//Spray Painted Van Mural//
“Wanting to make a difference starts with action and the founders of The Den (Cheryl Cleverly and Paul Billingsley) did just that.
With the vision of creating a safe haven for teens in London, funding was needed, and as always before funding, there needs to be signatures, And thus…
“the coolest petition in the world” came to be….
Thanks to the Blank Walls Collective I was brought on board to create a fun and colourful art piece that would transform a van into something eye catching, that could spread the word yet also allowing space to collect signatures from teenagers who wanted a place like “The Den” “ in their hood”
In 15 minutes the “petition side” was full! Being at the start of such an exciting project that I know will change the lives of teenagers who, in this day and age, don’t have a place to go and be themselves, was such an honour”
-Nic Mac
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ESP//Querer marcar la diferencia empieza por la acción y los fundadores de The Den (Cheryl Cleverly y Paul Billingsley) hicieron precisamente eso.
Con la idea de crear un refugio seguro para los adolescentes de Londres, necesitaban financiación y, como siempre, antes de la financiación tiene que haber firmas. Y así surgió... "la petición más guay del mundo" ....
Gracias a Blank Walls Collective me contrataron para crear una divertida y colorida obra de arte que transformara una furgoneta en algo llamativo, que difundiera el mensaje y que al mismo tiempo sirviera de espacio para recoger firmas de adolescentes que querían un lugar como "The Den" en su barrio".
En 15 minutos, el "bando de las peticiones" estaba lleno. Fue un gran honor participar en la puesta en marcha de un proyecto tan apasionante que sé que cambiará la vida de los adolescentes que, hoy en día, no tienen un lugar donde ser ellos mismos".
“I was asked to be one of the first contributing artists to Serin Kucuk’s new venture. Kucuk & Co, creating Hand-Crafted Wooden Backgammon Boards.
Serin hand dyes the wood into the colours needed for the design and then laser cuts it all into the shapes taken from my digitally rendered designs and piece by piece, he puts together the intricate puzzle.
No part of the creation is easy, but all of it is put together with love and passion, There’s a big heart here, and this was a dreamy collaboration”
-Nic Mac
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ESP// Me pidieron que fuera uno de los primeros artistas colaboradores de la nueva empresa de Serin Kucuk. Kucuk & Co, que crea tableros de madera, de ‘backgammon’ hechos a mano.
Serin tiñe a mano la madera en los colores necesarios para el diseño y luego la corta con láser en las formas tomadas de mis diseños renderizados digitalmente y, pieza a pieza, va montando el intrincado rompecabezas.
Ninguna parte de la creación es fácil, pero todo está hecho con amor y pasión. Hay un gran corazón aquí, y esta fue una colaboración de ensueño.
“This illustration was made to highlight and communicate the common truth behind the overused phrase;
“Wealth trickles down from the one percent to people in poverty”
I wanted to show that the poor often remain poor, that a “trickle” is not enough, that their circumstances do not change and that the problem is a growing one.
Highlighting the belief that “the trickle” simply burns a hole in the pockets of people unable to save, sending the money straight back to those in power. Showing the “giving” hand to also be the one “taking” the coin back after it has fallen”
-Nic Mac
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ESP//Esta ilustración se hizo para resaltar y comunicar la verdad común que se esconde tras la manida frase;
"La riqueza se filtra del uno por ciento a la gente pobre".
Quería mostrar que los pobres a menudo siguen siendo pobres, que un "goteo" no es suficiente, que sus circunstancias no cambian y que el problema es cada vez mayor.
Destacar la creencia de que "el goteo" simplemente hace un agujero en los bolsillos de las personas incapaces de ahorrar, enviando el dinero directamente de vuelta a los que están en el poder. Mostrando que la mano que "da" es también la que "recoge" la moneda después de que haya caído.
“A series of three characters, The Juggler, the Hopeless and the Hopeful.
They are my conceptual take, on modern love.
What started off as an improvised mural piece that was painted live during an Art Night in Madrid, quickly turned into me creating three separate digital artworks of each character.
The hopeless character free falls through space, catching the arrows as they fly with their heart out of the game. The Hopeful character is the opposite, The old fashioned romantic, protectively, holding the key to their heart whilst The Juggler is between the two, manoeuvring between two sides and multiple opinions, searching for the answer to the question…what is love?”
-Nic Mac
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Esp//"Una serie de tres personajes, el Malabarista, el Desesperado y el Esperanzado, que son mi visión conceptual del amor moderno.
Lo que empezó como una obra mural improvisada, pintada en directo durante una Noche del Arte en Madrid, se convirtió rápidamente en tres obras de arte digitales separadas para cada personaje.
