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Cassius Marcellus Clay, Muhammad Ali, The greatest of all time, celebrates his 70th Birthday
With a tongue that was as quick as his feet, the heavyweight boxing legend has gifted us with a barrage of humourous quotes to name a few;
“I’m so mean I make medicine sick”
“There’s not a man alive who can whup me. I’m too fast. I’m too smart. I’m too pretty. I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.”
“If you dream of beating me, you’d better wake up and apologise.”
Happy birthday Ali.
Here’s an editorial Illustration I created for the independent food lifestyle magazine Eat Me.
The article In Betweeners, written by Chris Murphy discusses pallet cleansers. He used an analogy that their function in a meal is like having a personal butler,
“it should look smart, brush away your crumbs and (this is universal of all courses) never answer back.”
I thought that this could work quite well visually and so the idea progressed from there.
The magazine is distributed internationally through retailers such as WH Smith or you can by a digital version by clicking here.
I also created some work for their website that you can read about here.
Marine Insurance company Sieppel & Light commissioned me recently to create some cartoon illustrations.
This was a fun project if a little different from my normal work. Sieppel & Light wanted to connect with their market with an email campaign.
Their subject matter (personal injury) is something people would rather not think about, so they decided to approach it in a light hearted way.
The brief was to produce something that looked similar to the holiday postcards you find at the seaside. The client was also keen to take reference from Carl Giles, the well renowned British cartoonist who was better known for his work in the newspaper the Daily Express.
I loved Giles as a kid, my Dad collected his annuals and were a great inspiration. I recall at the time, copying his detailed cartoons. Giles was actually assigned by the Express to document the Coldstream Guards during World War II.
Traditionally in the paper the images had to be black and white and shading was conveyed with half-tone, something I was keen to recreated on the 3 images.
I recently completed this illustration for the online version of Eat Me, a new and vibrant food magazine.
Born in Spring 2010, Eat Me is a creative collective of journalists, photographers, artists, chefs, writers, hosts, quaffers and hungry souls.
The article by Posh Totty, is a restaurant review with a twist. Mixing business with pleasure, Posh doubles up her culinary visits with blind dates which more often than not, detract focus from the review.
You can read the article here.
Photo: Grannis Collection
I have to add comment to what started as a good-luck card to some friends who have made out an exciting new life in California, and tell you about the inspiration for this image.LeRoy Grannis (who sadly passed away last month) was regarded as the “Godfather of surfphotography” by The New York Times. His work optimised surf culture from the mid 40′s onwards.
In 2006, Tachen chronicled his work in a publication LeRoy Grannis, Surf Photography of the 1960s and 1970s. You can buy by clicking here.
