Twenty Seven Creative

Twenty Seven Creative 100% Sustainable Design Studio Specialising in Fresh Trend Focused Graphic Solutions. We also design

Great day up a ladder, in   again! .oldfruitshop    more to do Monday but for now everyone knows what’s going on!       ...
04/11/2022

Great day up a ladder, in again! .oldfruitshop more to do Monday but for now everyone knows what’s going on!

I was looking for some doodled style artwork yesterday for a client that envisaged large projections for a festival venu...
01/11/2022

I was looking for some doodled style artwork yesterday for a client that envisaged large projections for a festival venue. I came across these and thought they might be perfect for illustrating the vision. Turns out they were and they have influenced the clients direction.
I love the ideas stage of every project and love clients that engage with ideas in an open and creative way.

IR35'sIs it as good as it sounds for us freelancers? Will clients start using us again like freelancers and not part tim...
26/09/2022

IR35's
Is it as good as it sounds for us freelancers? Will clients start using us again like freelancers and not part time staff on the pay roll or has it changed the landscape for good?

To early to say I guess but on the surface I'm ecstatic! It was a massive blow to me personally as to be honest most clients I spoke to found it just too big of a headache to ask me to jump on a quick job to help out or even to plan in a project that I was the perfect person for short term. I can't help but feel IR35's damaged my employability but also damaged the employer and the versatility businesses could tap into creatively.
Let see what happens and where this announcement takes us over the coming weeks and months? Hopefully 'UP' for us freelance creatives and the businesses that rely on our unique services.

Completed a few weeks ago 😀 thanks  for asking me to paint this!
21/09/2022

Completed a few weeks ago 😀 thanks for asking me to paint this!

Little job updating the town Mayors board for the local council. 3 years in one!
26/08/2022

Little job updating the town Mayors board for the local council. 3 years in one!

💯 Happy days! Even if it’s a bit ‘hot’ in the studio today!A little ‘warm up’ sweat design from this morning (no pun int...
18/07/2022

💯 Happy days! Even if it’s a bit ‘hot’ in the studio today!
A little ‘warm up’ sweat design from this morning (no pun intended).

I wasn't going to share this. It really hard to share the work that doesn't work!! This is awful, so many mistakes and t...
25/05/2022

I wasn't going to share this. It really hard to share the work that doesn't work!! This is awful, so many mistakes and technical disasters. But hey, it's how you learn and I felt the need to share it as deep down I've achieved with this piece, tried things out and actually like it in someways.
Nothing is really 100% failure or success it's just a stage in the process of life.
Today has been an aaaaarrrrgggghhh kinda day. But I'm determined to nail this gold leafing lark.

Busy start to the week! Japan seems to be the flavour of the month with several clients so I thought I'd share this pers...
24/05/2022

Busy start to the week! Japan seems to be the flavour of the month with several clients so I thought I'd share this personal warmup piece based around Toshima. It's always a gamble using characters that I'm not familiar with, translations can go horribly wrong! I often use typefaces designed with the essence of the continent they originate from as I makes the slogan or wording readable with a little work and captures the feel in this case of Japan that clients are looking for.

I'm very much ideas driven as the image illustrates, I drew the artwork on the iPad one evening, will be releasing it as...
19/05/2022

I'm very much ideas driven as the image illustrates, I drew the artwork on the iPad one evening, will be releasing it as a Ltd Edition print sometime next month and though it might work well on an oversized sweat. Produceable probably, costly probably, but would I wear it? Hell Yeah!! Anyone want to make me a sample?
Concepts and spontaneous design excites me and fits my way of working. The fact I can see my work in multiple settings just fires me up to try more uses!

A quick personal project this morning to start before the day designing menswear graphics. Inspired by a trip to Norwich...
13/05/2022

A quick personal project this morning to start before the day designing menswear graphics. Inspired by a trip to Norwich last weekend, a cool sweat I spotted and a licensed sweat shirt I've wanted to purchase for months but know I won't as I don't need another sweat shirt till one wears out and is no longer wearable.
Norwich had some really inspiring independent shops and after a conversation with a friend yesterday it looks like we missed a whole street of them slightly detached from the main part of town! Definitely going back now to suck up the visual stimulus and the coffee, sun and atmosphere.

03/05/2022

It's interesting how clients and briefs roll in cycles. Not so long ago all the work coming my way was licensing, but not the broad range I have had over the years but very narrow - Disney, specifically Mickey & Co.
Obviously Covid's impact on confidence, sales and future planning was at it's worst so clients were going for 'safe' bets and known sellers. I saw it as an opportunity to reset, push a new narrative, the people calling the shot's and holding the purse strings saw it as a pull your cards close to your chests and ride out the storm situation. It was also evident that licensing was the cheapest and most efficient financial option.
Thank goodness the confidence is returning, my clients want new, exciting and creative 'Original' design. I'm not currently doing any licensing work and ironically I'm missing it!! Glad it will swing around again on that cycle I mentioned earlier!

Installed these today after painting them last week. The brief was to use the existing typeface and size boards but add ...
27/04/2022

Installed these today after painting them last week. The brief was to use the existing typeface and size boards but add an extra one for ‘ceramics’.

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