Hello, I’m Tim. I’m a Bristol based illustrator working in a number of different illustration styles. I do vector illustration, Photoshop illustration, hand-drawn illustration and visualising, as well as painting with watercolours and acrylics. I also do 3D model making. The gallery below is a range of my work for commercial, publishing and charity clients as well as some of my own projects.
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Fab Lego man
One of a series of sculptures cast in resin from silicone moulds I made and then assembled and painted. This design has a layer of chocolate and sprinkles modelled in Miliput and was partially cast in clear resin with red dye. This clear resin was also used to create the melting drips (which was a nightmare to do!)
Willow porcelain and terracotta Lego man
One of a series of sculptures cast in resin from silicone moulds I made and then assembled and painted. This design has an edge layer between the textures modelled in Miliput and is painted to look like old, matt terracotta and glazed Chinese Willow porcelain. They are about eight inches tall.
Bronze Lego sculpture
One of a series of sculptures cast in resin from silicone moulds I made and then assembled and painted. This design has a drip layer modelled in Miliput and is painted to look like old, oxidised bronze over shiny, gloss turquoise. They are about eight inches tall.
Salmon and lime
Ink pen and watercolour illustration of salmon and limes. Part of a series of food illustrations in this style for a fundraising cook book for Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Kings & Queens: Henry I
A vector illustration of Henry the first of England over-layed onto an old paper background. Part of a historical series of illustrations of early kings and queens of England
Great West Shaun
UPDATE: Great West Shaun is now available in mug form! He is available to buy here Great West Shaun Mug. Make sure you get yours for Christmas!
UPDATE: Great West Shaun was sold at the Shaun in the City auction in October and raised £14000 for the children’s hospital. Unfortunately I don’t know who has bought him, if anyone knows where he’s ended up please get in touch.
The Bristol trail has finally begun. Here is the first of two designs I completed for this leg of the trail, Great West Shaun. All steam, no punk. This design is based on a traditional steam train and is painted in the old Great Western Railway’s colour scheme of green, black and gold. He’s out there now in Temple Quay. Visit the Shaun in the City website for maps or download the app to get his exact location. shauninthecity.org.uk
My second design for Bristol, The Bristol Express is located nearby outside Temple Meads station.
Photograph by Jonathan Bowcott www.jonathanbowcott.com
Kitchen
A vector illustration of kitchen items for Endsleigh’s online insurance calculator. Part of a series of various items representing the contents in a house. The illustrations animated in as you completed your calculation for each room: http://www.endsleigh.co.uk/calculators/home-contents-calculator.html
HorseWorld 4
A series of illustrations for Bristol charity HorseWorld. This was a direct mail pack to raise funds done in the style of a children’s book using watercolours, pen and acrylic paint. This image is after the horse character has been abandoned and is starving.
Robin
A comic book style illustration of a robin dressed as Robin. Drawn in ink and coloured in photoshop. This was a T-shirt design for Threadless
Hand-drawn Bristol Cotham Hill
A hand drawn illustration of Corks of Cotham, an independent wine seller on Cotham Hill. This is part of a large series of interesting Bristol buildings I have illustrated for my Hand-drawn Bristol project. The images are available to buy as limited edition giclée prints. See the full range for this project at www.hand-drawnbristol.co.uk
Pulp fiction Fleischer style
A poster design featuring the characters from the film Pulp Fiction illustrated in the 1920s/1930s style of Fleischer studios, the animation studio that produced Betty Boop, Popeye and Bimbo.
Shaun the Sheep
UPDATE: Robo-Shaun was sold at the Shaun in the City auction in October and raised £12000 for the children’s hospital. Unfortunately I don’t know who has bought him, if anyone knows where he’s ended up please get in touch.
