A blog of things I make and things I do and things I Like.Tumblr (3.0; @ollymoss)http://www.moss.fm/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b129139a34624f13ed02717e3081c3b9/tumblr_mlp77ylUbD1qeqo31o4_r3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ed23ad96ba40ad987b89f75a8e0b9d52/tumblr_mlp77ylUbD1qeqo31o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1d730f42131d658de47f89953877cac9/tumblr_mlp77ylUbD1qeqo31o2_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Earlier last year, I was invited by Craig Kyle and Kevin Feige to make their wrap-gift for the cast and crew of Thor: The Dark World. </p> <p>Here’s the thingie I did. Each principal cast member had their own character on their poster. </p> <p>And they paid me with a real Mjolnir! </p>http://www.moss.fm/post/48681409631http://www.moss.fm/post/48681409631Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:52:00 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/fc1091d4940df3bc205e2dc3d5793ff5/tumblr_mlnxybYcXI1qeqo31o1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Silly cover for my friend <a href="http://zacgorman.com/" title="Zac Gorman!">Zac Gorman’s</a> upcoming Frasier zine. Available later in the year from no good booksellers. </p>http://www.moss.fm/post/48616214859http://www.moss.fm/post/48616214859Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:34:59 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b090b9889558522e953e8d5b9ff22c61/tumblr_mlj5sensRt1qeqo31o1_500.jpg"/><br/> This is the first sketch sent for concept approval. <br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9d5a85208ea4d52923c62176c7378fbb/tumblr_mlj5sensRt1qeqo31o2_500.jpg"/><br/> The basic template sketch based on the Academy's large Oscar statue.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f41b6f74d0e6c47104633596112d121c/tumblr_mlj5sensRt1qeqo31o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Rough sketches for customisation ideas. The Woody Allen statue is the only idea I was asked to change.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/34f7c2c84482175b10412e844236afbe/tumblr_mlj5sensRt1qeqo31o4_400.jpg"/><br/> Close to final template.<br/><br/> <p>Rough sketches and process from the poster for the 85th Academy Awards.</p>http://www.moss.fm/post/48401120116http://www.moss.fm/post/48401120116Sat, 20 Apr 2013 02:36:00 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/26cf5ab413c340d3197d29e2f78c9303/tumblr_milcsoWGsv1qzp06po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Les Mis thing for <a href="http://www.mondotees.com" title="MONDO!">mondo. </a></p>http://www.moss.fm/post/43678457553http://www.moss.fm/post/43678457553Thu, 21 Feb 2013 23:42:51 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b40a3bae90bedd3231cc90d66225badc/tumblr_mi7psmAHyy1qeqo31o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/947d305149edb11ea4c63909392ac44c/tumblr_mi7psmAHyy1qeqo31o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/24690a1c4eb56eeee1520d420b478dee/tumblr_mi7psmAHyy1qeqo31o3_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>I had some downtime so I decided to make myself a new set of dinnerware based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_pattern" title="The Willow Pattern" target="_blank">The Willow Pattern.</a></p>http://www.moss.fm/post/43075014715http://www.moss.fm/post/43075014715Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:36:00 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/af990e31300de0c4ff4c7cc27d19c124/tumblr_mi2ejqd56m1qeqo31o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I worked with the Academy and <a href="http://nineteeneightyeight.com/">Gallery 1988</a><span> to create the official </span><em>85 Years of Oscars</em><span> poster. </span></p> <p><a href="http://www.ollymoss.co.uk/oscarlarge.jpg">Click here to see it in detail!</a></p> <p>The brief was one of the hardest I’ve ever had; find a way to reference every single Best Picture winner from the last 85 years. </p> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://nineteeneightyeight.com/">Gallery 1988</a> for putting my name forward and organising this whole shebang.  </p>http://www.moss.fm/post/42872817213http://www.moss.fm/post/42872817213Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:40:00 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2eed0ce38f51f45cbde2ed7c40d39397/tumblr_mf13updhA21qeqo31o7_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2e3acf5fad79dc9b77dff7382fdd8459/tumblr_mf13updhA21qeqo31o3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d5056b554424cb6a8ba18fafd56953a0/tumblr_mf13updhA21qeqo31o9_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1203c55276155e88a95b4878e6a64b50/tumblr_mf13updhA21qeqo31o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f8d3baa3d896c5f3f50ee1b5f567c7f4/tumblr_mf13updhA21qeqo31o2_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/147762ec178bbdf6fee8160fbe76468e/tumblr_mf13updhA21qeqo31o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/23fbde68b41a01e0276b699ea7ec4a7d/tumblr_mf13updhA21qeqo31o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5e5d7ca5c2025bd0e54ffa77a987fb14/tumblr_mf13updhA21qeqo31o8_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/489437e1a0341389545824b1310d93ef/tumblr_mf13updhA21qeqo31o10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f0571c3af97ea3b7dfc42e21f4d05294/tumblr_mf13updhA21qeqo31o13_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>2012 in cancelled projects, alternate directions, abandoned sketches and bad ideas. </p> <p>All rough sketches from this year that never went anywhere, or changed drastically on the road to final. </p>http://www.moss.fm/post/37912738922http://www.moss.fm/post/37912738922Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:24:38 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f3da661ab1ffe885d98544250507bf0d/tumblr_mewyh2koBA1qeqo31o1_r4_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I had the pleasure of working with Warner Bros and Mondo on some new Lord of the Rings posters to celebrate <a href="http://www.thehobbit.com/">their latest trip to Middle Earth.