SAS Blunder

The Special Air Service (SAS) is the British Army's most renowned special forces unit. From the moment several black-clad figures appeared on the balconies of the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980, the Special Air Service became 'celebrities' both at home and oversees. Their motto, 'Who Dares Wins', has become part of British popular culture.

Since then this elite unit has been employed by various politicians as a sort of publicity stunt, be it Maggie during the embassy siege or Blair during the rescue of a British convoy from the hands of Sierra Leon's notorious West Side Boys, the SAS have carried out the government's zero tolerance rule on terror with great success, that is until now.

On March 7Th 2011 a British SAS mission to Libya resulted in humiliation after the troops were first captured by rebels, then a diplomat's plea for their release was broadcast on state television.

The objectives of this small crew are unclear but their capture raises an important question: is the SAS being wrongfully deployed by the government in their attempt to gain the same political notoriety as Thatcher?

The SAS being a commendable and highly trained regiment I doubt sincerely their capture was the result of slipping standards but more likely the outcome of slap dash planning based on top brass orders from foolish politicians. Or could it be as ex SAS soldier Robin Horsfall says that if the SAS were captured that's because they wanted to be.

The image for this article depicts the logo of the SAS regiment turned upside down to depict the face of an embarrassed special forces officer

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OVO Illustration Exhibition

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A grave situation

Amidst the bloodshed comes- even more bloodshed this time caused by a natural disaster, you would have to have been living in a hole if you didn’t know that I am of course referring to the Japanese catastrophe. In short a cataclysmic domino disaster that can only be described as horrifying. But it took an earthquake that caused a tsunami that killed a predicted 40,000 and raged inland to a defunct nuclear power plant that will wreak more nuclear havoc than Chernobyl to expose the shocking reality of nuclear safety.

To make the worst of a bad situation, according to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fukushima should have been decommissioned in 1990 as it failed to meet safety regulations but nothing was done by TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) to address this problem, until now of course, the expression too little too late springs to mind.

To illustrate this incident initially I tried (like many other illustrators) to use imagery that put a more positive spin on the situation but found it impossible. Instead I found the most appropriate angle to approach this devastation was encompassed in the way that mass graves had been dug to bury the dead. The Japanese, having a mostly Buddhist population, prefer to cremate the deceased but this is unfeasible considering the circumstances so the military have resorted to digging mass graves for the victims of this severe tragedy.   

Talk to the Miliband, the government ain't listening

Last month saw a large cross section of the British public take to the streets of London to demonstrate against the governments ruthless cut's. An estimated 250,000+ were counted for at the TUC alternative march for jobs, growth and justice, in its midst were doctors, firemen, trade unions, community groups, teachers and pupils- all there to make clear their concern about the severity of the latest government cuts.

The government’s reaction to this statement from the majority was to ignore it and claim all is necessary to get rid of the deficit In fact the only consolation came from wide eyed, pity accumulator Ed Miliband.

In his speech to the thousands of already likely voters, Mili-hand compared their plight to the struggle of the suffragettes and the civil rights movement in America. Demonstrators may take some piece of mind for their efforts knowing that even though the government is making no amendments labour still backs the alternative.

Libyan Conflict

This image is the first of my world streets series, with so many horrific global incidents occurring at the moment I felt this was the best way to interpret them into imagery.

This piece is an attempt to portray the the situation in Libya in all of its aspects- Gaddafi's hired goons attacking the public,  the rebel uprising, the protests that started the chaos, the attacks on the public by the military, the UN-constitutional intervention, the toppling of a new breed: the celeb-dictator and in the foreground the reporters who have the had a five star experience of some of Libya's finest hotels.

APN

Work for the APN brief.
APN are a skate culture clothing company who have given us (camberwell 3rd year) a live brief for thier cool KUTGW range in which t-shirts are earned not brought- like respect, by bieng a public nuisance. below are a some examples of my submission.

Lately Ive been trying to document the process of my drawings through stop frame animation, below is my second sttempt at this.

Paperwatch

I got one of these rather cool paper watches for Christmas from suck UK. They come completely plain then you doodle on them, gotta say though- due to the durable waxy surface there's only certain pens you can use other wise it bleeds- sorry folks but no one gave me any warning and I would have liked to know. Bic pens, ball pens= thumbs up.