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  • balloon seller photographic print by james longley
    Film, Music

    Academy Nominated James Longley on music composition and filmmaking.

    11/01/2021

    Multiple Oscar-nominated and Sundance award winning filmmaker James Longley kindly contributed a number of music and audio tracks to our latest film SODO EXPRESS. How […]

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  • Photography

    APERTURE ZERO – 05. OIL

    28/12/2020

    Words and pictures by Merik. 05. OIL When thoughts grow dull and the eye calcifies, a little lubrication is required to keep the the pipes […]

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  • Film

    SODO EXPRESS: The idea, the film and the director’s statement

    22/12/2020

    The idea behind the short film SODO EXPRESS came from watching a British news segment featuring Silicon valley old schooler Jaron Lanier. He explains the […]

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  • cover for carpal tunnel
    Animation

    Animation, Live Action and Short Films with Ingmar Järve

    15/12/2020

    Ingmar Järve is playing a massive role in our latest film SODO EXPRESS. It’s through him and through his animation we get to express a […]

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  • Graffiti, Art

    Stormie Mills on street art, graffiti and the final frontier of humanity

    08/12/2020

    “When you are starting you can be free with what you do. You can experiment, be bold, and adventurous… …as you move along the line […]

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  • Photography

    APERTURE ZERO – 04. A COUNTERPOINT

    04/12/2020

    Words and pictures by Merik. 04. A COUNTERPOINT The Pipes Man limbered up to the corrugated barrier with wide wild eyes. What lay behind may be […]

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  • Illustration

    NIARK 1 ON THE IMPORTANCE OF MONSTER ILLUSTRATIONS

    01/12/2020

    Sébastien Feraut aka Niark1 is a Parisian who now lives and works in Montpellier. He has featured in many STICKERBOMB books and over the years […]

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  • sticker sheet from tutu graff
    Art

    TUTU on Indonesian Graffiti, Post-Graffiti and ever-evolving styles.

    24/11/2020

    With a love of the Jakarta urban landscape, his vibe today is more geometric, more organic, more ‘post-graffiti’ and after 20 years of painting the […]

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  • Film

    SODO EXPRESS. Short films, graphics and titles talk with Ryo Sanada.

    17/11/2020

    As we get closer to finishing SODO EXPRESS, we’re taking the time to chat to a few of the crew involved in the film and […]

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  • Illustration

    BANANA KRUGER AND ALTERNATIVE COMICS

    09/11/2020

    As we continue to chat to artists who have been involved someway in Stickerbomb, we come around to Lary aka BANANA KRUGER who lives and […]

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  • Film

    RAISING THE SPIRITS with artist, filmmaker and Brighton resident, CINEMA ILOOBIA

    03/11/2020

    Outsider artist Jim Sanders, producer and sound designer Abraham Moughrabi, film maker iloobia and creative technologist Benedict Sheehan combine their creative energies for the immersive installation ‘Raising the Spirits’. Scored by […]

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  • Graffiti, Street Art

    Iran, Sanctions and Graffiti. A Conversation with artist GORBE

    27/10/2020

    In the Iranian capital of Tehran, graffiti artists consider themselves fortunate if their artwork stay on a wall for a week or so. While others […]

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  • episode 3 of Aperture zero
    Photography

    APERTURE ZERO – 03. Gas

    23/10/2020

    Words and pictures by Merik. 03. Gas Is a ‘strong sense of listlessness’ even a thing? The Pipes Man was distracted. His day-to-day, the sustenance […]

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  • inkboy
    Illustration, Street Art

    INKBOY’s cartoon illustrations and street influences

    19/10/2020

    Melbourne based artist INKBOY creates fun, cartoon and street inspired artworks. How did you get started and what’s your inspiration with Inkboy?  Inkboy started as […]

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  • Animation, Illustration

    JASPER VAN GESTEL on Colours, Tattoos and selling mouse mats.

