My Portfolio & Sketchbook
Sep
New ‘12 English Birds’ series illustration – The Barn Owl
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Finally finished, here’s the latest traditional collage illustration for my ‘12 English Birds’ series – The Barn Owl.
And for those interested, here are a couple of process pics – one of the sketch/composition along with the completed collage background prior to adding the Barn Owl.
Below is a sketch/colour study taster of the next illustration in the series – ‘The Swan’…
Jun
Another Sneak Peak: The Magpie
Finished this one earlier, but here’s a little preview at the half way point.
Next up: ‘The Barn Owl’!
Jun
Work In Progress: The Kingfisher
Here’s a little sneak peak at the first of a new set of 12 illustrations that I’m working on for the ‘passive income’ project – trying to incorporate some torn paper for added texture.
Should hopefully have the first 4 illos competed by the weekend ready to launch the new site next week – watch this space for more wip’s over the next few days!
Apr
‘The Dragon’ – Collage Illustration
Hot off the press – just finished this portfolio piece.
The dragon is the first in a series of ‘Mythical Beast’ collage illustrations that I’m working on for the Children’s book section of my portfolio – next up, ‘The Phoenix’.
Medium: Traditional collage with a little comping and colour correction in Photoshop CS3.
Mar
Pastel Experiments
Some recent pastel experiments…
Grizzly Bear – trying out different approaches for an animal themed ‘ABC’ book I’m planning.
Mar
Wildlife Digital Paintings
All done with Photoshop CS3 and a Wacom Intuos3 drawing tablet.
Wild Baboons
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Mar
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 legit. It all looked okay as a list of his published books on illustration popped up. I was then issued with a usage permission letter from the publisher which I signed and sent back along with digital files of my illustrations.
The book is due for publication in August this year and I’ll be updating the blog with news of any commissions generated through the exposure my work gets.
The illustrations chosen to be in the book are…
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