Inside the Sketchbook

February 1, 2012 in Illustration

Those of you who followed my Thing a Day 2011 project will have seen many of the sketches hidden within my sketchbook, but I thought it would be nice to collect them all into one post. The theme definitely seems to be animals so far! …

# 265 // Ellie

September 22, 2011 in Illustration, Slideshow, Thing a Day

Here’s the finished version of an elephant illustration I’ve been working on. It should be available as a print (and lots of other things!) in my Society6 shop soon.

# 249 // hamster powered

September 6, 2011 in Illustration, Slideshow, Thing a Day

A collaborative project between myself and Matt; the studio lights are now powered by hamsters. Inspired by HU2 Design‘s Eco Reminders wall stickers (and also featuring a couple of their hamsters!) our new wall decal was brought into existence by Matt before being painstakingly transferred to the wall by me and my trusty black marker.

a-painting

September 3, 2011 in Illustration

I haven’t been a-painting for a while, mainly due to lack of space since I moved. I do miss it (even though I literally have no wall space left) and hope that my next move leaves me with a spare room/studio. For now, though, I will share with you some of my past canvases (and one piece of wood!) This painting of a bird with something magical going on with his tail feathers (I don’t know what’s going on there, to be honest, it just sort of developed a life of its own when I started painting) has been the [...]

# 246 // Ynysangharad Park

September 3, 2011 in Illustration, Thing a Day

I’ve dusted off my sketchbook, and ventured away from my computer. Actually outside!

As Seen on TV

September 1, 2011 in Illustration

# 243 // roses are red

August 31, 2011 in Illustration, Thing a Day

 

Dear Santa… the Wacom Inkling

August 31, 2011 in Blog, Illustration

I know I’m not the only person to be overly excited by the launch of the Wacom Inkling next month. I’ve never properly used a graphics tablet for illustrating, mainly because my co-ordination leaves me when I draw on one surface and the drawing appears on another. I may as well be trying to draw with my foot, such are the results. If I really invested the time in getting used to it, then I’m sure I could master the little devil eventually. But now, quite frankly, I don’t want to. I want one of these. Being able to draw [...]

Nature

August 27, 2011 in Illustration

“Nature does not rush, yet everything is accomplished”

Phoenix

July 29, 2011 in Illustration