Children's book illustrations

I was asked just before Christmas if I would do some illustrations to accompany a short story a friend had made for her son as a Christmas present. She created the story of her son's teddy bear going off on an adventure after he was lost last summer whilst they holidayed in Greece - to make him feel better about losing him. A sweet story and I loved having a chance to draw in this style, completely different to my usual approach.

Christmas card designs

Here's a couple of quick Christmas card designs I made just before Christmas, always nice to give your own handmade cards! 'Merry Christmas' design inspired by one I saw in Paperchase.

Mock-up of The Wallpaper Coloring Book

Here are some mock-up pages of the sample patterns I did for the Wallpaper Colouring Book, complete with collages from artist Gemma Latimer. The eras that I captured in the illustrations covered Arts & Crafts, 1950s and 1970s. For the final set of wallpaper patterns I'll be looking at decades all the way from 1870s right through to modern day, images to come soon!

Wallpaper book designs

I recently was asked to produce repeat pattern illustrations for a wallpaper colouring in book, looking at 3 different era - turn of the century, 1930s and 1960s wallpaper patterns. The eventual book will consist of the wallpaper design where you can try out different colour combinations for yourself and an image of the wallpaper in situ (like a living room) so you can see what it might look like.

Designs for Fickle Tattoos

I was recently asked to produce some designs for temporary tattoo retailer Fickle Tattoos, as you can see the theme I chose was woodland animals.

Chinese horoscope animals illustration

I produced these illustrations to be used as cards that described what each Chinese sign was and what it meant. They wanted it to be quite fun and lighthearted and would engage someone in learning about the Chinese horoscope.

Tattoo design

A personal commission from a friend, she wanted a design that would translate well into a tattoo. The final design here shows fluttering pages of a book turning into birds taking flight.

Wedding program illustration

I was recently asked to do a small illustration for the front page of a wedding program, showing two rings and banner containing a quote from a text message exchange early on in their relationship.

New butterfly vest on The Rise & Fall

My butterfly illustration from last year can now be seen on vest on The Rise & Fall website. Really liking the look of it on clothing - you can check it out here

Elephant pillow featured on Primrose Mag

I was so excited a couple of months ago when Primrose Mag, based in the US, contacted me via Instagram about a post they had done about my elephant pillow, which they had discovered on The Rise & Fall website. How flattering to be featured! Their website is really beautiful and great for creative inspiration. You can see the post here - http://primrosemag.com/blog/draft/2013/4/2

Cat illustration vest

Still seeing my illustrations on new products, this time it's my cat illustration applied to a vest. It can be seen on The Rise & Fall website here

New homepage for The Rise & Fall

                           

The Rise and Fall have recently moved to a new website and my owl and fox pillows can be seen on the homepage! Both designs have been selling really well - check it out here

Feather Repeat Pattern

Here's the 3 feathers duplicated into a repeat pattern design. To be used for a serious of soft/ home furnishing products.

Aztec Feather Illustrations

Individual pen and ink illustrations of feathers to be used in a repeat pattern. I always love to use geometric shapes in my illustration and particularly focused on Aztec and Navajo inspired patterns in this series.

Storyboarding for Tracc Films

Another commission for Tracc Films, this time a storyboard for a pitch to luxury escorted tour company, Insight Vacations. This was my first time ever using a Wacom tablet to illustrate. With only 3 evenings to master the technique, I found it extremely challenging as it really tested my hand to eye co-ordination, having to draw on the tablet surface whilst looking at the computer screen. It was hard to translate my natural illustration style into this digital format, but the outcome was successful and fulfilled the brief. Tracc Films also won the pitch, so I'd like to think my storyboard helped that along in some way!

Commissioned illustrations for stacking cups by Shlos

In the autumn of 2012 last year I had the pleasure of working with my friend and product designer Chloe Lee Carson on an idea for her first ever product to go to market. Based on the idea of the game 'Exquisite Corpse', I created a series of 9 different illustrations to be applied to sets of stacking cups. When twisted, the body parts of the various animals and people on each cup would join up to create a new surreal creature. 

Shortly after Chloe entered the idea under the design name Shlos into a design competition/mentoring scheme with the Southbank Centre and Observer, eventually becoming one of the finalists. The cups can now been seen and bought in the Southbank shop! It's such an achievement to see my illustrations on products instore. 

You see the stacking cups here on the Southbank Centre shop website - https://shop.southbankcentre.co.uk/exquisite-cups-wild-shlos 

and on the Shlos website - http://www.shlos.co.uk/

Collaborative animation for Tracc Films

Back in December last year myself, illustrator Steph Kirchem and editor/motion graphics designer Claud Jehu created an animation for corporate video production company Tracc Films. Intended to be their showreel for the Tracc website, we created a short video to communicate their methodology to potential customers. The illustrated components were a joint effort between myself and Steph, then edited and animated by Claud. 

French Bulldog

French Bulldog illustration for The Rise and Fall to be sold on US Urban Outfitters website

Butterfly

Butterfly illustration I designed last year for The Rise & Fall

Octopus

This was part of a 5 part series of illustrations I did for a personal commission last year. Particularly enjoyed this octopus, especially the tentacles...