Currently preparing for Varied Vision,an art event I will be selling at This Wednesday as well as postcards of the circus prints, greetings cards and original work, I am selling iron on transfers. These are three of the designs, influenced by coat of arms.

This is a map that I am working on, it will be inside a A4 fold out zine, with the species guide on the other sides.

Finally got round to uploading these! 

Also, I have just finished this project, for the The Cheltenham Illustration Awards. It was based on Amulets, taken from a museum in Oxford. I chose to pick a fish shaped amulet also known as 'Nekhau', which in Egypt was used to protect the wearer from drowning. It was worn by mainly children and women, strung on a lock of hair.

As part of a one day brief I have produced this poster, identifying me as an Illustrator. Got quite carried away putting some of my stuff together! Have got to get this printed up to A1 size, not sure how it will translate to that though?!

The circus flyer set is complete, you will find all six on here now, I'm going to be printing on the text using hand printing with some lovely stamps I found in Paper chase, and the  finished products will be scanned in and uploaded here soon.

A quick drawing that I have done of a poppy taken from my sketchbook.

New flower Illustrations

An Introduction to Geri...

This is Geri, my house rabbit. She is a Black Otter Netherland Dwarf. I have had her since August and over the time she has become unimaginably tame! She arrived in a cardboard box as timid as anything but now, eight months on, she lays on the sofa, sits under a blanket and grooms my clothes. She often circles my feet, tripping me up and attempts to burrow through my bedroom door.

She has become my live in inspiration  giving me plenty of opportunities to draw an animal from life.

This is the first drawing I have done of her, but I'm sure there will be plenty more to come. I might even start a drawing diary dedicated just to her and what she get's up to!

Another one of the series of 6 flyers that I am working on, capturing a vintage feel, and incorporating the animal as well as   the outfit. 

Sketch Book Page

A page taken from today's drawings :)

The Threatened Loris

The loris is the planets only poisonous primate, with a bite dangerous enough to kill someone. Until recently they were a fairly unknown creature, until a video on YouTube captured the attention of thousands of exotic pet lovers. 

As a result, lorises are at the mercy of hunters who trap them and rip out their venomous teeth using wire cutters. These creatures are then sold on animal markets, trapped in boxes or cages, paraded openly on the streets, despite the trade of them being very illegal. 

Unfortunately the price for a Loris has risen considerably and people are making good money for the capture and sale of them.

They are one of the 25 most endangered primates in the world and it  doesn't appear to be getting any better with the illegal trade of these unique creatures.  

This sad reality prompted the illustration 

above of a Loris where it should be, in the forest.

Bird Crazy!

 

I found an old illustrated guide to Birds of Britain and Europe in a charity shop and ended up doing lots of bird illustration as you can probably see! Experimenting in the print room I created a Collograph of a feather which came out in a way that was almost photo realistic, every delicate part of the feather was printed onto the paper. I also produced some coloured pencil drawings which are now adorning lots of greetings cards for friends and family!

Circus flyers

Elephant 

Acrobat

As part of a recent brief to complete six fashion based illustrations I am working on these images. Going with a vintage circus theme! They aren't complete yet, I am adding hand printed lettering to the front, to make it a functional flyer. What do people think?

New Work

A recent piece of work using coloured pencils and collage.
Part of my drawing development.