Saturday 24 December 2011
Wednesday 19 October 2011
Freak for Amelia's Magazine
I had an awful lot of fun working on this image, something a bit different from what i normally do. I wanted to reference the existing glamourous advertising images for the fragrance, as well as to try and capture some of the spirit of the Illamasqua brand, as dark and sexy but also playful.
Monday 17 October 2011
Happy bear
Monday 8 August 2011
Brand new baby
In very exciting news, my friends Tom and Mimi had a little baby boy in the early hours of Saturday morning, he is 100% gorgeous and i get to be his Fairy Godmother! It's a complete case of awesome, beamish and wow!
Thursday 14 July 2011
New Designers
Last week i exhibited down at New Designers alongside some of my fellow MA and BA graduates from Glyndwr University.
Photo thanks to Nia Ellis
As a stand we received a lot of positive feedback, with one of the BA students being selected for the creative review pick of ND, while my own work was selected for the Arts Thread blog:
Photo thanks to Nia Ellis
It is a little surreal to emerge from a tiny corner of North Wales and to find that there really are people beyond the college walls and some of them have positive things to say about our work. It was an exciting time for all of us but i am very aware of how much hard work is ahead of me ... i'm looking forward to that.
In other news i spotted one of my lovely friend's work in Paperchase yesterday which was brilliant, work she got from exhibiting at New Designers in 2009, a nicely timed reminder that despite the overwhelming amount of competition, success is possible!
The one in the middle, with the couple holding on to balloons.
Tuesday 21 June 2011
happy birthday wishes
Friday 20 May 2011
Wednesday 18 May 2011
whales on the brain
Well it's been an age since i posted anything, oops, have been up to my ears and beyond in MA work. Just over a week to go, and so obviously i've spent this evening having a little doodle, thought i would share the results here. Been drawing lots of whales recently, and this is based on one of my favourite Tom Waits songs, about a little bird who falls in love with a whale ...
Friday 4 March 2011
pencils and patterns
Wednesday 23 February 2011
A few pages from my current sketchbook
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Captain Bushybeard
Have been looking into the whaling industry of the 19th century, and found the photograph this drawing is based on while trawling through the Scott Polar Research Institute archive. I couldn't resist the awesome beard, so had a go at drawing him, with an attempt at combining the way i draw people when i do portrait work and the way i draw characters from my head.
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Tuesday 11 January 2011
ahoy there!
so i've been thinking it was about time i started getting my work online more regularly than the occasional alteration to my portfolio site, and what better way to arrive than in a crazy horse boat carriage thingum .... which is a little something from my sketchbook, which i really like for some reason, but have not as yet found a place for.
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