Graham Pilling
@gp-armyofcats.bsky.social
www.armyofcats.com
Graphic artist, Designer & Printmaker.
Fell runner & Cyclist.
Yorkshire, UK.
Graphic artist, Designer & Printmaker.
Fell runner & Cyclist.
Yorkshire, UK.
Recent work for #PublicServiceBroadcasting - set of 2 screen prints to commemorate their performances at the London Barbican.
Posters sold out at the show, few left on my own shops.
#screenprinting #gigposters #PSB #Barbican
Posters sold out at the show, few left on my own shops.
#screenprinting #gigposters #PSB #Barbican
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Recent work for #PublicServiceBroadcasting - set of 2 screen prints to commemorate their performances at the London Barbican.
Posters sold out at the show, few left on my own shops.
#screenprinting #gigposters #PSB #Barbican
Posters sold out at the show, few left on my own shops.
#screenprinting #gigposters #PSB #Barbican
Tidying up folders, found a sketch that reminded me of @aptshadow.bsky.social's Final Architecture series.
(Currently reading the 3rd book).
(Currently reading the 3rd book).
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Tidying up folders, found a sketch that reminded me of @aptshadow.bsky.social's Final Architecture series.
(Currently reading the 3rd book).
(Currently reading the 3rd book).
Great little mini-site celebrating the poster designs of Roland Garros and exploring how visual language has changed over the decades. www.thomasmoes.com/52obsessions...
Obsession 14: Posters reveal the design spirit of each era
I noticed how every generation of poster artists unconsciously documented their era's visual language.
www.thomasmoes.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Great little mini-site celebrating the poster designs of Roland Garros and exploring how visual language has changed over the decades. www.thomasmoes.com/52obsessions...
Last week I was in a sauna in a wooden shack on a fjord in Bergen. Without my specs, the lights from the other side of the fjord made the most incredible bokeh. A really strange optical experience, like a hologram floating in front of my eyes... but of course only I could actually see it that way.
October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Last week I was in a sauna in a wooden shack on a fjord in Bergen. Without my specs, the lights from the other side of the fjord made the most incredible bokeh. A really strange optical experience, like a hologram floating in front of my eyes... but of course only I could actually see it that way.
The ruin of Top Withins off in the distance on Haworth Moor. Very quick little sketch in water soluble ink.
The summer business has meant painting has taken a backseat but hoping to return to these little sketches.
The summer business has meant painting has taken a backseat but hoping to return to these little sketches.
October 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The ruin of Top Withins off in the distance on Haworth Moor. Very quick little sketch in water soluble ink.
The summer business has meant painting has taken a backseat but hoping to return to these little sketches.
The summer business has meant painting has taken a backseat but hoping to return to these little sketches.
I designed and printed this for the band Los Campesinos! who were one of my highlights at Green Man Festival this year. The poster sold out but preorders are open for a reprint - details here:
armyofcats.bigcartel.com/product/preo...
#screenprinting #gigposters #loscampesinos #greenman
armyofcats.bigcartel.com/product/preo...
#screenprinting #gigposters #loscampesinos #greenman
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I designed and printed this for the band Los Campesinos! who were one of my highlights at Green Man Festival this year. The poster sold out but preorders are open for a reprint - details here:
armyofcats.bigcartel.com/product/preo...
#screenprinting #gigposters #loscampesinos #greenman
armyofcats.bigcartel.com/product/preo...
#screenprinting #gigposters #loscampesinos #greenman
A real honour to create artwork for Kneecap; a screen printed gig poster to commemorate their energetic performance at Green Man this year. These sold out at the festival but are still available from the band's online merch store.
September 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A real honour to create artwork for Kneecap; a screen printed gig poster to commemorate their energetic performance at Green Man this year. These sold out at the festival but are still available from the band's online merch store.
Screen printed Gigposter for Rich Dawson. 4 Colours. Peaceful allotment scene with a hidden goblin. #screenprinting #gigposters #richarddawson #silkscreen #printartist
September 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Screen printed Gigposter for Rich Dawson. 4 Colours. Peaceful allotment scene with a hidden goblin. #screenprinting #gigposters #richarddawson #silkscreen #printartist
Hello folks! It's been a very busy few months for me and I've drifted away from social media use as a result. I'll be posting more of what I've been up to soon...
September 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Hello folks! It's been a very busy few months for me and I've drifted away from social media use as a result. I'll be posting more of what I've been up to soon...
I created a short edition of screen prints from my Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa pen & ink drawing.
