Christmas card illustration for Beast!

Last Autumn a group of 6 illustrators (including me!) working and living in Norwich decided to create an illustration collective called Beast!

We meet every fortnight at a local pub (usually the Playhouse) and over a round of drinks (usually real ale or cider), we chat and share our thoughts, ideas, drawings and also work in joint projects.

The illustration above is part of one of these projects: Designing and selling sets of 6 illustrated Christmas Cards with all the benefits going to a local charity (http://www.hamletcentre.org.uk). 

You can learn a bit more about the "origin" of Beast! in this Fiona Gowen's blog entry.

You can follow Beast's updates and news in our Facebook page and also in twitter.

Family Day Out Illustration

One of the illustrations I have done for a donation box at Flag Fen:

(The drawing will go at the top of the donation box)



(detail)

Touché!

'Touché!' A piece I have made for my portfolio:

Preliminary sketches and ink:

December drawing...

A sketch of me in the studio (inspired by Homer Simpson workplace).

Hair Animation for Propecia ad (Germany)

I created and animated a character for a flip book flash advert of hair product Propecia. This project was made in collaboration with super talented animator and friend Helen Schroeder for the German agency La Red (www.la-red.de).

Here you can see some early designs of the characters:

...and the final animation clip here:

Character design for the book "Money Go Round'

I was commissioned to design a character that would introduce the different chapters of a book about the history of economics called 'Money Go Round'.  

JC (his name) would wear a different disguises according to the time in history. In the image above we find him wearing Greek and Sumerian costumes.

  JC also appears as George III and... Queen Victoria.

And he makes an special appearance as Dr. Who and as a chicken.

For more information or to purchase 'Money Go Round' please visit: http://www.jc-and-co.co.uk/

Halloween's sketches

This October I have been sketching mainly MONSTERS. Have a good Halloween folks!

Character Design for Docusol's TV ad

Last Autumn I was commissioned by The Point agency to help in the design of the characters of an animated TV ad.

The campaign was for Docusol Paediatric Solution, a constipation relief developed specifically for children from 6 months.

We had to design several food characters on a slide, e.g. the Pizza fella...

Eventually the characters got stuck...

...but with the help of Docusol they could get unstuck and enjoy the slide again!

The last two images were used in the print campaign. You can see the finished animated TV advert below:

Summer Sketches: Surfer Girls

Oh summer is ending, though it's still bright and sunny in the UK!! These are some pencil sketches I did just for fun while listening to one of my favorite albums for the summertime: Beach Boys' Friends.

Illustrations for the Charles Dickens Museum

Last November I collaborated with the chaps of Ugly Studios in the design of two illustrations for a brochure of the Charles Dickens Museum in London. The client needed a picture of the front of the house for the cover...

Pencils of Charles Dickens' House

And a picture of the interior of the house that would go inside the brochure...

Rough sketch of Charles Dickens' house

Some characters and details were added to make it looks more lively...




And finally the illustrations were coloured in Photoshop...

If you are interested in Charles Dickens' life and novels you can visit his home-museum at 48 Doughty Street, at the heart of Bloomsbury, London. For further info please visit www.dickensmuseum.com.

From the Boudica's Sketchbook (2)

Last May I spent some time sketching some brave Iceni warriors: 

Inking Thursday...

Time to ink some drawings. Light box and pens: ready!

Family in the Beach - Sketch

Pencil sketch of a family running in the beach. Finished full-colour version coming soon!

From the Boudica's Sketchbook (1)

Pencil Sketch of Boudica, the Iceni Queen.

5 minute warm-ups

Pencil on paper. Sketching from Google images. Model: Irina Shayk.

Sketch for a new illustration: Start (2).

Inks and final piece coming soon...

Sketch for a new illustration: 'Start'.

Pencil on copier paper.

Illustration: 'Venus de Milo Self-Pic'

I have just finished a new illustration: 'Venus de Milo Self-Pic'. Ink and Digital.

Illustration: Cat from Space

Cat from Space. Ink and Digital.

Illustration: Celestial Nocturne

Personal Work. I got inspired by a 1920's Hollywood portrait of Clark Gable and Joan Crawford.

Nocturne Illustration (Work in Progress)

I am working in the full-coloured version now...