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 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!
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.
David Meowie Charity T-Shirt
I’ve been working with We Heart Arts on a new music themed T-Shirt and Sticker design, to raise funds for their non-profit which helps young people’s creative arts programs across the world.
Robot Character Upgrade 3.0
After years of loyal service, it was time to retire my old mascot character and replace her with a new and improved design. Whilst I liked her overall look, in practice I found the proportions and details too rigid to work with in a dynamic way.
Top 5 Pens for Illustrating
I’m a big believer in the best pens being whatever you have to hand, as when you have an idea any pen will do! I’ve seen some amazing pieces created with some of the cheapest biros, so not having “the right pens” shouldn’t be an excuse (unless you’re attempting to paint a mural with nothing but an old potato).
Manchester #ArtDrop
Over the past few months I’ve been leaving Free Art packs in various locations in Central Manchester for people to find and keep. Each pack contains a limited edition (1/10) art print, stickers, and a handwritten note.
Collab Nation: Experiment 5, Stage 2
I usually spend time a fair amount of time deliberating before adding my mark to a new Collab Nation piece – but when I got my Stage 2 through from Korp I immediately knew what I was going to add!
Collab Nation: Experiment 5, Stage 1
One of my favourite collaborative art projects, Collab Nation, is back for Experiment 5!
This huge international drawing project has each participating artist starting a drawing on A3 paper, then sending it on to the next artist for them to add to the piece. This continues until 4 artists have added their mark to the drawing. The process produces awesome and brilliantly unpredictable results!
BBC Ten Pieces: Superconductor Illustrations
A few month’s ago I spent some time working with BBC Digital, to create a suite of illustrations for their Ten Pieces: SuperConductor online app.
Sketchbook Stuff vol 3
I’ve been doing some more experimenting with textured grayscale fills – playing with pencils, markers, and a combination of both. It’s taken a few attempts to get the results as I’d like, but I’m finding a flow that I’m happy with now. Here area few favourites.
2 Colour (LHR) Exhibition
I’ve been working on a new illustration to be shown as part of the 2 Colour LHR Exhibition at The Regent Pub in Islington.
The exhibition will showcase work from 16 different artists, each with their own unique styles, creating pieces to limited colour palette of red and black (plus the white of the page).