Books, books, books

Updated Draw-A-Book - my blog of illustrations for each fiction book I read. Here is my image for Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

Bookmark

Bookmark design for Doodlers Anonymous showcase. The bookmark had to champion the act of reading and the psychical book.

Young Adult

Illustrations for Young Adult E.P. by Will Lawford, an acoustic singers/songwriter.

Have a listen to his EP on Soundcloud and follow Will Lawford's music on Facebook and Twitter.

Car 1 - Eve

I have also started another self initiated long term project to draw all the cars I own over my life time. Starting with my first car, a Peugeot 106, which I have owned since September 2011. She is called Eve and I also drew her for the Doodlers Anonymous' "Doodle Your Ride" Competition.

Draw A Book

I have started an ongoing project to draw a single image for every fiction book I read.  I am documenting my images on Tumblr ----> draw-a-book.tumblr.com

We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Some guy who discovered x-rays

Wilhelm Rontgen 1845-1923

Fake Annual

The people of Fake Magazine have made an Annual, showcasing bits from previous editions and my illustration has been included. It is free to view so take a peek below.

Blob

Submission for Gab Collab, a project where a watercolour blob is posted to the blog for people to draw on. Then once finished participants summit their creations.

Here is the original blob.

And here is my finished doodle.

Giant vs Lesser Anteater

My entry for the Anorak Zoo competition. All entries can be viewed here.

*UPDATED* Winning entries have now been announced.

Society6 Store

Just set up a Society6 Store check it out here. I will be adding more bits and bobs to it soon.

Rapid

*UPDATE* - Now on the Elsie Magazine Blog.

Today I had a go at the Random Word Challenge that came with a magazine called Elsie.  The aim was to google a word for images and select a range as your palette and create a illustration from them.

My word was: RAPID.

Here is the result.

Picture Perfect? ...

I am continuing to explore and make more collages for the Picture Perfect? body of work. Therefore I have created a Tumblr to document new collages.

Ally Capellino

Last October I found out I was one of three, who had won a competition to design an illustration for Ally Capellino's shop bags.  The theme was "2012, how do you see it?"  Well my design Runners is now available to buy online here!!!

All the winning designs are also on Pinterest.  Check them out!

1 Minute Creature!

I was just time wasting on Twitter when I stumbled on Creaturemag's 1 Minute Creatures and thought I would give it ago myself. Meet Doug, my creation!

Discover

My entry for the Drink in Brighton Competition. The brief was to make an image with the theme of "Discover."  

Below some experiments.

The Bloody Chamber

These illustrations were originally made in response to The House of Illustration and The Folio Society Competition to illustrate The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter. These four images have been made in response to the title story - The Bloody Chamber.

Anorak Happy Lunch

Here is my entry for Anorak Magazine's competition Happy Lunch.

I made several alternatives and experiments.

The entries can be seen here on Anorak's Flickr.

A little something I am working on...

Ally Capellino Bag Competition "2012, how do you see it?"

I entered Ally Capellino's Competition "2012, how do you see it?" and today I found out I was one of three winners. Very happy! My design will be seen next year on Ally Capellino's shop bags.

Check out the other winners and entries here on Tumblr and here on Facebook.

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