sneak peek-a-boo

so after months of work on this my latest
boy and bear video for feeding line premiered
on triple j's website on friday..which was very
exciting having them show the first look at it..
it goes online on the youtubes and itunes tomorrow
but i decided to find my john west moments from the
clip and put up some stills from it..this was such
a big part of my life this year..it feels really
good to have it out there and not in my head




















this concept is one i have kept for a few years now
like a little trump card up my sleeve so i am so happy
to have it attached to this band and this song..i feel like
it finally found the right house...

in the immortal words of enya...

sail away sail away sail away....
so for some reason i got hung up on the
idea or pun of wavey hair and while looking
through pics of 20's silent actress' for another
project i couldnt help but not the extreme amount
of waves in their hair..thus my pea brain decided
to put little sail boats on them...so like liquid
gets into this chalk...boom this poster was born

meet me down the sock hop

this was a pure joy doing this ..one i had been
working on the same concept for someone else for
a few weeks and this job was emailed to me to be done
quick and with the theme of the night i thought
it would be fun just to do something concept free and
just really embrace this style and era of design...
both client and i walked away happy...crazy!

shout outs

theres a nice shout out from the boys
in this english interview last year about
me and the videos and art i do for the boys
i find it amusing that dave uses my real name
of jeff gordon and not my bs artname of jefferton
which he uses when we are face to face

i heart hart

this is an online promo image for tim hart
one of the members of boy and bear , its his
very folk side project and i cant wait to work
with hi on his future projects

going up river to find charlie

heres a behind the scenes pic from the
charlie mayfair shoot in QLD..the image
shown is a group of friends on the way to
a viking style / day of the dead funeral..
its something you dont get to do everyday

the rag trade

so happy to be doing more boy and bear merch
here's a looksee at the shirts for their upcoming
tour



on my blog ..models always wear top hats



I honestly think this vomiting ocean head is the
weirdest fucking thing i have ever done..and they
loved it

cooking up a big pot of stu

fried and mega brill muso stu larsen , whom
i had postered before in the past asked me to
art direct his ep..so i jumped at the chance to
do some design work that didnt involve some kinda
goofball idea from my head...using his wonderful
photos to steer me ..we are both very happy with
this result..its feels very personal..

new poster art

biplane bus stop...if only

there will be blood

i had the utmost fun doing this..
taking a dive bomb into something
really fucked up was a joy and im
lucky this band is the kind that supports
it..and always have..based the the tale of
the titular character i decided to increase
the blood shed to flood levels...once i started
it was rather hard to stop..there was temptation
to have humans and livestock floating in there but
for reasons of good taste i restrained myself

what are ya...yella!!!

heres a sneak peek still from the upcoming
boy and bear video ..shot all around the us
during the month of april and may....

heres a video i did back in
feb..was so much fun working
with them again and with the lovely
lisa mitchell who also features on the
song..i shot it solo and aimed it have it
look like a developing polaroid..or as we now
know it hipstamatic...they have such a chilled
70's folk vibe i thought it seemed fitting.

who sells sea shells?

heres the latest video for NZ band avalanche
city..love these guys and it as an honour shooting
this videa all around nsw and southern victoria..ps
the beach where dave sings is used in where the wild
things are and was chosen pretty much because of that
reason..hope you enjoy

all of the lights....

so heres a preview for the single artwork for
boy and bears new song feeding line.. the song is
released on itunes and triple j may the 9th..the
image is another taste tester for the album and video
concept which are both on their way...

MONT BLANC

I love working with a band committed to sticking to
a concept and Montpelier is the best example of
this with their commitment to stick with my concept of
the sky being the ocean ( a childhood notion that i now use)
i look forward to exploring this even further when we
work on their upcoming album

the bottoms are torn by the way to leave blank room for
the band to write what and where the gig is being played..

across the universe

The artworks were done many many moons
ago for the maquarie university compilation
cd known as universe city ..i did this the previous
year and its great fun as its finding a theme
for the whole album then running with it..this
year i was compelled to play with textures and
the notion of outer space..the original idea of the
observatory head was actually a biodome head but
as with everything it evolved and became this..









it was also an exercise in doing something out of
my usual colour palette comfort zone
so im glad its out now and has some great bands
such as my peeps boy and bear and tin sparrow..

if you build it ..they will come

here's the single cover for Georgia
fairs song Marianne ..its a great track and the
still is taken from the recent video shoot

ode to joy

This current crop of poster art is full of
odes and references..ranging from the obvious
playing with the iconic image from 2001 to the
cheeky tip of the hat to the famous Woodstock
poster..added into the mix is the reworking of a
photo i took of a fake bison in the museum of
natural history in new york..honestly i took
so many i could use them for an entire years work..

bringing an avalanche to the ocean

had a great time over the weekend shooting
baxter from new zealand band avalanche city ,
who this week have the number one song in their
home country with love love love..we shot
the follow up video along the great ocean road
in victoria ...i was inspired to shoot it there
as thats where some of where the wild things was filmed
added to that it had an amazing coastline and lighthouse

anyways the clip will be up in the next few weeks or so
but just wanted to share a taste


this pic is what it looks like after
you film a shot like the one at the top
of the post



heres a few more shots

let the lights guide you home

above is the tour artwork for boy and bears
autumn tour ,the top on is the main tour poster
( with even more dates to be added!!!) and the others
are for the street presses in each state..

the art work is a teaser , if you will , for a much larger
concept that will be applied to the band over the next
few months..im so excited about this..its a concept i love
and have nurtured for year and to apply it to a band like
this is a pure joy...

the production of these images was kinda funny as i had
the very nice Andrew Finnegan play the explorer dressed
in costume hired garb and then we went to the local mall
and in their carpark is a large green wall that we used for
our own make shift sfx studio..i must say we got some pretty
strange looks

new video coming soon

coming very soon is the new video for
Georgia fair..the track is called Marianne
and heres a sneak peek..

we shot it on a very hot January day down
on the coast..we shot it to look like old
photography and i joked we were shooting
it on hipstavision after the iphone app
called hipstamatic..an app that ages photos..

anyways clip and single will be released
very soon

east side stories

here are some recent posters i
have done for the lovely peoples at
eastside radio..
i kinda took that jazz feel and ran
with it like a kid with his pants full
of bee's

and now for my next trick

its no secret i love the old timey stuff
as well as old magician posters so when
doing this poster for the wonderful tin sparrows
residency at the oxford arts factory i thought
it would be fun to play with these themes as well
as things that seem to be falling from the sky..
a concept thats been used on their upcoming
ep..

you have something on your.......

natural selection posters are always fun
and this came from a random doodle i did
on the bus..originally it was fox tail mo
and the person had the two opposing foxes tied
behind his head ..but this was hard to pull off
so squirrel's were next in line and seemed to work
a treat...( how old am i using expressions like that)