Hello folks! You can find my new updated website at nicfarrell.com – more recent work, more relevant work, and a vicious culling of old work, one of my favourite pasttimes. Here’s an illustration of shop signs from Berlin from last year. As ever, to get in touch, email me at nclfarrell@gmail.com.
I’m pleased to announce that my map of my hometown Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire (see below) is featured in the new book 96 Illustrated Maps of the UK, Ireland and Iceland by the wonderful Nate and Salli at They Draw & Travel (see also They Draw & Cook – illustrated recipes aplenty). You can buy it on Amazon. Oh look, just in time for Christmas.
Hello Cambridge folk,
Tomorrow I will be selling my wares/making awkward chit-chat at the Christmas fair held at the big fancy new C3 Church, Brooks Road/Coldhams Lane (opposite Sainsbury’s). Come along! I’ll be selling cards, prints and a selection of Hot Yoghurt t-shirts, Christmas jumpers, tote bags and sketchbooks. It’s on from 1-6 and there’s mulled wine and food vans outside in case you’re a heathen who can’t set foot on holy ground.
This year, alongside producing what felt like a million tote bags, I had the pleasure of designing the Take One review zine – a departure from my usual work and an odd sensation not to be constantly drawing and scanning. Three different sixteen-page editions are produced over the eight-day festival with contributions from reviewers, Cambridge 105 film critics, student writers and weirdly a film-themed sudoku.
My illustrative/screenprinting side project Hot Yoghurt made this year’s Cambridge Film Festival tote bags – currently on sale at Festival sites around the city. There are only 50 and each one is painstakingly lovingly printed by hand so pop down before they sell out!
For those of you local to Cambridge, my greetings cards are now stocked in Urban Larder, Mill Road.
Morning all!
This weekend I’ve been shooting a short ‘how to screenprint’ film to help people set up their own DIY businesses and make us millions. I’m sure I’ve mentioned Hot Yoghurt on here before – we make small-run limited edition t-shirts, tote bags and prints with downbeat slogans for people who hate slogan t-shirts. You can view our blog here and our lovely shop here. Film will be out soon…
Shouldn’t reveal the whole thing, but I recently designed some wedding invites for a friend, in greys/burgundy/pinks. Really pleased with them – more photos to follow at some point!
If you are passing through Brixton any time soon, my cards and prints are now on sale at The Turpentine – stop by and pick some up!
433 Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, London SW9 8LN
It’s not even near Christmas yet but I’ve made some cards. For sale soon.
A friend’s sister is getting married at the Bronx Zoo and asked me to design their full wedding stationery. Here it is, in muted greys and greens, with some different hand lettering styles (and some seals). Particularly like the accepts with regret/declines with pleasure RSVP responses.
Last year I designed some typography for Evermade, who sell limited edition prints, clothing, homewares etc.
Reduced Christmas cards, thank you cards, Valentine’s cards, Father’s Day cards … right here.
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If you are from East Anglia then a) my sympathies, you poor thing, but more importantly b) you will know about the annual Cambridge Film Festival which is Sort Of A Big Deal – the third biggest in Britain I’m led to believe. This year myself and the talented Melissa Castrillon teamed up to design the t-shirt – I am good at words and she is good at pictures so it sort of made sense. Here it is in all its red (urgh) glory, and here I am smiling like a mug next to lovely Lucy modelling it.
Also if you are interested in films as well as illustration then the festival is running all this week, finishing on Sunday 7th, at the Arts Picturehouse, Emmanuel College and St Philips Church on Mill Road. Plus the t-shirts are for sale at the Picturehouse for £15!