    13/10/2020

    “The world is becoming a grey and over-regulated robotic place. Illustration brings colour.” The fusion of geometric shapes and animals (in a playful sense) has […]

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  • hand drawn, synesthetic inspired animation
    Animation

    FLOATING CIRCLES QUARTET – New Music Video by Cinema Iloobia

    06/10/2020

    A hand drawn, synesthetic inspired animation for the track ‘White ‘n’ Fluffy’ by Floating Circles Quartet. The animation was inspired by the work of Oskar […]

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  • black and white image in singapore
    Photography

    APERTURE ZERO – 02. Glazed Youth

    02/10/2020

    Words and pictures by Merik. 02. Glazed Youth Should he try to meet her glazed gaze through the glass? The girl has no expression, but […]

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  • Graffiti, Street Art

    In Conversation: CHIFUMI

    28/09/2020

    French artist Chifumi Krohom arrived in Cambodia for a project but discovered a thriving art scene in Phnom Penh. He decided to stay and create […]

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  • Video

    ‘WATCH’ page is here!

    24/09/2020

    So after much conversation, we’ve re-opened the ‘WATCH’ page on our site. We’re very happy to start processing through years of work and presenting what […]

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  • Illustration

    Caricatures with Illustrator Rich Fairhead

    21/09/2020

    We recently wanted some new caricatures for our ‘About Us’ page and without thinking too much about it, we turned to one half of El […]

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  • Music

    From HONG KONG to AMSTERDAM – Journeys of a DJ & Music Producer with IXA

    17/09/2020

    Life is hard right now. Harder than usual for everyone for obvious reasons but as a DJ, music producer and performer its been a trying […]

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  • image by sergio ingravalle of someone snorting the charger of a mobile phone
    Illustration

    In Conversation: SERGIO INGRAVALLE

    14/09/2020

    Sergio Ingravalle’s watercolour & pencil illustrations of footballers are famous the world over, and as footy fans, we just love them. But his personal work; […]

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  • Film, Documentary

    Behind The Lens with Producer & Director, WILL FRANCOME

    11/09/2020

    We had the pleasure of sharing offices with Director / Producer, Will Francome and his Reel Nice production crew many years ago in London Bridge. […]

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  • Street Art

    In Conversation : BRANDON SINES aka FRANK APE

    07/09/2020

    “I feel like Frank has connected with so many people around the world through the themes of positivity and inclusivity…It’s my responsibility to keep creating […]

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  • shooting director Naor Elimelech taking a summer selfie in the mirro
    Film

    Behind The Lens with NAOR ELIMELECH

    31/08/2020

    Naor is a shooting director who was a massive part of one of our most difficult but satisfying productions over the years: SOKA AFRIKA. It’s […]

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  • Illustration

    In Conversation: TOMATOZERO

    27/08/2020

    Over the years, we have collaborated a lot with Tomato Zero from STICKERBOMB to commissioned work. They’re a great couple of artists who have inspired […]

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  • black and white image of the backstreets of singapore
    Photography

    Introducing: APERTURE ZERO

    24/08/2020

    APERTURE ZERO is a series of photo stories we’ll be previewing over the coming months. We won’t be giving too much away, but lots of […]

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  • Graffiti

    In Conversation: DARBOTZ on JAKARTA

    20/08/2020

    “There are too many shapes and colours in the streets, I want to make my work bold…where it catches your eye.“ If you have visited […]

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  • image of rocket at the yangon abandoned amusement park.
    Photography

    Burmese Daze: YANGON ABANDONED AMUSEMENT PARK

    17/08/2020

    Having run a creative studio now for a number of years, I’m always looking for a dose of inspiration. If you can find it in […]

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  • cutpacks image of a man and surfboard
    Video

    CUTPACKS: Free Monthly Stock Footage Giveaway

    11/08/2020

    Have some free 4k (4096 x 2160) shots of the Pacific Northwest Beach on us. That’s 9 free individual stock footage shots that include a […]

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  • A double decker tram by Hong Kong graffiti artist Xeme
    Graffiti

    In Conversation: XEME on HONG KONG

    06/08/2020

    After a long time, we caught up with a good friend and one of Asia’s most widely respected graffiti artists, XEME. From alleyways and overpasses […]

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  • Film

    GHOST AMBER: Trailer

    02/08/2020

    We are absolutely delighted to share the first trailer for feature project GHOST AMBER. GHOST AMBER is best described as a film about celluloid, memory […]

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  • A character by Ian Mutch
    Illustration

    Storytelling Styles With Ian Mutch

    31/07/2020

    “I live near forests and a beautiful coastline so there’s plenty to see and discover close by…I like to study the micro worlds…bugs, shells and […]

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  • andy and his kid
    Insights

    Working From Home With Kids

    26/07/2020

    For many in the creative industries working from home is no great shock. Even with an office to go to, sometimes you need a change […]

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  • studio rarekind sticker on the street at night in lisbon, portugal
    Insights

