Seasons Greetings!

Here's a little seasonal design I threw together for the festive period... If only all the snow was really contained inside a snowglobe! Hope everyone gets where they want to be for the holidays without too much snowy chaos... Merry Christmas! x

Snowflakes

As part of their Christmas mail out, my agent - Agency Rush asked all of it's artists to customise a festive snowflake. The result was a wide variety of designs & styles which you can see on their website. Here are my 2 offerings for the brief - Some angels & a Santa Claus... Ho ho ho!!

Inner Circle Magazine

I was recently commissioned by Regent's College London for the latest edition of their alumni magazine - 'Inner Circle'. My work features on the wrap around cover based on a career path board game theme as well as an internal illustration for their new club, connecting a network of alumni groups all over the world.

Can You Draw The Internet?

I was recently invited through Agency Rush to take part in a contest run by creative advertising agency Saint. The objective was to interpret the internet visually. The question was put to industry creatives as well as 10 year old kids ( who have never lived without the internet ) to see who could come up with the most imaginative image. The response overall was very interesting with many strong images & some of the kids ideas are pretty amazing too actually! These are my three entries but visit the site to see all the submissions & you can of course vote for mine if you like what you see! canyoudrawtheinternet.com

Happy Halloween!

Here's a little treat for Halloween... or is it a trick? Trick or treat! Have a great Halloween!

Your Morning Papers Sir!

I was recently commissioned by the Daily Telegraph to illustrate an article on preparing your home for the autumn & winter weather, the brief - to convey being safe, dry and warm inside away from the elements included quite a lot of subjects to take into consideration but I think the end result turned out quite well.

Playful Type 2I'm pleased to have some work in a new book from Gestalten, 'Playful Type 2 - Ephemeral Lettering & Illustrative Fonts'. As with all their publications the book is packed with hundreds of top class images from great designers all over the world. Playful type 2 is out to buy now.

Goöo Circo

I have a new piece featured in Argentenian design magazine Goöo. Issue 10 which,is out now, is around the theme of 'Circo' (Circus) & feature many fantastic designs as usual. This is the image I created for it .There are also some interesting pics of the magazine being put together on their facebook page here. If you look really closely you can see my pages top left below...

The Big IssueI was recently commissioned to do some work for the Big Issue magazine. Quite an interesting brief to illustrate round a photo for a change but luckily it worked out ok! The cover features my illustrations surrounding songstress Kate Nash in a kind of crazy dreamesque jungle.

I also worked on some illustrated typography for the feature article inside, also on Kate Nash titled "The Road to Nashville". This edition of the big issue is out now on a street near you!

Los LogosI have some logo designs in the new Los Logos book out now. The logo bible - 'Los Logos Compass' is published by design publishers Gestalten & features hundreds of fantastic logo designs by many well known graphic studios & designers from around the globe - so it's an honour to be included! I have 4 logos in total featured throughout various sections. See here more of my logo work.

Happy Fashion Week!

Whether you're in New York, London, Milan or Paris, it's that time of year again...

EBS Magazine

I recently completed a commission for Regent's College's EBS magazine, London. I worked on the front & back covers plus a feature article all around the theme of graduating from business school, the opportunities for graduates and mentoring schemes in place to help forwarding business careers of alumni.

Images 34

I'm pleased to have been selected for the 'AOI images' for the 3rd year in a row... The book Images 34 - Best of British Contemporary Illustration 2010 is out now & the accompanying exhibition runs from 8th - 14th September at London College of Communications before touring the UK for a year.

Summer Summer Summer Summertime...

...Just sit back and unwind! That's exactly what I'll be doing for the next few weeks. Hope you are enjoying some sunshine too!

Cycling in London

As part of a campaign to promote cycling, the London Transport Museum recently launched a contest for illustrators to depict cycling in the capital. The competition was fierce with many top illustrators taking part. only 50 of some 1000 entrants were picked for the exhibition. Unfortunately I wasn't one of the lucky 50 but I thought I would still share my design with you!

Live Art

Last week I was invited to do a live painting at the Glug + D&AD student awards after party at the Vibe bar London. I must say a tall order - especially as the board was over 8' & I had about 5 hours to paint! Despite not painting since my art school days years ago I managed to complete the task in had - with the aid of my helpers & a few beers - & the end result wasn't too displeasing! Photos courtesy of Chris Brock Photography.

Got, Got, Need, Got!

Check out the East End Arts Club's current pop up exhibition which kicks off with a private view tonight. Offside is an artistic perspective on the World Cup. In keeping with all things world cup & football I've designed a print for the exhibition based on those little panini stickers everyone used to collect & swap when they were kids. The exhibition - which includes loads of great work - runs from 24th - 27th June at Red Gallery, Rivington Street, London. Go on give it a shot!

Something Fishy!Whilst having a huge clear out before moving studio I came across this old Lino print from my art school days. Just thought I would share it with you...

Call My Agent!I'm pleased to say that I'm now being represented by Agency Rush!

It's a pleasure to be joining such a strong stable of talented artists & I hope this partnership will bring lots of new & exciting opportunities... watch this space! And for any future commissions, please - "call my agent!"

You can see my page & more about Agency Rush Here.

Mimobots

A while ago I entered a competition on design community site infectious.com to design a new Mimobot (essentially a mix between a USB flash drive and a collectable designer figure). Unfortunately I didn't win the comp - well there was a lot of very strong competition - but I thought I'd share my designs with you anyway!The 3D mockups were lovingly rendered by graphic designer Daniel Vanches who also created a poster of all the best entrys & how they would have looked if produced... it kind of reminds me of the back of an 80s Starwars figure pack! :-)

Semi-PermenantI'm pleased to have some work featured in the new semi-permenant book, 2009 V2. Curated & published by Sydney based creative studio - 'Design is Kinky'. As well as having a fabulously fresh portfolio & great design blog these guys are also involved in organising the Semi-Permanent design festivals involving conferences and side events focused around all things to do with graphics, Illustration, animation, photography, film, visual effects etc. which include exhibitions, competitions, workshops and parties - yeah! Except they're nearly all in Australia or NewZealand... Boo!

Happy Birthday!

It was my brothers birthday at the end of last year & I designed this fun little flyer for his birthday party invite... it's all about him and his favourite things & it was a Scottish themed party hence the tartan! - Just thought I'd share it with you... oh and it was my little brother's birthday which makes me feel just a bit old!!

Woof!

Daydream...

My illustration, ' handy' features in the current issue of art & design focused magazine, Daydream.

Part of the Daydream network the seventh edition as always is packed full of interesting and inspiring art, design, photography & creative writing.