01 November 2010

Red Rabbit Rooter Character Design

I thought I would change things a little on this blog, and hopefully add some extra interesting content. In the past I have only put an image of the final artwork on my blog. But from now on I am going to add the earlier stages of a project too.
These extra bits of artwork could be sketches and vector development work, as well as various colour choices, shading and highlights and the adding of little details etc.
I'm hoping these extra bits of info will help paint a clear picture of how a project develops from the initial idea right through the various stages of design until the final vector artwork is created.
This first project is a character design for Red Rabbit Rooter, which is a drainage/sewer company from Pennsylvania in the USA.

Brief
: A character needed to be created based on the Red Rabbit theme. He needed to be a positive happy face for the company and show quickness and speed, he also needed to be carrying a plunger to symbolise the sewer business.

Initial Sketches :







Vanilla Recruitment Open Day Poster

Vanilla Recruitment in Market Harborough needed a poster to advertise their open day.
(it's on Saturday 6th November if you need a new job by the way!)

27 September 2010

An interview with me on Vectortuts+

Wow! It's online right now. An interview with me on Vectortuts+!!
Click this link to go to the Vectortuts site and read the interview.
Please feel free to leave your comments and let me know what you think!
Woohoo!

21 September 2010

My latest iStock upload! 175 illustrations and counting!!

I've just uploaded my 175th illustration that has been accepted into my iStock portfolio!
Here is the image depicting a cheeky frog with a bright idea...

20 September 2010

Scary Severed Hands!

This way to the scary Halloween party...!
A new illustration available on iStock.

Also some variations on the colour schemes...

07 July 2010

Hot Wok! Chinese Chef and his Super Cooker!

An illustration of a Chinese chef.
Created for use on various media to promote a shiny great super cooker!

DMF Business Card - Front and Back

Business card front and back designed for DMF Construction.

03 June 2010

Malt and Two Veg in action!

Malt and Two Veg proved to be a big hit at this years Leicester's Summer Food and Drink Festival.
The beer was made by Langton Brewery especially for the event.
The label artwork (which was created by myself) was used to publicise the beer in the form of large posters and t shirts.

The image is courtesy of riponia.wordpress.com

27 May 2010

Leicester Market Summer Food and Drink Festival

To celebrate Leicester's Summer Food and Drink Festival a new beer has been created especially for the event.
A competition was held by The Leicester Mercury newspaper for readers to come up with the name of the new beer.
The winning name was thought up by Megan Murray of Duncan Murray Wines in Market Harborough who came up with the name 'Malt and Two Veg'.
The Langton Brewery has created the new brew which will be on sale at this year's event.
Here is the final close up of the artwork and the beer label as it will appear.

A Wild Car Journey

This is an A3 illustration created for Dave Riley.
The concept was personal to Dave and the final artwork was printed to create a one off framed piece.

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