Work, ideas, things in my head.

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the times are a changing

Posted by Ben Kither on Monday, December 7, 2009,
From now on if you want to see my work, or figure out what i'm up to you'll have to go to www.kither.blogspot.com to do it, sorry about that but it's just the way it goes. Enjoy
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more stuff up on issuu

Posted by Ben Kither on Saturday, November 21, 2009, In : Work 
For the first briefs of 3rd year we were asked to look at silence and produce a printed/folded document to show our work in. here's my attempt

http://issuu.com/ben_kither/docs/silence_finished_doc

im pretty happy with it and will be getting it bound with an embossed cover and folding poster dust jacket sorted on monday, going to be mint!

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happy halloween folks

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, In : random 

got a lot on my plate with work at the mo, more updates when i get myself sorted better!
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been a while

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, October 29, 2009,
been a while but figured id try to get the blog going again.

been struggling/working on some new briefs but this is nothing to do with that. not even a little bit



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Mittens are done!!!

Posted by Ben Kither on Monday, October 5, 2009,
After what seems like years getting them ready and then even longer waiting to get print outs done i have finally finished the mittens pictures i started for my sister hannah.

Here are some shots of the finished product.

 


 


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more bike things

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, September 10, 2009,
to order that t-shirt go to 

http://teepay.com/frontend/showtee/2503

and the rest is simple

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steve peat t-shirts

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, September 10, 2009,
Im a massive mountain bike geek, so when i heard steve peat had won the world champs i was well happy. In honour of his efforts in finally getting the rainbow jersey i created this t-shirt, hopefully available to purchase on www.teepay.com soon


it has his name, title, year of winning and that all important winning time displayed in classic varsity styling with the rainbow stripes also displayed. comes in white or grey

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the mad ones spreads

Posted by Ben Kither on Wednesday, September 9, 2009, In : Work 
'the mad ones' is the title of the spreads i made using old traveling photos and a keruoac quote. to get a better look check out

http://issuu.com/ben_kither/docs/keruouaca4

to see them in magazine format, easy as that

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mickey makes another appearance

Posted by Ben Kither on Wednesday, September 9, 2009, In : random 
Not for the first time mickey mouse becomes the object of my doodles


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more from my adventure

Posted by Ben Kither on Monday, August 17, 2009,
A few more choice images from my time in tenby/cardigan







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Whilst I was away....

Posted by Ben Kither on Friday, August 14, 2009,
....I did a whole bunch of drawings, some not so good, some i quite like and some i struggle to understand what i was thinking when i look at them now. 

heres a few, more to come soon.

roller goat:
 

the sea:


BBQ:


 rejected tee idea:


 

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trains

Posted by Ben Kither on Friday, August 7, 2009, In : Doodles 
Trains are a great and affordable way to get around, but that doesnt change the fact I can't stand trains. Smelly, rubbish tea, fat people taking up your seat and either too hot or too cold. Always late, supposedly direct trains that stop a million times and make you change onto a different one a million platforms away.........grrr, I hate trains. this drawing was done shortly after a train journey......


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some proper work

Posted by Ben Kither on Monday, August 3, 2009, In : Work 
Sometimes, very rarely, I do work that isnt just doodles. Here is an example of that, photography from my Gap year travels by myself and fellow travelers Eamonn and Miriam, the quote is from the Jack Keruouac book 'On the Road' a great book I'd recommend to anyone. 







im going to have to get a proper website/ blog which doesnt take forever to load and downsize all my images soon....

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been ages.....

Posted by Ben Kither on Saturday, August 1, 2009, In : random 
Been forever since my last post, but for good reason. Have been working away in Cardigan Bay with the people of howies helping with their Autumn/Winter catalogue and assorted bits and bobs. As a result my photoshop skills have come on leaps and bounds, I have a better idea of what it is that I do and want to do and my Tea making skills have got infinitely better. After all that talk about how amazing I now am here is one of my previous works without a completely rank colour scheme......
 

bette...
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Work less, live more.

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, July 2, 2009, In : Doodles 
I uploaded a sketched version of this a while ago, this has been done on the computer to make it cleaner looking and easier to change colours etc.



