Well, as the drawing juices don't seem to be running yet today, I thought I may as well blog something.

A little revamp of a Primary School logo I did for a friend - your daily dose of cute! :D

Year of the Metal Rabbit

Before my next big project, I decided some exploration was required with regards to rendering techniques... I've gone back to the old-school with a bit of texture and even some Photoshop brushes (eek!!) I haven't quite made my mind up yet, it's very difficult for me to stray away from the the pancake-flat without feeling out of my depth, but you never know...

Oh yes, and apparently this year is indeed the Chinese year of the 'Metal Rabbit', when we are supposed to support our families and loved ones through deeds and not words - i.e. by keeping our mouths shut and our heads down! Good advice if I ever heard it :)

Logos a Go-go

Another logo design for Hertfordshire based company 'Custom Made Carpentry and Joinery Ltd'. They do pretty much everything from wardrobes to whole staff kitchen re-fittings... It was pretty hard to come up with a logo that told you all this! So I just drew a lovely dovetail joint instead :) Custom Made's new website isn't up yet, but if you feel like a look at what they do, visit www.custommadecarpentryjoinery.co.uk
I did a leaflet design too, which should be winging its way around the area pretty soon...

Elevating Solid Ideas...

...is the tagline of the company I designed this logo for! 'Flying Anvil' are web consultants specialising in SEO and Accessability - their website is currently under construction but hopefully will be up soon. In the meantime, here is a preview :)

And a rectangle-friendly version:

Some of you may have noticed I also have a new fancy header! And no, the visual pun was not intended...

Lovely Faces

Thought I'd show everyone the last thing I worked on, seeing as now it's had its great unveiling:



A commission I did for an old school friend for her younger sister's 21st birthday (the birthday girl is featured in the front holding the family cat, Vinnie) - I'm told she liked it a lot, which makes me feel very happy indeed!

It represents my first forays into the world of 'Vector' art (used for the background/ luggage) and is probably the most detailed piece of work I have ever done! Great fun though. Hopefully there will be many more like this to come as I hone my portraiture skills - commissions taken ;)

Thank You Geniuses!

Ahoy-hoy!

Some of you may have missed me over recent weeks and been disappointed at my lamentable lack of posting. This was due to my laptop finally deciding to give up altogether and frying my hard-drive (hence deleting all recent work. Damn.) I took it to the Mac store in Covent Garden, expecting the worst, but came away jovial! Not only did the helpful chap replace my hard-drive with a new one twice the size, he gave me a brand new charger and a new casing as well! It was like a particularly gleeful episode of Animal Hospital. My 'little fella' had, indeed, made it.
Well, I'm back now and on track! Never fear! And I have some exciting things on the go which you no doubt can't wait to see...

On second thoughts, most of you probably didn't even notice I was gone.

Oh well, here is a piece I did a little while ago for Capture:Cure, a fundraising organisation who raise money for the fight against breast cancer. I entered this illustration into the 'Support' category - think it raised about £70 in the end!

'Phone a Friend'

Unfortunately, I did lose most of the make-up box design I had been working on, but I might put the linework up for you soon...

Now that's the cat's meow...

Today I've been designing some more make-up packaging, this time for a range of blushers. I've gone for a 1920's feel, and have had some great fun researching illustrators and fashions of the period. Looking at Marjorie Miller's work is like being fed melted chocolate:







Mmmmmmm, so delicious...

As I've also been reading some Agatha Christie recently (probably where the initial inspiration came from) I thought I'd also share with you these rather lovely book covers:





There are lots more lovely ones that I couldn't seem to find - I think this may be the illustration for another without the title/ author:

Jolly good stuff!