    Rebuilding Through Disaster

    23/07/2020

    After ten years of living in South-East Asia, approx 4 months of lockdown and a long plane journey back to London where it all started, […]

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  • black and white shot of dj don grizz
    Music

    Fresh Weekly Music: DON GRIZZ

    19/07/2020

    We go wayback with DON GRIZZ. From early OPEN SAUCE nights in East London, to seeing him play shows at the WHITECHAPEL GALLERY with IXA. […]

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  • cool looking man from Kalaw, myanmar on the phone wearing sunglasses
    Photography

    Burmese Daze: PORTRAITURE FROM MYANMAR

    16/07/2020

    I’ve enjoyed travelling around Myanmar over the last few years. I first visited in 2013 for the Yangon Photo Festival where I met an array […]

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  • picture of aerotropical plane
    Design

    #WORKINPROGRESS – AEROTROPICAL and How To Brand A Defunct Semi-Fictional Airline.

    13/07/2020

    AEROTROPICAL is a small #WIP project we are running at the moment. It’s just an idea we like and myself and Ryo came up with […]

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  • Ezra Dickinson's animated eyes from the indie film SODO EXPRESS
    Film

    Notes From The Edit: SODO EXPRESS pt.2

    10/07/2020

    With the trailer released we inch closer to picture lock on the edit. With SODO EXPRESS and the miniscule budget we’ve been playing with, we […]

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  • Communique logo live streaming and dj mixes
    Music

    Fresh Weekly Music: COMMUNIQUE

    09/07/2020

    COMMUNIQUE is a new DJ platform from one of our own, Matt’ IXA’ Rudge and old time friend Paul Carter. On a weekly basis they’ll […]

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  • SODO EXPRESS trailer button
    Film

    SODO EXPRESS: Trailer

    08/07/2020

    Our latest film SODO EXPRESS gets closer to the finishing line… …which still means a lot of work which includes conceptualising and executing graphics. Finalising […]

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  • Cutpacks Curated Stock Video
    Stock Video

    CUTPACKS: Free Monthly Footage Giveaway

    06/07/2020

    WE’RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF OUR NEW MONTHLY CUTPACKS GIVEAWAY. That means every month we’ll be giving away, for free, a themed bundle […]

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  • Andy Funnell Filmmaker
    General

    Hello My Name Is…

    03/07/2020

    Hi, I’m Andy Funnell, a director here at SRK and all-round camera nerd. I cut my teeth at the BBC editing, shooting, and directing across […]

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  • security guard sits underneath an underpass on jalan sudirman jakarta indonesia
    Insights, Photography

    Jakarta Street Portraiture

    29/06/2020

    As my time winds down in Jakarta, Indonesia and we slowly enter the ‘new normal’ and exit what feels like round one of Covid, i’m […]

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  • Tim Grabham Cinema Iloobia
    General

    Hello My Name Is..

    25/06/2020

    I’m Tim Grabham, but I’m also sometimes known as iloobia and I’m a filmmaker and animator. Currently I’m living by the sea in Brighton UK, […]

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  • The Toyoca-S
    Photography

    5 FRAMES WITH A TOYOCA-S

    23/06/2020

    There I was in Seattle, the Shot On Film Store trying my hardest to get my Nikon FE2 fixed. It wasn’t happening. The drop it […]

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  • digital collage of images from around china
    Video, Insights

    Executing Briefs Under Covid

    22/06/2020

    At the start of the year I was in the early stages of planning a multi-country shoot. Our client, a pan-Asian corporation, needed us to […]

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  • Ghost Amber thumbnail for blog post
    Film, Documentary

    Notes From the Edit: GHOST AMBER

    18/06/2020

    GHOST AMBER is the latest film from our long term collaborator and crew member Tim ‘Cinema Iloobia’ Grabham. Currently the production is in lockdown thanks […]

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  • cinema iloobia 30 day animation challenge
    Animation

    #30DayAnimationChallenge

    15/06/2020

    Tim ‘cinema iloobia’ Grabham is keeping busy with a #30dayanimationchallenge. “Grabbing scraps from around the studio can be surprisingly fruitful when you add a little […]

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  • ryo george sanada
    General

    Hello My Name Is..

    12/06/2020

    I’m Ryo George Sanada. Born in rainy Manchester UK (making me a Citeh fan) but I was actually raised in a small town called Toyohashi […]

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