Charcoal Portraits
I have an upcoming job that I think might work well in charcoal. Only problem is that I haven’t picked up a stick of charcoal in about 9 years. I have a little bit of time before I’ll be starting …
I have an upcoming job that I think might work well in charcoal. Only problem is that I haven’t picked up a stick of charcoal in about 9 years. I have a little bit of time before I’ll be starting …
Recently I’ve been doing student portfolio assessments. It can be one of the most enjoyable experiences of the semester, it can also be one of the most soul-destroying. You spend a semester teaching students, investing your time, energy and emotions …
Latest cover with the Welsh Books Council – “Teabag the magnificent and the road to Wembley”
I’ve finally got round to posting the work I did for and exhibition called ‘Siani Bob Man’. It’s a collection of illustrators work on a range of welsh folk stories. The tale I chose was ‘King March’s Ears’.
I’ve recently been quite busy preparing work for an exhibition, so posting has been a bit slow. I hope to be posting work from the exhibition soon, but in the meantime, here’s a cover that I did last month. Detail:
What I’m working on at the moment.
So here’s the final image for “Out of the Frying Pan…”. I put it on hold for a while as I got caught up in another project. It’s good to get it finally finished.
Work in progress for my “Left Hanging” piece.
A while ago I started this with the intent to submit it for the Book Illustration Competition on Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World”. Events overtook me at that point and I couldn’t get it finished in time. I’ve finally had …
On Monday Sidebar Nation released a podcast on renowned Italian illustrator Sergio Toppi. I thought it would be a good excuse to re-visit the legend, and post some more Toppi illustrations. Toppi’s work, at a casual glance looks like simple compositions …