The Play Farm Logo...

Another logo created for House of Play. This one was for The Play Farm a childrens play area.

Health and Safety Workmen Cartoons...

A series of cartoon illustrations around the Health and Safety theme.
These illustrations are available to purchase on iStock.

Langton Brewery Beer Pump Clips...

A couple of recent designs for use as beer pump clips on behalf of Langton Brewery.

Karate Kid Character...

This is a character design for a karate club called Kyu Shin Ryu.
A 'unisex' young looking character was required in several poses.

Musicline Logo...

This is the logo for Musicline Publications.
The toad character was added to the existing design and adapted
to create a special Christmas version. (Also see the thread below...)

Musicline Character...

This is the toad character created for Musicline Publications.
They are a great company producing musicals for schools and stage groups.

Chicken Gamer...

A random illustration I created for a personal project.
He may be playing a quick game of 'Chuckie Egg'?*

*(old school reference for those with a confused look on their faces)

X Ray Illustrations...

A new series of illustrations available on iStock...

Halloween Faces...

This is a series of Halloween type faces created for sale on istock.
There are also mask illustrations available using the same characters.

More Snowmen Illustrations...

Another three Snowmen images. Available on istock

Surfer Guru Dude

This cool dude is available on istock. Gnarly!

T Shirt Design for iButt

This is a design that obviously has a little inspiration from the Apple iPod ads.
It is meant to appear on t shirts. The background colour can change dependent on shirt.

Babooyeh Logo Design

A logo designed for Babooyeh.co.uk.
An alternative version of 'see no evil, hear no evil', etc

Blood Stained Murder Weapon

I know the two following illustrations are a little morbid.
They are however representative of the media's version of society today.
Available on istock.

Knife Stab

An unfortunate victim of the knife.
Available at istock.

ROBO 3000! The Robot Burger Flipper...

The future of the fast food industry! I present Robo 3000!
Available from istock now

Fire Breathing Blue Dragon...

Another image appearing on istock.

Red Rabbit News Logo...

A logo design for Red Rabbit News, which is a magazine for families with young children.
The rabbit is also used independently to promote the magazine.

Some Other New Dr Bike Illustrations...

These illustrations are to appear on Dr Bike web site and literature.
They are meant to represent somewhere you can question the Dr.

New Dr Bike Illustrations...

A new set of Dr Bike illustrations for North East Lincolnshire Council...

Valentine's Day...

A big bunch of hearts! Well it is Valentine's Day!

Snowmen Illustrations...

A couple of illustrations from the snowmen series.
Is this what snowmen do when nobody is around?
These are also available on istock

Advent Calendar Illustration...

This was the front of an advent calendar created for RS Components.
There are many details in the illustration directly linked and specific to the company.
It took a while to create, and was needed quite quickly, but I was happy with the results.

Dragon Designs...

This Dragon was created for use in a children's play area.
It was used as the main character in the design of the safety flooring.
Children are able to walk and play on the large design.
It was created on behalf of D&A Design.

These were some of the initial dragon designs...

Logo Designs for PJD...

I work with another local graphic design company named Paul Johnson Design.
The logos below were created in conjunction with PJD.

Pareto Character Designs...

This is a character design for an historical chap named Pareto.
The brief was to design the character as being friendly but serious.
The colourful suit and tie was added as the character developed.

The original character designs are shown below.
Pareto design 06 was chosen as the illustration to develop.

Radio Controlled Car...

A mean looking, dirt kicking radio controlled car!
Available to purchase on istock

Community Calendar Cover...

This is a calendar cover design for 2008 created for Etrinsic.
It is meant to represent the diversity and positive integration in this particular community.

Another istock illustration...

This image is Blue Bear (and his underwear).
Another example of the stock illustrations available in my portfolio on the istock site.

Adrian Ridley Farrier Logo...

Adrian Ridley is a great farrier covering the Leicestershire and Northamptonshire areas.
He needed a logo that represented his business. This is the final result...

Vanilla Recruitment Easter Mailer...

This is a mailer designed to promote Vanilla Recruitment.
Vanilla Recruitment is an amazing recruitment company based in market Harborough.
This mailer was used as a simple emailer to promote the company at Easter.

Slide & Seek Logos...

Another logo created for House of Play. This one was for Slide & Seek, another childrens play area.
A few variations were created.

Hippodome Logos...

A couple of logo designs created for Hippodome, a childrens play area on behalf of House of Play.
I created a few designs and colour shcemes. A few of which are below.

Cheese map...

A map of the British Isles mad of cheese...hopefully it was obvious!
The illustration was required by the Dairy Council and passed to my by Etrisnsic.
Each type of cheese is meant to represent the area it covers.
The knives take a slice of cheese out of each area that represents non dairy consumption for that region.
Cows were added to add some interest.

Maxim Man Running...

This is one of the final characters designed for Impact Colours.
Running 'Maxim Man' is one of three different poses created for the client.
The company make coloured plastics, which start life as small solid tubes.
The brief was to create a superhero type character made from these plastic tubes.

Z Lodge...

Working on behalf of Face Interactive, this is an illustration that appeared on a promotional leaflet for Z Lodge.
Z Lodge is basically a super tent for festivals etc. Giving you that extra bit of comfort when spending a weekend with the wonderful British weather.

Dr Bike...

This is a character designed for North East Lincolnshire Council.
His name is Dr Bike, and he...fixes bikes.

© Copyright of Dr Bike image is owned by East Lincs Council

NEG Magazine Illustrations...

These illustrations were used by NEG as magazine ads.
They are meant to represent a phone system that makes it seem a business has multiple receptionists.
Some slight changes allowed the illustration to be used in two different magazines.

Hush Puppies Banners...

These were printed as very large banners that appeared in the comedy tent at Guildfest.
Hush Puppies were obviously the sponsors.

Buddies Bowling Lane Illustration...

This was a brief for Buddies, a pet care company based in Market Harborough.
They needed an illustration of a bowling lane viewed as if you were actually bowling.
The final image was printed about 1m x 1.5m, and used for promotional purposes.
It was placed on the ground in front of a large screen and a Nintendo Wii, where visitors were invited to play ten pin bowling.

istock example...

I create a lot of illustrations for various clients.
I also create many illustrations for stock. Stock illustration is a growing industry and a very efficient way to purchase top quality illustrations at a very competitive price.
The best illustration stock website in the world is istock, and this was one of the first illustrations I submitted to the site.


If you are interested in seeing more of my istock portfolio the please click here.

AC - Business Cards...

The front and back designs of two of my current business cards.
Meant to give an example of my illustration style and technique.

Ant Creations blog site...

This Ant Creations blog site starts today!
Don't know if anyone will be interested in the slightest, but I figure it's another way to get my illustrations in front of people.
Enjoy!