Crow Boy

Another of the new pieces I’ve produced over summer. 
He is, of course, available in his original artworked state at my shop.

Foxy Nuggets

This summer I've been busy creating artwork without the help of the beloved Photoshop.  It makes a change having some actual finished artwork physically in the studio rather than the usual print outs. More soon to follow...

James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger - The Boston Globe

Following James Cameron's recent exploration of the abyss in his Deepsea Challenger sub The Boston Globe were discussing the importance of further deepsea exploration

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - "Dead Cat."

Going through Tom Sawyer I couldn't help but take a little bit of time to draw something up based on this exchange.  I'd like a bit more gore on the cat I must admit but I'm producing pieces at the minute for my portfolio to appeal to publishers hence the omission.  Here's the text:


Tom hailed the romantic outcast:

"Hello, Huckleberry!"

"Hello yourself, and see how you like it."

"What's that you got?"

"Dead cat."

"Lemme see him, Huck. My, he's pretty stiff. Where'd you get him ?"

"Bought him off'n a boy."

 "What did you give?"

"I give a blue ticket and a bladder that I got at the slaughter-house."

"Where'd you get the blue ticket?"

"Bought it off'n Ben Rogers two weeks ago for a hoop-stick."

"Say - what is dead cats good for, Huck?"

"Good for? Cure warts with."

As I'm making work for publishing I thought I'd do a Black and White version too

 

Riding Hrossvalr

A Cowboy…Riding a Walrus…On a T-Shirt.

Just what you’ve always wanted?

I thought so.


This design along with others is now available from www.Halu.co.uk

Christmas Cards

It’s that time again. If you like the look of this years festive cards they’re available now in my Online Shop

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.)

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.

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.

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

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.