Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys

Thursday, 12 January 2012

Over the past few years I have been creating illustrations for energyshare, that aims to change the way we source, use and generate energy.

I recently created drawings that were animated for energyshare bumpers that feature on Hugh’s Three Hungry Boys that will be on Channel 4 on Sunday’s at 7pm.

The project involved drawing scenic West Country-esque backgrounds and a 1980’s electric milk float called Daisy (with a top speed of 17mph), that the Three Hungry Boys have to charge with renewable electricity on their journey. You can see the trailer here.

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Jelly London, Wall Mural

Tuesday, 1 November 2011

I have been working on a cityscape wall mural in the office of my illustration agent Jelly London. The painting is essentially a fantasy city that I made up but has loose references to London. Jelly towers is centre stage and a selection of London based advertising agencies also feature (in lovely shades pink emulsion). The mural was a joy to complete, and we had a launch party in the office when I had finished. There is a stop-motion film of me drawing it on my Vimeo page.

Matt Johnstone illustration, Jelly Wall Mural

Matt Johnstone illustration, Jelly Wall Mural

Matt Johnstone illustration, Jelly Wall Mural

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Ryan Air maps

Wednesday, 28 September 2011

Over the past year I have been drawing some basic city maps of destinations that Ryan Air fly to, for a feature called ‘Where it’s at’ in their inflight magazine. Below is a photo of the magazine with a destination map of Europe that I illustrated.

Matt Johnstone illustration, Ryan Air Magazine

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Guardian Sport

Monday, 29 August 2011

New illustration of André Villas-Boas on the back page of the sport section in today’s Guardian for an article by Martin Kelner.

Matt Johnstone illustration, The Guardian, Sport

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Creativepool Spotlight

Friday, 26 August 2011

I have done an interview for a showcase about my work on Creative Pool that you can read on the Creative Pool website.

Matt Johnstone illustration, Creative Pool spotlight

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Cannes Lions

Monday, 27 June 2011

The ‘Car free day’ campaign that I worked on for Greenpeace and Leo Burnett Hong Kong won some awards at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.

The campaign won 3 awards:
1 gold press lion in newspaper and magazine/fundraising & appeals category,
1 silver press lion in newspaper and magazine/illustration category,
1 bronze outdoor lion in billboards & street furniture/fundraising & appeals category.

I met up with Brian Ma, the Art Director on the campaign, for lunch in Borough Market and took some snaps before the award (that looked like treasure pinched from a tomb in an Indiana Jones film) was taken back to Hong Kong.

Matt Johnstone illustration, Cannes Lion

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