El personaje desesperado cae libremente por el espacio, atrapando las flechas mientras vuelan con el corazón fuera de juego. El personaje Esperanzado es el opuesto, el romántico a la antigua, protector, guardando la llave de su corazón mientras que El Malabarista está entre los dos, maniobrando entre dos bandos y múltiples opiniones, buscando la respuesta a la pregunta... ¿qué es el amor?".
I created a mural at Seedtag’s Office in Madrid.
They wanted to create a piece for Pride Month. Highlighting what they do as a contextual advertising and marketing agency as well as celebrating pride and diversity.
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ESP//Me tocó crear un mural en la oficina de Seedtag en Madrid. Querían crear una pieza para el Mes del Orgullo. Destacar lo que hacen como agencia de publicidad y marketing contextual, así como celebrar el orgullo y la diversidad.
I worked with Fledge HQ to create a T-Shirt design to celebrate the ethos of the company and how they work. Showing vibrancy, diversity and development using their brand colours to in keep with their brand identity.
// Personal Project //
Fun characters inspired by my time living in Berlin with a focus on street art and bold colours.
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ESP// Divertidos personajes inspirados en mi estancia en Berlín, con especial atención al arte callejero y los colores vividos.
In collaboration with Creative Debuts, I painted live at a few of their events in London, at their flagship store in Oxford street and also at their popular east London branch in Shoreditch.
Engaging with attendees at the events, and being able to let loose and create bold artworks on canvases and being part of the excitement and energy was, and is always, a pleasure.
I also was part of a 'customisation station' in the stores, where I customised the recently purchased trainers of customers, listening to what it was they wanted and developing an idea that was inline with their interests and also worked artistically for the trainer, ensuring they went home happy.
// Various Characters //
A mix of personal projects playing with stylised characters that where hand-drawn in my sketchbooks and brought to life digitally.
(Ongoing Project/Series)
“Thanks to Joshua Evan Greenberg at Hello Caveat, I was brought on board to create packaging design for Jamie Makeup’s second product release “The Bloss”.
Jamie Makeup wanted to break the status quo. To have a packaging design that was fun and colourful!. I focused on bringing about, energy and movement, playing with fun shapes that filled the space. The Bloss is a ‘moisturising’ lip gloss and so some of the shapes were inspired by liquid, and I added sheens to make them shine to add an effect that complimented the essence of the product.
I also designed some small little spot illustrations to be used as stickers for social media posts, ads and their website.”
-Nic Mac
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ESP//Gracias a Joshua Evan Greenberg de Hello Caveat, me contrataron para crear el diseño del envase del segundo producto de Jamie Makeup, "The Bloss".
Jamie Makeup quería romper el status quo. Tener un diseño de envase que fuera divertido y colorido. Me centré en aportar energía y movimiento, jugando con formas divertidas que llenaran el espacio. ‘The Bloss’ es un brillo de labios "hidratante", por lo que algunas de las formas se inspiraron en el líquido, y les añadí brillos para darles un efecto que complementara la esencia del producto.
También diseñé algunas pequeñas ilustraciones para utilizarlas como pegatinas en redes sociales, anuncios y su sitio web.
“A collaboration with Iain MacArthur were we worked with Brewgooder, London Fields Brewery and Alex Fatho to bring this project to life.
A beer brewed to help make a difference. Proceeds made from sales went to provide free one to one therapy sessions for those in the service industry. The idea being, that when people ordered a Please and Thankyou, they had to use those two words that, really do, make all the difference to those who work in hospitality.”
-Nic Mac
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ESP//Diseño de etiquetas en colaboración con Iain MacArthur. Trabajamos con Brewgooder, London Fields Brewery y Alex Fatho para dar vida a este proyecto.
Una cerveza elaborada para ayudar a marcar la diferencia. Los beneficios de las ventas se destinaron a ofrecer sesiones gratuitas de terapia individual a los trabajadores del sector servicios. La idea era que, cuando la gente pidiera un "Por favor" y un "Gracias", utilizara esas dos palabras que realmente marcan la diferencia para quienes trabajan en el sector de la hostelería.
I designed and illustrated a digital mural that was to be printed large scale and used as a "Photo Wall" at the finish line of the Hackney Half Marathon 2023.
Creating bold and fun characters that injected movement and most importantly “energy! which was the name of the product being promoted by Blockhead, the new “Energy Gum”
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ESP//Diseñé e ilustré un mural digital que iba a ser impreso a gran escala y utilizado como "Photo Wall" en la línea de meta de la Media Maratón de Hackney 2023.
Creando personajes atrevidos y divertidos que inyectaran movimiento y lo más importante "¡energía! que era el nombre del producto que promocionaba Blockhead, el nuevo "Energy Gum".
Selection of recent paintings, from commissions to personal projects.
