Illustrating London life on a real torso in Emily + Tom's first promo
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- 9 May 2012
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- Rob Alderson
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Depending on your disposition this might make you feel a little icky but the first music video from directorial duo Emily + Tom is undoubtedly affecting. For I Dream in Colour’s single London, illustrator Cat Roissiter sets to work on an actual man’s skin, with an involved drawing of city life taking shape amid the odd mole and bit of nipple. It’s not until the final few frames that the sheer scale of the undertaking becomes clear, and even if it does leave you a tad queasy, there’s no denying it’s an ambitious, assured debut.
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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

