Friday 31 December 2010
Illustration Friday - Winter
I started out with the intention of drawing some winter birds and ended up with this little guy. Happy New Year everyone! My New Year's resolution is to do Illustration Friday every week.
Monday 13 December 2010
How to Make a Heron Happy
'Hamish is worried about the heron in the park. It always looks sad and grumpy, with its hunched-up shoulders and long frowning eyebrows. So Hamish decides to cheer it up: first he brings bread crusts and biscuit crumbs to the park. But the heron still looks grumpy. Next he brings his family to tidy up the heron's polluted pond. But the heron still looks grumpy. Then he brings his class to plant flowers around the pond. But the heron still looks grumpy. Finally he brings everyone he knows to have a party for the heron. But the heron still looks grumpy. Hamish looks at the heron and wonders: maybe the heron isn't unhappy after all? Each page of this delightful story from popular children's author and storyteller, Lari Don, is brought to life with vibrant illustrations. Colour and activity build up as the book progresses and the drab inner-city park is brought to life.'
- as you can see, just sent off the final artwork for How To Make A Heron Happy! For more information visit www.florisbooks.co.uk
Tuesday 7 December 2010
Moody Guy
Thursday 25 November 2010
Tuesday 9 November 2010
Man on the Tube
Sunday 10 October 2010
St. James Park
Tuesday 14 September 2010
Elvis and Chip
Saturday 4 September 2010
Wednesday 1 September 2010
Onion
Saturday 21 August 2010
Friday 13 August 2010
Research Photos
Friday 6 August 2010
Friday 16 July 2010
A little attention from Digital Arts Magazine
Tuesday 29 June 2010
ECA Degree Show 2010
I've not posted anything in a long time because I've been a bit busy, first with my deadlines, then the Degree show and then D&AD/ New Blood down in London. Now I'm back in Edinburgh I can finally post these photos of the show; thank you very much to all the people who managed to come see it, it was wonderful to receive that amount of support. :)
Tuesday 11 May 2010
Wednesday 5 May 2010
Fish
I finish this picturebook some time ago but I only recently had it photographed by the college photographer, I'm really happy with the way the photo came out because he's managed to capture all the embossing detail on the front as well as some of the insides.
photograph copyright John K. McGregor, Edinburgh College of Art.
Saturday 1 May 2010
Arnie is "Highly Commended" by Macmillan Publishers
Thursday 29 April 2010
Thursday 22 April 2010
Introducing Ruby
Friday 16 April 2010
Arnie's Problem
Monday 5 April 2010
A Troubling of Goldfish
Sunday 28 March 2010
A Burberry of Raincoats
Wednesday 24 March 2010
Last Ever Lifedrawing - Linda
Monday 15 March 2010
Elephant Stew
Sunday 14 March 2010
Cinnamon and white wine jelly
Thursday 11 March 2010
Chipmunk antics
Sunday 28 February 2010
Friday 5 February 2010
Stranger At The Pier
This illustration is for the text and image collaboration project between Edinburgh University Creative Writing MA course and us 4th year illustrators. I'm working with a man named Larkin who wrote a short story called "Stranger at the pier", this is my image to accompany that story. Its a pretty dark story so my usual happy/ colourful illustrations would not have gone well. I tried to keep the things I'm interested in (colour, pattern, shape) and apply them to a darker image.
Tuesday 2 February 2010
Francis takes a nap
Today was life drawing (or Naked Tuesdays as I like to call it) and we did a fair number of short poses which are not my forte and I won't post them up, but the final pose was the longest we've ever had, over an hour, so I felt really relaxed afterwards.
I think Francis felt relaxed too because he fell asleep and snored a little.
Monday 1 February 2010
Illustration Friday - Focused
Thursday 28 January 2010
St. John's and St. Cuthbert's finished!
Saturday 23 January 2010
St. John's and St. Cuthberts
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