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.
Finished this one earlier, but here's a little preview at the half way point. Next up: 'The Barn Owl'!
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 ...
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 ...
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)
All done with Photoshop CS3 and a Wacom Intuos3 drawing tablet. Wild Baboons Hyena Hyena (detail)
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 ...
