Let the animations begin!

So I have a broken arm. It's my non-dominant arm, so could be worse, but I had to resign myself to a lot more time lying down (way more comfortable than sitting up), which meant iPad, which meant why not hone my animation skills?! Perfect excuse. So get ready for a series of postings of animation explorations. First up, Roald Dahl:

Prince!

Huge thanks to The Stranger magazine for the excuse/opportunity to draw Prince. I felt a huge weight of responsibility with this one; there are SO MANY adoring, grieving fans here in Seattle... I had to get it right!

De Rockster-Econoom

I recently started a wonderful new gig; a bi-monthly portrait of some notable worthy for Dutch magazine Elsevier Juist. Guy Rolnick must have loved being referred to as a "Rockster-Econoom"!

TS Eliot for The Guardian

Here's the perfect way to start a year; a commission from my favorite publication for my favorite poet! It simply doesn't get any better than this...

Illustration Age Magazine

I got an email today from a nice fellow in Amsterdam who had seen a write-up about me in Illustration Age, and it reminded me of what a great resource this site is!

WORLD CUP FEVER!!! oh the passion, the theater, the flopping and vampirism. Here are some of my favorite blokes to watch this year:

Wonderful World of Food Packaging

I had the (relatively new) pleasure of seeing my work twice in the realm of food packaging today!

The first came when my wonderful new client in Saudi Arabia (@Leo Burnett - Jeddah) sent me a photo of the packaging we worked on together earlier this year:

In this illustration there is a continual line connecting the mother, through a bowl of (delicious looking) food to the rest of the family. I love these continual-line projects; I make them into puzzles, and do not let myself cheat!

The second food packaging find: this collection while walking the dog. Nearly every piece in the Wendy's collection is here, including the embossed napkin!

Winky & Puffy

I am bringing my portraits to life!

Because if the future of imageery will be digital, might as well make them wink...

Adorable Evening Standard Contributors

A couple of years ago, Ben Brannan found me to create portraits for The Evening Standard's contributors. Every once in a while I get to create anorther one, and I have to say they are among my favorites: they are all such adorable folks

Attention America! Attention World!

My first, overly-excited commercial is now viewable!

Listen to this Frenchman go on and on