Finished Athena

Athena sketch

A little ink sketch of the Greek goddess Athena to do some Photoshop and tablet practise with later.

Fashion illustrations

New Vice illustration

New illustration for Vice that I completed late last night/in the early hours of this morning. Once again the deadline was tight - less than 24 hours, but I'm quite happy with how it turned out. The subject is important to me - the trivialisation of mental health problems through the misuse of technical language such as 'mental' or 'bipolar' in everyday life.

Here is a link to the great article written by Hannah Ewens:
http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/language-of-catastrophe-why-we-need-to-stop-saying-were-mental

Here is the final illustration:

Currently reading 'Just Kids' by Patti Smith

RIP Alan Rickman

I still can't believe that Alan Rickman died last week, what a great actor and it seems what a lovely man. 

New Vice illustration

A new illustration is now up on Vice's website for an article about a girl who ended toxic relationships with her friends and boyfriend by 'ghosting' them on social media - the act of unfriending/unfollowing and avoiding on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. You can read the full article here: http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/why-i-ghosted-my-best-friends-and-my-boyfriend

Sketchbook

WIP David Bowie drawing

RIP David Bowie

Recent illustrations for Vice.com

The article was about the changing nature of cruising in the digital age of Grindr and hook-up apps. You can read the full article on their website.

Tablet experimentation

New tablet practise

I recently got a wacom intuous pro - I've just set it up - here are there results of my first few practises.

Amazon vice article roughs

Here are some images and sketches used in preparation for my latest Vice illustration:

Working at Amazon over Christmas

Some illustrations I did for a Vice article about working at Amazon over the festive period. Here are my final illustrations, created with ink and Photoshop:

Final Vice illustration

The final illustration for the article:

Vice illustration about the rise of female focused Islamophobia

Yesterday I did another illustration for Vice online - this time exploring the rise in violence and aggression against Muslim females.

You can read the article here:

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/bullying-violence-and-verbal-abuse-the-rise-of-female-focused-islamophobia-631

Here are some roughs and drafts that didn't get used:

Final Vice illustration

Vice article

A few weeks ago I was commissioned to create an illustration for a Vice article about women falling in love at Christmas parties. The deadline was less then 24 hours from the initial e-mail. Here are some of the roughs and early versions:

Jellyfish

Sketchbook

Jessica Jones

I've been doing some sketches inspired by the amazing Netlfix series Jessica Jones - she is such a strong female lead and Kilgrave must be one of the creepiest villains out there.