UPDATE: Robo-Shaun is in for repairs now that the London trail has finished but there will be another chance to see him in Bristol at the exhibition from the 12th to 24th September or Covent Garden from the 24th to the 27th of September before they are auctioned off in October. He is now available in badge form and as a fridge magnet in the charity’s shop. Look out for my two new Shauns on the Bristol trail from 6th July at Temple Meads and Temple Quay
Here is my (almost) finished Shaun the sheep ready to be lacquered for the Shaun in the City art trail. www.shauninthecity.org.uk I don’t know where he is going yet, could be London in March or Bristol in July, I’ll keep you posted so you can see him in the flesh. Click the ‘view the full story’ bit at the top to see the ‘making of’ pictures.
The design was inspired by that wonderfully positive, brightly coloured future of the 1950s depicted in tin toy robots, spaceships and ray guns. It’s a bit brightly coloured for steam punk but the dials, gauges, levers, panels and rivets give it a nice retro old fashioned feel that suits the Aardman character I think.
This was the 9th design I submitted to the competition which had over 2000 entries for 120 sheep. Photograph by Jonathan Bowcott www.jonathanbowcott.com
UPDATE: Robo-Shaun is now on display outside the royal exchange in London. He’s there until the 25th of May so go and visit him! And here he is featured on the news! itv news
Unilever chef
A vector illustration of an Austrian chef outside his cafe. Part of a series of similar illustrations for an animated story used to brighten up an internal marketing presentation for Unilever Food Solutions.
George & The Dragon
A vector illustration of a playful interpretation of St George fighting the dragon.
Long Ashton Christmas cards
A series of ink and water colour illustrations of local Long Ashton buildings in the snow. Available as Christmas cards on sale at Long Ashton Post Office
Spaceman
Character illustration of a man on holiday in space. Part of series of illustrations depicting extreme wealth for an email campaign ‘Silly Money’ for The National Lottery Euromillions. Creating using illustrator and photoshop to look 3D.
Super Villain ‘Hot Girl’
I was working on an idea for a marketing project thinking up super villains, the project didn’t go anywhere so I decided to illustrate the characters I created so they weren’t wasted. This is Hot girl, lava research student Thelma Conductor who fell into a volcano during field work and became a heat-seeking super villain with thermo powers!
Catwoman
A vector illustration of Catwoman. This is one of a few Super Hero posters I illustrated to decorate my sons’ bedroom.
I-Scream-Tacos
A digital pen and ink illustration for I-Scream-Tacos a Taco truck in a converted ice cream van that usually do events but because of the current Covid 19 lockdown have started delivering to various areas around Bristol. Worth a go if they are in your area, they are delicious! I just did this illustration for fun and sent it to them and they will be printing them on T-shirts soon.
Hand-drawn Bristol Woodes Cafe
A hand drawn illustration of Woodes cafe on Park Street bristol. This is part of a large series of interesting Bristol buildings I have illustrated for my Hand-drawn Bristol project. The images are available to buy as limited edition giclée prints. See the full range for this project at www.hand-drawnbristol.co.uk
World record holder!
Hand drawn illustration of St Michael’s on the Mount, an old closed down church at the bottom of St Michael’s Hill in Bristol. Part of a series of similar images of Bristol hand-drawnbristol.co.uk a selection of which recently featured in a Guinness World Record attempt for the largest colouring in book at the Harbourside Festival in Bristol. Bristol now holds the world record!
Freddy and The Hogwarts Express
A watercolour and acrylic painting of The Hogwarts Express from Harry Potter featuring Freddy, a partially sighted boy as well as some of Freddy’s favourite characters. This image was commissioned by RNIB to feature in a fundraising pack highlighting their ‘Talking Books’ service. The pack featured a variety of characters by famous authors and illustrators including Roald Dahl, Jacqueline Wilson, Richard Scarry and Julia Donaldson who were all riding in the carriages of the Hogwarts Express throughout the pack.
It’s not easy being rich 5
An illustration for the National Lottery. Part of a series of illustrations for their campaign ‘It’s not easy being rich’ depicting a tongue in cheek view of the perils of becoming a millionaire. In this example a millionairess trips over her red carpet in her expensive shoes.
