Thursday, 6 May 2010

Chris Thornley aka Raid71

You'll probably recognise Chris Thornley's (aka Raid71) work… It's regularly posted on design blogs. I first saw Chris's work as T-shirt designs on the Threadless site. I also love his "Alternative film psoters" (see below). Completley different from the work of Hexagonall, previously posted, but sharing a strong graphic sense of humour, and understanding of his subject. 

Chris Thornley is a founding member of SourceCreative based in Blackburn, Lancashire. He trained as a graphic designer, with a degree in Typography, but he says he is a frustrated cartoonist at heart. 

Created Raid71 to try and push the boundaries of the corporate 9-5 (although he reckons his work day is more like 8-8… but that's the passion)
Chris has worked Levis, Gola and Lego to name just a few, and has  awards from AOI and Adobe for illustration work.

Chris lives in Darwen, Lancashire where he is surrounded by the Pennines. He has "two amazing sons who provide him with a world of inspiration". Well, wherever you get your inspiration from Chris, it's clearly working. Nice work fella!

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