Walthamstow Dad Challenge

Neighbouring 3D designer Jonathan Thomas, worked with me to produce this tongue in cheek poster to promote one of his products raising money for a great cause. The Walthamstow Dad T-Shirt raises...

Adventure Mummy header illustration

Traveller mum Carly Morson recently commissioned me to create a header for her website. Carly’s raising money for Just Giving by hiking to the Everest Base Camp. Fortunately for her, the push chair...

Life Drawing: Week 3

Some challenging poses this week at our Life Drawing Class in E17. I find myself using stomach fold lines, and the structure of crossed arms, moving outwards as the starting point to most drawings...

Life Drawing: Week 2

Last week I felt that my quick warm-up sketches were stronger than the longer poses. Week 2 at life drawing seemed to have the opposite effect. Judging by the splintered mess left on the floor...

Life Drawing: Week 1

Ongoing development is key to maturing as an illustrator so I am really pleased to be life drawing again. It’s really refreshing to get back behind an easel, working on large format and getting...

Christmas Robin Wallpaper

Get festive with my Christmas robin wallpaper for your electrical thingies. So Elf has been on TV, we can now finally get excited about Christmas coming. The tree is up, the mild panic about...

Robin Christmas Cards

These cute little festive fellas will make even the hardest humbug grin. I’m using a lovely local printers to make 2 colour risograph printed christmas cards using environmentally friendly...

Scamp or Storyboard Artist

Presenting a visual concept to a client can be tough, using a scamp or storyboard artist for your presentation may be the winning factor in your pitch. For those who don’t know, a scamp is the...

A Baker’s Dozen by Ted Baker

Selected as Winner for Creative Quarterly 27

After getting into Images 36, international exposure via Creative Quarterly 27 was an added bonus. The journal of Art & Design is distributed across Northern America, Canada & UK and asks the...

Images 36: Best of British Illustration

“Only the highest scoring images are invited to feature in the annual” Very pleased to be selected for inclusion in Images 36, the best of British illustration Portrait of Robot was entered into...

Musical Views: And so connections are made.

Musical Views collaborators Chris & Manuel, take the project further by playing together during Chris own E17 Art Trail performance. A commonality that prevailed throughout the Musical Views...

Musical Views: In the Guardian

The tech behind the Musical Views portrait exhibition, has just been covered in the local Guardian. George Nott Features & Art journalist, is looking into the technology that can be found on this...

Musical Views: Meet Andy

With beer barrels emptied and instruments being packed away, the Stowneydown Park Folk festival was all but over. All bar a solo violinist sitting on the grass, entertaining the stragglers. I had...

Musical Views: Meet Kat

This project would be awfully quiet without a massive amount of help from a good friend Kat. She helped out by being my sonic guru, lugging recording equipment across London and mixing all the...

Musical Views: Meet Chris

Chris Cook has played sitar for almost 15 years, learning from sarangi player Surgeet Singh and sitar player Ramesh Chandra. His dawn ragas will be heard during the E17 Art Trail. As well as...

Musical Views: Download your interactive E17 Art Trail App

With over 350 events on the E17 Art Trail, you are going to need a little help getting around. Navigate the 2012 E17 Art Trail using our very own mobile app! Search the up-to-date listings, share...

Featured Art: Artdaily.org

With only 2 weeks to go, the E17 Art Trail coverage begins to ramp up.It was great to see one of my portraits used to promote the event on Art daily’s website. Artdaily.org claims to be the first...

Musical Views: Meet Sophie

Sophie Shaw is the lead vocalist fronting renowned blues/swing band, Blue Harlem, one of the top swing/jump-blues bands on the London scene – and the band that launched the career of rising star,...

Lizzie Armitstead Olympic illustration

Congratulations to Great Britain’s first medal of the games, Lizzie Armitstead and to celebrate, here is an Olympic illustration of her.With Emma Pooley fighting a terrier like battle in the climbs...

Editorial Illustration for Lost in London Magazine

Lost in London is a new publication for country loving city dwellers and anyone yearning for a simpler life. I produced an editorial illustration for their latest issue.Published to coincide with...

Win A Free Owl Print.

To celebrate the opening of Musical Views, we are offering you the chance to win a free print.Owl was created last year and is yet to go in the Art Shop, beat it to it and enter now!To enter, all...

Musical Views: Meet T-Toe

The research begins for my first solo exhibition…My first collaborator, T-toe is a producer and performer of experimental rave-pop music, whose unique live show combines vocal, trombone and...

Musical Views : a collaboration of sight and sound

On September 1st, the E17 Art Trail begins and Musical Views will be my first solo collection of illustrations. I live in Walthamstow, and I want to explore its rich cultural diversity by looking...

Jump – Illustration Friday

April Showers

E17 Art Trail

I’ve just had an inspirational weekend after attending a workshop aimed at recharging creativity. It’s now time to start work on this years E17 Art Trail, an annual festival and independent artist...

Fly Like A Butterfly… Muhammad Ali

Cassius Marcellus Clay, Muhammad Ali, The greatest of all time, celebrates his 70th Birthday With a tongue that was as quick as his feet, the heavyweight boxing legend has gifted us with a barrage...

Bit of Blog Lovin’

Just joined a new blog directory. Here’s its link! Follow my blog with Bloglovin

Design Museum Illustration Contest

I recently entered the Design Museum Illustration Contest for the ‘Sparkle the Dark Up’ Design Overtime event. I didn’t win unfortunately but, as conciliation, there were 29,000 entries! The Design...