Reg of the Rangers comic strip
Hand-drawn fineliner comic book style illustration based on the old ‘Roy of the Rovers’ style comics. Reg of the Rangers featuring Reg, a tradesman and team captain was designed to be a regular edition as part of Toolstation’s social media posts promoting their sponsorship of Western and Northern Counties East Football leagues.
Alzheimer’s Society Christmas pack
A pen and watercolour illustration of a boy on his way to his grandparents for Christmas. This was part of a series of illustrations for a fundraising mail pack for Alzheimer’s society telling the story of one family coping with dementia at Christmas.
Industrious – Manchester Bee art trail
I designed and painted one of the Manchester bees for the Bee in the city trail during the summer of 2018. My design, ‘Industrious’ was based on Manchester’s industrial history and inspired by the steam powered machinery at the museum of science and industry where the sculpture spent the summer. And I’m pleased to announce that this bee was sold at auction in October for £14,000! Thanks very much to whoever bought him.
And thanks again to Jonathan Bowcott for this cool image of it
Robo-Teacher – children’s book
Some images from a children’s book I have written and illustrated. A cautionary tale of the dangers of artificial intelligence! The hero Sam builds a robot to replace his boring old teacher but things soon start to go wrong. I illustrated the characters as vectors and then used several scans of old paper and books to create the backgrounds and some of the overlayed textures. I have finished the whole book now so the easy bit is done, just need to find a publisher now…
Freedom from Torture charity pack
A comic book style fine-liner illustration for a Freedom from Torture charity pack. This was an illustrated 8 page booklet that tells the story of Sinan, an Iranian man who was imprisoned and tortured in Iran before escaping to the uk and eventually getting treatment and therapy at Freedom from Torture. Click on the link at the top of the image to view the whole story
Savings and Mortgages 3
Comic book style illustration of two Batman and Robin style characters for Chelsea Building Society. Drawn with a fine-liner and coloured in Photoshop the 3 images featured in a mail pack promoting the idea of saving money by having a savings account and a mortgage with the same bank. (This is quite old though now, I’m not sure that is still the case!)
Pirate Henry Morgan
A vector illustration of the pirate Henry Morgan for a children’s book project caricaturing real pirates from history. Morgan was a very successful pirate/privateer who exploited England’s strained relationship with Spain at the time and ended up being knighted rather than hung for his crimes. He is one of the few pirates who lived to retire
NSPCC banner
A vector illustration of a little boy for the NSPCC. The image was used across a range of banner sizes highlighting the potential dangers of the internet for young people and raising money for Childline’s new media services.
Christmas Fair poster
An illustration for a poster for my children’s Christmas school fair. This was made out of shapes cut out of coloured card, laid on top of each other and then photographed.
Scout badges
A series of vector illustrations for four Welsh Scout troops. The scouts came up with the names and drawings of their ideas and I translated them into these badges which were produced as embroidered badges and huge vinyl prints to stick on their tents.
Alzheimer’s Society Christmas pack
A pen and watercolour illustration of a boy playing with his presents while visiting his grandparents for Christmas. This was part of a series of illustrations for a fundraising mail pack for Alzheimer’s society telling the story of one family coping with dementia at Christmas.
It’s not easy being rich 1
An illustration for the National Lottery. Part of a series of illustrations for their campaign ‘It’s not easy being rich’ depicting a tongue in cheek view of the perils of becoming a millionaire. In this example a new millionaire is baffled by the assortment of cutlery he is faced with in a posh restaurant.
Googly Idols
A series of illustrations called Googly Idols. The idea was to depict musical ‘idols’ in this cut-out paper style and stick on actual googly eyes to use them as greetings cards with lines like ‘It’s your birthday, let’s dance’ etc. I’ve taken the lines off the gif as the movement made it hard to read. Idols I’ve done so far include David Bowie, Freddie Mercury, James Brown, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix and Lemmy
WWT Slimbridge duck trail
I’ve just finished painting a trail of fibre glass ‘Dusty Ducks’ designed by Aardman. I worked with various celebrity ideas to design, develop and paint several of the 6 foot tall sculptures to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Wildfowl Wetlands Trust. The Trail opened on the 9th of July and the sculptures will be out in the Slimbridge centre until the 10th of September.
