Friday 31 July 2009

Britain's Got Talent - The Boys

I'm back on Britains Got Talent today, this time working up some placement graphics for the boys' range. Some days it flows better than others and this has been one of those days. Its a tricky brief with limited imagery and a dodgy logo, but luckily this is via one of my favourite clients who always gives me lots of graphic inspiration and direction and we bounce off eachother well.

Thursday 30 July 2009

Emma Cook for Topshop - Feeling inspired


The diffusion Emma Cook range in Topshop has really got me fired up. Its a quirky but simple range and hits all my 'I could do that' buttons. She has used her own photos taken in her local deer park to create these cute but strangely sinister prints. This week has been really busy on the commercial work front but I'm hoping to FINALLY get into some self-directed next week... Time to take the SLR to Bradgate Park...

Wednesday 29 July 2009

Watercolour designs for Adams

I'm back to the days of burning the midnight oil again. Which is no bad thing considering. This week I've been working on a real mixed bag, fistly some branding and World cup Ts for Tu Clothing, and today I've been splashing the paints around to create the watercolour print above for Adams girlswear. The rest of the week I'm back to Britain's Got Talent, the boys range this time. And there was I thinking that with the downturn I'd finally get chance to enjoy working on some self directed projects. Maybe next week...

Friday 24 July 2009

I could do with more space


I'm not sure if its the best space for getting creative. It was always a squeeze but the lightbox has tipped the space-to-sanity ratio over the edge. Perhaps when I get my bike shed and finally give Fiona's MTB the home it deserves it might not feel quite so crammed in here.

You can see in the picture the development of a placement graphic for Britain's Got Talent. I've taken stills from the show and created a collage with some star graphics and roses, which you can see by the printer on the right. I've then traced the image in pencil, which is on the lightbox. I've also added some watercolour splashes and scanned all these in. On the screen is the coming-together of all of these elements.

Thursday 23 July 2009

Next Childrenswear designs in store now

Childrenswear designs I started working on for Next almost a year ago are starting to filter through into the shops. Heres a couple on the Next.co.uk website...


Its rewarding to see them finally on sale...

Tuesday 21 July 2009

Latest design at Warehouse & Britain's Got Talent


Its nice to see my back catalogue still bearing fruit. This is one of my designs created when I worked in-house for a supplier.
Today I've started work on a new project for one of the Licensed Clothing companies I design for. We're putting together a style guide for Britain's Got Talent and I'm currently working on graphics for a range of girls' apparel. Variety is the spice of life and all that!

Thursday 16 July 2009

New Lost My Dog Premium Range...

I've teamed up again with UK House Music label Lost My Dog to create a premium range of clothes and accrssories. The emphasis is on unique, hand rendered pieces of illustration to represent the brand. We're launching with 4 exciting new designs and plan to regularly update the range with new one-off designs.

Check out the shop here...