License to Inspire

Central Illustration Agency book

My agency CIA has recently brought out this beautiful book ‘License to Inspire – A Collection of work from some of the most inspired illustrators and the story of the Agency that represents them’. Here is the cover and one of my pieces (from a few years ago!) that is featured in the book.

Shop!

Bike owl t-shirts

These bike owl t-shirts are one of the first products to be available in my brand new online shop! They are limited edition, screenprint on organic cotton tees, available in a variety of sizes. The shop is pretty small at the moment (I only have four products so far...) but there will be more coming soon, and I will be selling a variety of books, prints, cards, t-shirts and more! Go to Harriet Russell's shop to have a look.

More mushrooms...

…and a sausage (or is it?)

It is not every day (luckily) that you are told your illustration looks like a poo…but this is what happened with this ad! I actually found the whole thing rather funny when it was pointed out that the sausage in this ad looked like something else… Hopefully you won’t be able to see what I mean as I am only going to show the amended version here. A fully barbecued sausage…talking to a mushroom. Why not? The ad was commissioned by Ruby Agency for The mushroom bureau.

Cloud Computing

A recent illustration for the Guardian.

A work of Persol

Sunglasses and art

Hello Ciao. Well, it’s been a busy couple of months. I have spent much of it working with Edizioni Corraini on this book, commissioned by Italian sunglasses company Persol. It was an unusual and challenging project - as well as making sunglasses, Persol have a collection of contemporary art: 17 specially commissioned pieces by young artists from all over the world.  My job was to make links between the sunglasses and the works of art, with the essential idea being that Persol glasses are a work of art themselves. Although it seemed an impossible task at first, after a week in Milan working intensively on it in the Corraini’s studio, the ideas and drawings began to flow (helped along by some lovely Italian food…) The final result (I think) is almost like a cross between an exhibition catalogue and a sketchbook with it’s mix of photography, text and drawing. 

The book has a punched cover with special sheets that can be inserted to give different views through the glasses. It was launched in Basel last week at a very swish do with  copious amounts of prosecco flowing….or some type of sparkling wine, it was very nice anyway! 

All images from the book Art in process. A work of Persol. © 2010 Luxottica Group spa  © 2010 Maurizio Corraini srl

Hermes windows

Ooh, New Bond Street!

Had a little wander down New Bond Street at the weekend, past the huge array of vastly expensive shops until I came across this... my illustrations in the window of Hermes. Not fantastically great photos, but it gives you the general idea! 

Bike owl

Illustration for the Big Issue about Cycling safety.