://www.surus.co.uk/2nd-drop-records/kalakuta-ndizi-22185.aspx
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I've recently completed this billboard campaign for Leo Burnett and FIAT for the new Fiat 500L (the larger version of the 500) which is about to launch all over Europe. The concept here is almost a "campaign within a campaign" as I was asked to create billboard campaign's about other billboards.
Basically the guys at FIAT wanted me to create walls of posters that were then seen to interacted with the car to show off its many features. For example posters of eyes are magnetically drawn to the car's beautiful shape, posters of plants seem to flow from the cars exhaust (showing off its green credentials) and a family of basketball players line up ready to enter the vehicle - again giving an idea of its spacious nature.
It was really great to get back to using simple analog techniques - basically ripping and hand collaging while getting covered in paste and glue. I honestly have to nip myself sometimes with commissions like this - I can't actually believe this is my job!
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NEW YORK MAGAZINE - PORTRAITS OF SIGOURNEY WEAVER, SPIKE JONZE, KANYE, HARVEY WEINSTEIN + ALSO NEW SKETCHBOOK WORK
by jimmy turrell on Thursday, 2 May 2013

Here's a few painted portraits I've worked on lately. The one of Sigourney Weaver is for New York Magazine and the illos of Spike Jonze, Kanye, MGMT's Andrew VanWyngarden are little "re-mixes" I've worked on for Spin Magazine, Billboard, and Bloomberg Businessweek. Also in here is a few pages from my sketchbook.
Check back next week for lots more work in progress and sketchbook work.
Heres a new illustration I've just completed for todays Guardian magazine about legal highs and the web revolution that’s changing how the world gets high.Basically they wanted something with a tripped out feel but without it being too Haight-Ashbury - basiclly modern psychdelia.
























