Over the last few months, I've collaborated with Prof Martin Fitgerald at the University of Bradford, creating illustrations for a card game titled' 'Capturing the Sun'. The game is designed to help with cognitive restructuring (a term used in CBT) and is aimed at people with long-term psychiatric conditions. Based on the Mouri folk tale […]
I've just completed work on the Childrens University of Manchester learning platform. As a freelance graphic designer, I was first brought in to work on these projects they were created in Flash around 12 years ago. Today, in what's now the final iteration of the website, all the content has been converted into either HTML5 […]
I was approached by a design agency in Manchester to illustrate robot characters for their client, a tech company who were looking for something quite specific. I had the free rein to come up with suggestions of robots that would best suit their brand. Out of the ideas I suggested they opted for the detective […]
In the last few years, WordPress has gone from strength to strength. I last did a video on WordPress when version five had launched, and now WordPress has 6 even more layout features, making it even more powerful as a website designer's editor of choice. While new features like page templates and new layout blocks […]
I recently worked with Gorse Hill Studios, creating illustration and video animation for schools on the subject of CCE (child criminal exploitation). For the brief, I had text descriptions of scenarios that can happen in CCE . Animatics were created - roughly sketched storyboards with movement - so the client could see what the end […]
This is Liza Bee-nelli, the mascot for the Greater Manchester Fringe Festival. The character design is a reimagining of the Fringe Mascot from 2017, when she was first introduced to promote shows. For this new version, I started with a pencil sketch in ClipStudio, then took it into Affinity Designer, my new favourite playground for […]
A full day of capturing an event, as is happened. Live drawing, graphic recording, it has many names, is the process where an artist (me!) draws quickly to capture an event as it happens. This is often talks, discussions and Q&A's, visually representing the themes and subjects that are spoken about. Like taking minutes, but […]
Heading off to the Edinburgh festival this year? Need posters, flyers and a social media pack for all your online stuff? I've got you covered. How about some illustration to really make your idea pop out? Edinburgh is a tough space to promote in at festival time (I should know), publicity needs to be super […]
A selection of character design work from books and publicity.
Teaming up with animation and CGI company, The Outset. Providing the illustrations for this promotional video on place-based innovation See also: The Outset. Motion graphics work
Making Presentations is a training company that specialises in presenting skills, online and face to face. The design work, logo, icons and deck slides are all bespoke. This is communication design, where the artwork has a very specific job to. The icons are more detailed illustrations, to keep online attendees engaged longer. The series of […]
Posters for events, campaigns and promotions. We work a lot with the live events industry where design needs to be high impact. We provide posters alongside branding and social media packages.
Isometric design is a form of 3D drawing that's ideal for maps and infographics. The location in this example is Wasing Park in Berkshire. The event theme was 'enchanted forest', so the fantastical elements are placed around the outside, to keep the informative elements clear. See more graphic design styles here.
Looking for a caricaturist or event artist? Here's a sample of my speed portrait work. These photos were taken at Art Battle Manchester. I've done speed portraits for a few different types of events, which I can turn around pretty quickly. Getting an event artist is a great way to give attendees something permanent that […]
Here's a list of all the artists and work at the Manchester Open Exhibition 2022, at Home. NO. ARTIST NAME ARTWORK NAME PRICE 1 Amy Mizrahi The Great Escape £4,200.00 2 Emma Reynolds Community Action - Peaceful Protest is a Human Right £35.00 3 Natasha Klutch Visit Britain £300.00 4 Mike Thorpe Got a ticket […]
Get Distance books 1 & 2 Collecting strips both collections in softcover. 106 pages.UK Delivery £24.95 (inc P&P) Update Jan 2022 New Distance strips for 2022 - Read them here The first 100 strips - Read them here Update Dec 2021. Distance at Manchester Open Exhibition 2022. Artwork from my 2020 comic strip diary about […]
Busy times and places. A few weeks back I spent 2 days live recording 'Firefit', the national UK firefighter's conference. They got in touch back in Sept via one of their speakers, the brilliant John Parkinson who coaches and mentors folks in the firefighting service. I'm always curious so it was great to hear talks […]
This weekend I'm dropping off my artwork for the Home Open Exhibition 2022 in January. Don't mind saying I'm super chuffed to be picked for it, and I sincerely hope that no pandemic related grimness gets in the way of an amazing exhibition. Home is Manchester's independent gallery and cinema, a very popular cultural hub […]
