I am a communications hard man from Belfast living in Tokyo. Busy uprooting pretense and inaction I move individuals into groups, and groups into communities through creative direction, graphic design and strategy.Tumblr (3.0; @raydmurphy)http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bc1620ae963ac84e63532ce0a0b01d91/tumblr_mig2buaS8P1qcnc7qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>And hello to you too.</p>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/43450101299http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/43450101299Tue, 19 Feb 2013 10:47:53 +0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m80p4sTfVp1qcnc7qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Loving these blue skies. Lookin forward to spain (Taken with <a href="http://instagram.com">Instagram</a>)</p>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/28401719247http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/28401719247Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:02:00 +0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0rhj0uPQh1r9li49o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://helloyoucreatives.com/post/19342079136/durex-condoms-minimalist-ad">helloyoucreatives</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Durex Condoms Minimalist Ad</p> </blockquote>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/19342174346http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/19342174346Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:02:01 +0900<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15425583" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Mind-melted.</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://helloyoucreatives.com/post/18404311036/let-go">helloyoucreatives</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Let go.</p> </blockquote>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/18411191606http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/18411191606Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:29:57 +0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzt04zysdX1qbz9meo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://life.tumblr.com/post/18130170016/did-you-know-on-this-day-in-1940-woody-guthrie" class="tumblr_blog">life</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><strong>Did you know? </strong>— On this day in 1940 Woody Guthrie wrote one of his best known folk songs, “This Land is Your Land.”</p> <p><strong>Pictured: </strong>Woody Guthrie entertains commuters, 1943. “There’s a feeling in music and it carries you back down the road you have traveled and makes you travel it again. Sometimes when I hear music I think back over my days — and a feeling that is fifty-fifty joy and pain swells like clouds taking all kinds of shapes in my mind.”</p> <p><em>(see more <a href="http://ti.me/z3yXYG%20"><strong>here</strong></a>)</em></p></blockquote>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/18130829836http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/18130829836Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:20:53 +0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdqzeQ6Tb1qcnc7qo1_500.png"/><br/> Manners on<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdqzeQ6Tb1qcnc7qo2_500.png"/><br/> Manners neutral<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdqzeQ6Tb1qcnc7qo3_500.png"/><br/> Manners off<br/><br/> <p>The Power of Layers</p>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/17603115321http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/17603115321Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:12:41 +0900IllustratorIllustrationmannerslayershands<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdorh2RMv1qlgnf9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdorh2RMv1qlgnf9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzdorh2RMv1qlgnf9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>FOUR in New Zealand has launched a campaign to promote ‘All New Family Guy’ via agency Special Group, New Zealand. </p> </blockquote> <p>Now that is being irreverent. Hats off!</p>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/17602736183http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/17602736183Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:50:29 +0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzbz131zVa1qcnc7qo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p>For the laugh!<br/>Saw the still image on Pinterest<br/>Created using GIFPAL.COM</p>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/17548278305http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/17548278305Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:07:49 +0900<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TwXycwCe6_s?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://helloyoucreatives.com/post/16978892620/this-advert-is-so-american-it-hurts">helloyoucreatives</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This advert is so american it hurts.</p> </blockquote>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/17135047038http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/17135047038Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:20:46 +0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyv09mtmHh1qcnc7qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Orla Murphy’s Album Artwork</strong><br/> Just spent the day working on this and some other material for my sister’s album cover. Haven’t had the opportunity to do any major illustrative work recently so this was a nice change of pace to expel some creative demons.</p>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/17021992744http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/17021992744Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:17:40 +0900Orla MurphyJazzgraphic designillustrationgraphic designalbum coverphotoshopHello You Creatives: The long hard road to recovery.: FALTERING ECONOMY PUTS SQUEEZE ON...http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/15295117624http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/15295117624Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:30:06 +0900<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1iN_4NAbmuY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Top!</p> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://helloyoucreatives.com/post/15077604846/this-is-the-ad-they-probably-wanted-to-make-but">helloyoucreatives</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>This is the ad they probably wanted to make but Samsung said ‘no make it more like an apple ad so no one will notice the difference between us and apple’</p> </blockquote>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/15087394957http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/15087394957Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:22:51 +0900<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33030265?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0" width="400" height="170" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bravecadet.com/post/14594682876/o-o">bravecadet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>O__O</p> </blockquote> <p>oooohhh. That looks slick.</p>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/14673092133http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/14673092133Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:09:12 +0900<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwkaafi37l1qb4hb2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bravecadet.com/post/14566072862/via-thisispaper">bravecadet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://thisispaper.com/#2468423/Tsutsumi-And-Associates-Anzas-Entertainment-Dance-Studio">thisispaper</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>This is pretty slick.</p>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/14567725178http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/14567725178Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:58:47 +0900“Loyal customers are your best channel to new business. A lot of marketing energy is spent on...http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/14190008697http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/14190008697Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:35:57 +0900social media2011reviewcommunityloyaltynew business<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsjup0Ojoe1qb4hb2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bravecadet.com/post/11023437189/via-caw-art-blast-from-the-past-002">bravecadet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>(via <a href="http://calumalexanderwatt.blogspot.com/2011/10/blast-from-past-002.html">caw art: BLAST from the Past #002</a>)</p> </blockquote> <p>Just caught a glimpse of this before getting some sleep - Great illustration!</p>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/14167845339http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/14167845339Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:27:25 +090030 Second Lesson in Diverse Teams: Plot the common goal and belief that must be had above all else...http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/13896649594http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/13896649594Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:40:10 +0900teamsdiversecommoncommunitygoal<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvo8ifyPNO1qcnc7qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Partner’s family ‘<strong>Kamon</strong>’: <em>The Suzuki household</em></p>http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/13720961041http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/13720961041Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:49:26 +0900logobrandingjapankamon家紋Suzuki-mongraphic design“Corporations must commit to a set of values with their authentic brand narrative and share...http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/13435530955http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/13435530955Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:53:45 +0900Simon MainwaringBrandingvaluescommunitysocial changeSocial ContributionSocial media“Online campaigns continue to be a great way to connect with more netizens interested in our...http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/13235771750http://raydmurphy.tumblr.com/post/13235771750Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:09:45 +0900communitychinapeersL'Orealsocial media