Johnnie Walker have launched the Jasper Goodall Limited Edition of their famous Black Label whisky. Limited to 1000 hand-signed bottles, the project saw Jasper create his own version of the whisky’s Striding Man logo. On reinterpreting the iconic figure, in use since 1908, Jasper said I knew almost straight away what I wanted to do. I recalled, during a visit to a whisky distillery years ago, the guide telling me how slowly, over time, a small amount of whisky evaporates and escapes the barrel, this is known as the ‘angels’ share’ and I felt that rendering the striding man in ’smoke’ would be the perfect expression of this concept.

You can pictures of the finished product here.

09 September, 2011 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jasper Goodall | | Permalink

Jasper Goodall sent us this print he has entered into the Druck Berlin screenprinting festival, which takes place this weekend, 27-28th August. The poster was created in collaboration with People of Print, who invited ten artists to contribute to the festival.

25 August, 2011 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jasper Goodall | | Permalink

Jasper Goodall has released three new print editions. Ice Age Animals of Europe features a collection of animals that Jasper painted on the shutters of shops along New Goulston Street in London; Centauri takes inspiration from the record sleeve created for the Muse single ‘Knights of Cydonia’, while Zombie Dolls (and other horror clichés) celebrates the stock characters of B-Movie horror films. See the other two prints here.

All the prints are in editions of 50 and available from Jasper’s shop.

22 June, 2011 - Posted in Illustration, Jasper Goodall | | Permalink

Big Active have contributed to June’s issue of Creative Review. Greg Burne suggests how illustrators can help avoid over-exposure and maintain a lasting career in the profession. In the article, Greg uses the work of Jasper Goodall, Sanna Annukka and Kam Tang to demonstrate different ways in which contemporary image-makers can ensure longevity and stay ahead of the game. The issue is out now.

Image courtesy of Creative Review.

09 June, 2011 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jasper Goodall, Kam Tang, Sanna Annukka | | Permalink

Big Active has just been awarded a Gold Prize at the European Design Awards for our art direction and design work on Mark Ronson’s ‘Record Collection’ album. The awards were announced by Ugne Skonsmanaite at a ceremony held in Vilnius on Saturday. The work was described by this year’s jury as “the perfect way to reference the musician’s influences and the collecting habits of the customer”. This trophy marks the latest in a run of nominations for the project at this years design awards – it was also short listed as a finalist at the Design Week Awards in March, and is currently featured in the 2011 Creative Review Annual. The 2011 European Design Awards book will be published next month.

16 May, 2011 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Gerard Saint, Jasper Goodall, Jesse Auersalo, Markus Karlsson, Mat Maitland, Music, Parra, Will Sweeney | - Tags: European Design Awards | Permalink

Jasper Goodall has been invited to create an interactive illustration for Sony’s PS3 platform. As Jasper explains, I had been meaning to create a piece of moving illustration for some time and the PS3 platform provided the ideal space to try this out. Although I was aware that the guys at Studio Output would have to work in PS3 coding language, I wanted to provide them with an animation to demonstrate how my theme should move, which they then had to dismantle and reconstruct in the PS3 code.

Jasper devised the dynamic theme as part of a new feature for PlayStation 3 called The Studio, where users can purchase themes from a range of graphic artists and illustrators. PS3 users can view and purchase the themes from within the console’s PlayStation Store.

14 April, 2011 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jasper Goodall, Moving Image | | Permalink

As part of the Dior Illustrated: René Gruau and the Line of Beauty show at Somerset House, Jasper Goodall was asked to reinterpret one of Gruau’s main theme’s, Line & Silhouette. Jasper took the opportunity to move away from his usual medium and produce a large scale piece cut from sheet acetate. The show continues until January 9th.

30 November, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jasper Goodall, Moving Image | | Permalink

The new Mark Ronson album ‘Record Collection’ features many different record covers that are used to create the actual design. The album campaign was directed and designed by Big Active with collaborative imagery by Mat Maitland, Jasper Goodall, Will Sweeney, Jesse Auersalo, Parra and Markus Karlsson. The ‘Record Collection’ is available as a CD, 12″ Vinyl, iTunes Interactive Format and Collectors 7″ boxed set – featuring the individual sleeves from the album collages and housed in an 80’s inspired leatherette record carry case.

04 October, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Gerard Saint, Illustration, Jasper Goodall, Jesse Auersalo, Mat Maitland, Music, Will Sweeney | - Tags: Big Active, Mark Ronson, Music Design, Record Collection | Permalink

Here’s the new cover by Jasper Goodall for the Sex & Design issue of Computer Arts mag.

01 October, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jasper Goodall | | Permalink

Painting London’s New Goulston Street’s shutters with animals that could have lived in the area during the last ice age, Jasper Goodall’s contribution to this epic project, conceived and curated by Jessica Tibbles of Electric Blue Gallery, seeks to remind us that long before the city, there was a different kind of wilderness, populated by Wolves, Hyenas and Mammoths where Humankind was the minority species.

This project sees the gallery space extended beyond its traditional white walls and out onto the blank corrugated canvas of eleven surrounding streets. Artists including Jasper Goodall, Ben Eine, Zevs, and D*Face, are painting the East End shop shutters so that, when they close for the day, the streets surrounding Petticoat Lane market are transformed into a free contemporary art gallery. Over a year in planning, by completion it will be one of the biggest permanent public installations in the world.

“FACES”, a show by the Artists featured in the project, opens on Thursday 16th September.

15 September, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jasper Goodall | | Permalink