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Workmen

Here are the character illustrations for pure that I mentioned a couple post ago.

Apr 29, 2013 Like

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The New Normal

An animation that I was commissioned to produce by AL Marketing, explaining the concept of “the new normal”. Including concepts, storyboarding, and an animatic it took about 3 weeks to complete. -...

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Pure illustrations

In december last year I was asked to create some illustrations for Pure in nottingham to use on a splash page while their website was under construction. Their new website is up now but I took a...

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Penguin competition book cover

So here is my final design for the Penguin book cover competition. This year the book was One flew over the cuckoo’s nest.

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Richard

A quick illustration I did of my dad.

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Window

A little experimental illustration done on my iphone in bed when I couldn’t sleep.

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Spider

A spider… not much more to say.

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Tintin & Snowy

I bought Artrage for the iphone this morning and did a quick illustration on it. It hasn’t got as many features as the desktop or ipad version but it is still my favourite drawing app at the...

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Bleep Bloop

Here is a little green robot

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Hotline Miami poster

This is what i’ve been working on recently; a poster inspired by the fantastic game Hotline Miami, which came out a few weeks ago. I was pretty excited when I realised that it was made by Jonatan...

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Spooky Scary Skeletons

I’ve been trying to replicate a linocut/woodcut print effect digitally, I couldn’t find any tutorials on how to do it so I’ve had to make it up as I go. Here’s what I have come up with; which...

Oct 28, 2012 Like

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Sketch from the Philippines

I went to the Philippines for a month so here is a sketch I did of my girlfriend’s parent’s house in Puerto Princesa, Palawan. It’s a gorgeous country with excellent sea food, unfortunately the...

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This image popped into my head as I was drifting off to sleep a couple of nights ago, so I went and illustrated it. Drawn in ArtRage again, but on the desktop version rather than the ipad one. nous...

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Digital Pencil

I’ve been playing around with ArtRage for the ipad and the pencil tool is not bad. It’s definitely my favourite illustration app at the moment. Just done a simplistic Andrew Loomis style head...

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E Sting Animation

This is an animation I made a few months ago in preparation for an E4 E Sting competition… Unfortunately there hasn’t been one this year (yet). - Click here to watch in HD -

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Public Awareness Animation

Here is a stop frame animation I made with Mike Storrie in 2011, the second year of our degree at Loughborough University. This was for our animation module where the brief was to create a public...

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Luciano’s Pizzeria & D&AD New Blood

Here is the final illustration which I included in my degree show, drawn using Artrage on an ipad and edited it in photoshop. I also used it as the front image on my business cards. Two pieces of...

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Inga Alley Cropping

I did a project a few weeks ago based around Inga Alley Cropping, a farming technique which offers an alternative to slash and burn farming for subsistence farmers. A large percentage of the...

Jun 23, 2012 Like

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Degree Show

So my degree how is now up and running! Here is our website for it, where you can view everyones work. I’ve had a busy week finalising things, printing and mounting but I can have a little break...

Jun 17, 2012 Like

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Ministry of Sound D&AD Poster

I made this poster for a D&AD project a while ago, the brief was to make 3 typographical posters for the Ministry of Sound ‘Saturday Sessions’ event. In the end I left the project and worked on...

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Monster Landmarks

A few weeks ago I was about to start work on the Serco Prize: Secret London Competition. Unfortunately I had put the deadline on my calendar as the 1st of May rather than the 6th of April somehow,...

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Douglas Adams Animation Competition

To watch the HD version go here. And to vote on it for the competition please go here. - I submitted my entry to the Douglas Adams Animation Competition last week, the brief being to “produce an...

Apr 25, 2012 Like

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Winsor & Newton competition

So there was a competition by Winsor & Newton recently, where you had to design the packaging for a new ink colour they are releasing. Weirdly they wouldn’t reveal what the colour is, so my design...

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Lazy Cat

My dad bought an ipad recently. This morning I borrowed it and did a little sketch in brushes, it’s a nice little app.

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Bitcoin on Burnt Wood

For one of my projects I decided to do an editorial illustration for an article. http://www.bitcoinminingaccidents.com/?p=271 Soldering iron onto wood.

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Antler Headphone Stand

I was going to buy a banana hook to hang my headphones from because I heard that it worked pretty well and is cheap. I couldn’t find any nice ones in the shops, then my dad suggested I just make...

Jan 2, 2012 Like

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Lino cuts are awesome.

Well not lino, I think this stuff is actually rubber, which is far easier to work with. Been doing this for a competition I am entering. I haven’t printed anything in ages so this made quite a nice...

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Christmas Card Competition

So on wednesday I got an email saying that the competition to design a christmas card for our university had not had many entries. The prize for winning is only £150 but they mention that the cards...

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Halloween Stuff

For halloween I entered an illustration to Pictoplasma’s Missing Link Project. If it gets chosen (from the 5000+ entries they received) it will be displayed in an exhibition in Paris in december. I...

Nov 7, 2011 Like

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Star Nation Competition

I entered a competition last month to design promotional a T-Shirt for a documentary about the video game StarCraft 2, called Star Nation. I didn’t win but am pleased with what I produced for it....

Oct 13, 2011 Like

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The Fantastic Fruit Bowl

Workmen

The New Normal

Pure illustrations

Penguin competition book cover

Richard

Window

Spider

Tintin & Snowy

Bleep Bloop

Hotline Miami poster

Spooky Scary Skeletons

Sketch from the Philippines

Vélo

Digital Pencil

E Sting Animation

Public Awareness Animation

Luciano’s Pizzeria & D&AD New Blood

Inga Alley Cropping

Degree Show

Ministry of Sound D&AD Poster

Monster Landmarks

Douglas Adams Animation Competition

Winsor & Newton competition

Lazy Cat

Bitcoin on Burnt Wood

Antler Headphone Stand

Lino cuts are awesome.

Christmas Card Competition

Halloween Stuff

Star Nation Competition

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