Village of the Damned Festival

I really should have posted about this earlier but time escaped me a little. There's a brilliant little short horror film festival going on right now in Auchmithie, near Arbroath, Scotland. The Village of the Damned is being put on by Helen Macdonald (of Jolly Good) and Ross Bull (of Agitator) over the Hallowe'en weekend. If by any chance you're near enough to get to it, go, go go. You can find all the information you need on their blog.

As well as the films, a small group of artists (including myself) will be selling work during the festival. I unfortunately can't make it up there in person but if you come across a print or something then it might be mine. For more information about the artists, go here.

Have a good Hallowe'en folks. Don't dress sexy, don't dress wacky, don't be a celebrity or a superhero. BE SCARY! and if you can't be scary, be wonderful.

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Lego Mansion

Sometimes you're just blown away by a thing. This burned-out Lego mansion by Mike Doyle is one of those things. Damn, damn, damn. As far as I can tell, it's 100% legit, as in it's made completely from normal Lego pieces. You can view more pictures of the project on his blog, here.

I do get quite nostalgic for Lego. It was probably my favourite toy growing up (the old, old Robin Hood stuff being my fondest memory) and from time to time, I'll have a look at what's going on in the Lego 'community'. Usually it doesn't really do it for me. Too many men building too many big mech robots and spaceships. Not my scene, dogg. Discovering Doyle's mansion on the other hand completely made my day and (somewhat) justified my hour of skiving-off on geeky messageboards.

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Giveaway Results

The above video announces the results of my Rocket Launch giveaway. Well done, I guess! Big thanks to everyone who entered and/or posted about it. Apologies again for taking so long (technically I'm another day late but blame a slow YouTube upload for that). I'll be in touch with the winners tomorrow about shipping out your stuff. I claim no responsibility for any trauma inflicted by the horrendous sound of my voice.

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Giveaway (give us a minute, eh?)

Hello. A very quick message about the giveaway - I have been delayed in announcing the results. Ah, sorry pal. Don't worry though, I've collected together all the entries and everything will be done and dusted tomorrow. Promise. My excuse is a long, elaborate tale of missed-trains and last-minute deadlines that would honestly make a pretty decent movie. Anyway, what did you expect? I'm giving away free stuff for God's sake.

Also, thank you very much to everyone who entered and to everyone who tweeted / posted about this. I appreciate it greatly and I'm a little embarrassed that I can't start the week with a bang. Tomorrow's announcement (with full-on video) should hopefully make up for it. Well, to those who win something at least.

If I have pissed you off beyond comprehension, leave a comment below. Otherwise I'll presume everyone couldn't give a monkey's.

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The List: Edinburgh

Along with the student I posted a while back, I was also asked to put together a couple of other drawings for The List's Student Guide issue. Chiefly one of Edinburgh (above) and one of Glasgow. Either click the image or click here to see the full illustration.

On the whole, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, especially considering that it was quite a short brief. I'd have loved a few more days to really work into it a little more, but hey, who wouldn't? The main thing I got from the brief though, was rediscovering drawing actual things. Real life, actual things. It gave me a ton of ideas for new drawings and hopefully I'll get a good chance to get some of them down soon. My new Glasgow surroundings will come in very handy indeed.

In time, I'll get the other drawings up here too. Keep your eye out for the actual, physical Student Guide issue of The List too (mostly available for free at Scottish colleges / universities) Also, If you're a new reader, hello! Please check out my giveaway for a chance to win some free prints, zines and other things.

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Rocket Launch Giveaway

To celebrate the launch of my Rockets screenprint in my shop, I've decided to host my first ever giveaway. Starting today (Monday 18th October), I'll be accepting names from anyone who wishes to win some free stuff. The winner will be chosen at random (I've got a good idea for this) in one week on Monday the 25th of October.

The prizes are as follows:

> First prize gets one of my Rockets screenprints in a nice tube.
> Second prize gets a copy of my Red Neck zine, a Rock, Paper, Scissors print and some badges.
> Third prize will receive a copy of Red Neck and some badges.

There will also be a 'bonus prize' for one person selected from entries that include my special secret word. This secret word can't be found on this blog, but somewhere else online. These entries will be included in the main draw too, it's just an extra wee chance to win something. Have a snoop.

To enter: just send your name or nickname (just something I can identify you with) and, if you like, a vague location to this special email address: davidgalletlygiveaway@gmail.com before next Monday.

I'll announce names publicly when I pick the winners but not addresses or anything creepy like that. If anyone with a blog / Twitter etc would like to give the giveaway a mention, I'd greatly appreciate it. You can keep up-to-date by subscribing too.

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Rockets Screenprint

Today I'm very happy to add a new screenprint to my online shop. It's called 'Rockets' and it's bloomin' massive (well comparatively, for me at least). It was handsomely printed by Julie and Natalie at Early Griffin Press and I have a small number of the limited run of 50 to shift here. So, let the shifting commence!