// Mental Health Awareness Project //
This was the brainchild of Alex Fatho who wanted to help support those who work in the service industry aswell as raise mental health awareness.
The idea was centered around multiple collaborations between top London Chefs, who would share their Mental Health Story and top London Bartenders and Artists, who would each create a custom cocktail and an original art piece, inspired by said story.
The Art and Cocktails were sold to raise funds for charity.
The piece was then exhibited at Fulham town hall, among the other collaborations where a secondary collaboration between David Oku and I, came about. Where we were let loose in a room specially given to us to create a huge mural further raising mental health awareness.
More can be seen in the video below…
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ESP//
// Proyecto de concienciación sobre salud mental //
La idea fue de Alex Fatho, que quería ayudar a los que trabajan en el sector servicios y concienciar sobre la salud mental.
La idea se centró en múltiples colaboraciones entre los mejores chefs de Londres, que compartirían su historia sobre la salud mental, y los mejores barman y artistas de Londres, que crearían cada uno un cóctel personalizado y una obra de arte original inspirada en dicha historia.
El arte y los cócteles se vendieron para recaudar fondos con fines benéficos.
La obra se expuso en el ayuntamiento de Fulham, entre otras colaboraciones, donde surgió una colaboración secundaria entre David Oku y yo. Nos dejaron libres en una habitación que nos habían cedido especialmente para crear un enorme mural con el que seguir concienciando sobre la salud mental.
Más información en el siguiente vídeo...
Large scale painting made for Publicis Sapient's new London office where it was to be displayed, and function, as a colourful Mural.
The design I planned out and illustrated was made to celebrate what Publicis Sapient do as a company, how they touch the lives of so many and the technology that connects us all, aiding our lives.
I painted the Mural Live in Shoreditch, London, during the premiere event for their new documentary film called “Never Done” by Oscar winning director Ben Proudfoot. Hosted by Richard Ayoade, I was painting live as the evening progressed, creating this piece, I titled “ripple effect” such is their influence, that celebrated who they are as a company and what they do, With everything emanating out from the central circle (Publicis Sapient’s Logo) The Mural painting was created during their event in Shoreditch, premiering their short film documentary, directed by Ben Proudfoot.
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Spray Painting - Street Art
Documenting my participation in 21er Gallery’s Paint Jam on their Wall of Fame in Berlin.
Inspired by one of the Characters I had been illustrating during my time there.
I love playing with bold brought colours, and using that to mask the true theme of the pieces. For instance when looked at closely you can see the character is actually crying, that there are tears behind and through his eyes. It’s a nod to societal pressures on men and what it means to be masculine. How the boldness can hide the truth, the front.
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ESP// Documentando mi participación en el Paint Jam de la Galería 21er en su Muro de la Fama en Berlín.
Inspirado en uno de los personajes que ilustré durante mi estancia allí.
Me encanta jugar con colores llamativos y utilizarlos para enmascarar el verdadero tema de las obras. Por ejemplo, si se mira de cerca, se ve que el personaje está llorando, que hay lágrimas detrás y a través de sus ojos. Es un guiño a las presiones sociales sobre los hombres y lo que significa ser masculino. Cómo la audacia puede ocultar la verdad, la fachada.
“Piece by Piece to Paradise”
Motivated to create an illustration that communicates a phrase I often think about.
“one step at a time”
It sounds simple and cliche but it is so easily forgotten. Life is made up of alot of stumbles but its the accumulation and collection of those stones that we find along our path that slowly become, the very thing we use to construct our “paradise"
This piece is about, going through life, looking ahead but dealing with each "piece" at a time
as they come
as life serves them to us…
Keeping focus on the present moment….
Particularly when looking at the theme of success.
-Nic Mac
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ESP// "Pieza a pieza hacia el paraíso"
Motivado por crear una ilustración que comunique una frase en la que pienso a menudo.
"un paso a la vez"
Suena simple y cliché, pero es tan fácil de olvidar. La vida se compone de un montón de tropiezos, pero es la acumulación y la colección de esas piedras que encontramos a lo largo de nuestro camino que poco a poco se convierten, lo que usamos para construir nuestro "paraíso".
Esta pieza trata de ir por la vida, mirando hacia adelante, pero tratando cada "pieza" a la vez, a medida que la vida nos las va sirviendo... Centrándonos en el momento presente .... Especialmente cuando tratamos el tema del éxito.
A Mini Series of Abstract Digital Artworks
A reimagined version of Hokusai’s - The Great Wave off Kanagawa
This Illustration is the newer version (second edition) that was created in 2020 of the “Plastic Wave illustration (2018)” which was created to make a powerful comment on the growing issue regarding the record levels of plastic found in our oceans.
-Below is a process video showing how I re-drew and improved my original drawing of the wave and made prints to continue to help spread the message.
