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Illustration

A watercolour illustration of a man in a bathroom — Did you know in the UK alone an estimated £140 million worth (350,000 tonnes) of used clothing ends up in the bin every year? This was the message I try to communicate in my latest piece for Hubbub Foundation. Hubbub’s (www.hubbub.org.uk) aim is to communicating environmental issues, focusing on people’s […]

Getting our TEE-SHIT Together

in conservation and nature / culture / editorial / fashion / Illustration / ink / recycling / Uncategorised / watercolour tagged advertising / editorial / education / environment / fashion / Illustration / ink / satire / sustainability / watercolour

A close up of a black and white illustration portrait of Maria and the Robot from the film Metropolis — Wait a minute… Maria was a Fembot? Inspired by a talk by Little White Lies’ Timba Smits at 71a’s design week, I turned my hand to movie related artwork. Using this as an excuse to try a new technique, I painted Maria and the robot from the 1927 movie Metropolis. […]

Maria Maria. She reminds me of a Metropolis story

in black and white / horror / Illustration / ink / Science Fiction tagged Ink Wash / Metropolis / Movies / poster / robot / Sci-fi

alt="a conservation student wearing my wildlife t-shirt design in the jungle" — I have just returned from my tropical biology conservation field course in Uganda. While we were there we visited Queen Elizabeth national park. Whilst being bombarded by stalks as tall as an overgrown, bald Hobbit; i drew a T-shirt design for the TBA (Tropical Biology Association). The design is of […]

The Questionable Hornbill t-shirt design

in conservation and nature / fashion / Illustration tagged Africa / Animals / Artwork / Black and White / fashion / Illustration / ink / nature / t-shirt design

organic cotton leaflet on display board — Howdy folks This month I was asked to produce a leaflet for nursery bedding firm DK Glovesheets ltd, who supply John Lewis. The idea was to provide the John Lewis sales department with an understanding of the manufacturing process of their fitted bed sheets, as well as where each process […]

Non-ripping yarns

in conservation and nature / Graphic Design / Illustration tagged diagram / digital / education / Illustration / infographic / ink / process

illustration of samurai in armour fighting a japanese dragon — A samurai clad in traditional armor, made from pink armadillos, has a brief yet possibly fatal moment of doubt in his own abilities. Ink and water-colour on paper. Up close and personal. So you can see the scales of the thing… Always show your workings.

Green and Yellow Purple Kills

in Illustration / watercolour tagged dragon / Illustration / ink / japan / samurai / traditional / vivid / watercolour

mexican luchador wrestler illustration in watercolour — After watching the Lucha Libre Mexican wrestling at the royal albert hall and experiencing the best Mexican wave Britain has ever seen, I felt inspired. Pictured here is what I think went on behind the scenes of the Royal Albert Hall that fateful night once the curtains went down. I like […]

Luchador cactus beer

in Illustration / watercolour tagged beer / cactus / Illustration / ink / luchador / Mexico / stars / traditional / watercolour / wrestler

mammoth ink and watercolour illustration — Here I explore with ink and watercolour to create some prehistoric characters. I am not sure what the caveman is eating. It could be chicken. It could be a baby Giant Rok. It could be either given the cave man is wearing an open fronted animal skin, inferring that perhaps […]

Prehistoric Watercolour

in Illustration / ink / prehistoric life / watercolour tagged Animals / Illustration / ink / mammoth / natural history / people / prehistory / watercolour

digital colour illustration of a map of peru — This is a sample I did for an atlas book. I was informed that they did not want so many screaming Inca mummies as the draft. I think that’s a pity. I really like screaming Inca Mummies. I think I may draw one next, or even a screaming Inca Llama […]

Peru

in culture / digital / ink / maps tagged Animals / Black and White / digital / fish / Illustration / ink / line art / llama / map / peru / turtle / vivid

a picture of bleeting apocalypse album black sheep resting on a ram skull — I was commissioned to produce album art for easy listening death metal masters Bleeting Apocalypse. Check them out on them out at https://www.facebook.com/BleatingApocalypse/ The album Black sheep saw endorsement from none other than Lawrence Lewelyn-Bowen. The finished article being. The skull is for display purposes only and is available separately.

Bleeting Apocalypse

in black and white / horror / Illustration / music tagged Animals / Black and White / horror / Illustration / ink / music / sheep / Woodcut

illustration of gullinbursti the norse boar from mythology — This was a colouring activity book I illustrated for Templar Publishing. I hope everyone is having as much fun colouring and doodling as I had drawing it. All drawn in ink, that Yggdrasil world tree took a while. ”Full of beautiful black and white pictures to colour in and design, it […]

Myths and Legends

in black and white / culture / Illustration / ink tagged ancient greece / Black and White / celtic / colouring / history / Illustration / line art / monsters / Myths and Legends / norse / thor

eurovision song contest cartoon characters — Here are some spot images I produced for the BBC to promote the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Being a huge Eurovision fan I added myself and got printed in The Irish News. I was forthwith followed on Instagram by several Jedward fans. Brilliant. The Gambler The denier The Party Animal […]

BBC Eurovision

in culture / digital / ink / music tagged BBC / characters / digital / Eurovision / Illustration / music / newspaper / people

black and white woodcut images of jesus and the mysteries of light. — These are some woodcut style illustrations i did for a book on the rosary called…The complete guide to the rosary! It mostly features Jesus. Mary is there too for a piece i did for a prayer card for the chaplaincy of the armed forces. The complete guide to the rosary. […]

rosary book

in black and white / Illustration / ink / religion / woodcut tagged Artwork / Black and White / Illustration / ink / Jesus / Mary / Religious / Woodcut