Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Xmas all over the world

A friend asked me to produce a little illustration to give her daughter as a gift for Christmas. It needed to symbolise the actual gift she intended to give - to pay for all her daughter's inoculations when she goes traveling next year. I quite like the fact that this image looks festive without any obvious referencing (bar the fact its a bauble..!!). Not a piece of holly or ribbon in site.

Corporate identity - the hard way

Here is a photo of just some of the elements that grew to be the corporate identity for a new financial industries company. The brief was very strict (with specific greens, all lower case, and no logo/image to be used) which was a challenge. Being primarily an illustrator, I am used to some degree of creative freedom! I enjoyed the challenge of tackling something different though, and I think the client was happy with the tone of the identity produced.

Pheonix from the flames

You wouldn't notice me for I have been reborn.
I've crawled through the fire and now I fly,
Back to the ocean where you left me to die.

Yes you left me with nothing but malice and scorn.
And the same old reinforced barricades,
Increasing the notion that I wished you had stayed.

But now you wouldn't notice me for I have been reborn.
I've crawled through the fire and now I fly,
Back to the ocean where you left me to die.

not so Grimm update

Here's a little photo of my illustration work I did for Jon Dodd, in all its printed glory. The aforementioned Mr Dodd has a spanking new site up and running so go have a look: www.jonathandodd.co.uk

The Ringmaster of The Hit Parade

I listened to a lot of early Pink Floyd today...

"I know a room full of musical tunes, Some rhyme, some ching, most of them are clockwork. Let's go into the other room and make them work."