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13-02-2008

Click here to see my front cover design for issue 41 of Advanced Photoshop Magazine, out soon.
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07-02-2008

Site updated. See the new collaborative "fashion" artworks with stylist Ami Penfold
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02-01-2008

Happy New year! I will be launching a brand new website with loads more work later this year so please sign up to be notified when it goes live.
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01-12-2007

The Couscous Kid is now settled into a great new studio space on Walcot Street in Bath with views over the river and hills. Time to get creative again.
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Cous Cous Kid
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Couscous Kid is the work of Mathew Star Thomas
Design Direction & Doodles from Bath, England 		* CONTACT mat(at)couscouskid.co.uk
+44 0 01225 429275 / +44 0 7792 474864
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STARS IN HER EYES *
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What is it?

Part 1 in a series of experimental collaborations with the delishously talented Ami Penfold make-up artist and stylist extraordinaire. Photography Simon Dodd

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Circus Glam Rock Caberet
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STARS IN HER EYES
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Li'l Red *
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What is it?

Part 2 in a series of experimental collaborations with the delishously talented

Ami Penfold make-up artist and stylist extraordinaire with photographer Simon Dodd


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Oh what nice stockings you have
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Japan *
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What is it?

Part 3 in a series of collaborations with

Ami Penfold and Simon Dodd

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I think I am turning Japanese!
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Holly *
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What is it?

A collaboration with Bath based photographer Colin Hawkins

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Part of a serious of experiments still in progress
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Hallmark *
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What is it?

Image created for Richard Hallmarq

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Electric circus and a vicious dog eyed shake
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What is it?

Layer Tennis is a series of live design events. Two artists swap a file back and forth in real-time, adding to and embellishing the work. Each artist gets fifteen minutes to complete a "volley" and then they are posted to the web site. Matches last for ten volleys and when it's complete, everyone with an opinion sounds off in the Forums and they declare a winner.

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Thanks for everyone who watched and thanks for all the amazing comments. It felt good to win!
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Horse *
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What is it?

European Illustration collaboration just for fun with the very talented visual noise maker Johannes Bayer of Germany.

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A work in progress.. Or is it finished?
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What is it?

I just dripped my big bad bag of vectors ,

in a sort Jackson Pollock stylee!

Hypnotic and eye-catching photo by Egorr.

Available as a limited edition canvas print.

Large 56cm x 70cm = £115

Extra Large 80cm x 100cm = £165

or A1 size fine art print £50

Please email for details: mat@couscouskid.co.uk

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Image remixed for the front cover of

Advanced Photoshop Magazine, Issue 41.

Out very Now. Click here to see it large

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Bad hair day
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GRAFUCK *
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What is it?

Bringing new meaning to the the words

"double page spread"!

This is an artwork submission for the forth coming and wonderfully provocative Grafuck 3

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Photos by Vladimir Perlovich
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SWEET TUCAN *
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What is it?

Illustration and Logo Idedentity work done for the very cool Slovenians over at Collection who have done all the character art.

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This is just one in a set of 6 illustrations for Sweet Tucan Digital Solutions.
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ZEBRA GIRL - Summer of Love *
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What is it?

Dont do drugs and play with vectors!

This is what can happen.

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The Second Summers of Love happened in 1988 and 1989 in Britain. The rise of Acid House music and the euphoric explosion of Ecstasy-fuelled raves culminated in mass free parties. with electronic dance beats. The culture drew parallels with the hedonism and freedom of the Summer of Love in San Francisco two decades earlier.
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SECRETS OF THE STARS *
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What is it?

Poster. Pen & Inks

For Don't Panic! The Secrets issue

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Tell me dirty secrets about "D" list Stars

Tell me dirty secrets about the rich and famous

Whisper trash mag secrets, in my ear
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SKULL FLOWERS 2007 *
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What is it?

The photogaphy of Martin Thompson combined with some of my pen and ink doodles and a whole bunch of vectors.

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Part of a series of experiments.
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SKULL FLOWERS 2007
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TWISTED SISTER *
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What is it?

More of Martin Thompsons photograpy combined with my hand drawn doodles.

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Shut your eyes and twist little bunny, twist
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BEDTIME STORY *
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What is it?

The main elements for this were hand drawn with an ink pen.

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Are you sitting comfortably? 

Yes.

Then i'll begin...

Once upon a time not so long ago when there were still animals and trees and before the seas rose there lived a...
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SKINFLICK POSTER *
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What is it?

Teaser poster art for Skinflick.

The poster design is a combination of my hand drawn decorative flourishes, vectors and the photos of Red Eye.

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A funny, sexy, insightful and tounge in cheek look behind the scenes at the workings of the American adult industry.

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What is it?

Cover art for Skinflick DVDs.

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Welcome to the secret world of the porn star.

An erotic documentry directed by Vladimir Perlovich.
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DEPARTURE LOUNGE *
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What is it?

Pen & inks and photo montage.

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This is the terminal, the break

This is the terminal, the light

Gives perfect vision, false and hard

The metal glitters, deep and bright

Great planes are waiting in the yard

They are already in the night


Beyond this point, on lines of air,

You take the way that you must take

And I remain in light and stare

In light, and nothing else, awake


Yvor Winters
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DEPARTURE LOUNGE
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INTO THE LIGHT *
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What is it?

These pen & inks doodle visions are real and not hallucinations of the mind. About a near death experience, when I die I hope I look this good!

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Just as we use our brain to access energy patterns from our eyes to create visual images, we are using our right temporal lobe to access information from non-local or timeless/space-less reality.
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INTO THE LIGHT
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GIRL IN THE HAT *
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What is it?

One white backdrop, one girl, one hat, one black marker...

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Part of a bigger set.
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LITTLE RED IN DA HOOD *
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What is it?

A British illustration collaboration with Manchesters own secret weapon Neil Duerden. Check out more of Neils work

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We went down to the woods and boy did we get a surprise. Still not finished....
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LITTLE RED IN DA HOOD
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What is it?

Another collaboration with Neil Duerden

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I supplied Neil with a whole bunch of my pen & ink drawings and sat back to watch the results. All I had to do then was doodle all over the girls legs, tuff job but someone had to do it :)
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UK Collaboration
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What is it?

Pen & Ink

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Illustrations for the fantastic Don't Panic!

The Addiction and Fear issues.
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"A" IS FOR ADDICTION AND "F" IS FOR FEAR OF FLYING
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Inner Goal - COVER DESIGN *
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What is it?

From rattles and rosettes to women’s football and the trenches, fantasy salaries and racism to mobile phones for goalposts. Inner Goal is an affectionate and perceptive nod to the People’s Game in verse. A long-overdue

hard-copy debut from football’s maverick performance poet. Crispin Thomas


the poetry of football...

a journey in rhyme

Book sleeve design for Inner Goal

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"this is a poem on football stuff

I dunno ‘bout you but I’ve had enough

stuff about wages and transfer fees

stuff about the media saying what they please

stuff stuff stuff talkin’ ‘bout football stuff"

Crispin Thomas
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Inner Goal - COVER DESIGN
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Glorious Kid *
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What is it?

Colaboration just for fun with the very talented Mr. Théo Génnitsakis.

Colours and shapes by Théo

Black and white ink doodles by Couscous Kid

Check out Théo's seriousy amazing skills

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The Brand is Dead!
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DEAD NICE *
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What is it?

Pen and ink

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Another night I fell from the sky

a reckless plunge into mystery


Available as a limited edition canvas print.

£115 - 56cm x 70cm

Please email for details: mat@couscouskid.co.uk
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DEAD NICE
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THE SLEEPER *
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What is it?

Pen and ink

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Forgetfulness divine at midnight

secret smiles and secret joy


Available as a limited edition canvas print.

£115 - 56cm x 70cm

Please email for details: mat@couscouskid.co.uk
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GLASSES ON OUR EYES *
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What is it?

Pen & Inks

Notes

Featured on Beautiful Decay
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LITTLE BLACK DRESS *
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What is it?

Pen and ink

Developed from an original sketch

by Debra Thomas.

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Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful...

...Forget not that modesty is for a shield against the eye of the unclean.

And when the unclean shall be no more, what were modesty but a fetter and a fouling of the mind?

And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.


Kahlil Gibran

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GOLDEN LADY *
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What is it?

Pen and ink

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Developed from an original sketch

by Debra Thomas.
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THE TIDE POOL *
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What is it?

Pen and Ink

Illustration to be published in the forth coming

Book Black Flood as a pure black & white.

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Spray falls across her back

trapped she lingers at the edge

dipping her toes and breathing

closing her eyes and listening.


Available as limited edition deep edge

canvas frame print. 80cm x 100cm

£165 - Please email for details

mat@couscouskid.co.uk
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BEST MAN *
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What is it?

Pen and Ink

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Something strange happens to men when bestowed the honour of being a best man. What secrets lie hidden upon his speech tucked inside his top pocket and what demons from the past will he unleash?
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MUSIC *
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What is it?

Mural Artwork

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Music theme illustration for HMV
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What is it?

Mural Artwork

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Film theme illustration for HMV
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Mad Staring Eyes *
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What is it?

Pen & Inks and Roller

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There is all sorts of stuff living in your hair and in your eyebrows
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KERVE *
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What is it?

Front Cover Illustration for Design by Kerve Magazine.

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Printed as a spot UV varnish.
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What is it?

Pen & inks and roller.

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Slowly lean in toward her and kiss her sensuously on the cheek, making your way to her lips. Your approach on that first kiss should be as though she's sleeping and you don't want to frighten her.


Limited edition print available on a deep edge

stretched canvas frame. 56cm x 70cm.

£115 -Please email for details.

mat@couscouskid.co.uk
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Looking *
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What is it?

Pen & ink montage.

Sometimes it feels like everyone is looking at you.

