16 illustrators 16 designs

The Frinton Press decided that they we're bored of seeing the same old tacky wrapping paper churned out every year and then thrown in the bin without a second glance.
So they decided to get together the work of sixteen illustrators & designers to produce 16 original designs which have been compiled into 16 hand screen printed sheets and contained within a beautiful screenprinted box designed by Partly Civil.
The box containing the 16 designs including my 'falling ladies' design can be bought on their website www.frintonpress.blogspot.com

London exhibition & the frinton press

The Frinton Press advertised themselves on the YCN website calling for designs for wrapping paper to be produced for London shops this Christmas. My design plus designs by others, seen on their blogspot will also be exhibited at the NO:ID Gallery in Bethnal green, London on the 10th of December. More info and photos coming soon.....

Cambridge based zine 'FELT'

Hey all, been working on an image for Cambridge based zine 'FELT' which will be distrpbuted in Cambridge, falmouth and bristol.
I had to illustrate a lovely poem written especially for the 'motherhood issue't, so it really made me open up to produce something lyrical and heartfelt. hope i did it justice.....
The page layout with the poem is on my flickr page.

old photographs

My got an amazing book of photographs by anonymous photographers for my birthday back in september.
many are from the beginning of the 2oth century and they were perfect for drawing from, heres an example of a piece i produced.

More sketchbook work & little white lies magazine.

I've just up dated my flickr with some sketchbook stuff and also a 'little white lies' magazine cover design for the cover design competition of their forth coming where the wild things are edition.
the link for my flickr is in my links.

CHELTENHAM ILLUSTRATION AWARDS!

So,
got a letter through the post last week from cheltenham illustration awards, which i entered way back in may.
I didnt win, but i got highly commended and i will be featured in the exhibition which is on the 8th of october, and i will also be on their website for the next year.
Tom gauld & simone lea of the cabanon press will be presenting the exhibition during the day, they are both fantastic narrative illustrators and you can find their website here.
The work above was my entry & featured work into the exhibition. look out 2010!

Montreux, Switzerland

So as it turns out there is life after uni, and appaently its perty good.........
I just got back from doing a commission in Montreux, Switzerland which was not only one of the most beautiful places i have ever been but it was my first paid commission and it was epic!
I was employed by a company called Esomar which are based in Amsterdam. It was there 2009 congress where i was artist in resident for the 4 day period. The congress brought togeather 750 people and companies from all over the world to discuss and view discussions on the ecological and economical state of the world in 2009.
the congress had three themes to it which were, responsibility, creativity and ethics, each of the three artist in residents had an individual theme, mine was Responsibility.
the final piece of work which was greatly influenced the town montreux will be up on here very soon.....so keep your eyes peeled.

shipsshipships

I dont quite know why, but ive been having a bit of a ship drawing frenzy at the moment,
this is one of the designs which im intending to produce some screen printed posters out of.....watch this space.

...more past sketchbook work

more old drawings that i keep stumbling over.......
......new work just around the corner.

old sketchbook work