International Digital Art Festival comes to Manchester
The International Digital Arts Festival (iDAF) will be taking place on 26-27 June in Manchester’s Federation House, in the centre of the city’s creative & innovation district.
Weird Fishes Series
I’ve been creating these Weird Fishes as part of an ongoing series of experimental digital doodles, which use clean lines and geometric shapes layered over pops of chalky colour, to form abstract characters.
Robot Monkey Stickers
I always love getting a fresh batch of stickers back from the printers – and these new soft-touch vinyl stickers are no exception! I’m super happy with how they’ve come out and the satin stock gives them a real nice texture.
A kitten called Bastet [Blue Edition] #ArtDrop
To mark my latest mural on Stevenson Square, I’ve released a Blue Edition Bastet artwork as a Digital #ArtDrop.
Robot Character Upgrade 4.0
Updating my mascot character has always been an iterative process. I keep going back and tweaking things, then every few years I’ll do a complete redesign – and it’s about that time again!
Happy New Year: 2019
It’s been a fun and varied year for creative projects and I’d like to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who’s been a part of it!
Colour of the Year 2019: PANTONE 16-1546 Living Coral
Colour Institute Pantone have announced Living Coral as the Colour of the Year for 2019.
Daily Doodles for #Inktober 2018
I’ve been itching to play with ink pens again and #Inktober has offered me the perfect excuse! This global illustration challenge invites illustrators and doodlers to set themselves the task of creating a new ink illustration every day throughout October.
The Mancunian Spray
Jay Sharples & Art Battle Manchester present The Mancunian Spray – an Urban Art Jam and Charity Fundraiser for the Manchester Mayor’s Homelessness Fund. The event takes place on Saturday 15th September from 11am – 6pm, on Baird Street in Manchester.
Review: Affinity Designer for iPad
Affinity Designer for iPad is a full spec vector drawing app from Serif, based on their desktop app of the same name. The app promises to be fully optimised for mobile with the capability of supporting huge multi-artboard canvases and thousands of layers.
Specimen Characters Vol 3
I finished up another set of designs for my ongoing Specimen Series, adding to my army of colourful quirky characters! I’m taking my time with the series, working on them during my breaks, playing around and experimenting as I go.