1981 - 2011

Design Federation Interview

Thanks so much to Klaus for the write up!
http://www.designfederation.net/interviews/eamo-donnelly-interview/

Merry Christmas from Eamon!

40 THIEVES 3 : THIRD OFFENCE’ Opening tonight! Special Preview of ‘SHRIMP’

After a solid 15 months knuckling down with commercial illustration jobs, this will be my first original exhibition piece since 2009’s Gorker Gallery Show Contains 12PCS

Below is a sneak peak at ‘SHRIMP’ FOR THE FORTY THIEVES: THE THIRD OFFENCE EXHIBITION
OPENING TONIGHT! THURSDAY 1st July AT GORKER GALLERY IN MELBOURNE.
Limited Edition of 1/15 A3 GICLEE PRINTS
$175 PER PRINT. SIGNED AND NUMBERED.

Some background on the piece.

Cyanide poisoning and explosives are used to catch coral reef saltwater fish and live coral for the hobbyist, marine pet trade across many parts of the world. Leaving reef wastelands and causing destruction to the natural habitat of the coral reef. Most, if not all, saltwater fish sold in aquariums are live caught from the wild. Live rock, created by centuries of coral polyps, is also chipped from reefs in the wild.

10% of sales of this limited edition A3 print “SHRIMP” 1/15 will be donated to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation.http://www.barrierreef.org/

MAXIM GOES TO THE MOVIES DOUBLE PAGE FEATURE MAY ISSUE

'Coming Soon! (we hope) - Attention, idea starved hollywood producers: make any of these flicks, bust out your calculator, and mail us 10 per cent of your gazillion-dollar profit'

I had the pleasure of working on a huge double page feature for the May issue of Maxim Magazine earlier in the year under art direction from A.D. Chandra Illick. The story was remakes that should be made, with that tongue in cheek, MAD Magazine style naughtiness. Loved working in the widescreen landscape format on this one. This was one of my favorite commissions, lots of fun and new challenges. 
Checkout the May issue on stands now for the feature in all it's printed naughty glory.

GOLDEN PLAINS MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010 2009 DETAIL

After last weeks AGIdeas presentation I thought I would post a few slides from it here showing some close ups of the details. It seemed to resonate well with everyone and the slides of the GP4 art gave the 3000 strong crowd a nice yellow glow in Hamer Hall. I'm really proud to be the artist of Golden Plains each year since it began 4 years ago, it's sort of my baby and pet project, and like I mentioned in my talk, the only Australian client I work for on a regular basis. Great to see the cloud logo is still kicking in each years scenes. Lastly, I finally got my mitts on two extra special stubby holders from this years festival which makes myself and my 'Australiana archive' a very happy chappy.

http://2010.goldenplains.com.au/

THE JACKY WINTER GROUP UPDATES 2010 WITH NEW SITE

The Jacky Winter Group, my Australian illustration agency since it's inception in 2007, has just launched a brand spankin' shiny website for 2010 and beyond. We have some of the world's best illustration talent right here on our doorstep, next to the daily milk and in our backyards, underneath the lemon tree.

Support Australian illustrators and visit Jacky Winter today!
http://jackywinter.com/

ACADEMY FOR MEN Issue 4 Out Now

Academy for Men issue 4 is out today featuring a shoot / feature we did last year on a cold wintery arvo. I drove the gang in the '74 XB Fairmont out to Oak Park in outer suburbs of Melbourne, where rumour had it, hiding down the back streets amongst the cream brick palaces was an old empty Milkbar, said Milkbar was in fact the stomping ground of my partner in the 80s after school and on weekends. Picture a bunch of suburban scallywags hanging their skinny knobbly legs over the edge of the bluestone wall, mixed lollies and Streets Ice Creams in hand, acting up - the perfect location.
Rennie Ellis was our inspiration for the shoot, particularly his study of 'The Gang, Windsor 1976'. I supplied the car, Esky, acid wash skinny jeans and vintage Advance Australia knitted jumper. Rhys supplied the iconic Australian footwear - the moccasin. The look was to be an 80s bogan scallywag.
Also below are a few behind the scenes b/w shots taken by Monique on her old Olympus 35mm and some Polaroids thrown in for an extra 20 cents.
Thanks to Rhys Ripper from Academy for Men and Trevor King for shooting the spread.
Have a Captain Cook at the full issue here in all it's glory - http://academyformen.com/

PHOTO CREDIT - Rennie Ellis 'The Gang, Windsor 1976' http://www.rennieellis.com.au/

PHOTO CREDIT TREVOR KING

Eamo T Shirts on shelves now in the Milkbar

Limited edition T-shirts printed in Melbourne Australia on American Apparel garments for Sale in Eamo's Milkbar. Paypal or Credit Card. Super fast postage. Free Postcards with every tee sold. RRP $59.99 - $39.99 Australian Dollars + $5 postage and handling. http://eamo.com.au/milkbar.htm

JMag 20 Bands You Must See This Summer 2010

Full page for Jmag magazine Australia. Jan issue 2010.

COMPLEX MAGAZINE 3D Final Destination

I have a backlog of shots I took of my spreads in mag's over the last 6 months that I'll be posting here. This is one of them from last year. Complex mag's annual Design & Style issue. The illo was for an article on the new 3D film Final Destination. Seeing how 3D is all the rage at the moment, this cheeky little monkey is posted here again.