posted: December 24, 2008

Just a quick message to wish you all a very merry christmas! I've been a bit rubbish this year, missed all the international postage dates, and only just made the domestic ones... I managed to knock up some festive-y gocco christmas cards last minute though

I'm up in Scotland for a few days with the family.  sadly no snowy photos this year- just drizzly rain up here. Wishing you all a lovely time and all the best for 2009!

posted: December 10, 2008

One of the great things about being freelance is that you never know what the next job will be...
During the summer I did a bit of fun lettering as part of the current Christmas print campaign for Gillette for AMV BBDO

Although not the toughest lettering jobs I've ever done, I just want to say that drawing convincingly like a child was actually a bit harder than I thought. After doing a bit of research, I was really surprised by the huge range of writing styles a class of 6 year olds deliver -- from quite neat and easily understandable to something that might pass as borderline psychopath. For this job I submitted quite a few styles per person and also did versions in other languages for the European market.

I also supplied some "illustrations" to go in the background. I worry about how much pleasure I got out of these actually.

posted: December 3, 2008

I'll be taking part in the One Ton Show being organised by the East End Arts Club this weekend.
100 Artists have been invited to create a piece of art inspired by or featuring lyrics from songs about London.  Theres quite a broad mix of styles and expect lots of cool Clash related work!

Here's my contribution from The London Bridge Song by Joni Mitchell

Unfortunately I won't be around much for the show as my illustrator pal Kumiko and I will be popping over to France to take part in a 24 hour recycled art marathon.  We must be mental.
http://www.labraderiedelart.com/