Beetles

December 2011.

I had so much fun drawing the beetles for Postcard No. 3 of the summer project that I decided to do some more for my brother's birthday (as it is subject matter I thought he'd appreciate)! When it was completed I managed to salvage a frame for it to sit nicely snug in. It is easy to under-estimate the importance of a frame!

Anyway...

here are some more California road-trip pics I hadn't got round to posting up for a while :/ ...

Highway 1, summer 2011.

North coast, summer 2011.

Christina Rossetti

19th century poet Christina Rossetti, Dec 2011.

I was absolutely over-joyed to have my submission for 'The Haunts of the poets' exhibition accepted last year! This piece was shown along with fellow BA Illustration (Middlesex University) students and tutor's work at the Poetry Cafe in Covent Garden, London. 

The exhibition also earned the attention of Creative Review... click here for their article.






Recently had some more film developed and it was a great relief when the below photo turned out okay despite the low-light conditions (only had 200 ISO film at hand). Certainly beat my digital camera's efforts hands down!

Sculpture in De Young museum, Golden Gate Park California, summer 2011.

The Seagulls of St Ives

'The Seagulls of St Ives' hand-bound book, Nov 2011.

For the second project of the 2nd year, we had to illustrate a news item of our choice. Here I illustrated a short article about two seagulls who were being unusually protective over a flock of birds at the beach. Funnily enough, the cover of the book I made is my favorite and (I think) most successful part of the whole thing... probably because simplicity is sometimes far more effective! 


To see the rest click here.

Front and back cover of hand-made book, Nov 2011.

3rd of three double page spreads inside book, Nov 2011.

Endpapers of book, Nov 2011.

Now THIS one is particularly good if you have trouble getting to sleep.

However...

if you are sick of seeing birds now (or drawing them in my case), how about some pleasant seascapes devoid of the blighters?

Light house on north coast California, summer 2011.

Hazy sunset California, summer 2011.