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...

Lizard

It's been a while since I last posted anything so I thought I should get back into the swing of things again. Let's kick things off with an illustration of a lizard I did for a commission last year....