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Graham Pilling
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www.armyofcats.com
Graphic artist, Designer & Printmaker.
Fell runner & Cyclist.
Yorkshire, UK.
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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
Screen printed gig poster showing a bright, daytime view of the Barbican Centre to commemorate the band Public Service Broadcasting's performance there. By graphic artist Graham Pilling / Army of Cats. Screen printed gig poster showing a dark, evening view of the Barbican Centre to commemorate the band Public Service Broadcasting's performance there. By graphic artist Graham Pilling / Army of Cats.
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Tidying up folders, found a sketch that reminded me of @aptshadow.bsky.social's Final Architecture series.
(Currently reading the 3rd book).
Sci-fi/dystopian-looking illustration showing a foggy cityscape with a giant orb in the sky.
October 23, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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View of the harbour in Bergen Norway as the sun is going down. View from the top of a mountain above Bergen Norway, with a cable car tower in the hazy distance. Hiking in Bergen Norway.
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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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.
A deliberately out of focus night photo of buildings lit up at the other side of the harbour in Bergen, Norway.
October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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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.
Pen and ink sketch of Top Withins on Haworth Moor, notable for its association with Wuthering Heights.
October 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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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
A poster for the band Los Campesinos! showing a forlorn looking girl sitting on an island surrounded by tiny buildings, some of which are broken down. It is night, the sky is full of stars, and there is a full moon above.
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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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 Printing gig poster for Kneecap, featuring an unlit petrol bomb bottle made up of various newspaper quotes about the band and their stance on the genocide in Gaza.
September 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Screen printed Gigposter for Rich Dawson. 4 Colours. Peaceful allotment scene with a hidden goblin. #screenprinting #gigposters #richarddawson #silkscreen #printartist
Framed concern poster screen print for Richard Dawson, showing an allotment scene in reds and greens. Close up of concern poster screen print for Richard Dawson, showing a cat sleeping on a deckchair and various plantpots, tools, goblin, and other bits found in a garden. The silkscreen printing process begins with a neat line of ink on a clean stencil. Mixing green ink for the concern poster screen print for Richard Dawson.
September 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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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
Designer and print maker Graham Pilling (Army of Cats Creative Studio) holds up his screen print of Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa in his studio room.
May 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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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
Different pots of green ink being mixed and colour matched ready for screenprinting a poster of the Yorkshire Three Peaks on the desk of artist and print maker Graham Pilling, Army of Cats Creative Studio.
May 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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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.
Ink and wash sketch of Cautley Spout, a waterfall in Sedbergh, by artist Graham Pilling. Alongside the sketchbook are the pens that were used and the sun is shining in a pleasant way. :)
April 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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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.
Illustration of The Yorkshire Three Peaks, Pen Y Ghent, Whernside, and Ingleborough. Hand drawn and with vintage-feeling muted reds and greens. By artist, print-maker and fell runner Graham Pilling of Army of Cats Creative Studio.
April 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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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
March 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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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.
Digital drawing of Leeds University Parkinson Building by graphic artist Graham Pilling / Army of Cats
March 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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3 colour screen print for the Public Service Broadcasting, on tour now and available from their merch stall.
Screen printed tour poster for the band Public Service Broadcasting, showing a plane flying over mountains by moonlight.
March 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Gave this a spin while having breakfast.

Still can't quite get the zoetrope effect to work but it looks great anyway.
Vinyl picture disc record of The Last Flight by Public Service Broadcasting
March 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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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
Pen and ink drawing of yr wyddfa / Snowdon by artist Graham Pilling
March 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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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
March 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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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
Screenprinted artwork of a lighthouse and its reflection in the shoreline with large textured rocks in the foreground, in green and dark blue.
March 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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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
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Close up rocks definitely take longer to draw than far away rocks...
Pen & ink drawing of Yr Wyddfa (Mount Snowdon) by artist Graham Pilling
February 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I've had just over a decade of collaborating with J. & PSB since then. Thoroughly decent folks and it's been a genuine pleasure to see them go from strength to strength.

Cheers & Happy 10th Anniversary to TRFS!

#publicservicebroadcasting #theraceforspace #PSB #PSBTRFS #jodrellbank #recordart
February 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Yesterday marked ten years since the release of Public Service Broadcasting's album The Race For Space.

The cover art & logo was my first bit of work for the band and I had no idea at the time the degree to which it would shape my career.
February 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Good day in the hills.
January 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Filled an entire sketchbook with little paintings and have awarded myself a gold star. ⭐
Messy Desk with sketchbook, paints and brushes
January 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM