Christmas Cards

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David Lynch

Since putting a shop together I realised my stack of recent editorial work wasn't really suited for prints.  I thought I'd rectify this starting things off by drawing up the man I've been listening to a lot of recently, Mr David Lynch (His latest album, Crazy Clown Time has been running on constant here for a while now and needless to say his films are a true blessing.)


You can buy a Ltd Edition Giclée print of it HERE

 

Fo'c'sle - The Boathouse

The Boathouse has recently been undergoing extensive building works, adding a new room.  This room has been dubbed the Fo'c'sle (Forecastle - The forecastle was originally a castle-like structure at the front of Medieval ships used by archers to shoot down on the enemy.)

The Boathouse - Quiz Poster

Yet again another little piece of work for the Boathouse pub in Falmouth.  This one's quite self explanatory, they wanted a poster that they could update when necessary with the dates of the pub quiz.

PR Week - What does a Digital Media Specialist Look Like?

PR Week asked me to produce an image of the stereotypical trendy "Digital" guy and then used the article to quash the idea that all Digital Media Specialists look like the fellow sat in this image and that it is, in fact, fast becoming everyone's game.

Diplomat Magazine - Infrastructure

This month’s edition of the Diplomat features this new illustration, alongside an article discussing the instability MENA (Middle-East and North Africa) and the Arab Spring will face if they don’t invest enough of their GDP into their infrastructure developments.

Inside Housing Magazine - Homelessness

Working again with my regular client, Inside Housing Magazine, I was asked to produce a piece about homeless people (not necessarily rough sleepers) going to their local authority for help in being housed. Unfortunately lots of applications are being declined, however, many of these are then being overturned following an appeal. The idea for this image was brought in by the art director, I merely had the simple task of drawing it out as well as doing a couple of spots.














Then here's a simple extruded spot

And another spot supporting the overturned decision

Diplomat Magazine - Domestic Violence

A piece about Domestic Violence is never a simple one to conjure an idea for, especially when you're style is a bit "edgy." For this piece by Baroness Scotland, about how achieving a greater balance in gender equality should in turn reduce the number of cases of domestic violence, I eventually decided, after a lot of deliberation, that this was a piece I could tackle with something off my "things-I-really-want-to-draw" list.

The Boston Globe

I was recently working on a piece for The Boston Globe's Op-Ed.  The text talked about the differences in health and safety seen by children from the US and India.  Working with the art director we completed the piece with the girl and the snake but at the last minute the writer decided to remove the piece of text the illustration was based on for fear of being offensive towards her daughters school.

The decision was therefore to go with this motorcycle piece.

80's Zombie Beach Party

Another one from a few weeks ago and another mad idea from The Boathouse in Falmouth, in celebration of Brad filming his zombie apocalypse movie down there, came this poster.

Supported Housing - Inside Housing Magazine

A serious lack of updates here recently due to me moving city (I've left Manchester behind for Southsea, Hampshire) so this is the first in a series of catch up posts.

A few weeks ago I was asked to produce an illustration for Inside Housing magazine. The feature was about supported housing providers who basically offer housing to mainly disabled people, having money they would get, go directly to the tenant thus rendering them out of work and in a state of need.

Captain Pugwash & Scrufts - An Alternative Dog Show at The Boathouse

Captain Pugwash was born out of another new poster for The Boathouse, Falmouth. For their alternative dog show, Scrufts, I had to come up with something nautical and fun, Pugwash seemed appropriate. Anyway, I felt he didn't get the attention he deserved sat on the boat so I made him into a piece on his own.
















This is the original poster he came from:

Pulp Fiction Night at The Boathouse

I've just finished this new poster for The Boathouse's Pulp Fiction evening, coming up on 2nd July. I've really enjoyed having a pre-defined template to work against in order to create a parody poster. We may see more of these cropping up in the near future. I fancy taking on more of my favourite films

Birdwatching: The Big Day - The Boston Globe

This piece accompanied an article in The Boston Globe about a woman who gets dragged along by her enthusiastic bird-watching husband on his Big Day (a birdwatcher’s attempt to identify 100 different species in 24 hours.) Needless to say she finds it all quite boring.

