William Crabtree
I am more or less an avowed fan of buying clothes without pre-distressing. In today’s climate of low sustainability and pushes for the clothing industry to become more carbon neutral, distressing clothes shortens a clothing’s lifespan and serves to make it thrown away that much quicker. This is especially true for denim, where pre-distressing increases […]
Hand stitching, I’ve found, takes practice as a skill to maintain. Rows become noticeably neater as your hand memorises the motions, the minute manipulations of your needle. I’ve caught myself on occasion wishing for my clothes to tear, just so I have something to stitch up. This week, my father brought me a pair of […]
During the Covid-19 lockdown, I’ve binged the first two seasons of Netflix’s Mindhunter, a historical drama about the birth of criminal pyschology and profiling during the late 1970s to 1980s. While there are many aspects of the show that captured my interest and inspired thinking long after I had finished the first two seasons, one […]
This orange jumper I own is not a very good piece of clothing. It’s somehow capable of failing to keep me warm and making me sweaty at the same time. The cotton structure is now so stretched that it loses its shape only one or two wears after it’s washed, the elbows distending and the […]
I have a couple word games that I like to play. If I hear a phrase or a combination of words that would make for a good band/album/70s detective name (Detective Trip Hazard is my all-time favourite), I make sure to write them down into a list. I do this partially because it’s funny, and […]
A collection of illustrations depicting classic fantasy archetypes. These images are an attempt to digitally imitate the look of origami/papercraft using a combination of vectors and texture overlays.From left to right: Monk Wizard Knight
Various experiments using deep dream image software, blending two photographs/textures together.
A collection of illustrations of my group’s Pathfinder party. I experimented with the level of stylisation as I worked through these, with them starting off jagged and abstract and becoming more realistic as I progressed. In hindsight, I prefer the healthy middle ground of the two. The most simplified illustration, Howie, looks too flat, whereas […]
Experimentation with collage, made in my spare time.
William Crabtree 