The Bulk of my work is made up of editorial Illustration with clients ranging from small press to national newspapers. I use size play and metaphor to construct a narrative without complicating an image.
Cover Illustration for the Spring Arts Preview
AD: Eddie Alvarez
AD: Jason Fujikuni
Like The Wind Magazine
For a piece about the women code crackers of WW2 being recognised for their efforts and leaving Alan Turing’s shadow.
AD: Jason Fujikuni
History is repeating itself.
AD: Eddie Alvarez
The War that transformed art
AD: Eddie Alvarez
“Secret donations”
AD Sam Morris
Amazon: From books to arms sales
AD: Francisco Navas
AD: Jason Fujikuni
Workflow-
AD Justin Pervose
Sunday Times Magazine
“Excerpts without expertise”
AD Sam Morris
Rough for Plan Adviser AD: SooJin Buzelli
Art Student Magazine
Intercom.io . AD: Stewart Scott Curran
“Hate in our schools”
The decadence of the ultra- rich
AD Sam Morris
Polygon.com
For Intercom AD: Stewart Scott Curran
For Obsidian
The Guardian (Speculative)
The Skinny Magazine AD: Sarah Donley
Speculative illustration based on a Guardian article, which later went on to be exhibited in Paris as part of a satire show.
The Skinny Magazine AD: Sarah Donley
“Well regulated militia”
AD Sam Morris
I sub specialise as a food illustrator. I absolutely love drawing food. If the image makes me feel hungry I know it has worked. My food and drink clients include: Tesco, Waitrose, Beer Necessities, Traveller Magazine, National Express, Counterpoint and Snacks Quarterly.
Traveller Magazine AD: Andy Knappett
Waitrose Magazine AD: Hugh Scorgie
Personal work
Exhibition in Northern Quarter, Manchester.
Exhibition in Northern Quarter, Manchester
Personal work (was determined to not make the fish look like a cartoon)
National Express Magazine AD: Jane Cooper Collins
BBC, speculative
Rough draft for a packaging pattern
Somewhat editorial illustration for Snacks Quarterly. AD: Jason Sturgill
The Bold Italic AD: Nicole Clark
Waitrose Weekend Magazine AD: Mark Richardson
I have been fortunate enough to contribute a few pieces to The Guardian Newspaper for both print and online.
For an article exploring Jeff Bezos and his company Amazon taking over the world. Art Direction by Sam Morris.
Art Direction by Sam Morris.
For a Piece on how both sides of the gun debate intemperate and misinterpret the original document. Art Direction by Sam Morris.
Looked too much like an advert for Amazon
I use pattern in many of my illustrations. It’s such a fun way to play with an image, however simple and turn it into something wonderful.
I would receive feedback on roughs like “I would LOVE this as a shirt” and I have to agree. Textile design is something I’m looking to do more of in future.
Fantastic Company based in Dublin. Had the honour of illustrating wheelchair covers for them!
I had the pleasure of illustrating 12 essays for Polygon.com. I had never done editorial illustrations for a video games media platform before, the project allowed me to explore images in ways that not only had to be accessible to a casual observer of the content but also to the more well versed consumer. All the while maintaining a tone and style I would use for any other news publication.
I had a lot of fun with these, big thanks to Chris Sullentrop and Chris Plante for having me on this.
Link to the essays: https://www.polygon.com/2018/1/8/16863462/video-games-2017-year-in-review
Usually where I develop and experiment with new techniques and ideas. And also where I draw lots of ladders.