These are available in my online shops now (linked from my main armyofcats site). Cheers!
#artist #printmaker #snowdon #wales #cymru #yrwyddfa #fells #fellrunning #mountains
These are available in my online shops now (linked from my main armyofcats site). Cheers!
#artist #printmaker #snowdon #wales #cymru #yrwyddfa #fells #fellrunning #mountains
May 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I created a short edition of screen prints from my Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa pen & ink drawing.
These are available in my online shops now (linked from my main armyofcats site). Cheers!
#artist #printmaker #snowdon #wales #cymru #yrwyddfa #fells #fellrunning #mountains
These are available in my online shops now (linked from my main armyofcats site). Cheers!
#artist #printmaker #snowdon #wales #cymru #yrwyddfa #fells #fellrunning #mountains
I popped some pics up showing the printing process of my recent Yorkshire Three Peaks poster.
blog.armyofcats.com/yorkshire-th...
Have a gander. 🙂
#printmaking #screenprint #silkscreen #yorkshirethreepeaks #yorkshire
blog.armyofcats.com/yorkshire-th...
Have a gander. 🙂
#printmaking #screenprint #silkscreen #yorkshirethreepeaks #yorkshire
May 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I popped some pics up showing the printing process of my recent Yorkshire Three Peaks poster.
blog.armyofcats.com/yorkshire-th...
Have a gander. 🙂
#printmaking #screenprint #silkscreen #yorkshirethreepeaks #yorkshire
blog.armyofcats.com/yorkshire-th...
Have a gander. 🙂
#printmaking #screenprint #silkscreen #yorkshirethreepeaks #yorkshire
Silent. Yoga. Calm.
😍 How perfect! I just checked on what3words to give folks an idea of where I'll be doing yoga after Cliffe Castle Parkrun and this was the first square I clicked on 😁
Come and join me at ///silent.yoga.calm at 9:45 for a post run stretch.
Come and join me at ///silent.yoga.calm at 9:45 for a post run stretch.
May 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Silent. Yoga. Calm.
Someone local bought some of my art and I took a short but enjoyable walk through the village to hand deliver it.
I feel moved and energised by this simple transaction, a welcome respite from spinning out about the state of everything else.
I feel moved and energised by this simple transaction, a welcome respite from spinning out about the state of everything else.
May 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Someone local bought some of my art and I took a short but enjoyable walk through the village to hand deliver it.
I feel moved and energised by this simple transaction, a welcome respite from spinning out about the state of everything else.
I feel moved and energised by this simple transaction, a welcome respite from spinning out about the state of everything else.
Lots on at the moment so I'm restless and doodling.
Enjoyed sketching with this water soluble brush pen last night while watching that new fan-made version of Alien 3.
Enjoyed sketching with this water soluble brush pen last night while watching that new fan-made version of Alien 3.
April 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Lots on at the moment so I'm restless and doodling.
Enjoyed sketching with this water soluble brush pen last night while watching that new fan-made version of Alien 3.
Enjoyed sketching with this water soluble brush pen last night while watching that new fan-made version of Alien 3.
The Yorkshire Three Peaks. All being well I'll soon have a new print celebrating the route taking in all three fells - just in time for this year's Three Peaks Fell race, where I'll be showing and selling my landscape silkscreen prints.
April 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The Yorkshire Three Peaks. All being well I'll soon have a new print celebrating the route taking in all three fells - just in time for this year's Three Peaks Fell race, where I'll be showing and selling my landscape silkscreen prints.
Another #printpromptmonday contribution, this time something a couple of yrs old for the theme #foliage, a tour poster for folk duo First Aid Kit.
While out for a run, daydreaming and admiring trees, I imagined the foliage blossoming into giant flowers.
A2, 4-colour #silkscreen #gigposter
While out for a run, daydreaming and admiring trees, I imagined the foliage blossoming into giant flowers.
A2, 4-colour #silkscreen #gigposter
March 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Another #printpromptmonday contribution, this time something a couple of yrs old for the theme #foliage, a tour poster for folk duo First Aid Kit.
While out for a run, daydreaming and admiring trees, I imagined the foliage blossoming into giant flowers.
A2, 4-colour #silkscreen #gigposter
While out for a run, daydreaming and admiring trees, I imagined the foliage blossoming into giant flowers.
A2, 4-colour #silkscreen #gigposter
A while back a scientist friend hired me to draw some illustrations for his PhD. Just came across an alternate version of one of them - this is the Leeds University Parkinson Building. I worked a temp admin job here long ago and would sit on the big steps to have lunch.
