Charlie Hillhouse

Charlie's a friend of mine, who takes photos, that to me are very 'Australian'. He takes portraits of pretty girls and pictures of weird towns like Ipswich. He's been feeling the internet blog love lately, so I thought I'd jump on the band-wagon and post some of his photos. Check out his flickr page

Thundamentals & Astronomy Class @ The Ship Inn

I caught these guys a few weeks back. It was a weird gig, because Bliss n Eso were playing a gig that night, around the corner. So Thundamentals didn't start till just before 12AM, when the venue flooded with Oz Hip Hop fans! I tried to capture the movement and energy of the gig with these photos:

FTP!

I did a spoof of the stupid governemnt ice ads:

Holgagendon!

I got a new Holga camera from Hong Kong for $10 bucks!

Can't wait to play with this baby.

Idiot Bartenders!

DON'T ROLL IT, UNLESS I ASK YOU TO! (which I won't)

Buy one of my t-shirts!

Check out my t-shirts on RedBubble!

New Poster about the climate

I created this poster for the 'Fever' exhibition that was held at outspaced in Townsville. I used my infamous ice caps lettering, which I developed for the HUNZ poster. I wanted to say, don't let corporate cool make you feel lame for caring about the planet. Don't be apathetic about it to.

new illustration -- Face Face

This is one of those new Face Face characters I'm working on.

face face

Draw some more

I've been working on a few drawings lately. Trying to develop these face pictures. Might do some paintings like it soon.

I have new website!

Check out my new website at www.mattlimmer.com

logoness

It's 2.40 AM - Working on a logo. It's never ending!

My Studio

Here is a photo of my "studio"

Depression

I'm working on a brochure about depression, and after reading it:






Will post the brochure next week.

BAD PARTY launches with small bang!

Check out mine and Dan's new record label at BAD PARTY, and download the new mix tape.

New illustration

I got a wacom today. Just did this illustration with it.

Graduating Exhibition Catalogue concept

My concept for the end of year exhibition and catalogue at The Queensland College of Art in Brisbane Australia.

My rationale:

"OYSTER

“the world is your oyster you are in a position to take the opportunities that life has to offer.”
from Shakespeare’s Merry Wives of Windsor

The oyster as a symbol of what the world is to us now. With an education focused on professional practise and conceptual design ideas, we can take our skills into the workforce – anywhere.

The oyster as a symbol for design – with it’s many forms, distinctive shape and colour, it’s imaginative design to protect and grow – this is what we learn to do at QCA.

This is an original photo I commissioned. Taken by Charlie Hillhouse (QCA photography student).

The inside spread has 20-part grid. The arrangement of images can be changed depending on the designers work. This grid is successful in producing a rhythmic pattern from page to page."


Front cover:


Front cover and inside layout and grid:



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Green Light Productions - corporate ID

Hi there, sorry for the lack of post, but yeah...


The brief was to design a new logo for an Australian film production company based on the Gold Coast.


Here is the process and research I went through:












And this is the final product:

River Quays

I'm working on an architects website at the moment, and one of the sections that I had to try and touch up photos for was of the River Quays building in the ville. Got a little bit proud of my little city home when I saw castle hill, no one at work gave a shit though, hahaha!

Radiolab

I have missed a few episode, and I'm just listening to the latest one online now, and it is so good. SO god damn interesting!


Do yourself a favour and subscribe to the RADIOLAB podcast.
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/

Some published work

I won a digital camera at the Ken Cato talk (which was really amazing alone) the other night so now I can post some photos of my work.

I got the piece on the left in the new semi-permanent book, which I think you can buy at borders.





Here is the second issue of Artground from townsville. Shane Keen drew the cover.



These are the leyouts I did for the magazine:

Music that is shaping everything...

one day as a lion

I'm really looking forward to this new project of Zack De La Rocha and Jon theodore. The first track is really great. I think it has a really interesting sound. After feeling a little jaded at seeing rage against the machine at big day out, I think this will re-ignite my love for the music and politics of zack De La Rocha.



Other music I'm listening to latley:


The Breeders:



Beirut:




The herd:




Mastodon:

jeeesssusss

7:18pm time for an update. Not a great deal has changed.

JE-S-US!

working on my last assignment. Ted-i-ous!

screen shots: love it:

Mount A Goat

I had an assignment to redesign the beer label of the Melbourne micro brewery MOUNTAIN GOAT. I wanted my label to be sophisticated, male, and strong, and represent the price of this beer ($19 a six pack). I felt that the labels they use at the moment, is trying to be quirky but that is getting lost and it just looks tacky, or more like a energy drink.

