Illustration
Giveaway – Sea Girl Sticker

Giveaway – Sea Girl Sticker

I've made some lovely vinyl stickers of my Sea Girl and I'm running giveaways on Twitter and Facebook! Head over there to have a chance at winning a sticker for yourself plus one for a friend. Four sets are available in total, two from Facebook and two from Twitter,...

Sea Girl

Sea Girl

I like to follow #MerMay on Twitter, which is a yearly drawing event where artist draw mermaids all month long. This is my first time taking part, though I've not been drawing every day! My mermaid is inspired by the Sea Girl from 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader', who...

Giraffe

Giraffe

This is a little ink illustration I drew for a friend's birthday card. I coloured it in Photoshop, but I think I prefer it in black and white.

Study Squares #5

Study Squares #5

The snow is beginning to melt, leaving icy pools of water and slush. As I struggled through it on a walk this afternoon I thought it would be a good subject for today's study.

Study Squares #3

Study Squares #3

I struggled with this one. Choosing the colour and getting the texture right was difficult, and I don't feel I've completely succeeded in either area. This was a study of a canvas bag. I guess I need to paint more cloth!

Study Squares #2

Study Squares #2

While on a walk with the dog this afternoon I looked out for interesting things to draw and decided on this juxtaposition between snow, ice and water.

Doodle Dump

Doodle Dump

One of the good things about taking the train is getting the chance to doodle away. Here are a few drawings from a recent trip. Mostly I just scribble, but the first group below are some characters from an old story of mine. I've been wondering about storyboarding the...

Knife Designs

Knife Designs

Early last year I created some concept art for a feature film. Unfortunately the prop I worked on has since been cut from the story, but I'm able to share it here with you. The first three images were quite general explorations to get a feel for what the director...

Historical Fashion

Historical Fashion

One of the last times I was up in Edinburgh I sketched these at the museum in Chambers Street. Though I took no notes on colour at the time, thankfully National Museums Scotland has a searchable database - it's fantastic for research.