Art Collector

This was a packaging project for the Tate. The game is based on the Happy Families and entails acquiring and collecting works by 13 different artists from Tate's collection.
The client required this pack to look like Art in a Box, a previous pack I had worked on, which I am proud to say, has recently won a silver in the Roses Design Award 2010 for Best use of Illustration.

Collector card game

I was very pleased to work with Buddy Creative once again. And thank them for thinking of me when commisioning.

Jungle Vine

I've designed a picture for the Children's page of the next issue of SOS's newsletter, Jungle Vine. 

Orangutans playing in the forest

In the same issue the successful auctioning of Harapan is mentioned along with a brief interview with me!

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Design & Art Directors Annual

My work has found its way into the hallowed 2010 D&AD annual. While I'm very proud that The small creature has made it to here, I cannot forget the reason why it came about. The British Heart Foundation deal with thousands of enquiries on the subject of child bereavement each year, so The small creature self-help pack was commissioned to address this sensitive problem.

D&AD 2010 Cover art by Bob and Roberta Smith

I was given an early draft of the story, then I worked with the designers at Hat-trick to determine how the visuals would develop. After a number of versions, which BHF carefully and sensitively researched, a simple illustration style in soft felt and bright colour was arrived at.

The small creature bereavement book in D&AD, for the British Heart Foundation

Bird disappears one day, but we are not given an explanation as to why. The story then follows The small creature as he makes a journey to find his dear friend. After traveling far and wide, he doesn't find Bird, but he does meet and make new friends who help him cope with his mixed and varied emotions of loss. 
Details of this project can be found on my website here. 
A link to The small creature pack by The British Heart Foundation is here.

Birds, Squirrels and Leaves

I just wanted to get this nice little job on my blog. I was asked to draw a few images for very standard graphic tree designed by Alex Swatridge. Special billboards have been commissioned by Oxford Brookes University to provide helpful information to this year's new intake of undergraduates. The university continues to undergo a huge amount of building development whilst continuing to operate as usual. Another design for an earlier phase, called 'Monkey Tree', can be seen here.

Billboard at reception entrance

Detail of birds on the tree

Birds cut from paper

Ink and brush study of squirrels

Another page of leaves drawn with a fine ink pen

Application of leaves and Squirrels