OCT 00: NEW FASHION ILLUSTRATIONS

Here's some of my latest personal work, I'll be adding more as I complete them. This project has been on my horizons for a while now but I only finished a few of them this weekend. Hoping to push my own work more in the direction of fashion illustration & get some work published in this style. It a mix of photoshop & illustration/vector work. Oh and I love origami birds.

OCT 09: KISS ME CUPCAKES BRANDING

Just done some branding work for my friends who run the very lovely Kiss Me Cupcakes. Used a nice colour palettes from colourlovers. I'm happy with the branding and they are too, sweet!

OCT 09: INFLUX MAGAZINE

I've just been commissioned again by Influx magazine to illustrate some classic cars. Used lots of layering in these to get a bit of texture. Some bright colour treatments going on too.

Hope i've managed to do them some justice.

OCT 09: MENAGERIE POSTCARD BOOK - ITS HERE!

Our Menagerie book is finally here. The book features artwork from 10 different illustrators. This book is full of amazing, beautiful postcards.

The other contributing artists are: Anke Weckmann, Gemma Correll, Sarah Ray, Mary Kilvert, Yee Tin Kuit, Michelle Turton, Karoline Rerrie, Amy Timms, Ruth Green, Kate Hindley. We'll be showcasing these illustrations in 2010 at a number of venues across the UK. In the meantime take a peak at the book on our blog www.menageriebook.blogspot.com

If you want to buy a copy of the book visit my shop. It's hot off the presses http://currentstate.bigcartel.com/

SEPT 09: INFLUX MAGAZINE

Here's four illustrations I recently completed for influx magazine on Italian Car Designers. Even though the original images were very low res, I did ok and influx mag were happy with the results.

http://www.influx.co.uk

OCT 09: MARVIN'S MINI MART

Last week I took part in a little project called Marvins Magical Mini Mart. It was a bunch of local designer makers & illustrators selling there wares, as part of the Pop Up Style shop in Birmingham city centre for three days at the end of Sept. Some lovely work by Mr Ben Javens, Sara Fowles (Needles & Hooks) Ruth Green, Joe Rogers, and the Love to Print girls.

We're all hoping to repeat the shop nearer to Christmas, so i will keep you posted!

AUG 09: MENAGERIE - GIRLS WHO DRAW

I've been working on a few new illustrations on the theme of Menagerie for the new postcard book by 'Girls Who Draw' collective. I will keep you posted for when the book arrives on the shelves.

The first illustration is about Hannah Twynnoy, the first lady to be killed by a tiger from a traveling roadshow in the 1700's. The artwork gave me the chance to mess around with some more hand drawn type, which i've been dying to do. I worked for so long hand scratching this type in a miniscule stroke weight that I'm now suffering with Carpal tunnel syndrome (check out the detail), ouch :(( and now having to take a rest from illustrating for a little while if i can. The second illustration, Sloth - what more can i say but they are ace and i want to draw many more!