http://www.welchtoons.com en-gb welchtoons.com 2011-11-21T00:00:00Z welchtoons.com http://www.welchtoons.com/page13.htm#107266 Crikey It has been a while hasnt it. I dont appear to have updated this blog for well over a year. That is bad show. Well lets put a change to that shall we. Ive had a great bit of news in recent weeks regarding my toons. I now find myself with the great title of official cover artist to the legendary Starburst magazine.Starburst was a UK SciFi Horror and Fantasy magazine that ran for just over thirty years from the late 70s to the late noughties. As a magazine it grounded itself in the best of SciFi Horror Fantasy films tv series books etc. Starburst was always a great read but what was particularly great about it was that it was more than just a sum of its parts. Starburst was never content with just reviewing the standard scifi fare. It is with thanks to Starburst and its then main film reviewer Alan Jones that I was at a young age introduced to the joys of the work of David Lynch Joe Dante Rod Serling Alejandro Jodorowsky John Landis Ray Harryhausen Goerge Lucas Harry Bromley Daven... 2011-11-21 21:39:46 http://www.welchtoons.com/page13.htm#61000 A new set of my illustrations will be on show at Mind For Movies film quiz organised by Chichester Cinema at New Park on March 27th. The event will take place at the Upper Brasserie at the Minerva Theatre in Chichester. 2010-3-21 09:54:55 http://www.welchtoons.com/page13.htm#58728 2010-2-19 11:45:01 http://www.welchtoons.com/page13.htm#50094 Lava Banana from Ian Welch on Vimeo.Lava Banana are a ficticious band I created for kicks. Three weirdo characters making an electronic noise. The three characters are loosely based on Russell Brand Karen O and Robert Smith respectively. Check them out at your peril.httpwww.myspace.comlavabananaOddly despite my lack of musical talent Lava Banana have been asked to play live about five times now including two festivals. Theyve also had really nice comments from a number of professional beat combos and have been asked to contribute to a compilation album. Weird innitArtwork by me also as thats my main thing and essentially the reason I did this in the first place. I dont think Gorillaz have too much to worry about 2009-10-6 10:18:12 http://www.welchtoons.com/page13.htm#49087 Ive just added a new toon to my collection. This time another cartoon of Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. Quite pleased with this actually. Have used a slightly different technique for the toon itself and am also quite pleased with the background. Here is the new toon... 2009-9-20 11:37:46 http://www.welchtoons.com/page13.htm#48095 Lucinda Rosa are a music project that I have become involved with. They are heavily influenced by the likes of Joy Division The Pixies The Cure Depeche Mode and The Smashing Pumpkins among others. They are friends of mine and I will be doing a lot of artwork for them and a bit of marketing as well as helping them build a website presence. They were formerly known as Black Mountain College and played quite extensively around the south of England including London and Brighton. They were also as Black Mountain College championed by Steve Lamacq of Radio 6 music for a while. Anyways Im currently putting together some bits of artwork for their Myspace site. Here is the latest piece... 2009-9-4 00:21:36 http://www.welchtoons.com/page13.htm#48066 I have a new toon. Another zombie pic this time of Will Smith. Its kind of a play on the I am Legend film. My interpretation...I am Zombie. 2009-9-3 17:21:48