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Miles Davis Poster Reconstruction
After hunting unsuccessfully for an original poster advertising Miles Davis's Manchester Free Trade Hall show in September 1960, I remembered that I'm a graphic designer, so just created one.

Richard Littler
Feb 31 min read


Unlikely 'Blue Note' Albums
Blue Note records were the epitome of cool jazz in the 1950s and 60s. So, I thought I'd ruin that reputation by creating some unlikely releases for middle-of-the-road, easy listening artists, such as Mrs Mills, Val Doonican, James Last and Des O'Connor.

Richard Littler
Feb 31 min read


Victorian Eraserhead
I haven't posted for a while, so I'm playing catch-up. I got a little obsessed with late-19th century theatre poster designs, so, for reasons that now elude me, I created an Eraserhead poster in that style.

Richard Littler
Feb 31 min read


'Intermission' vector graphics exercise
Frankly, I don't what possessed me, but I decided to recreate 1970s cinema intermission screens as vector graphics with the rule that...

Richard Littler
Aug 24, 20251 min read


Bacon Hitchcock
Painting exercise. 'Dial B for Bacon'. A portrait of Alfred Hitchcock in the style of Francis Bacon.

Richard Littler
Aug 6, 20251 min read


Francis Bacon Francis Bacon
A painting of Francis Bacon (1561-1626) in the style of Francis Bacon (1909-1992)

Richard Littler
Aug 5, 20251 min read


Pop Selfie
A self-portrait in the style of Peter Blake.

Richard Littler
Jul 25, 20251 min read


Noir-ish Photography Experiment
Aiming for that 1940s, noir look (with my office lamp as the only light source). "The Black Sunflower Murders" "The Day the Sun Turned...

Richard Littler
Jul 17, 20251 min read



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Richard Littler
Jul 16, 20250 min read


Sketch & Paint Exercise
From a photo reference, chosen mainly because I liked the greenish skin tone palette.

Richard Littler
Jul 10, 20251 min read


Pulp Experiment
Is it too late for me to become a mid-century commercial artist who illustrates cheap, pulp paperbacks and lurid magazine covers? Process...

Richard Littler
Jul 2, 20251 min read


Camera Test
Testing out the Nikon P1100's fully manual capabilities.

Richard Littler
Jul 1, 20251 min read


'Linocut Selfie'
I couldn't sleep, so whiled away the early hours finishing off this linocut style selfie.

Richard Littler
Jun 15, 20251 min read


16th Century Signet Design
I'm a bit obsessed with late-Elizabethan and early-Jacobean woodcuts and engravings at the moment, so began designing my own signet...

Richard Littler
Jun 1, 20251 min read


Sunday Morning Ghost
Grainy, gritty, ghostly Sunday morning sketch.

Richard Littler
May 18, 20251 min read


Paint Test (Caravaggio Palette)
As an experiment, I sampled often-used colours from several Caravaggio paintings and used them to paint this. Naturally, the result is a...

Richard Littler
May 16, 20251 min read


Still Life (Ritalin Blister Sheet)
Still life. In more ways than one... I painted it for entry in a local art exhibition (but it was not accepted).

Richard Littler
May 16, 20251 min read


Shakespeare Painting Exercise
I've been reading a lot about William Shakespeare and late-1500s, early-1600s culture recently. As a casual painting exercise, so thought...

Richard Littler
May 14, 20251 min read


Easter Egg
This is my first attempt at painting a religious subject, so I hope you like it.

Richard Littler
Apr 22, 20251 min read
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