The Work

March 1, 2022

Graphic Design- Posters

Poster work for Dan Nightingale, Charlie 'One man Star Wars' Ross, Hare construction and a few more.
March 1, 2022

Isometric graphic design

Perfect for maps, floor plans and infographics
February 24, 2022

Speed Portraits.

I prefer the term speed portrait artist to caricaturist. Here's a sample of my speed portrait work. These photos were taken at Liverpool Museum, Art Battle Manchester and other events around the UK. Speed portraits are about getting a likeness quickly, and I enjoy chatting to 'sitters' for the 5/7 minutes we spend together. It's […]
January 20, 2022

Distance. A comic strip diary of life during Covid.

Get Distance books 1 & 2 Collecting strips both collections in softcover. 106 pages.UK Delivery £24.95 (inc P&P) Update Jan 2022 New Distance strips for 2022 - Read them here The first 100 strips - Read them here Update Dec 2021. Distance at Manchester Open Exhibition 2022. Artwork from my 2020 comic strip diary about […]
January 16, 2022

Character illustration

I'm a big fan of Doctor Who and all the below is based on Doctor Who characters. These are private commissions and fan artwork.
December 30, 2021

Distance (2022), a comic strip diary.

Distance is a comic strip diary created 1 page at a time, on life in the UK in 2022.
December 17, 2021

Live recording at the firefighters conference

Busy times and places. A few weeks back I spent 2 days live recording 'Firefit', the national UK firefighter's conference. They got in touch back in Sept via one of their speakers, the brilliant John Parkinson who coaches and mentors folks in the firefighting service. I'm always curious so it was great to hear talks […]
December 17, 2021

Distance at Manchester Home Open Exhibition 2022!

This weekend I'm dropping off my artwork for the Home Open Exhibition 2022 in January. Don't mind saying I'm super chuffed to be picked for it, and I sincerely hope that no pandemic related grimness gets in the way of an amazing exhibition. Home is Manchester's independent gallery and cinema, a very popular cultural hub […]
October 18, 2021

Illustration for the environment

Creating a busy environmental illustration for Salford Nature Guardians
October 18, 2021

Illustration for #Inktober

March of the Robots! For October, I'm doing #inktober, a drawing challenge where artists and illustrators have to make an image every day. I did it back in 2018 and it was knackering finding the extra hours in the day to draw.  It has been this year so, on top of what has already been […]
September 19, 2021

Book Cover Design & Illustration

Upperthong is a village outside Huddersfield in North Yorkshire. When author John Simes and his agent got in touch asking if I could do the cover to his book, 'The Upperthong Thunderbolt', I just assumed he was from there. When I found out he was based in Devon I was surprised, but I shouldn't have […]
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