</a></p> <p>There’s a regular (green) edition of 580 and a variant (orange) edition of 285. Both are screen printed by the fine chaps over at <a href="http://www.dlscreenprinting.com/">DL</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mondotees.com">They’re available tomorrow from here.</a></p>http://www.moss.fm/post/37793207274http://www.moss.fm/post/37793207274Wed, 12 Dec 2012 16:27:55 +0000Lord of the Rings<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdys2xNMWb1qz6f9yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/36385834782/the-bride" class="tumblr_blog">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a href="http://www.superpunch.net/2012/11/art-roundup_23.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SuperPunch+%28Super+Punch%29">The Bride</a></p></blockquote>http://www.moss.fm/post/36441010736http://www.moss.fm/post/36441010736Sat, 24 Nov 2012 18:07:42 +0000<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md2hcqpWtl1qeqo31o1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Another day, another wasted lunchtime. </p>http://www.moss.fm/post/35123712039http://www.moss.fm/post/35123712039Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:58:00 +0000Batman<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1baah7K41qeqo31o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md1baah7K41qeqo31o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Great Bro-Downs!</p> <p>The incredible <a href="http://www.pyramidcar.com">SCOTT C </a> and I will be doing a joint-signing at the London branch of Forbidden Planet this Thursday, 8th November. I think we’re supposed to be promoting <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/91380-silhouettes-from-popular-culture-hardcover/">our books.</a> <a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/87838-great-showdowns-hardcover/">Or something. </a></p> <p><a href="http://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2012/11/08/silhouettes-and-showdowns-olly-moss-and-scott-c/">Herein lie the deets.</a></p> <p>See you there, maybe. </p>http://www.moss.fm/post/35078339122http://www.moss.fm/post/35078339122Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:49:00 +0000<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7a9rlQ8W1qeqo31o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7a9rlQ8W1qeqo31o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc7a9rlQ8W1qeqo31o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A Rogues Gallery of ink doodles</p>http://www.moss.fm/post/33965003934http://www.moss.fm/post/33965003934Sat, 20 Oct 2012 17:39:46 +0100<p>Yes.</p>http://www.moss.fm/post/33947611030http://www.moss.fm/post/33947611030Sat, 20 Oct 2012 09:24:40 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc5g3iE2eg1qeqo31o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Riddler ink doodle from this lunchtime.</p>http://www.moss.fm/post/33899145567http://www.moss.fm/post/33899145567Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:49:34 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mc3439yjIH1qeqo31o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Logo for The Woodshed, a new production company founded by Elijah Wood and focusing on elevated genre films.</p> <p>I don’t get to do branding jobs very often so this was a real pleasure.</p>http://www.moss.fm/post/33830269402http://www.moss.fm/post/33830269402Thu, 18 Oct 2012 10:37:34 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbdlgeQv6Q1qeqo31o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Scribbled some Detective Comics this lunchtime. </p>http://www.moss.fm/post/32875576590http://www.moss.fm/post/32875576590Thu, 04 Oct 2012 16:53:02 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbbm1q1sGc1qeqo31o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Emotions.</p> <p>My favourite thing about 60s Batman is that they drew his eyebrows on the cowl. </p>http://www.moss.fm/post/32803885544http://www.moss.fm/post/32803885544Wed, 03 Oct 2012 15:10:38 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m81epiPMqF1qeqo31o1_250.gif"/><br/><br/><p>My first ever 10-minute crack at making an animated gif. </p>http://www.moss.fm/post/28422534604http://www.moss.fm/post/28422534604Tue, 31 Jul 2012 19:15:18 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7d8wpcgmB1qeqo31o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Rejected Olympic event doodles.</p> <p><a href="http://www.ollymoss.co.uk/2012.pdf" title="Olympics!">Here’s a little pdf so you can print them out and cause havoc with London tourists.</a></p>http://www.moss.fm/post/27489856728http://www.moss.fm/post/27489856728Wed, 18 Jul 2012 18:07:37 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6xzk0jvLc1qeqo31o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Here’s my officially-licensed poster for The Dark Knight Rises.</p> <p>It’s a 16x24 screen print on cream stock, and it will go on sale for 24 hours at 12:01am CT Wednesday the 18th of July for $40 from <a href="http://www.mondotees.com" title="Mondo Tees"><a href="http://www.mondotees.com">www.mondotees.com</a></a> . It’s a timed edition, so anybody who orders within those 24 hours is guaranteed a print.</p> <p>There’s also a Variant that’s a little larger (24x36) and limited to an edition of 180. It’ll be available at San Diego Comic Con booth 437.</p> <p>I had a lot of fun making this one. Believe it or not, this was pretty much finished back in February and I’ve had to keep it secret for months. It’s good to finally get it out. I hope you guys dig it. </p> <p><img alt="TDKR Variant Edition" height="500" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7112/7542260054_7bd9a6b2b1.jpg" width="333"/></p>http://www.moss.fm/post/27224530310http://www.moss.fm/post/27224530310Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:16:00 +0100The Goddamn Batman.