by Joy | Oct 15, 2014 | Hand Lettering, Illustration, Maps
Here is my map of Costa Rica appearing in November’s Condé Nast Traveller Magazine. A welcome reminder of sunshine as autumnal weather takes hold here..!
by Joy | Sep 17, 2014 | Books, Hand Lettering, Illustration
I was asked to create a front cover and double page spreads for the Penguin India 2012 catalogue on a celebratory theme. The cover featured the Penguin Car which had been given a custom paint job and was driven around the streets to celebrate Penguin’s 25th...
by Joy | Sep 17, 2014 | Books, Illustration
A small selection of the illustrations I was delighted to create for William Sitwell’s book “A History of Food in 100 Recipes”.
by Joy | Sep 17, 2014 | Illustration
A sunny little illustration for the Guardian Newspaper’s Family section, on memories of well loved family meals.
by Joy | Sep 17, 2014 | Books, Hand Lettering, Illustration
Ruskin Bond is one of India’s best known and loved authors, particularly for children. Here’s a book jacket I designed and illustrated for his collection of short stories “Thick as Thieves” about friendship. I also created the...
by Joy | Sep 16, 2014 | Illustration
Here are a selection of vignettes I created for Condé Nast Traveller to illustrate various adventures in travel, from the explosion in popularity of Kogi food carts in New York, to the unusual camel burger, a new zoo in Australia and massage in the tropical island of...
by Joy | Sep 16, 2014 | Books, Hand Lettering, Illustration, Maps
A brilliant opportunity came my way when Shots magazine and I worked together over many issues to produce the booklet front covers for their comprehensive pull-out guides for location finders, directors and producers to different areas of the world. The...
by Joy | Sep 16, 2014 | Illustration
To accompany his Radio 4 series “The New Elizabethans”, which marked the present Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee, presenter and journalist James Naughtie produced a book for which I was asked to create portraits of all 60 profiled public figures....
by Joy | Sep 16, 2014 | Illustration
An unusual and interesting job came up when Brighton and Hove City Council asked me to create a series of images to illustrate large banners, used every summer season along the whole length of the promenade and seen here against the backdrop of the famous...
by Joy | Sep 16, 2014 | Hand Lettering, Illustration
This was a lovely job undertaken for Brown Thomas, Ireland’s leading department store, a booklet for internal distribution to its staff. Above: the cover, bound along the left hand side with a matching red thread, below: one of the motivational...
by Joy | Aug 19, 2014 | Hand Lettering, Illustration, Maps
This is some work from some of last year’s editions. Above focuses on the coastal areas of Brittany, France. This is for a piece on The Philippines which was also reused in last month’s edition of CN Traveller India for their feature...
by Joy | Jul 22, 2014 | Books, Illustration
For this series the silhouette icons I illustrated feature subtle line work which echo the colour of the “ripped” element on each cover.
by Joy | Jul 22, 2014 | Illustration
My illustrations have been gracing the health pages of Woman & Home Magazine on a regular monthly basis for several years now. I particularly like the challenge of taking what can sometimes be quite a dry subject and giving it a visual appeal. Where...
by Joy | Jul 21, 2014 | Books, Hand Lettering, Illustration
I have illustrated a great history series for children – The History of India and The History of the World – both with 2 volumes each. Here’s a view of my desk as I was painting the icons for the second History of the World volume....
by Joy | Jul 18, 2014 | Books, Illustration
I created the cover illustration and extensive internal artwork for Bill Bryson’s “Shakespeare, The Illustrated Edition” using dip pens and ink.
