I've been very fortunate to be able to work with musician DEON on his past two albums. Both projects were helpful in forcing me to learn new techniques and make completed works, which, I can often try and avoid. I think my personal work has benefited immensely from this.

His most recent album, Oceans, was designed as a very short story book telling the story of a travelling, winged lion. I really enjoyed piecing all the images together and fitting everything with the tone of his music as well as lyrics.

Below are images of the cover illustration and some snippets of the album pages. Lyrics are by DEON.

I am officially terrible at trying to keep a blog, but onward! A miniature dodo bird made for a birthday gift months ago (near the end of last year to be more accurate).

Materials: sculpey, apoxy sulpt, acrylic paint.

I little while ago I was commissioned to make a sculpture for a surprise birthday gift.

Specifically it was to be a red panda, which I think is safe to say one of the cutest critters alive. It features a personal message painted in gold lettering on the back, addressing the lucky birthday girl. Thankfully it safely made its way to the recipient over in San Diego!

Made from sculpey and painted with acrylics.

A few more angles to show all of the details.

I was invited to exhibit some work for a show in San Francisco: Light, Ink, Death, which took place at the lovely ATAK Gallery in the Tenderloin District.

Myself and three other illustrators and artists (Mr. Beaudry, Paul Jackson, and Tltv) where asked to provide illustrations revolving around the idea of light and death.

    "In this exhibition we specifically wanted to showcase the diverse and detailed nature of black ink use in creating      imagery representing the light & death of the world that influences each illustrator.  We asked each of the four artists to present their personal interpretation of the theme within their illustrations.  All of the works shown are produced by means of pen and ink utilizing stippling, cross hatching, etc." - ATAK Gallery

The exhibition runs from July 5th - August 1st 2014.
1038 LARKIN ST, SF, CA

It's a bit too early to go into detail, but I am working on a few pieces for an upcoming show in the US, which I am very excited about.

I have one piece just about done, here is an in-progress preview of it: ink on paper with gold details.

It's always exciting and nerve-wracking to work on things that are to be displayed, but the butterflies in my stomach seem to have inspired me (for now).

Yesterday I was happy to drop off my panther sculpt to its new owner, Jaysin Burgess, one of the many talented tattooists of Northside Tattooz.

He is a painter as well as a tattoo artist, thus his appreciation for odd little handmade figurines! Definitely a shop worth visiting if one ever finds themselves in the Newcastle area, looking for a tattoo.

Two of my designs can be purchased from - Sinned Apparel, a new UK based clothing line.

Link to t-shirts:
WOLF PACK
GIRL & WOLF / also in BLACK