illustration
Yusuke Nagano
I am delighted to share the work of Yusuke Nagano, a Japanese born Illustrator and Art Director who has lived and worked for much of his life in Sweden. He’s one of my favourite illustrators working today and I was fortunate to briefly speak with a busy Yusuke during his recent and very successful exhibition at ...
Digital Drawing + Simple Colour Methods
In my first tutorial I’d like to share some of the techniques I use when creating a basic digital illustration in Photoshop. I hope what follows gives you a glimpse of my process and although quite straightforward you may find something useful. “You should be doing this in Illustrator!”, I hear you moan… I ...
Publishing Challenge
Next Wednesday is an exhibition by MA Publishing students from LCC- a celebration of the all things printed and bound. As part of this will be the launch of the ABC Book Project which I was involved in earlier this year. I was one of 26 illustrators each contributing an illustration of a designated letter ...
149 scam
New title-header illustration for the new ‘149 scam‘ blog; ‘Reviews and Comment for a Post-Dando World’. Whilst still in construction the site is already growing with entertaining and thought-provoking commentary on a variety of topics and issues from advertising failures, scams/rip-offs and politics to restaurant reviews and music. The feel for the illustration came from ...
Skull Illustration Preview
Here is a sneaky little preview of a new illustration I’m currently working on at the moment for a local up-and-coming music producer. I think I might screenprint the design in the autumn for a limited run of prints. I’m also thinking of running a small competition so check back to find out how you ...
Nightmare Typeface
I developed this typeface as part of my ongoing research into the cause and effect of dreams and nightmares. Originally this was to be an Advent Calendar as I wanted to do something more interactive than just a book compiled of illustrations. Opening each ‘letter door’ would reveal part of an illustration underneath. Each day ...