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Medieval illustrations for King’s College London
Earlier this year I was approached by the Digital Humanities department at King’s College London to help illustrate several characters for a new educational game. The portraits needed to be based on...
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Choosing a colour scheme for a map of Leeds
I recently completed a new illustrated map of Leeds and the colour scheme took me a while to pin down. To begin with I wanted to try a slightly different approach and create a really colourful map with...
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Creating a personalised map of Leeds
After seeing the illustrated Leeds map I produced, a new client recently asked me to create a personalised map that included some of their favourite Leeds spots. This started by the client sending me a...
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Designing the poster for the 2015 Bradford Beer Festival
I was recently asked by the team behind the Bradford CAMRA Beer Festival if I would like to design the new poster for their 2015 event. I jumped at the chance and met up with Rob and Stu from the...
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Beginner’s guide to vectors and Adobe Illustrator
I was recently asked to help someone get started with Adobe Illustrator and thought I’d publish my notes from the tutorial session here. These notes are written for someone who has never used the Adobe...
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Illustrated London Poster
A few months ago I entered the Serco Prize for Illustration 2015 with this London-themed poster. It’s a great competition and shortlisted entries are exhibited at the London Transport Museum. I didn’t...
View ArticleSEO for Illustrators
I receive a few commissions by people finding my site through search engines and I like to take a bit of care of my site’s SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). SEO is an easy thing to overlook but it’s...
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Visiting the London Book Fair as a freelance illustrator
Earlier this week with my portfolio and a bunch of postcards in hand, I hopped on a train to pay my first visit to the London Book Fair. A massive annual literature extravaganza, the book fair was held...
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Map Mural for Trinity McQueen
I was recently asked to paint a mural for Leeds-based marketing research agency Trinity McQueen. They had a big white wall in their new office that they wanted to brighten up and I was happy to come up...
View ArticleInterviews with Creative Digest and Suitcase Magazine
Last month I answered a few questions about my work for Creative Digest and Suitcase Magazine. You can read the Creative Digest interview here. Towards the end I was asked if there was any other advice...
View ArticleGetting started as a freelance illustrator
A few months ago I answered some questions about being a freelance illustrator for Creative Digest. This got me thinking about what I’ve achieved so far in the early days of my career and how I should...
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Creating a Christmas Illustration for the Leeds Corn Exchange
A few months ago I was contacted by the marketing agency, Anita Morris Associates, and asked if I’d be interested in producing an illustration for the Leeds Corn Exchange Christmas campaign. The Corn...
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Animation and Storyboards for Relate UK
Most projects I’m involved with I work pretty much solo so it’s great when an opportunity pops up that means I can collaborate with someone else. Last year I worked on a fun animation project for the...
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Creating an Illustrated Magazine Cover for Bulletin
Last month I was asked if I’d like to create an illustration for the cover of Bulletin – the monthly magazine for the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT). The brief included the...
View ArticleCreating a character in Adobe Illustrator – video
I recently created my first YouTube video! Here’s a speed drawing of me using a sketch to create a vector character in Illustrator. The video is sped up so if I pass over anything too quickly feel...
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Illustrating Children’s Books for Simon & Schuster
Over the past year I’ve been lucky enough to work with the good folks at Simon & Schuster publishing in New York. I literally had to pinch myself when an email popped into my inbox asking if I’d be...
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Creating an illustrated food map of Italy
Back in July I was approached by publisher’s Hodder & Stoughton to design a map of Italy that showed all the different types of food produced in the country’s regions. The map was to be used in...
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Visit to the Maps and the 20th Century exhibition at the British Library, London
Last month I had the pleasure of visiting the Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line exhibition at the British Library in London. As a lifelong map obsessive the thought of an entire gallery...
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Planning a design workshop for teenagers
At the end of last year I was asked by the Ahead Partnership if I’d be interested in delivering a workshop at a local school. The workshop was to be part of an enterprise day aiming to connect students...
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Designing Mazes for Children’s Books
Over the past few years I’ve been asked to illustrate and design several maze puzzles for children’s books and magazines. At first I was quite daunted with designing a maze from scratch as I’d never...
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