March 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A while back a scientist friend hired me to draw some illustrations for his PhD. Just came across an alternate version of one of them - this is the Leeds University Parkinson Building. I worked a temp admin job here long ago and would sit on the big steps to have lunch.
3 colour screen print for the Public Service Broadcasting, on tour now and available from their merch stall.
March 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
3 colour screen print for the Public Service Broadcasting, on tour now and available from their merch stall.
Gave this a spin while having breakfast.
Still can't quite get the zoetrope effect to work but it looks great anyway.
Still can't quite get the zoetrope effect to work but it looks great anyway.
March 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Gave this a spin while having breakfast.
Still can't quite get the zoetrope effect to work but it looks great anyway.
Still can't quite get the zoetrope effect to work but it looks great anyway.
Glad to have framed this up so it's protected from me going in and adding more to it... Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), original pen & ink drawing (approx 70x50cm) framed and off to it's new home.
(Screenprinted edition available soon)
#mountains #snowdon #yrwyddfa #drawing #penandink
(Screenprinted edition available soon)
#mountains #snowdon #yrwyddfa #drawing #penandink
March 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Glad to have framed this up so it's protected from me going in and adding more to it... Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon), original pen & ink drawing (approx 70x50cm) framed and off to it's new home.
(Screenprinted edition available soon)
#mountains #snowdon #yrwyddfa #drawing #penandink
(Screenprinted edition available soon)
#mountains #snowdon #yrwyddfa #drawing #penandink
I frequently try to remind myself of this sentiment - Rami expresses it so beautifully here. 💚
(ht @ianmcque.bsky.social for reposting, cheers)
(ht @ianmcque.bsky.social for reposting, cheers)
I have shared this story, this thread, before - but I think given the state of the world, it's worth telling once again. Maybe it can help, especially if like me, you make art, and you wonder what the use of all of it is right now.
March 13, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I frequently try to remind myself of this sentiment - Rami expresses it so beautifully here. 💚
(ht @ianmcque.bsky.social for reposting, cheers)
(ht @ianmcque.bsky.social for reposting, cheers)
Lighthouse screen prints are available to buy on my shops now.
Big Cartel: armyofcats.bigcartel.com
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/ArmyOfC...
((Use code 'LOBSTER' at the checkout for free UK shipping from my Big Cartel shop, me hearties)) 🦞
#screenprint #thelighthouse #silkscreen #art
Big Cartel: armyofcats.bigcartel.com
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/ArmyOfC...
((Use code 'LOBSTER' at the checkout for free UK shipping from my Big Cartel shop, me hearties)) 🦞
#screenprint #thelighthouse #silkscreen #art
March 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Lighthouse screen prints are available to buy on my shops now.
Big Cartel: armyofcats.bigcartel.com
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/ArmyOfC...
((Use code 'LOBSTER' at the checkout for free UK shipping from my Big Cartel shop, me hearties)) 🦞
#screenprint #thelighthouse #silkscreen #art
Big Cartel: armyofcats.bigcartel.com
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/ArmyOfC...
((Use code 'LOBSTER' at the checkout for free UK shipping from my Big Cartel shop, me hearties)) 🦞
#screenprint #thelighthouse #silkscreen #art
YER FOND OF ME LOBSTER AIN'T YE??
Printed up a little run of my lighthouse drawing. Roughly A3-sized, 2 colours, oceanic tones.
#printpromptmonday #printing #artshare #art #illustration #screenprinting #silkscreen #thelighthouse #roberteggers
Printed up a little run of my lighthouse drawing. Roughly A3-sized, 2 colours, oceanic tones.
#printpromptmonday #printing #artshare #art #illustration #screenprinting #silkscreen #thelighthouse #roberteggers
March 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
YER FOND OF ME LOBSTER AIN'T YE??
Printed up a little run of my lighthouse drawing. Roughly A3-sized, 2 colours, oceanic tones.
#printpromptmonday #printing #artshare #art #illustration #screenprinting #silkscreen #thelighthouse #roberteggers
Printed up a little run of my lighthouse drawing. Roughly A3-sized, 2 colours, oceanic tones.
#printpromptmonday #printing #artshare #art #illustration #screenprinting #silkscreen #thelighthouse #roberteggers
Added a spot colour to this and thinking I'll fire off a few screenprints. Yer fond of me lobster ain't ye?!
February 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Added a spot colour to this and thinking I'll fire off a few screenprints. Yer fond of me lobster ain't ye?!