Quill pen and Ink

Series of drawings from a sketchbook using quill and ink. I absolutely love drawing with quill and ink, i don't know why but it just makes me happy. As you can tell, I like to draw birds, especially owls, I think it's because you can get such great detail in the feathers. The teddy bears and animals are by Jennifer Murphy who makes such amazing soft toys and bears, maybe one day I will be able to afford one :)

Continuous Line Drawings

I started drawing these as an idea for some sort of book/print about endangered animals but I never got around to doing anything with them. These are just from a sketchbook and I love the use of continuous line, maybe something I will look back into one day.

I'll Never Grow Up Now!

I'll Never Grow Up Now is a book that I created as part of the graphics component of my degree. The book is a tongue-in-cheek view of living your dream and becoming a rock star. It's viewed as part of a game with a quiz to define which member of the band you should be, and spin wheels to choose the name of the band and what genre of music you should play. You then go on to create yourself as a paper cut out doll and can cut out your ideal band members, the book ends with a pop up of a stage in which you can play with your paper figures. It also includes tips about playing instruments and quotes from famous musicians. I think it's a pretty fun book and things made in paper are usually more fun than real life.

Above is a small selection of some of the pages from the book.

Pub T-shirt

This is a T-shirt design I drew up for Topman. I'd quite like a copy of this Tee myself as think it looks pretty awesome, and as you can tell (well not very clearly) from the picture, it got used in a photo shoot...wooo :)

Uniquely Organic

Marketing and brand image created for my friend's massage and skincare business 'Uniquely Organic'. If you're in the Brighton area and need some good pampering check her out at: http://www.uniquelyorganic.co.uk/

Labels

Couple of labels I designed to go in the back neck of shirts. The latter is my favourite and was inspired by traditional wood cuts, think it will make a great christmas card design if you replaced 'Topman' with 'Merry Christmas' :)

Lots of Pants

While I worked at Topman I spent a lot of time working on the Underwear Department designing print designs for Boxers and Socks. This may not be the most glamorous of jobs but it sure was fun.