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These doodles were used as part of a major promotion for Canon in Sweden.
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Looking
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The Dreamer *
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What is it?

Pen & ink and biro montage.

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I fell asleep intoxicated by the garden.

Give me your hand, promise me you will

come again. Neomu World entry.
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Butterfly Pants *
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What is it?

Doodles, Collage, Scribbles, Photos.

Notes

Better than ants in yer pants!


Limited edition print available on a deep edge

stretched canvas frame. 56cm x 56cm.

£115 - Please email for details.

mat@couscouskid.co.uk
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Butterfly Pants
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What is it?

Doodles, Collage, Scribbles, Photos

Notes

How many insects come here and go in an English country garden?

I'll tell you now of some that I know...

Dragonflies, moths, gnats and bees, spiders falling from the trees

butterflies sway in the mild gentle breeze...

...In an English country garden.


Limited edition print available on a deep edge

stretched canvas frame. 56cm x 56cm.

£115 - Please email for details.

mat@couscouskid.co.uk
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INSECTOPIA
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What is it?

Vectors and ink.

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Beauty & Ugliness.

An idea for a fashion spread.
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Pills & Thrills *
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What is it?

Pen & Inks.

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Just doodles
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King of Rock *
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What is it?

Ink pen and marker.

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I am demon bait. The night is full

of demons. I hear their wings approaching.

Mad as hatters and nothing matters.


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Skull Flowers *
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What is it?

Pen and ink montage with vectors.

Notes

There are little people living in the flowers and the leaves. It doesn't matter where you look there will be a little person hiding there. Little people in the garden, little people in the shed and funny freaky faces even in your bed.
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What is it?

Pen & ink and photo.

Notes

You know when sometimes you feel like

you are a horse? A beautiful horse and when

you jump you can hit the stars.

Then ride, for you have the speed of lightning.


Limited edition print available on a deep edge

stretched canvas frame. 56cm x 56cm.

£115 - Please email for details.

mat@couscouskid.co.uk
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What is it?

Pen and ink and dots.

Notes

I looked in the window

The room was bright and warm

They sat on a velvet sofa

I wanted to go in and talk to them

I wanted to touch their skin.


Limited edition print available on a deep edge

stretched canvas frame. 56cm x 70cm.

£115 - Please email for details.

mat@couscouskid.co.uk
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Limited Edition Canvas Frame Prints For Sale...

Most of the illustrations on this web site are now available as limited edition canvas frame prints. The canvases are of the highest printing technology, hand stretched onto quality deep edge (4cm) wooden frames with the best craftsmanship. The prints are securely packed and come complete with a unique hanging bracket to allow the frames to be hung easily - even on uneven walls.


Prices

Large (L) 70cm x 56cm = £115    Extra Large (XL) 80cm x 100cm = £165


Shipping Costs

UK & Europe

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L £14 L £22 L £25 L £22 L £22 L £25
XL £14 XL £30 XL £34 XL £30 XL £30 XL £34

Double up 2 prints together and its only a little more £'s for the extra weight!
Prints usually take 1-3 weeks to deliver depending on your location.
Please email with details of your chosen print to: mat@couscouskid.co.uk

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Design, Direction and Doodles...

Couscous Kid is the work of Mathew Thomas, illustrator and designer based in Bath, UK. Mathew's illustrations lie somewhere between the cutting edge of the new breed in contemporary illustration and the tempting nipple of naive. Impossible to pigeon-hole, Couscous Kids' dream-like and innocent style leads us dancing eerily among the childlike leaves we cling onto through life to a deeper and darker space. A timeless place where fantasy and fairy tale doodles combine with intrigue, mystery and sex. At first glance all is as it seems with hints of sixties abandon, but closer inspection reveals a 21st century humour and physical freedom hidden among the sublime and ridiculous forms and characters. Recently Mat has been developing his unique style of image making by working with original sketches drawn by his wife Debra whom he lives together with their 2 children. Mathew's images find homes embodying and embracing beauty, fashion, nature, music and above all life. Investigate and explore!


Couscous Kid is for hire...

If you would like to commission work, collaborate on a project or even just comment please email: mat@couscouskid.co.uk

With over 13 years experience in innovative graphics, illustration and web design, Mathew has worked for many clients including Jack Daniel’s, Hewlett Packard, Coca-Cola, Southern Comfort, Q Magazine and Cannon. The artwork here is a selection of work old and new and the site is updated regularly, so please sign up for updates.


Featured in magazines such as:

Computer Arts Magazine | Advanced Photoshop Magazine

Featured on online at sites such as:

Beautiful Decay | Design is Kinky | Pixel Surgeon | Juxtapoz | Lounge72 | Illustration Mundo | Lost at E Minor | Phirebrush | Zeroin


"We have no idea what substances (controlled or otherwise) Couscous Kid uses for inspiration when he's creating his trippy, sexed-out visual mashups of hot supermodels, pouty pinups, and digital doodlings, but we do know that the combination is definitely working for us." Fleshbot
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