Illustrated bag for Chipotle

I recently illustrated a bag for Mexican fast food chain Chipotle, as part of their Cultivating thought Author series. Short illustrated stories by well known authors appear on usually plain take-out packaging, providing customers with some interesting lunchtime reading. 

My story is by Mary Roach and is about a chance meeting between two characters, one arriving at a party and the other leaving. The female character mistakes the guy for a friend of her husband's, and chats easily to him. At the end of the piece, she realises that he is in fact a complete stranger. I decided to use the two sides of the bag as two sides of the dialogue between the two characters, showing how each perceives the situation differently. My artwork takes snippets of the conversation which I have visualised in speech and thought bubbles above their heads. I really enjoyed working with Chipotle and thought it was a great project. The idea of using a bag or a cup as a canvas for visualising a story is a great one, and turns something that is usually a throwaway item into something really special and thought provoking. Visit the Cultivating thought website here.

Illy words

I have recently done some illustrations for 'Illy words', a book-zine produced by Corraini for Illy coffee. The theme for the issue is everything Italian, and my part was to illustrate some unusually named Italian dishes, including 'Salad of escaped anchovies', 'Heartbreaker burger' and 'Rice and gold'. Images appear alongside interviews with the two Italian chefs who conceived these dishes - renowned chef Gualtiero Marchesi and Cristiano Meneghin, who makes Italian street food in London. 

 

The Ketchup thief

An illustration for the March issue of Red magazine, to accompany an article called 'Partners in crime'. The piece explores the small misdemeanours of every day life performed either individually or as a couple - from re-gifting children's presents to eating stuff before it is paid for in supermarkets, to stealing ketchup sachets from service stations! 

Healthy Super Bowl snacks

An illustration for Baylor health about some healthy things to snack on whilst watching the Super Bowl. There's some nice ideas here - guacamole and veggies instead of crisps and dip, and baked sweet potato fries instead of chips. You can see the image on the Baylor health website here. 

A rather large sandwich

Happy new(ish) year! Hope you had a good break over the holidays. Here is a recent illustration for the University of Pittsburgh which was part of their Medical School report. The piece is called 'Lunch with Levine' and is about students airing their thoughts and concerns over lunch with the Dean. Parts of their conversation are sandwiched between the lettuce, ham, bread and cheese!

Illustration for Food and Wine magazine

A duck with a flat cap, a pigeon in a headscarf and a swordfish with a walking stick?! Here's my recent illustration for Food and Wine magazine (USA) about Aging meat, which is out this month. The article is about bringing out the flavours of meat and fish by aging them in different ways. I wanted a fun, quirky take on the aging process, hence all the references to old age - walking sticks, slippers etc! 

Work for Valore Alimentare

Here are a few recent images for Italian food magazine 'Valore Alimentare'. Themes are flour, sugar and yeast!