The Queen’s Gambit

My illustration/poster for the excellent Netflix show ‘The Queen’s Gambit’. I wanted to portray Beth as being trapped within the strong graphic shape of the pill, accompanied by…

Mockingbird Poster

My alternative poster for the classic 1962 movie ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. I did traditional style illustrations of the cast but wanted to use them in a more…

Whiplash Poster

An alternative poster for the movie ‘Whiplash’, focusing on the iconic phrase J.K. Simmons repeats during the film, rather than its name. Because it’s a movie about a…

People 2

Portraits of famous and iconic people from film and TV. Audrey Hepburn Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag Sarah Michelle Gellar – Buffy Summers

Retro Aviation Posters

A set of posters produced at work for an aerospace coatings company to celebrate their long history with the aviation sector.

Once Upon a Time…

I was inspired to make my own poster for Quentin Tarantino’s brilliant ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Movie. I wanted it to have a vintage illustrated look…

Mythical Monsters

A series of digital illustrations for an exhibition about monsters. There wasn’t a lot of visual reference, and descriptions vary, so their appearance was open to interpretation! They…

The Oak Folk Cover

This is the possible cover for a book I’ve written. There’s a couple of versions, but I think I prefer the simpler one where less is happening. Everything…

The Oak Folk 1

One of the test drawings of my Oak Folk book. After the initial sketch, I drew each of the characters in graphite pencil,  then scanned, coloured and compiled…

The Oak Folk 2

Another test drawing for my Oak Folk book. Done in the same way as my last post; sketched, drawn, then coloured and put together in Photoshop.

The Geordie Penguin

These watercolour illustrations are from a book I wrote about a penguin, adrift on a block of ice, visiting and exploring my home town of Newcastle. The whole…

Woodpecker Book

Inspired by traditional children’s books of the 30’s & 40’s, I wrote and illustrated this story about a woodpecker who bragged too much – a kind of fable….

Pirates 1

This illustration was done for a life sized ‘head through’ activity at an exhibition about pirates, to provide a fun photo opportunity. A quick hand sketch, then drawn…

Pirates 2

This was a set of illustrations done at work for an exhibition all about pirates. They were used as large window graphics at life size – very impressive!…

Amazon Antics

I likes the idea of doing an illustration based in the Amazon, so made up this stylised fictitious book cover. Linework and watercolour were both created separately, then…