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Illustration of the Russian composer Mussorgsky, adapted into a book cover. As a kid I remember being both thrilled and scared by ‘Night on bald mountain’ featured at the end of Disney’s Fantasia. This illustration was created with printmaking and pen and ink.
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Brushed pen and ink line art for the portrait of Mussorgsky.
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Original pencil drawing for the portrait of Mussorgsky.
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Book illustration for teenage/young adult gothic horror novel set in Victorian London: 'The Ghost of Bobby' by David Limond Miller. The illustration was created with printmaking and pen and ink.
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Book illustrations for teenage/young adult gothic horror novel: 'The Ghost of Bobby' by David Limond Miller.
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Illustration adapted for E.M. Forster's classic sci-fi short story (part of the Penguin calssics series). I original did a version of this illustration for a Hawkwind concert poster as part of the album 'Machine stops' tour, a concept album based on E.M. Forster's story. See the poster here.
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The final illustration was created using a mixture if print making, pen and ink and then digitally re-coloured.
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My original pencil drawing for the illustration.
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An adaptation of some of my brushed ink drawings for the cover of Emily Bronte's classic novel. I wanted to present Catherine as part of the moors landscape by using her hair as a silhouette against the sky. The aim being to give her the appearance of an apparition or ghost.
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Digital recolouring of my brushed ink drawing.
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My original drawing was made with black ink painted with a brush.
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An adaptation of some pf my printmaking for the cover of a series about mythological characters.
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Digital recolouring of my printmaking.
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My original lino cut printed with black ink.
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This is part of a ‘Little Horrors Series’ I’ve created for teenage and young adult readers. The character is based on a portrait I did of Helen Bonham Carter. The illustration was made using printmaking and pen and ink and re-traced in Adobe Illustrator for design layout.
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This is another of my illustrations I recently adapted into a book cover - Diary of a teenage Ghoul. It’s part of a ‘Little Horrors Series’ I’ve created for teenage and young adult readers. The character is based on a portrait I did of Tim Burton as a gothic schoolboy. The illustration was made using printmaking and pen and ink and re-traced in Adobe Illustrator for design layout.
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This is another of my illustrations I recently adapted into a book cover - ‘Spooky bedtime stories’. It’s part of a ‘Little Horrors Series’ I’ve created for teenage and young adult readers. The illustration was made using printmaking and pen and ink and edited digitally for design layout.
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I created a series of folklore illustrations a while ago and have been adapting them into a series of book covers for illustrated guides. This one is about root elves, mushroom elves and other subterranean faerie folk. The illustration was drawn with a scratchboard technique on card using etching tools in layers of oil pastels.
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I created a series of folklore illustrations a while ago and have been adapting them into a series of book covers for illustrated guides. This one is about flower elves and other forest and garden dwelling faerie folk. The illustration was drawn with a scratchboard technique on card using etching tools in layers of oil pastels and metallic paint for the leaves.
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I created a series of folklore illustrations a while ago and have been adapting them into a series of book covers for illustrated guides. This one is about fruit, nut and berry faerie folk. The illustration was drawn with a scratchboard technique on card using etching tools in layers of oil pastels and metallic paint for the eyes and leaves.
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I created a series of folklore illustrations a while ago and have been adapting them into a series of book covers for illustrated guides. This one is about animal faerie folk. The illustration was drawn with a scratchboard technique on card using etching tools in layers of oil pastels and metallic paint for the eyes and antlers.
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Book cover design and illustration for 'Everyday Colour', published by The Colour Ministry. The illustration was created with printmaking, pen and ink and edited digitally with Adobe Illustrator.
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Book cover design and illustration for 'Everyday Colour', published by The Colour Ministry.