Quick update

I have been told by my students to update my blog because I am useless at doing it lately.

So here is what I have been doing..........

I recently(ish) went to the book launch for "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner" at Napier Uni's amazing Craighouse campus. Everyone did a brilliant job organising the event and the book looks great. While I was there I saw a preview of the soon to be published "Thirty Nine Steps" which I also did the cover for. Looking forward to another book launch for that!

I am now working on the next book which is "Sunset Song" by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. I have a lot to do and not much time, as usual.

So what with all this, trips to follow Kasabian all over the place, and my job at eca I am not being very good at updating my blog, or my website.

I will try harder though!

Brother Fox

Back again!

I have not posted anything in ages but I have good excuses. I am working full-time at Edinburgh College of Art in the Illustration department and the Printmaking workshop. I absolutely love it, but I don't get as much time at the moment to do my own work. I am still taking commissions though!

I recently got a commission for a CD cover from a band in Sheffield. Brother Fox is made up of letterpress and screenprinted images and is now the face of 'Little Robots' new EP.

Storytelling Pick & Mix

Hooray! Storytelling Pick & Mix is finally up!

It was the hottest day of the year and we worked for 6 solid hours to get there but it is ready at last.

There are boxes of characters, objects and animals and 4 large backgrounds. The idea is to make up your own stories with our artwork, and then write and draw them, and send to us! 

We will put the best ones on our website.

The exhibition runs from now until September at The Scottish Storytelling Centre, High Street, Edinburgh (In John Knox House). 10am - 6pm.

Pick & Mix

I have been busy the past couple of months getting ready for a joint exhibition with illustrator Vicki Gausden.

It is an interactive exhibition of characters, animals, settings and objects all ready for you to make up your own stories, and is running in the Edinburgh Festival at the Scottish Storytelling Centre on the High Street (John Knox House).

This blue whale could be one of your characters.

New Napier University Collaboration

After the very successful edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles being published last year, I have been asked to team up with this year's publishing students for a new publication of James Hogg's "The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner".

The book is a dark and disturbing tale and these are 2 of the illustrations along with the cover.

I got some great feedback from last year's book:

"It looks modern and will definitely attract young people".

"The cover is very striking..."

"They thought it looked edgier than a 'classic' usually looks. They really liked the illustrations too".

"I think the illustrations are brilliant".

Postcard commission

I have just finished a fairly challenging commission involving the depiction of disability in the arts. There are 6 images and they are all on my website. 

Cheeky Monkeys

Just finished a piece with a very tight deadline for 'Artsmark'. "10 monkeys trying to open a map and a bewildered teacher" was the brief. I loved doing it.

Latest Commission

I have just finished my latest commission which was for Gloss Arts in Gloucestershire.

It is a postcard to send to their registered artists reminding them to send them their CVs.

Images 33

I just found out that 3 images I entered to be included in the AOI "Images 33" annual and exhibition have been selected.

They are part of a personal project illustrating Philip Larkin poetry, which I find very emotive.

Book Launch

Last night was the book launch for the republished "The Hound of the Baskervilles" I worked on with publishing students at Napier University as part of the 500 years of Scottish Printing celebrations.

I was very proud to see my illustrations and book jacket in print, and the students did a great job with the project.