So I finally got rund to painting this picture. The deadline was looming and I had promised myself that I would get it done. If I had been more organised it could have been finished better, but I’m quite pleased with the result. I might add more to it in the future. Now to submit the thing and get it off my mind.
phew
A selection of bird images I am working on. I have had some interest from across the pond, and it is possible that in the future they may ask me to illustrate a small guide to British Birds. It seems a bit wishy washy on the details but you never know eh?
Just saw a web competition for the design of a Mothers Day Card. If there is one thing I do every year it is to make my mum a Mothers Day card so I’ve had plenty of practice. I knocked these up and sent them in. Why not eh?
The other designs can be seen on my flickr – follow the link on my blog page.
Ideas for a spare time project. I travel past St Clements Church everyday on my way to work now…
Huge inspiration of mine, Charles Harper, or rather images that really keep me in love of both art and nature. His forms are simplistic and perfectly detailed, and the palette used is always spot on.
I’m in love with nearly every image I see. Anyhow…
I had heard of but never seen ‘The Golden Pleasure Book of BIOLOGY’ renowned to hold some of his finest illustrations. Then, on a random and spontaneous walk down the local high street from Dalston, I popped into Oxfam. I never go in oxfam. I had a look around but was more taken by an interesting looking girl with a huge scarf. I decided to leave and saw another second hand furniture shop with a few other bits and bobs thrown all over the place. I walked in, snooped through the old printers, plates, tea cups and candle holders that you normally find, and then came to the book section. It was just sitting there, on the top of an ill organised pile of books.
“how much for the book mate?”
“£1″
luckily I hadn’t spent the £1 on a scratchy… because on later inspection This is the 1961 edition worth a good few bob and not easy to find.
As Cheap As Chips.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0006AXCJK/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used
Logo Ideas for a friends band. I hadn’t heard their sound at this point, but the structure is there.
The music was good. Quite heavy with punky influences. Not really my thing.
The Design needs to be less clean cut, but that can be worked on.
Benefiting from the added texture layer in my opinion. If you look back a few posts you can see a couple more from the same series.
Off to work in ‘Spoons’ now. Excitement.
Passing the time, and going back to type.
Get the old work from year one at Uni out. Thank you Anglia Ruskin for a Love of type.
Today I made a few starting designs for a Bar and Events Management Company. I have no particular brief to follow on what the client wants, other than that she wants it to be pink. I suppose that is better than nothing. I know that glasses are a bit obvious, but it’s good practice in Illustrator.
