Monthly Archives: March 2009

Pastel Experiments

Some recent pastel experiments... Grizzly Bear - trying out different approaches for an animal themed 'ABC' book I'm planning. Combining two of my big interests - boxing and illustration (illo too big for scanner so lots of photo glare on these unfortunately - killed the colour a bit)

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Weekly To Do: For 30th March 2009

This week I plan to: Get the Zero 2 Illo site ready for launch Formulate my action plan based on the Objective, Goals and Strategies exercise I've completed Complete a digital painting video tutorial for a Photoshop tutorials website Create my portfolio site Draw, draw, draw

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lllustration Inspirations & How They Are Helping Me Pursue My Own Career As An Illustrator

From left to right - Jon Foster/James Jean/Ashley Wood/Dave McKean Aside from all being amazing artists, 4 of my main influences have inspired me through more than just their art... Dave McKean Dave McKean was the one responsible for lighting the illustration fire in me while I was at ...

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Wildlife Digital Paintings

All done with Photoshop CS3 and a Wacom Intuos3 drawing tablet. Wild Baboons Hyena Hyena (detail)

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My First Chance Of Exposure As An Illustrator

After seeing my illustration experiments for a childrens' book on my old website, an author contacted me about using some of my work in his new book 'The Big Book Of Contemporary Illustration'. Before I got too excited, the first thing I did was search for his previously published books on Amazon to check he was ...

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Our Baby Girl

A quick digital collage to celebrate finding out we're having a little girl!

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