photo - Simon Mills
name is Andrew Tunney. I’m an artist based in Manchester, UK. My work is youth focused, street driven with an eye for couture and is inspired by comics, animation and films. I believe in the power of stories, characters and alternative cultures. I earned the nickname '2hands' because I draw with both hands at once. . . I'm not ambidextrous, it's just a thing.
I've worked internationally in animation, character design, comics, print, fashion, I paint live at festivals and club nights including Dpercussion, MoorFest and Hit and Run and I worked alongside Antony Wilson as the resident live artist on his final TV series 'The New Friday'. This one time I got invited to a party at The Prime Minister's house. I'm a pretty lucky guy.
I grew up travelling the world on cruise ships, reading comic books, skating ledges and rails, watching bootleg anime on VHS and playing beatemups in arcades. Piano is another interest of mine and I studied martial arts for many years but injury has prevented me from training. All these things have had a profound effect on my work and life.
I was in the final selection NOISE Festival's first ever Showcase of new creative talent in 2006. I went on to become chosen as one of Digit Mag's hottest new illustrators in their 'One To Watch in 2007' selection and was named a 'Role Model For Creative Youth' in 2008 at NOISE Festival's 2nd launch at Downing Street.
As well as watching Gossip Girl and playing Street Fighter 4 I am currently devloping properties for comic books and the theater, collaborating on clothing lines, supporting and working within the rollerblading community with Be-Mag and One Magazine and still trying to be as stuntastic and awesome as possible.
-2hands
Radio interview for Mighty Tanaka_
Selected Client List /
Ecko* Unltd.
New Balance
EA Games
Noise Festival
Time Out Manchester
Channel M
Misled Media
Be-Mag Rolling Magazine
Carhartt
Doodlebug
Shows + Awards /
'Role Model For Creative Youth' - 2008
'One To Watch' in 2007 - Digit Mag
New Balance 'Region' exhibition 2005
NOISE Festival - final showcase 2006
- Urbis, Manchester
- Magma, London
PRESS /
ONE
- Interviewed for the 'Folio' feature in issue 7 of One.
H Magazine
- Interviewed in the september 2007 issue of Spain's lifestyle publication H Magazine.
Bob Magazine
- Profiled in the 2007 premiere issue of Manchester's Bob Magazine
Digit Magazine
- Named as 'One To Watch in 2007' out of top UK talent in February's Digit Magazine.
Channel M
– illustrator and guest for special TV show featuring Paul Insect, close collaborator with Banksy and other top NOISE illustration talent
All FM
– special NOISE radio show featuring new creative talent from Manchester
Time Out Manchester
– illustrator for new feature called ‘Shuffle this’
Arts Council North West Autumn 2006 Brochure
– featuring top NOISE talent from Manchester
Rolla Mag Australia - 2006
- Exclusive interview in Australia's premiere rollerblading magazine on being an artist in the rollerblading world
SAFE .