Introducing: Sam Bevington

Evermade.com is going to be introducing a lot of artists in the next week or so. We've got a lot to show you. We are going to start with Sam Bevington, born in London in 1985 to Canadian/Ukrainian parents, he's been working as a freelance illustrator since he graduated from UWE Bristol with a First Class Honours in 2009.

Illustration for AOI competition 'A View of London' which has exhibited in the London Transport Museum, is now for sale as part of the London Collection on Evermade.com. Click here to see more.

Sam's work is heavily influenced by the urban environment and the graphic design and illustration of the 1930's-1950's, which you can really see in his limited edition 'Home Truths' collection.

"Home Truths was an exhibition of prints I had in Spring 2010. The show was inspired by the many sayings and idioms that make up a great deal on spoken English"

"Don't Knock It Till You've Tried It"

Each print from the 'Home Truths' collection is hand finished by Sam. At first glance, you may assume the background of these designs have been put together in Photoshop. But in fact each artwork is screen-printed onto a seamless patchwork of unique pages painstakingly interconnected by Sam himself. On top of that, the prints have been finished with subtle touches of spray paint and pen.

Take A Chance

No Guts No Glory

Each design is part of a limited edition of 10. Sam's 'Home Truths' can be found on evermade.com

Artist Profile: Kiley Victoria Woolgar

Next up in our Artist Profiles is Kiley Victoria Woolgar, the artist behind one half of the Inconspicuous Getaway.

Name: Kiley Victoria Woolgar

Location: Leicester

Occupation: Freelance Illustrator

Place of Study: University of Lincoln

The Drawing Round! 

Can you draw us a self portrait in 60 seconds?

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Three things you love

Three things you hate

When looking for inspiration:
What websites have you been on?
Curious, The Adam & Eve Projects, Pinterest, Blogspot, FlickR, Yahoo, Behance, A Beautiful Mess, Where the Lovely Things are, Nobrow, Oh Comely, Ten Paces, ffffound, Tiger Print, Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Jackie Magpie, Oh Joy Studio….I could make a list forever long, but I'll stop.

What have you been watching?
When I'm not listening to music sometimes I like to put movies in the background while I'm working. The last thing I watched was Dirty Girl. The soundtrack was ace too, bonus! >_<

What are you listening to? 

My playlist on Spotify called Draw here

Your work right now:
What have you been working on recently?
A children's demonstration book :)

Can you give us any useful tips for a new artist looking to make their way?
Self promotion and sending out direct mail of my work.

How was it to collaborate with other artists for Evermade (can you show us some  progress shots)?
Yeah I enjoyed it. Lots of idea filled emails, sketching and photoshop.

What mediums do you use most?
My trusty pencil that looks like a pen, a magma sketchbook (useful facts at the back), Acrylic Paint, Sandpaper, Photoshop and Illustrator.

Who and what are your influences in your work?
Everything! Native American/European Art, Vintage Patterns, Charity shops and Car Boots. I have a massive list of my favourite and most influential artists on my illustration Facebook here

What’s next for you?
The best and worst thing about the illustration industry is you never know whats next.

Any New years resolutions?
Move into a City!

So that concludes our second feature on Evermade. Thank you Kiley for sharing and participating in our feature. I especially loved the pens in the mugs, so neat and organised! And what a great idea to save space and old mugs :)

Come back again soon for more features guys. Remember if there's a question you want asked, don't hesitate to contact us at blog@evermade.com

Artist Profile: David Ryan Robinson

This is the first in the series of profiles on the artists that we've worked with. Keep reading to find out more!


Name: David Ryan Robinson (call me Ryan!)
Location: London
Occupation: Freelance illustrator
Place of Study: The University of Salford

The Drawing Round! 

Can you draw us a self portrait in 60 seconds?

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Three things you love

Three things you hate

When looking for inspiration:
What websites have you been on?
A list of my bookmarks: Flickr, Blogspot, Facebook, Twitter, National rail, Statcounter, Gmail, Serebii, Etsy, TV Catchup, Tumblr, Drawn.ca, YouTube, PayPal, Illustration Mundo, Creative Review, the Little Chimp Society, Outlook, Smogon, Hot UK Deals, Natwest online banking, LouiseBoarder.com, Gamethemesongs, Bulbapedia, Wikipedia paper sizes, Simon-lee.net,  Hire an Illustrator, Behance, Fanbridge, Linkedin, Transport For London, Amazon, Googlemaps, Meetup, Google Plus, Friend or Follow.
Quite a mix of websites!

What have you been watching?
Adventure Time with Finn and Jake!

What are you listening to?
I have to mix different music types throughout the day, otherwise I feel really fidgety, from Elliot Smith to Anamanaguchi.

Your work right now:
What have you been working on recently?
I am in the middle of drawing a huge map of London. I’m hoping it’s going to look pretty good.  I’m also currently freelancing at Cartoon Network!

For more information on the map, you can click here to see progress

Can you give us any useful tips for a new artist looking to make their way?
Don’t give up!

How was it to collaborate with other artists for Evermade (can you show us some  progress shots)?
Yeah it was good. Unfortunately I don’t have any progress shots. I just drew for a few hours and then done!

What mediums do you use most?
A nice pen on good paper. Scanned and then coloured.

Who and what are your influences in your work?
Cartoons, nature, buildings, animals, Pokemon..

What’s next for you?
Carry on drawing. Carry on enjoying what I do!

Any New years resolutions?
Erm, nah. Sorry to be boring ha.

So there you have it. Now you guys know a little bit more about Ryan. Perhaps, for some you aspiring artist this has been informative and also entertaining. Just as Ryan says 'Don't give up!' and maybe some day soon we will see you on Evermade ;)
Remember you can buy Ryan's work at Evermade.com and you can find him here on Twitter.
And don't forget you can see more of the map of London right here.
Take care guys!