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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.
In less than 2 weeks, my local neighbourhood Walthamstow opens its cultural doors to the public. The E17 Art Trail enters its 7th year and will play host to all forms of art provided by the local community.
Being relatively new to the area, I have contributed a piece to an exhibition entitled ‘Making our Mark’ at The Mill.
The Mill is a community space in Coppermill Lane and this is its first exhibition for the trail.
Walthamstow is an area re-drawing its cultural aspirations and making its mark in East London.
The E17 Art Trail runs from September 2nd-11th.
Making Our Mark runs from September 3rd -23rd. The Mill, 7-11 Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, London E17 7HA.
Visit the Mill’s website
Visit the E17 Art Trail website
In under a week, retail guru Mary Portas launches her own shop. Earlier this year
I was asked to produce some work for the venture.
I got in contact after discovering that Mary Portas was searching for illustrators on Twitter.
Apparently there was a huge response so I felt very lucky to be invited into House of Fraser’s offices to show my work to Mary’s team.
The work will be used as prints on a textile range aimed at women 40 and over.
Mary is best-known for her hit TV series Mary, Queen Of Shops and it is thought there will also be a TV show about the project. This is her first fashion collection and will be stocked in London’s House of Fraser from 18 August.
Watch this space for more info on the collection and the work I did for it.
Visit Mary Portas
Visit House of Fraser
Last October while attending Offset 2010, I took part in an experiment devised by Synth Eastwood. Lost in Translation set out to observe how us humans process visual information.
This video is the first of 11 experiments testing memory and illustration. The tests continue using a combination of both these skills in addition to descriptive abilities.
It’s great to see the results and I have to say, memorising an abstract image is far, far more difficult that something familiar to us! You can see the rest of the results by clicking here.
Synth Eastwood is an art, music & technology group based in Ireland/UK. They have been putting on a wide range of events and projects throughout Europe for the past 4 years.
Offset is a creative festival held in Dublin. It attracts international luminaries from the industry to hold seminars, workshops, and debates.
For any battle fatigued designers out there, it offers plentiful inspiration and well worth attending. It’s next event is scheduled for March 9/10/11.
Read my review of Offset 2010
Visit offset
Visit syntheastwood
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.