Vodka in Siberia - Contagious Magazine

In Contagious Magazine, Martin Lindstrom recently discussed the advantages for Brand Managers and CEOs to explore target markets first hand rather than staring at countless charts and graphs in order to direct their marketing strategies. The article focused on a trip Lindstrom had taken to Siberia where he spent his time drinking vodka with the young locals. This is the image I produced to accompany it.

Biomimicry - Diplomat Magazine

This latest piece was produced for an article in Diplomat magazine about the advantages of biomimicry. Some spiders building the tensioning wires on a bamboo and liana suspension bridge fit the bill quite nicely.

The Greatest Betrayal - Sydney's Child magazine

My first job over in the land of Oz, this piece was created for Sydney's Child magazine (also rolled out in regional variants in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and so on.) The article spoke about the devastating effects of bringing a new child home into what was previously a 1-child family and the feelings of betrayal that the eldest child feels.

Obviously due to the magazine's readership it forced me to be a bit more "mum-friendly" with it than I would usually approach things.

Social Media Revolution

Seemingly the hot topic at the minute, this commission from The Diplomat came in shortly after I completed the Facebook monster for Contagious. Talking about the uprise of social media and it's use in revolutions in the middle east, and also the helpfulness of a tool such as Twitter when used in an emergency relief effort such as the Haiti disaster.

Taking my stand from Eugene Delacroix's "La Liberté guidant le peuple" here's the final result.

Royal Occassions at The Boathouse

Classy as ever we went with "Kate Loves Willy" as the header for The Boathouse's Royal Wedding celebrations. It ties in with a new brew by the local Skinners brewery who have done a special ale to commemorate the day by the same name.
















I've also been working on their new summer postcards recently too. You can see the final design below. Bizarrely they also turned out to be quite Regal without me thinking about it:

Facebook - An Inflation of Effectiveness - Contagious Magazine

Contagious Magazine recently discussed whether users of Facebook were consciously avoiding adverts placed on its platform by other brands. This was wrapped in the context of the brand managers as anglers and the users as fish, with facebook as the biggest fish in the pond. This is the image I produced which accompanied the article.

Introducing the DG-9000: The Future of Dog Grooming

My Mum and Dad have this enormous prize-winning Leonberger that takes days to wash and dry. As it's her birthday I thought I'd send over a card with a typically Heath Robinson/English Garden Shed solution to cut down her grooming time.

Eastern Promise

Here's an image I've been sitting on for a while. It was produced for Diplomat magazine's April issue.

The corresponding article was about the problems of consumption we'll face when the fast growing Eastern countries catch up to the needs of the Western world, specifically in terms of oil.

Skull wearing Prada

This is a piece that was suspended in development due to time constraints but I quite liked the drawing. The glasses in this piece are from Prada's latest range of eyewear.

Forced to Move

With the new plans to cap housing allowance we could start seeing a lot of families having to move out of the more expensive parts of the country, especially areas of London, and move to cheaper areas. Inside Housing Magazine asked me for a piece of artwork on this topic. Here's what appears in this weeks issue:

Skål

My Dads Birthday was yesterday. Here's the card I made for him based on our recent visit to the National Winter Ales Festival.

A good old-fashioned Beer

I produced this tankard for the newly opened Port Street Beerhouse in Manchester. It's hanging on their walls looking lovely right now. Their beers are top quality too, I can see it being my new home.

Scholars, Come Home

I've been working with The Times Higher Education magazine again. This weeks piece was about Chinese academics choosing to work abroad causing a Chinese "Brain Drain"

New self-promotional piece

I've been using the man riding the hippo stagecoach as promotional material for some time now and thought it time I produced something else. Here's the new one: