Bespoke Wedding Invitations

by | Jul 16, 2014 | Hand Lettering, Illustration

It was a real highlight to design and hand-letter the invitations, menu and seating plans for a beautiful summer wedding. The bride wanted a fresh, modern look which echoed her colour scheme and gave a nod to Art Nouveau with the Rennie-Mackintosh inspired rose. The...

USA launch map

by | May 28, 2014 | Hand Lettering, Illustration, Maps

FOUR Magazine is launching in the US and they asked me to create a map showing all the states and some choice food highlights and iconic American symbols to use in their social media.

AOI Illustration Awards Shortlist

by | May 14, 2014 | Books, Hand Lettering, Illustration

Delighted to have been shortlisted again this year for the Association of Illustrators Awards, with my jacket for Alex Liddell’s book. I took inspiration from classic travel posters and from the distinctive shape, colour and typography found on the Madeira...

Choose Well NHS

by | Apr 2, 2014 | Illustration

A project which ran alongside the recent typographic postcards I created for the NHS “Choose Well” campaign, was this one, which required friendly and informative illustrations, to help parents decide the best course of action arising from their...

NHS Postcards

by | Feb 19, 2014 | Hand Lettering, Illustration

I was approached by the NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group to create a series of 5 typographic postcards. Each card is colour coded in accordance with the NHS’s “Choose Well” campaign which uses blue (self care) through...

Suki

by | Feb 12, 2014 | Books, Hand Lettering, Illustration

I created the jacket and 4 chapter illustrations for this lovely and lyrical book about a woman’s close relationship with her Lilac Burmese cat, Suki. Suki herself has a clear narrative voice in the text and a distinct personality. I particularly loved the...

Apsen for Esquire Weekly

by | Jan 17, 2014 | Hand Lettering, Illustration, Maps

A dream of a job came in last week from Esquire for their Ski Special Issue. Each icon is tappable and brings up the information for each location. The challenge was keeping the icons and names as compact as possible so each area is obvious for the user to tap. This...

Christmas 2013

by | Dec 10, 2013 | Hand Lettering, Illustration

  My typographic tree Christmas cards for 2013 are ready to go! I found the design worked across several colourways, so I went to town and produced 10 variations. Merry Christmas!

Karisma Kapoor’s Yummy Mummy

by | Dec 10, 2013 | Books, Hand Lettering, Illustration

  Here’s a recent cover for Penguin India. Karisma Kapoor (a Bollywood legend in her own right) has written her guide to being a “yummy mummy” and I was delighted to illustrate it for her. It meant creating several images per chapter which...

Illustration Conference

by | Oct 11, 2013 | Illustration

A week ago in the conference room at the Nottingham Contemporary, I took part in a fantastic resource for illustrators, the second ever zero2illo LIVE event, organised by Jon Woodward and Lea Woodward. After the event kicked off with a really engaging and interesting...

Nosy Crow conference

by | Sep 24, 2013 | Illustration

On Saturday I made my way to the first ever Nosy Crow children’s book conference in London. It was a superb day in all respects, with panels covering everything from what publishers (and in particular Nosy Crow) like when they receive submissions from authors...