Owl

I was recently commissioned to produce a logo for tshirs for a gym in Saltburn. They are called Healthwise and such their old logo was a little green owl playing on the wise theme. The little green owl is nice but it seems a little soft for a gym.

Anyway, the client (who is pretty photoshop savvy), sent me this first image as something to work from. I found it absolutely hilarious.

This was the drawing I produced for it.

Unfortunately the client wasn't happy and meant for that to be just a reference, not the finished image. So after chatting to him for a bit we came to the idea of having a more animal like owl hunting.

Again I think this will need to be simplified, I think, to make it look a bit more like an American football team's mascot logo.

The Grufallo

My friend Mark Becket was good enough to share this little article with me. It revolves around the creation process of the children's book 'The Grufallo'. Well worth a read!

Grufallo Article

(I would love to see the original drawing of the mouse in lederhosen)

I Got a Ticket to Riiiide

In my unenployed state I have been playing a lot of board games. One in perticular game is Ticket to Ride.



The idea behind the game is to connect destinations by collecting coloured cards and placing track. It is pretty simple but strangely addictive and has all sorts of different tactics.



I was amazed to find out there is a huge community out there that make their own boards and post them online. A friend recently downloaded and printed an fan made England board which is really well made and fun to play. So I started to think 'I SHALL MAKE ONE!' but where? Where would be a good, interesting area to work with? Home! The North East of England, as a the birth place of the Locomotive and pasenger train, seemed just perfect.

So here is my version:



This is very much a WIP, once I have everything planned out properly I will begin to build a high quality version.

Very very cute!

I have just recieved this facebook message from a girl called Heather and it is possibly the cutest commision I have ever recieved...

Hi, my friend Andi recommended you to me because I'm looking for artists. Basically i'm gonna ask this girl out, and she loves art so i've been using the itnernet to find artists and asking them to do a little piece for me. I'm collecting them all up and putting them all together in a book for her. Andi showed me your website and I love your style, it's really cool and quirky, so I would really appreciate a contribution. Thanks

Really put a smile on my face.