Category Archives: Illustration
Wolves & Stories in the Crypt
I recently spent a weekend in a crypt. This was the crypt of the derelict St Elisabeth’s Church in Eastbourne and it was playing a part in Eastbourne’s Artist’s Open Houses. It is a crypt with walls decorated with beautiful … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists Open Houses, Fairy Tale Illustration, Feibusch, illustration, Red Riding Hood, Sally Willow, Storytelling, Wolf, Wolves
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Happy Energy & Wonderland
Earlier in the summer I was tasked with creating a ‘wonderland-like’ landscape, populated with colourful creatures and plant-life, to help establish a brand identity for a company called Happy Energy. There were definite challenges in creating a composition that was … Continue reading
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Tagged countryside, garden illustration, home, illustration, landscape
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Tea Stain Faces & Spontaneity
So much of the drawing I do involves drawing and redrawing things until I’m happy with them. Or until someone else is happy with them. It’s nice to have a side project that involves a bit of spontaneity. So I’ve … Continue reading
More Doodles & More Wise Noodles
I’ve just completed another batch of illustrations for Wise Noodles so I’ve picked a few out to show here. They are quite butterfly heavy and refer to the recruitment advice and support services offered by Wise Noodles. It was fun … Continue reading
Old Headers & Progression
Each year I replace the header image of this website with a newer one that represents the projects I’ve worked on in the previous year (a kind of collage or compilation image). This new header is my fourth one and … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Illustration
Tagged animation and illustration, blog header design, quirkyjoe
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Warm Colours & Wise Noodles
I was commissioned to create a series of website banner and icon illustrations for an IT training consultancy called Wise Noodles. They were looking for some engaging and colourful representations of the different services they provide. Here are a few of … Continue reading
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Tagged boat at sea, flower hands, helping hands, illustration, quirkyjoe, wise noodles
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Tortoises & Record Store Day
So on the Saturday of Easter Weekend it was Record Store Day and the Secret 7″ project sold off the record sleeves designed for this years exhibition, including mine. My glam rock tortoises for the track ‘Get It On’ by … Continue reading
Colour Doodles & More Colour Doodles
I’ve had quite a lot of fun revisiting drawings from last year and adding colour and playing around with them. Here is the fun…
Schiele & She-Ra
I think this started just as a pun on ‘Schiele’ and ‘She-Ra’ and the idea developed from there. Or at least it developed as far as three pictures based on three Egon Schiele portraits with added She-Ra to become ‘Schiele-Ra’. 80s … Continue reading
Beard of Confusion & The Calm During the Storm
It is very stormy outside and I’ve been looking back through old sketches and drawings and trying to make use of them or breathe new life into them. And generally, I’m trying to maintain a sense of busyness through a … Continue reading
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Tagged beard illustration, beard of confusion, gun dog illustration, pigeunicorn
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