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last but not least

Posted by Ben Kither on Wednesday, July 1, 2009, In : Doodles 
The fourth and final one is now coloured and mounted. Quite like it


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and then there were three

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, June 30, 2009,

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2 new pictures

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, In : Doodles 
I really like old ornate picture frames, I also like my work so combining the 2 together should yield some nice results. Here is what they look like, not entirely keen on the coloured backgrounds but thought id put it in there.


colours are going to be chopped and changed as i continue to play about with the images

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a second lady

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, June 30, 2009, In : random 
The second from the series, now in colour. Drawing and colouring like this requires a different style to the one i started with so in future shall adapt to make it work better.


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colouring in

Posted by Ben Kither on Monday, June 29, 2009, In : Doodles 
I put up a series of 4 pictures of women a while ago, here is one of those said pictures coloured in.
may do the rest if i grow to like this one

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Mittens, finished?

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, June 23, 2009, In : Work 
I think i'm finally finished with the mittens series. Should have and could have done it much quicker but got sidetracked with zebras and bmx's.....here it is









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more zebra related pictures

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, June 23, 2009,
Im really liking this print so just playing around with it

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it just seemed to be appropriate

Posted by Ben Kither on Monday, June 22, 2009, In : random 


yeah i know photoshop isn't my greatest strength.....


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more designs

Posted by Ben Kither on Sunday, June 21, 2009, In : Work 
After vsiting degree shows today i decided to actually do some work. here is a rough look at it on a t-shirt and the original design. Nothing too special but i like it



Ta Da



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More from the sketchbooks

Posted by Ben Kither on Saturday, June 20, 2009, In : random 



I have nothing against slippers or chairs, just made sense at the time


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More random doodles

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, June 18, 2009, In : Doodles 
Yet more randomness from my sketchbooks. Getting some more ideas for bigger and better ideas but for now here are some rough sketches i have knocked up recently.





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just doodles

Posted by Ben Kither on Monday, June 15, 2009, In : Doodles 
Having a lot of time at my hands doesn't seem to be boosting my output. Just a lot more time spent pootling about on bikes, making bonfires at friends houses, planning road trips and boating days. Much more worthwhile than my little drawings im sure you will agree.

I have found time to create these though, enjoy




More to follow


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hot air balloons

Posted by Ben Kither on Saturday, June 13, 2009, In : Doodles 

Nothing says summer like hot air balloons and storms after a sunny day

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Hmmmmm....

Posted by Ben Kither on Wednesday, June 10, 2009, In : Work 
Still not entirely sure but i think these will be the four accompanying images for my mittens series. Just need colouring and mounting.







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Mittens

Posted by Ben Kither on Wednesday, June 10, 2009, In : Work 
Have been trying to expand the 'more than mittens' sketch into a series of five for a while, struggling to be honest. Can't seem to get it right, here is the final of the first and main drawing. What the other four will be is still a bit of a mystery

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Wasted Youth

Posted by Ben Kither on Wednesday, June 10, 2009, In : Work 
More shirt ideas...



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T shirt ideas

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, In : Work 
Have always like the idea of printing my own shirts but never really thought i had designs that would work, at last have something i quite like, i reckon could work etc.....still rough round the edges but just an idea





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some photos

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, In : random 
nothing particularly good about these photos, just giving an insight into where i work and why i havent been keeping on top with updates recently

Sit at the chair, window to my left, radio to my right. Posters from Don't panic, DR.ME and myself on the walls. Lots of little notes and pictures, lots of work to do.......

And this is why that work isn't getting done, my new to me but rather old and battered brakeless BMX. Ive had it for about 2 weeks and had 5 punctures, a few issues with bent whee...
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been a while.....

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, June 9, 2009, In : random 
This is the longest i've been without updating here. Sorry about that, won't happen again. Have spent a few minutes taking pictures of what i've been up to recently and will get those up very soon

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still working

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, In : Work 
not really sure i like the mixture of blues, still not finished....


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work in progress

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, June 2, 2009, In : Work 
something im working on, trying to add a bit of colour



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Something I heard

Posted by Ben Kither on Sunday, May 24, 2009, In : Words 

I read this saying in a newspaper sometime ago. Everyone should read more, myself included.

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a step closer

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, In : Work 
almost done, few changes and some ink added but my lack of appropriate pens means i can't ink in the details at the bottom


if you're in the manchester area on weds 27th between 11am and 4pm then come along to MMU SU for cakes and clothes. Profits being used to help print the 3rd year book

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textile design for fashion

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, In : Work 
a rough poster design for the textile design for fashion cake sale......


just needs inking in and important stuff like times and dates adding

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come back sun....