The Mountain Goat Beer label at present:



My label re-design:



The Back Label:



Front of the bottle:



Back of the bottle:



Six pack mock up:



Front of the six pack:



Side of the six pack:



Other side of the six pack:






B E E R!

saturation application

For this assignment we had to produce a persuasive typographic argument. My argument was that media saturation, in particular digital media is having a big effect on my generation, and we do not know the implications. I took the text from Design Anarchy by Kalle Lasn, and created these five posters.

mooore fyoooz

This is a typeface that I have been developing for a few weeks now. I based my research and development on the word 'triad' for this. After researching triads (3) not asian gangs I came up with the almost 3d style.

Display font poster:




Magazine layout:

fyooz

poster I made for fuse assignment. I designed the font that says 'is back'. Will post more of the assignment tomorrow when I am finished.

Life at Liveworm

I've been working for about 6 weeks at liveworm studios. Here is some "work" I did.

This is a poster I started illustrating for a design competition, I didn't get the job, so I took the text off of there.



Here is a cover concept I had for a master brochure, It was supposed to look like a computer screen:




Here are a few more:





This is the one I went with, Will show final document when printed.



Clint got me onto these red eye, drinks, They are so good!!!:





Also I got an image in the new semi-Permanent book, will post later on.

tried and true

I am really confused about everything I'm doing and want to do at the moment. I see all these young designers and illustrators getting heaps of exposure and doing great work and I can't figure out how it happens. I hope I can design a bands tour poster soon.

here is a small design I did a few months ago.






IMPOSTER COSTUME is coming soonish enoughish.

Limmerse your soul in love.

I manipulated this image that i found at hellovon. It's a radiohead lyric. But I'm so self absorbed all I could see was my own name.

We should never grow old

You can't tell me nothing!

M is for Matt

Watch the money pile up

We are all human

Blackspot Sneakers Flash Website

I've been slaving over this website for about 3 weeks!

Finally went live today(1 day late)



My Blackspot Sneakers Website

liquid is lame

here is my liquid site: http://kali.qcas.gu.edu.au/aaa/sites/jasmineButler/cs2_thurs/s2586890/assignment%201/page1.html

Wayfinding

We had a group wayfinding assignment to do. Our concept was a VISUAL DYNAMIC EDGE. Here is some of what we(matt & sam aswell) designed:

The internet...triple j

I finally got the internet hooked up at my new place.
Here is my entry for the triple J semi-permanent comp from the start of the year.

Orchestra

We had to design some posters for an orchestral festival.

Demolish Logo and old Gerling

Here is a logo I did for myself.




This is an old design I dug up from 2005.

To open the mouth wide.

This is the result of a lack of stimulation from my day to day work. I'm buying a scanner slash/er/ printer tomorrow, so hopefully I will start making more work like this. I got a job today, I've always wanted to be an artists, ever since I was young, now I'm a sandwhich artist! finally.

punk punk punk... fur

Been a while since I posted. I don't have the internet where I'm living.

Here are 3 information system posters I had to make. it was a pretty hard assignment to crack, but once I did it was fairly easy. I'm pretty sure its finished, It's due tommorow, and I think it feels done.

I know I know, the bands I have included on the band page are limited, I couldn't put every band I wanted to, so I just kept it to the bigger ones.

Also I just ripped all the text off wikipedia.








Also, here is a poster I did for the Humane Society, just need to work on the composition a bit more, make the logos a little smaller, but other then that I feel this is a pretty strong piece. note: the pink looks better printed!

Regular John

Regular John
Marrickville 2204
Chatterbox Records

I got sent this CD to review, and most CD's I get sent are normally pretty bad. This CD is really good. I don’t know who they are or where they are from but I suggest you check them out! The CD is short and smart punk rock. They sound like Hot Snakes, Queens of The Stone Age, Rocket From the Crypt, Icarus Line and Minor Threat all rolled into one!

Some adverts I made

Some ads I designed for student flights

I went and saw My Disco and Ground Components on Friday night. My Disco are by far the tightest band I have ever seen. They were so fucking good, you really have to see them. Here's some dodgy fireworks photos of them, if you have ever seen them you would know what is going on.

Bad Teeth Exhibition

Went and checked out the Bad Teeth and Simon exhibition at the Metro today. It is really good, if your in Brisbane make sure you go and check it out. I got the new bad teeth book too, it is really slick, like a proper book. Only 150 made so keep your eye out for it. I also got a painting called too late!!! Will post photo when I pick it up.

Got a new computer finally.

Got an iMac the other day. Also got this wilfred card the other day too.

REVOLUTION LOGO

Here is a logo I knocked out yesterday. Its supposed to be for a job hiring company, so I don't know if it really works, but who would call a job hiring agency revolution anyway?

if anyone who is reading this blog and needs some design work done cheaply leave a message.