Secret 7" entries

Sadly I didn't make it into Secret 7" this year - but here are my entries, I can't wait to see the exhibition.

Sketchbook

Some sketchbook pages from this week:

New work for Vice

Here are some illustrations I completed last week for a Vice article about a man who worked for a restaurant owned by the Polish mafia.

You can read the full article here:

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/poland-warsaw-mafia-restaurant-cocaine-tiramisu-whiskey

Here are the final illustrations:

Unused illustration for Crufts Vice article.

Crufts Vice illustrations

Some new illustrations for a Vice article about Jagger who was allegedly poisoned at Crufts last year.

Vice commission

 Some recent illustrations for a Vice article about @CourtNewsUk.

Mother's day card design

Fashion sketches

Some loose warm up fashion illustrations in ink.

New Zine work

I'm playing about with some ideas for a new zine based around female empowerment & general girl power.

Eye High Theatre logo

I also designed the logo for the Eye High Theatre company. Here is the finished logo:

Here are some alternatives that we didn't end up using:

Eye High Theatre

I recently designed a poster for Eye High Theatre's new production of 'The Secret Garden' which is called 'No Longer a Secret'. Have a look at their website: www.eyehightheatre.co.uk

Here are some wip drawings and early sketches:

Here is the final illustration:

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