RichMitch X Howies

This week see's the release of two new shirts I've designed for the Cardigan based clothing brand Howies. Check out King of The Cafe Stop [CLICK ME] the coffee and cake lovers strava segment of choice! And there's the Queen Of The Cafe Stop to [CLICK ME.] Check them out! A big thanks to Ade at Howies for getting in touch and asking me to get involved. I can't wait to do more!

RichMitch X Oakley X Rouleur Magazine

 

Getting the oportunity to work with a brand as huge as Oakley was something that I thought would never happen. But thanks to the guys at Rouleur and Tom at Oakley who really enjoys my work we created these rider postcards packs!

Each rider has seen them and signed off the artwork themselves. After they were released I got the twitter based seal of approval from a certain Giro winner with a very kind ReTweet. Thank you Vincenzo!

 They are a limited edition of 7500, and each set of cards [4] are individually numbered. So if you pick these up at an event [such as the recent Smith Field IG London Nocturne] or get some in your Rouleur Magazine you know by the number you see on the back that it's pretty special. Alternatively, if you ask me nicely enough, I'll post you a set. Just click that email button on the left. You don't ask you don't get is my motto. Seeing that Oakley 'O' on something I've done is a massive buzz. Thank you to all involved in making this happen.

Vulpine Cycle Fete.

It's that time of year again. The Vulpine Cycle Fete is coming! I'll be there with the lads from Rouleur with a stand packed full of fun and interesting things. I'll have a whole host of stuff you can spend some coin on like mugs, EDDY's, prints and much more. Hopefully there'll be some new stuff to! So come down to The Lion in Teddington on the 14th of July between 12 and 6pm and say hello! It's going to be fantastic!

derailleur...

The power of getting something out there and some Rapha Condor JLT doodles.

 At times things can sit in a sketch book and never see the light of day. This is great from your own point of view but often I find they can get lost or forgotten about. Something you think is great one day can be sat in a draw for years gathering dust. It's happened with me before, but I decided to use the power of twitter and instagram to share them with people and see what they thought. Turns out the doodle at the top looked a little like Rapha Condor JLT cycling ace Kristian "The Dude" House [minus an earring I might pop in at a later date.]

Using the power of instagram, and the fact I'd met the man in question at the end of the last cycling season to present him with a print of mine from the Tour of Britain, I asked him his thoughts. You don't ask, you don't get, and all that.

He liked it!

Result! I thought, and found some time to work it into the colour version you see above [still forgetting that pesky earring... ah well.] Kristian is now using this as his Facebook profile picture, so that's quite a lot more eyes on the work than sitting in the draw gathering dust, I guess.

I then did the same quick doodle of "King Of Scotland" Rapha Condor JLT riders James MacCallum. James and I had spoken last year when he suggested Ronde get in touch with me about my first exhibition, and he mentioned the idea of creating a portrait of his own. I then met him again at last years Tour Series in Canary Wharf where he mentioned the drawing further. So doodling him seemed like the next step for this looser, comic strip style I'm working on for perhaps something in the future.

James also loved his drawing! Fantastic I thought and he now has it as his twitter profile pic. In your face dusty draw!

I'm going to continue with this throughout 2013, you never know who's going to see your work online. It's how all of this started for me with Rouleur Magazine. So put it out there, whatever the feedback. You never know.

Official Team Sky X Rich Mitch X Rouleur Magazine 2013 Rapha Kit Mugs...

Go check them all out here... Including new additions!

EDDY... RichMitch X Rouleur Magazine

After almost a year in the making, here he is. 6 inches of vinyl to hold in your hand, stand on your mantle piece, desk... any where I guess. I'm going to write a much bigger post soon about the process behind it all but I want to thank everyone at Rouleur Magazine who made this possible. You can get EDDY NOW over at the Rouleur online shop, so swoop now... He's limited and once he's gone he's gone and he's going faster than a fast thing. It's a pretty proud moment. Thanks.