Infectious have just launched this set of vinyl car art stickers designed by Ben the Illustrator. Entitled ‘These Are Your Friends’ the smiley faced flowers are available individually or as a super set

Check out Infectious.com to see these and more car art designed by the likes of Andy Smith, Jon Burgerman, Tara McPherson, Dalek, Si Scott, Miss Led and many many more.

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We are super happy to announce the launch of our new range of prints entitled ‘Wish You Were Here!’.  There are seventeen prints to choose from, all 13″ x 19″ Giclee prints on ultrasmooth fine art paper.  This set has been months in the making and there’s something for everyone

Check out the Wish You Were Here website and online store!

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Artism, an independant organisation, are currently looking for artists to get involved in a very special project to raise money for The National Autistic Society.

Artism would like artists to create a piece of work for a book they are planning, each piece using just black, white and one other colour.  The extra colours are specified by Artism themselves, as different colours have different effects on people with autism.

To find out more about autism and Artism, choose a preferred colour and submit your work for consideration, check out Artism’s webpage.

It’s a fantastic cause and looks to be a very exciting project to be part of.

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I am very pleased to announce that I have four brand-new art prints now on sale over at I Vote For Art!

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I recently finished three new pieces for Smart Cars and Vice Magazine in an on-going alternative ad campaign we have been working on together for almost three years now.  These pieces, set in London, Berlin and New York will feature as double-page spreads in copies of Vice Magazine globally.

In other news, I have done a great interview with Jeff Andrews for Design Inspiration, find out more about my illustration work, my inspirations, my yearning to be a forest ranger and my thoughts on prime-time TV. Many thanks to Jeff for the interview!

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The current issue of The Big Issue (UK) features a special cover illustration by Ben the Illustrator available from street sellers across the country.

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To celebrate the launch of a new series of The Culture Show on BBC2, Fallon brought together a selection of artists and asked them ‘What is culture?’ The results are now on The Culture Show website and some are also being used to advertise the series. The website also features a multitude of written, drawn and videoed answers by people including Rankin, Andrew Marr, Supergrass and Vic Reeves. The above piece ‘Heart’ is by Ben the Illustrator.
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We are super proud to announce the opening of Speakerdog’s freshest exhibition ‘Step Into Our World’ at the Here & Now Gallery, Falmouth, Cornwall on Monday 2nd June!

The exhibition will feature all new artwork by Ben the Illustrator and supremo softies by Fi the Imaginator all inspired by our wonderful outside world. There will also be brand new World Lovin’ Posters exclusively available to buy!

For more exhibition information and photos after the launch click here!

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Issue 149 of Computer Arts Magazine is out now, and it includes a masterclass tutorial by Ben the Illustrator helping Adobe Illustrator users tackle one of it’s most powerful tools… the bezier curve!
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Urban Retro are now selling a great bunch of Gelaskins featuring Ben the Illustrator’s ‘Come Out And Play’ featuring Speakerdog.  The Gelaskins are available for all manner of ipods, iphones, macbooks and laptops.

Freshen up your appliances!

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The Capiusa design festival in Guatamala is looking for international artists to submit their work, it’s got a neat brief… ‘Make Design Not War’. The submission date for international artists is 12th May. Enjoy.

Click here for full details…

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An illustration by Ben the Illustrator to promote Speakerdog sailing off to St Louis for the Crammed Organisms exhibition, touted as ‘The World’s Largest Plush Show’!

Fi the Imaginator has created four Speakerdog Softies for the event, along with 150 other selected artists creating over 600 plush toys, to be exhibited in 4 venues throughout June 2008!

Check out CrammedOrganisms.com for more info!

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The current issue of Computer Arts Magazine (number 147) includes a tutorial by Ben the Illustrator on creating trees in Adobe Illustrator, taking you through the process from a walk outside to the nice but gnarly tree illustration here!
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The fifth series of Speakerdog Paper Toys has just been launched!

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A new piece by Ben the Illustrator, featuring Speakerdog. Soon to be available as a wonderful poster, but currently on show at the ‘Go Go Speakerdog!’ exhibition at Go Go Plastic in Birmingham.

Click here for further details!

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I am super pleased to announce that this weekend sees the launch of the ‘Go Go Speakerdog’ exhibition at Go Go Plastic in Birmingham!
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I have been working with Smart Cars for a few years on an on-going illustrated ad campaign in Europe. At the end of last year the project headed to California and this Smart Fortwo car that I designed was exhibited during a week of Smart events in and around San Jose.

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We’re on the lookout for new artists to design super new Speakerdog paper toys!
We have had some awesome artists involved already such as Shin Tanaka, Adolfo Serra, Emily Glaubinger, Joe Scarano, Kenn Munk, Marshall Alexander, Phil Corbett, Raymond Gems Adrian, Yupyland plus many more, all creating their own special Speakerdog Paper Toy for the world to download and make! you can check them out at Speakerdog Paper Toys.
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The Thunder Chunky Christmas Project is a wonder to behold! Super illustrators from around the world have contributed Christmas images, and today it’s Ben the Illustrator’s turn. Inspired by the heart and soul of Christmas, our lord and saviour, Noddy Holder.
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The first ever Speakerdog exhibition is now on! Created by Ben the Illustrator and curated by Fi the Imaginator the exhibition includes new massive illustrations, painted canvasses, mirrors and wood, the first ever Speakerdog plush toys (hand-made by Fi), Ben’s first custom vinyl toy ‘The Grateful Ted’ and all the Speakerdog Paper Toys ever designed!!!

The exhibition is taking place at Kitch-en Gallery and Shop in Middlesbrough and runs until early December, so get yourselves Teesside and enjoy everything Speakerdog!

Click here to see photos of the exhibition!

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