Posted by Ben Kither on Monday, May 18, 2009, In : Doodles 

Keeps raining, why can't the sun stay out for the day? 
 

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Jazz club?

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, May 14, 2009, In : Doodles 
got to love a bit of jazz every now and again


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Unused work

Posted by Ben Kither on Sunday, May 10, 2009, In : Work 
After mocking up these cover ideas i decided they didn't really fit in with my original idea so have left them sitting unused for a few months, decided to put them up here as i think they look pretty cool. 


 

 

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Recipe for a house party

Posted by Ben Kither on Sunday, May 10, 2009, In : Work 


 More university work, asked to create a recipe for something different to the norm, i went along with the idea of a recipe for a party. Basically using the rather good house parties at 'the mews' as an example it goes something like this...
1- one large house
2- move breakables
3- add music and drinks
4- add people, lots of people
5- keep it going overnight
 since its only a small image and its impossible to actually see, the bottom is full of things from various happenings, hats, glasses, fancy...
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Doodles again

Posted by Ben Kither on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, In : Doodles 

I have a blue plaid shirt i have worn so much the pockets have gone curly and the seams are frayed, I only got it last christmas. Poor little shirt.

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Karate

Posted by Ben Kither on Sunday, May 3, 2009, In : Doodles 

Nonsensical doodling at its finest
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When I grow up.....

Posted by Ben Kither on Saturday, May 2, 2009, In : Doodles 

Some people would say that at 22 I should have already grown up. Im not so sure though

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The maccabees

Posted by Ben Kither on Friday, May 1, 2009, In : Words 
I dont have a scanner at the moment so drawings are limited. Instead ill throw up some more of my word pyramids. This one is a lyric from a Maccabees song, repeated four times, cos they repeat it four times. No more to it than that


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Who doesn't like mittens?

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Doodles 
Whether you do or don't like mittens heres a little picture
 
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Its all getting a bit heavy

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Words 
Think ill go back to drawing things in a bit, liking my words though. These ones are courtesy of an angry man on the bus this morning. 


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Cajun Dance Party

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Words 
are a band, they have a song called 'Time Falls' i made this little piece whilst listening to the song. If you look closely you can see the influence it had on the final piece.

Can you see what i did there?
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words

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Words 
i dont just do doodles, i do words too.


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Girls

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Doodles 
A little series of 4 pictures, who are they? couldnt tell you if i wanted to




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More real work....

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Work 
A little book documenting the ups and downs of my relationships to date made for uni, slightly deeper than a picture of a young mickey mouse.....i like it, if you turn the pages the meanings turn from positive to negative and back again. 

 




Both pages together is bad, right side page only is good if you couldnt figure it out yourself
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Proper Work

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Work 

 As most of uni worries and revises for exams i find myself wondering whether to colour in or not....Art students get it easy.
A page from my sketchbook for how to make a perfect houseparty, friends and music? what else do you need?
 
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unexpected compliments=monocled octopus?

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Doodles 
if i was an octopus id wear a monocle......thanks to alex for the lovely words about my little pictures


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Need exercise

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Doodles 
Starting to look like this guy. Not that there is anything wrong with being fat, don't want to offend anyone now....


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Work less, live more

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Doodles 
I  might miss a few early morning starts, i might not be flush with cash but I've had plenty of good times as a result of that.
work can wait


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One step behind

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Doodles 
As per usual im one step behind, when everyone else is tweeting, i get a blog. typical

Also here is the first page of my sketchbook and namesake of this blog


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Growing up

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Words 
Unemployment is high, no chance of a mortgage, scary time to be getting older....
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Young Mickey

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009, In : Doodles 
we can of course only speculate as to what made Mickey Mouse the fame hungry character that he is, but here is my interpretation of his early days
 
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A fresh start....

Posted by Ben Kither on Thursday, April 30, 2009,
When i first set this up i didnt really think and i put the images in in huge sizes, it took ages to load and it was annoying to update.....So here it is, hopefully less problems this time
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About Me


I like to draw and doodle, so thats what i shall mostly show here. I also like films, music, sports, cooking, the sea, animals, naps, new t-shirts, lazy mornings, bad jokes....That kind of thing. All work is my own, a mixture of sketchbooks, university projects and random drawings. Hope you enjoy

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