Merry Xmas 2017!

Have a lovely Christmas and a happy 2018! Feliz Navidad y prospero año 2018!

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Digital illustration inspired by Jules Verne's novel. Personal work.

Pencil sketch.

Diablitos

Just a fun illustration for my portfolio. Technique: digital.

Happy World Book Day!

Happy World Book Day 2017!! (digital illustration)

Happy Year of the Rooster!

Happy New Chinese Year! 2017 is the Year of the Rooster

"Surfing Girl". Digital Illustration

"Surfing Girl". Digital Illustration. Have a lovely summer!!

"Save the Planet" colour illustration

A piece I have just finished for the portfolio.

"David Bowie Timeline" - Infographics

For a Bowie fan like me, a commission like this could be one the closest to a "dream job" that you can get. 

-They need an infographic illustration for a book. It's a timeline of David Bowie's life. But they need it tomorrow. Can you/do you want to do it?
- YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESS!!
The book "Infographic Guide to Music" by Graham Betts is published by Octopus Books and is out NOW. You can purchase it in Amazon:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Infographic-Guide-Music-Guides/dp/1844037533/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1413474756&sr=8-2

...or find it in your favourite book store.

(Special mention and many thanks to great book designer and better friend Ben Cracknell of www.benstudios.co.uk for offering me this small "Bowie dream job").

Illustrated Maps for Visit Kent Guide

Finding your Feet Map:

Getting to Kent Map:

Insets detail:

Detail of one of the illustrations:

Find Tourist Information about Kent at http://www.visitkent.co.uk/.

Some more Historical Characters...

A Victorian Archaeologist:

A Tudor Guy:

...and a Mediaeval Mom and Child:

Artwork commissioned by the Peterborough Museum. Art direction: Ugly Studios, Norwich.

Illustration: Family at the Seaside

A piece I have just finished for my portfolio (please click on the image to see more detail).

Warriors!

A brave Iceni Warrior.

An Anglo Saxon with shield and spear.

 

A fiery Roman.

...and a Neanderthal fella.

Commissioned Illustrations for the Peterborough Museum. Art direction: Ugly Studios, Norwich.

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:

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!

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.

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.