doodles
Hello. I made some doodles. Thinking of developing their style into a new way of illustrating. I especially like the owl and the leaf.
Fat Tuesday
Everyone loves a Mardi Gras… …and I was very happy to be asked to design the brochure for Cardiff’s huge annual event. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend this year’s party but have been assured that a fabulous time was had by all. Peacocktastic I wanted to create an image for the cover that would [...]
What have the Romans ever done for us?
I’m on holiday for ten days tomorrow and my brain has given up work already, so instead of some clever-yet-groanworthy dad-pun of a title, you can have a Monty Python quote, as I couldn’t think of anything else. This post was nearly entitled “Romans they go to the house”, but I feared it was too [...]
Lovely children’s activity booklets
I received a very handsome surprise package in the post today. Handsome surprise packages always light up my life, but the contents of this one made me hop up and down with joy. Within, you see, were bundles of printed file copies of a couple of lovely jobs I’d just completed for the National Museum [...]
A more modest proposal
I’m always doing a big song-and-dance about CIO Connect magazine, for the simple reason that it’s a dream to work on. The editor is top class (I understand he was recently named as one of twitter’s top 100 journalists to follow – number 91, if you credit that sort of thing) they use a wonderful [...]
Thoughts on discipline for freelancers
I haven’t blogged for a while. I feel bad about that. Therefore, this post is on the subject of discipline. Judging by how frequently it happens, I can’t be the only person who works from home to hear the words “You must be very disciplined” all of the time. My response is generally that I [...]
Sister Raven Lunatic illustration
Here’s a quick post to show you a fun little illustration I did for Sister Raven Lunatic of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. It’s being used on t-shirts and other sorts of caboodle what those feisty Sisters are selling to raise money for their important charitable work. I drew this work in pencil, over-worked with [...]
A Sad and Cautionary Tale of the Fabulous Logo that Never Was
I’ve held back posting this story in the dim hope that the matter would be resolved. I’m one of those bouncy eternal-optimist types who believes that every story has a happy ending, etc etc. But it looks like I’m never going to get paid for this job, and as the client is apparently broke, I [...]
CIO Connect Magazine winter 2010 issue design
I never get bored with designing CIO Connect magazine. I’ve been doing it since 2003, the year I went freelance, and every time I start a new one I try to improve on the issue before. There’s a real knack to magazine design, I find, and once you’ve got the hang of it it’s one [...]
Matador from Pink Narcissus still for Amelia’s Magazine
Superlative online fashion publication Amelia’s Magazine put out a twitter call for illustrations for a review of cult 70s homoerotic film Pink Narcissus and I thought it would be fun to have a go. I was asked to illustrate a still from the matador scene, where our devastatingly beautiful hero /muse “bullfights” with a handsome [...]
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