'Rockets' is a two-colour screenprint printed on very nice, archival quality, acid free 200gsm white Heritage paper. It measures 40cm x 50cm (a good size for framing) and comes to you, friend, signed and numbered by the artist (me) for just £40. It's so highly detailed that the photos don't quite do it justice as, honestly, it's pretty hard to take a picture of without it looking all compressed and weird.

If you don't know Early Griffin, check them out here. They're a small screenprinting company who work closely with invited artists to produce a series of screen prints in limited editions of 50, with 3 artists in each series. My print, part of series 5, sits alongside some awesome work by Hannah Waldron and Christopher Bettig.

Actually, this print has finished for a wee while now - I've just been delayed in posting about it because of the whole moving house thing and, strangely, some difficulty in finding decent cardboard tubes to post them out in. Well delayed no longer! I've got my tubes at the ready should anyone wish to pick one up, you can do so: here.

One more thing, to celebrate the launch of 'Rockets' (ho ho) I'm planning a special 'Rocket Launch' giveaway next week (from Monday 18th October), so stay tuned to the blog (perhaps subscribe?) and my Twitter (perhaps follow?) for more details. Also, I can't pull any favours for tweets / links / blogs pointing this way, but maybe doing so would increase your karma and therefore your luck a little? No, no, I kid. I'll be fair. I will simply love you forever if you shout me out.

Rockets
by David Galletly
(printed by Early Griffin Press)
£40.00
two-colour screenprint
40cm x 50cm
signed and numbered edition of 50
archival, acid free 200gsm white Heritage paper
available here.

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Nine New Views

I know, I know, another video. Sorry. Well, should I apologise? I dunno. I presume most people who read this blog are mainly interested in drawings and not whatever boring crap I point my video camera at. Ennyyyway...

This is a short post to promote a slightly longer post over here. What it is, is a collaborative blog to accompany a collaborative group exhibition in Philadelphia in which I'm participating. The show, called the 'World's Fair' features work by a few artists from all over the shop - visit the blog to find out all the details. The video (kinda) makes sense when you see it in context.

I'll try to post some exclusive content up there over the coming weeks, if that's any incentive to subscribe. You probably need to be a bigger bigshot than me for 'exclusive content' to mean anything but hey, read it anyway.

Oh yeah, the track used is 'Looks Like A Sunrise' by Billy Pilgrim on Fence.

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The Kitchen Gallery

I've opened a small gallery called 'The Kitchen' in Shawlands, Glasgow. The first, currently untitled, show features work from a variety of different artists.

Above is a little preview video of the space. Right now access to you, 'the public', is severely restricted. I can't have any dirty beggar wandering in now, can I? Hmph, I should think not. Strictly for those in-the-know I'm afraid. Should you wish to exhibit here, please contact me and we'll see if we can come to some sort of arrangement.

The first show includes: A print by Sanna Dyker 'All Will Come Out In The Washing', a print by Gemma Correll, 'I Like It When We Share', untitled bunting by Christopher Bettig, an untitled drawing by Robert Hanson, a print 'Teacups' by Kate Sutton and a collaborative installation 'Washing Line' by Alex Horne and David Galletly.

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Fence Hallowe'en Party

For the past, jeez, 10 or more years now I've been a big fan of Fence Records, a record label and collective of musicians based in Fife, Scotland who make some very good music and put on some very good events. This month, they're having their annual Hallowe'en party in Glasgow and I was very happy to have been asked to design the poster.

I think it turned out pretty good. The deadline was quite short on this one, so I kinda just went a bit nutty grabbing all sorts of odds & ends and mashing them into shape. Looking back at my sketchbook, the only planning I really got done was writing 'cowboys + sci-fi + vintage horror + Fence' in the corner and a couple of quick scribbled layouts. Sometimes it's better just to have fun and cross your fingers that a few ideas will jump out at you along the way.

Anyway, the party is sure to be a belter. If you can make it along, you should. Can you think of anything better to do on Hallowe'en than a full day of live music, djs, fancy dress (fency dress), drinking, dancing and general goodness? I doubt it. It's like a mini-Hallowe'en festival for Christ's sake. They've even set the great wee theme of 'wild-west 3010: space cowboys & aliens' to get your costume ideas a-flowin'. How nice not to be bombarded with a million folk kitted out as The Joker, a 'sexy' cat or the ever-hilarious Borat*.

The important details are as follows:

Fence Hallowe'en Fancy-Dress Party

On: Sunday, October 31st, 2pm - 2am
At: Stereo / The Old Hairdresser (which is the building across the lane from Stereo)
In: Glasgow
Remember: Fancy dress is mandatory, so no spoilsports
Tickets: are available at fencerecords.com, £25 for the full day.

I'll hopefully do a little reminder post shortly or perhaps write a little more about Fence for anyone who isn't familiar with who they are and what they do.

If you could, please promote/post/tweet this poster and details of the event. That would be great. There is a larger version here if you need it. They'll be up around Glasgow and beyond shortly. Hopefully there might even be a few for sale at the gig. Big thanks to Johnny Pictish for getting me on board.

* not hilarious

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