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Ken Taylor’s illustrations face off
Oct 20 2011 M&C Saatchi Sydney's latest campaign for Optus reaped the benefits of Ken Taylor's antagonistic illustrations Read more »
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A roaring gorilla is what illustrators’ dreams are made of.
Sep 26 2011 Ken Taylor releases tension and lets loose on a giant gorilla breaking free of its own teenage angst. Read more »
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God of Thunder nearly thwarted by girlfriend’s love of television
May 18 2011 When Ken Taylor needed the perfect pose for this poster he built his own mighty mallet out of a Glad Wrap tube and an empty spray can box. But that wasn't half the challenge of getting between television and girlfriend for the reference shot. Read more »
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What do Ken Taylor and a giant albino sperm whale have in common?
May 10 2011 Ken Taylor's semiotical approach to poster design is similar to Herman Melville's stylized language in that both are loaded with metaphor. Read more »
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Get Trucked Exhibition
May 9 2011 Drawing Book artists Jessica Singh, Ken Taylor, Mike Watt and Nathaniel Ecskstrom lend their talents for the Get Trucked exhibition. Read more »
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Jim Beam Rockography
Mar 17 2011 If there was a live art grand slam tour then Ken Taylor would be well on his way. Take a look at his latest and largest mural here. Read more »
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The most impressive we’ll ever be is when we are true to our selves
Mar 11 2011 Two night's ago Ken Taylor went head to head against Drew Funk in the Melbourne Secret Wars semi final Read more »
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Most Illustrator’s would battle Hellboy to the afterlife for an opportunity like this
Mar 2 2011 There are a myriad of factors a commercial illustrator must consider when deciding whether to take on a commission or not. And then sometimes there's only one. Read more »
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It’s lonely being a Maniac
Feb 8 2011 Ken Taylor is often commissioned on the basis of his ability to draw celebrities in a recognisable form. Now his designs portray what's inside his subjects as well. Read more »
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Ken Taylor wins us over with his own take on poker’s Royal Flush
Dec 14 2010 Ken Taylor was commissioned to illustrate a royal flush using original characters of his own creation for Westpac. Click to view Ken's original pencils and final artwork. Read more »
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Ken Taylor is sharpening his wits for Secret Wars
Nov 30 2010 This coming Wednesday December 8, Ken Taylor will go head to head with Deb at heat 3 of Secret Wars Melbourne. Read more »
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Ken Taylor plays up to the country
Nov 8 2010 Ken Taylor creates vivid images out of the ambiguous themes of love, life and loss prevalent in the lyrics and music of the Avett Brothers. Read more »
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Ken Taylor’s artistic voice shouts out for Nike USA
Oct 18 2010 If you want an illustrator to stand up and deliver bright colourful Tee designs with a dark side, get Ken Taylor in your court. Read more »
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Ken Taylor is the Borg
Sep 3 2010 Ken Taylor is in many ways the envy of many. In that the briefs he gets to choose from are brimming with the pop culture that most of us grew up with. To be able to work with this kind of subject matter is something the rest of us can only dream of. Read more »
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Ken Taylor lowers his tone for Flight of the Conchords
May 21 2010 Ken Taylor's work most often screams at full throttle, but now we'd like to show you something a little different Ken completed for funny duo, Flight of the Conchords. Read more »
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Harley Heart
Nov 1 2009 Ken Taylor would probably get into painting a mural in grease and oil if client changes didn't require flexibility. Illustrating a 3m high anatomically correct heart out of Harley motorcycle parts is probably as close as he'll get. Read more »
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Illustration stands off with Photography
Oct 22 2009 This month saw illustrator, Ken Taylor and one of our favourite photographers, Andreas Smetana put their craft to the test in one of Melbourne's darker back alleys. We cringed and feared for both, but the result was something brilliant. Read more »
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Lyrics often play muse to the greatest images
Oct 2 2009 Next Friday the 9th of October Ken Taylor will have his illustrated translation of the Grateful Dead's Bird Song lyrics exhibited at the Gorker street Gallery in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Read more »
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Ken Taylor adds Rolling Stone Magazine to his list
Sep 1 2009 A childhood dream of Ken Taylor was to illustrate for Rolling Stone Magazine. A killer full page portrait of Dave Grohl arm wrestling Pink in the September issue mark that dream realised. Read more »
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Raw lines give Ken Taylor no where to hide
Jun 11 2009 A series of detailed blue pen illustrations are not what you'd expect from seasoned rock poster illustrator Ken Taylor, but the chance to work on an animated TV commercial lured him in to help DDB Melbourne's latest campaign for APIA. Read more »
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Ken Taylor rocks out the Razor’s Edge
Jun 4 2009 A daunting commission from Clemenger Sydney on behalf of Gillette spawned some brilliant work from Ken Taylor -master of any brief asking for grunt and growl. Read more »
