As I look back at 2024 one of my regrets is failing to continue designing The Wait - and other personal projects. The Wait is a mini graphic novel I've been working at for a long while now. Back when Sputnik: Faith + Arts gave me a small grant to work on character...
Emma Butler-Cole Aiken Stained Glass and I are looking forward to being at Selkirk Farmers Market next week, on Saturday 7th September! We'll be in Selkirk Market Place from 9.30am to 1pm with a table full of glass, drawings, prints, paintings, books, postcards,...
Five years ago I was in LA attending the CTN expo as part of an animation industry group from Scotland. Today, as part of CTN Live (sign up now if you haven't already - it's free!) we're having a reunion to discuss the trip and where we are now. It All Began 5 Years...
My badger sketches have proved popular, so I've had some lovely A4 prints made! You can purchase them on my Gumroad shop.
At the moment I'm gathering reference for a personal project, and I'm learning a lot! The way medieval houses were constructed depended so much on where they were built - stone or wood? Heather or straw for the thatch? There are the well-constructed houses, some of...
Following on from my photos of Spain, here are some from a recent trip to the West Highlands of Scotland.
I'm back in Edinburgh for a few months, working as a Clean Up Artist (if you don't know what that is, here's an example) on a feature film I can't talk about yet. It's a really exciting project and I'm looking forward to sharing more about that, hopefully soon. One of...
Move Summit is an industry-focused animation conference in Edinburgh now in its third year. In 2017 and 2018 I was a volunteer, but this time I was able to attend. This year it was a three day event jam-packed with speakers from Pixar, Axis, Aardman Animations, Blue...
While my sister and brother-in-law were visiting, a neighbour told us where we could watch badgers. I'd always been under the impression they only ventured out at the dead of night, but he assured us that from around 7pm was a good time to see them. After one false...