Category Archives: design

Outer Edit half-way through

So far I’ve done 2 new images for this project, making use of several other artists’ bits of artwork. In the first, I directly used Aude’s fox mask and Kahori’s flower to complement my bird branch theme:In the next round, … Continue reading

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OuterEdit starting soon!

I blogged about this a few months ago, and now it’s finally here, the collaborative project for OuterEdit is about to start… They came to London and filmed a little video of me and here it is. I’m a little … Continue reading

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Janice’s wedding

Another pretty wedding project for a client in Hong Kong. She asked for two pheonixes, a bird symbolising longevity, that could be used in various elements of her wedding. I created several stages of the pheonix motif, in two slightly … Continue reading

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Lane Crawford summer card

My HK toile design has again been adapted by Lane Crawford, the high end department store in HK, in new neon brights, for their summer collection electronic gift card.You can purchase it on the Lane Crawford website…

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Ling Ling app

The childrens book I illustrated called ‘Ling Ling Looked in the Mirror’, about a cheeky girl who dreams of all the things she can grow up to be (and her even more sassy panda friend), is now available as an … Continue reading

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First Merit Bank advertisements

I worked with the ad agency Brokaw in the States to create a series of animated/live action TV commercials for First Merit Bank. Each of the adverts features people who have achieved their dreams, and I created hand-drawn illustrated backgrounds … Continue reading

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printmaking workshops

I gave several printmaking workshops recently, at an International school in Hong Kong. I showed the students various techniques for mono-printing (handy as no presses are needed) and we used the table surfaces to print from.I encouraged them to experiment … Continue reading

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LOKL cafe map

I was commissioned to create a decorative sight-seeing map of Kuala Lumpur, for LOKL, a boutique coffee shop there. The brief was for it to be colourful, fun, a bit modern-retro, and to show all the great things to do … Continue reading

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Karen’s wedding

I created the wedding invitations, place settings and seating plan, for my friend Karen’s wedding recently, up in Scotland. They had a map theme, mixing elements from both London and Glasgow, the cities where the bride and groom live.We chose … Continue reading

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digital sketchbook

My sketchbook for the Art House Co-op 2012 tour (‘ForksĀ  and Spoons, and what we think about them’) has been scanned and is now available to view online in their digital library. Just register, and feel free to browse. There … Continue reading

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