James Tuomey Illustration

2011-10-03T07:59:00.000-07:00

Language worked on this Barnardos campaign to protect children in the upcoming budget. Paul O'Connell and Sonya Lennon lent their support, the aim being to get 10,000 signatures on a petition against cuts to child services. No money or time required, just your name. http://www.barnardos.ie/knows/

2011-09-20T14:52:00.000-07:00

I got a nice commission a few weeks ago to make some posters and promotional materials for two shows in the Dublin Fringe Festival this month. Here are some drawings from the first one, Luca & the Sunshine, and the final poster.

2011-08-08T08:53:00.000-07:00

Jimmy Deenihan, The Minister for Kerry, has been putting in long hours in his workshop recently. Let's take a look at what he's been up to.

B

2011-05-04T12:19:00.000-07:00

The brief: To fill an A0 sheet with subjects beginning with the letter B. To complicate matters more, each must be interacting with the next in some action also beginning with the letter B. An emotion beginning with B is worth extra points.

Talpini Media Logo Design

2011-04-27T13:14:00.000-07:00

Just finished this logo for my friend Pete Moles' new film company. According to Pete "Talpini is a tribe (below genus, above family) of moles, specifically 'Old World Moles'". Look out for this little critter at a cinema near you!

2011-04-27T12:05:00.000-07:00

I made these gifs as part of a project with Rebecca.

Award Nomination

2011-04-26T09:07:00.000-07:00

A leaflet on domestic abuse that I made at Language has been nominated for the An Post Direct Marketing Awards 2011 – fingers and toes are crossed! Full book here.

2010-12-02T14:19:00.000-08:00

A poster I made for a new show from up-and-coming theatre company Fast and Loose. If you're around Dublin next week check out Richard III in the Chapel in Dublin Castle, should be something special.

2010-06-30T09:22:00.000-07:00

2010-06-23T11:31:00.000-07:00

I got these lovely things in the post today, from nobrow. They publish work by established and emerging illustrators in their magazines and books.

2010-06-11T14:06:00.000-07:00

Leonard Cohen

Tom Waits

A Picasso-esque Paul Simon

Thom Yorke

Neil Young

Under the Influence

2010-05-19T09:04:00.000-07:00

I've been doing sketches of musicians and songwriters – long-term favourites of mine – with a view to making something with them. I still don't know what that thing will be, so here are some of the drawings. Bob Dylan, Chet Baker and David Byrne to get things started. More to follow.

Boys On Tour

2010-01-22T07:15:00.000-08:00

The Terror of Torremolinos, the Scourge of Santa Ponsa, the Pleurisy of Playa Del Ingles...

Sneak Peek

2010-01-18T04:17:00.000-08:00

A little look at something I've just finished. I'm entering it for selection in an exhibition in February so I won't show it properly until then.

Roots

2010-01-04T04:21:00.000-08:00

An illustration for a project about community vegetable gardens (rejected in favour of a photographic route...)

2009-11-27T14:58:00.001-08:00

A poster made with lino-cut and letterpress, for the National Library exhibition on WB Yeats.

Don Giovanni

2009-11-27T12:22:00.000-08:00

Getting a hand up.

2009-11-27T12:09:00.000-08:00

An intense fellow, and his darker side.

My Brother & I

2009-11-25T15:07:00.000-08:00

A little horseplay never hurt anyone.

Found

2009-11-16T16:21:00.000-08:00

While looking for something else I found these drawings on a backup drive. This is (part of) an etching I made 6 years ago. I was making books where the figures interacted in some way with a line at a constant height. On each page the line would be something different. On this page it was water...

...and here it was a washing line.

This is from an abandoned (or maybe just postponed) project to illustrate F. Scott Fitzgerald's A Diamond as Big as the Ritz.

Storybook

2009-11-06T04:52:00.000-08:00

Performing 'Storybook' at For The Love Of (Live) in Filmbase. The piece was written and directed by Duncan Molloy (visuals by me) and performed by Jody O'Neill and me.

Some sketches from the concept and storyboarding stage.

50's first look

2009-10-23T09:00:00.000-07:00

Some initial sketches from a piece about cubicle workers in the 1950's.

2009-10-23T08:54:00.000-07:00

Contour drawings of three great designers: Erik Spiekermann, Stefan Sagmeister and Danny van den Dungen.

Inisbofin Poetry Collection

2009-10-14T07:26:00.000-07:00

Illustrations from a collection of writing by various authors. The works in the collection were written on the island of Inisbofin off the west coast of Ireland. The contributors were inspired by the raw beauty of the landscape and the atmosphere on the island. The launch of the book (which I designed) was on Inisbofin in September.

2009-10-14T07:09:00.000-07:00

Some early drawings from a project I'm working on. You may have noticed by now that I'm fond of working in black and white. (Or in this case, grey and white)

Blind Drawings

2009-10-11T07:14:00.000-07:00

Blind drawings of friends made over a few nights out.

2009-10-10T06:56:00.001-07:00

The first drawings I made for an illustrated anthology of poetry. The works were inspired by the island of Inisbofin off the west coast of Ireland. More to follow.

Humanimals

2009-10-10T06:41:00.000-07:00

A series of illustrations I made while working with Conor & David. The brief was to show the animal characteristics that exist in human personality types.

Short Short Stories

2009-10-10T05:53:00.000-07:00

Illustrations inspired by Dave Eggers' series of "Short short stories" published in the Guardian on Saturdays. I took a small selection of these and made a typeset, illustrated and hand-bound book.

2009-10-10T05:07:00.000-07:00

Drawings from a book I made about the "tribes" of cyclists in Dublin. The brief was to create an unconventional guidebook. I gave an impression of the city through the favourite haunts and meeting places of these various groups.

2009-10-10T04:24:00.000-07:00

More golden oldies, this time from my drawing on coloured paper phase.

2009-10-10T03:46:00.000-07:00

Some from the archives. These are illustrations I made a few years ago for a children's book about an enchanted garden.

Welcome

2009-10-10T02:58:00.001-07:00

Hi, I'm James. I hope you like my drawings.