Here is a recent illustration I did for OUT about an interesting new book called ‘Single Man’. Nick Vogelson who was art directing the job was interested in doing something similar the small personal book I made here. This approach was perfect for the article and feel of the book itself which revolved around a mans struggle with his art due to the complexity of life and relationships.

After reading the editorial I settled on a good scene which Nick originally suggested of an older man with one of his students skinny dipping nude after a drunken encounter.
I did a quick sketch and just went straight into painting it with no real colour preference. I actually painted it in a near opposite palette to that of the final and achieved the final colours by using photoshops channels and colour controls. Also I ‘filled out’ alot of the paint to get it a little more stronger.

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Also it’s always a treat to be given the spread with all the bits and pieces in place. Nick supplied this before even starting a sketch which made the composition/layout of the illustration a smoother process.

On a side note, wow its great to use paints again. Over the last few months I haven’t had to many opportunities to paint even in small scale with the jobs at hand and it was extremely refreshing/inspiring.

The monthly Q illustration arrives again.This month John Nivens plays live with his band The Whoredogs along with Glastonbury superstars James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers) and Guy Garvey (Elbow). The live performance is for Emily Eavis (bride and organizer of Glastonbury festival) and her wedding reception at Glastonbury itself.

Heres my linework:

A rather busy illustration with quite a few requirements but I was rather happy with the composition for the time and moved onto producing the final below (click to enlarge):

Also I recently completed these super quick portraits for a pitch and thought I’d throw them up as they are quite fun.

Raged:

Joy:

Raged:

15-30mins each using some crayons possibly from my kindergarten days.

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Two overnight story/style boards I did for two TV ads. The first I believe was not done by the film company that I originally did it for, but the similarity of the ad to the board is amazing.

The V ad well is too funny, and the publicity stunt of the cone on the skytower great also. I unfortunately missed the jetpack in action as I was away, but would to have loved to have seen it when they made the ad!

Fresh n Fruity Ad (youtube)

and the V Ad (youtube)

Nice work all round on the ads