Oh GOSH Project - Catchin'Stars!

This is my submission for the Oh GOSH project and is titled Catchin' Stars.

The project  has been organised by Jason Smith (aka Armadilloboy) to raise money for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital through the creation of a colouring book and colouring-in posters.

The brief was to create an illustration involving humans and animals doing fun stuff together, but the image had to be drawn using shapes only. This image will be printed up as an A3 colouring poster and will be available to buy along with the colouring book and range of other posters created by a bunch of great established and up-coming illustrators.

Find out more here: www.ohgoshproject.com

WOW!Gorillas

I was very excited to hear last week that the design I had submitted to the Wow!Gorillas event had been commissioned.


For 10 weeks in the summer this year, around 50 life-size gorilla sculptures will inhabit the streets of Bristol, showcasing the wealth of artistic talent in the area, while highlighting the significant conservation threat facing wild gorillas and how the Bristol business community can make a difference. The event also coincides with the 175 year celebrations of Bristol Zoo.


The brief was simply to take a blank, white 5ft tall gorilla sculpture and produce a design of how you would decorate it.


My gorilla is "Super G - Downhill Racer"


Watch this space to see his progress, can't wait to start on the actual sculpture!

Zion

Zion Methodist church in Bedminster Down, Bristol closed down a couple of years ago, due to a dwindling congregation. The building is now being reclaimed as a public space - cafe, library, art-space and live music venue... in addition to housing the shop of new owner - Retro Collectables - to display a huge range of (as the name suggests ) Retro collectables.

I was asked to illustrate a banner for the new website, which is currently under construction. Above is what i came up with... I look forward to seeing the space open, and watching how it evolves, sounds like an exciting prospect!

Dinosaurus - Shadow Screen

This was my submission for an opportunity found via Central Station. The brief was from Paul Kerlaff: to create a black and white pattern which could be cut from sheet form to make one of their Shadow Screens.

I created my design with the specific purpose of a screen which could be used to define/conceal a child's playspace.

Alas, my submission was unsuccessful - with feedback that the design would perhaps be more suited to print than cut sheet form. lines too thin i guess...

oh well, was fun drawing the dinosaurs......

Landlord Expo

I created this street scene for Point Creative for use on some promotional materials/literature they are producing for the Landlords Expo 2011 - the South-west's largest exhibition aimed specifically at landlords.

The image was hand drawn, scanned and converted to vector artwork, then coloured in Illustrator.

Law & Company Website

I recently designed the new website for Law & Company Decorative Living - an inspirational, lifestyle boutique in the Cotswold town of Stow on the Wold.

For the new online boutique I developed an ornately hand-drawn style with gilt-edge framing details and decorative wallpaper to create a feel which is very in-keeping with the ultra-feminine emporium, and which works alongside the existing logo.

Have a look! ... www.lawandcompany.com

The website was developed by Laura James at Kinetic Pulse, and the project was managed by Alex Astell at Manage My Website

Background Illustrations

A couple of background images I made with a low-tech feel for Shadow Industries, and a proposal they're putting together for CBBC.

A fun and exciting project - am hoping it gets off the ground!

JDRF illustrations

I was recently asked by Point Creative to work on a series of illustrations for JDRF ( Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) and specifically a campaiging guide they were producing for the client.

This illustration of the Houses of Parliament is one of five illustrations i created to appear in the guide.

Intransit Man

Superhero character created for Intransit - a removals & storage company.

Specifically designed to sit along side the existing brand. I believe he is going to be appearing on the back of all their removal lorries soon - so look out for him!

Thinking Caps Exhibition

Thinking Caps is an exhibition of custom cycle caps that just opened at the Howies store in Bristol to coincide with The Bristol Bike Festival. It runs alongside a whole collection of other cool bike related artwork, until September 26th.

Pictured above is my contribution to the show, titled Freeridin' Treeridin' (modelled by the lovely teresa!), and a selection of other caps from various artists & illustrators - together they're a really fun collection - pop in for a look if you're passing...