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ESP//Una versión reimaginada de Hokusai - La gran ola de Kanagawa
Esta ilustración es la versión más reciente (segunda edición) que se creó en 2020 de la "Ilustración de la Ola de Plástico (2018)" que se creó para hacer un poderoso comentario sobre el creciente problema con respecto a los niveles récord de plástico que se encuentran en nuestros océanos.
-Abajo hay un video del proceso que muestra cómo redibujé y mejoré mi dibujo original de la ola e hice impresiones para continuar ayudando a difundir el mensaje.
I was asked to draw a ‘climate change activist bear’ that looked like it had come from Glastonbury festival that had an expression of being “fed up and disappointed”…it was probably the most oddly specific brief I had received but was fun to depict that.
It was for the cover design of the 4th issue of FSC Magazine
A Mental Health Comic created to help people reflect and share with others their experiences instead of keeping things locked in.
Showing the harm it can do when one secludes themselves.
Written and Illustrated by me I wrote a poem that flows throughout, The rhythm of which, symbolises a heartbeat. So that as a person reads it, if they are struggling, it is a gentle reminder that they are alive, that they are here, a reminder of thier own strength and perseverance.
// Personal Project //
Fun characters inspired by my time living in Berlin with a focus on street art and bold colours.
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ESP// Divertidos personajes inspirados en mi estancia en Berlín, con especial atención al arte callejero y los colores vividos.
I got to work with Mary Spender to create album cover designs for some of her recent Singles and EPs.
//Spray Painted Van Mural//
“Wanting to make a difference starts with action and the founders of The Den (Cheryl Cleverly and Paul Billingsley) did just that.
With the vision of creating a safe haven for teens in London, funding was needed, and as always before funding, there needs to be signatures, And thus…
“the coolest petition in the world” came to be….
Thanks to the Blank Walls Collective I was brought on board to create a fun and colourful art piece that would transform a van into something eye catching, that could spread the word yet also allowing space to collect signatures from teenagers who wanted a place like “The Den” “ in their hood”
In 15 minutes the “petition side” was full! Being at the start of such an exciting project that I know will change the lives of teenagers who, in this day and age, don’t have a place to go and be themselves, was such an honour”
-Nic Mac
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ESP//Querer marcar la diferencia empieza por la acción y los fundadores de The Den (Cheryl Cleverly y Paul Billingsley) hicieron precisamente eso.
Con la idea de crear un refugio seguro para los adolescentes de Londres, necesitaban financiación y, como siempre, antes de la financiación tiene que haber firmas. Y así surgió... "la petición más guay del mundo" ....
Gracias a Blank Walls Collective me contrataron para crear una divertida y colorida obra de arte que transformara una furgoneta en algo llamativo, que difundiera el mensaje y que al mismo tiempo sirviera de espacio para recoger firmas de adolescentes que querían un lugar como "The Den" en su barrio".
En 15 minutos, el "bando de las peticiones" estaba lleno. Fue un gran honor participar en la puesta en marcha de un proyecto tan apasionante que sé que cambiará la vida de los adolescentes que, hoy en día, no tienen un lugar donde ser ellos mismos".
Abstract experiments, pushing the limits of what a face could be.
Exploring the way in which humans have a natural response of facial recognition to stimuli that isn’t a face, recognising the familiar in the unfamiliar. Playing with how “Unfamiliar” I can go…
(ongoing project)
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ESP//Experimentos abstractos que amplían los límites de lo que puede ser un rostro.
Explorar el modo en que los seres humanos tienen una respuesta natural de reconocimiento facial ante estímulos que no son un rostro, reconociendo lo familiar en lo desconocido. Jugar con lo "poco familiar" que puedo llegar a ser..
(proyecto en curso)
“The beauty of life is that it is ever changing.
If we break, we build.
During times where we fall to rubble, we can make new bricks when we find the strength to gather up the dust.
We are resilient and we are never “finished”
and what a beautiful thing it is, to be a “work in Progress”
-Nic Mac
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ESP//"La belleza de la vida es que siempre está cambiando. Si nos rompemos, construimos.
En los momentos en que caemos a escombros, podemos hacer ladrillos nuevos cuando encontramos la fuerza para recoger el polvo.
Somos resistentes y nunca estamos "acabados", y qué hermoso es ser una "obra en construcción".
Mock Editorial Illustration about technology and how we use it from the rise in podcasts and audiobooks to food delivery apps.
I had Illustrated a skull and made 10 screen prints of it.
I then draw and painted on top of each one to see how different and unique I could make each print.
I enjoyed the challenge of having the same foundation each time and how to create and emanate a different narrative each time.
Digital Illustration Experiments exploring different themes such as Mental Health, Stress ‘Burn Out’ and Technology
