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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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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
Sleeve Designs & Secret 7″
I’m pretty excited to have had one of the seven sleeve designs I entered into Secret 7″ chosen for their exhibition. I’d designed a sleeve for each of the songs that the competition invited designers and artists to create exciting … 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…
New Year & Dramatic Horse
There were lots of new and exciting things for me to experience in 2013. At the start of the year I created animation sequences for the feature documentary 1 Way Up 3D (released later this year) and I’m looking forward … Continue reading
March Doodles & Anteaters
I’ve been working with artist and writer Greg Allum, developing illustrations for his story ‘The Anteater That Didn’t’ – a tale of love, loss and cake. I’ve included some Anteater images below, along with my collected daily doodles from March. … Continue reading
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Tagged Greg Allum, illustration, Joe Evans, quirkyjoe, The Anteater That Didn't
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Free Mind & Free Books
My Drawing From The Imagination course starts again next Monday at Evolution Arts. It’s a course that uses various prompts and starting points to develop ideas through drawing and imagining rather than through observation. I’ve found it has served as both a … Continue reading
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Tagged Book Cover Design, Brighton, Drawing Course, Evolution Arts, illustration
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Cris & Erica
This was probably the biggest and most challenging illustration project I had last year. A set of 32 Illustrations for two books in Gary Wassner’s ‘The Adventures of Cristopher and Erica’ series. The first book in the series had already … Continue reading
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