Garage
A vector illustration of things you may have in your shed or garage for Endsleigh’s online insurance calculator. Part of a series of various items representing the contents in a house. The illustrations animated in as you completed your calculation for each room: http://www.endsleigh.co.uk/calculators/home-contents-calculator.html
Monk
Character illustration of a monk. This is a real model made with posable arms and legs and a turning head and was photographed in a few different poses for a series of children’s educational history books.
Euro 2016 football kit artwork
A series of 24 simple colour block designs. Based on the colours and styles of the new football kits for Euro 2016. They are a personal project and weren’t commissioned by anyone. I’m not sure what to do with them really, I thought they’d look nice as prints maybe. Any ideas let me know.
Dusty Duck Book for WWT
I was recently commissioned by The Wildfowl Wetlands Trust charity to illustrate a children’s book using the charity’s mascot Dusty Duck. The 32 page story written by Benjamin Hulme-Cross aims to highlight conservation issues with children and will be included in a mail pack as part of a membership retention piece.
Bees 2
A bee character is buffeted about in a storm. An vector illustration from a personal children’s book project.
HorseWorld 5
A series of illustrations for Bristol charity HorseWorld. This was a direct mail pack to raise funds done in the style of a children’s book using watercolours, pen and acrylic paint. This image is when the horse is discovered and rescued by HorseWorld.
Super villain ‘Germ Man’
I was working on an idea for a marketing project thinking up super villains, the project didn’t go anywhere so I decided to illustrate the characters I created so they weren’t wasted. This is Germ Man, Nazi scientist Victor Bacterium who was accidentally exposed to every known disease in his lab and became an infectious super villain.
three women illustration
Two versions of a simple vector illustration of three women. The full colour and outline illustrations were designed as options for a client to use as part of a series in a cancer charity mailing although they never got used.
Tree in Winter
Illustration of a tree in Winter for music collective promotion in Germany. This was featured on posters, flyers and t-shirts and is part of a series. The originals are drawn with a fine-liner and then re-coloured in photoshop.
Super hero colour palette
Another series of simplified character illustrations, breaking down recognisable characters to a hanful of coloured strips. Like the Star Wars characters I did previously these comic book heroes and villains remain surprisingly identifiable, although there are a few obscure characters in there.
Under the bed
Vector illustration of a monster, scared to online casino sleep because of what might be lurking under his bed.
Walnuts
Ink pen and watercolour illustration of some walnuts. Part of a series of food illustrations in this style for a fundraising cook book for Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Warzone cookbook
Illustration for a newspaper article about a cookbook featuring recipes and national dishes from war torn typically anti-American countries.
Oscar ghosts
Vector caricatures of Dennis Hopper, Marlon Brando and Heath Ledger as ghosts campaigning to get on the Oscar Memorial Reel. Inspired by an online article about how the competitive nature of the Academy Awards even extends into posthumous awards.
William the conqueror
A vector illustration of William the Conqueror over-layed onto an old paper background. Part of a historical series of illustrations of early kings and queens of England
All kings
A series of cut out paper style illustrations of kings and queens of England for a pack of playing cards. Each card will be a face card and the colour pallettes are specific to each suit. The examples here are Henry 7th, Sveyn Forkbeard, George 1st and Stephen. The idea is to have them all chronologically starting with clubs then diamonds, hearts and spades.
Star Wars colour palette – tatooine
A series of simplistic illustrations of characters from the original Star Wars films. There are so many different illustrations of these characters I wanted to see how little you could get away with in terms of shapes and form. It turns out they are so recognisable all you need is a few key colours so I designed these versions based on colour palette strips. Click the full story link at the top of the image to see all the versions.
Avengers colour palette
Another series of simplified character illustrations, breaking down recognisable characters to a hanful of coloured strips. Like the Star Wars characters I did previously these comic book heroes and villains remain surprisingly identifiable, although there are a few obscure characters in there.
RNIB lottery characters
A series of small, friendly looking characters I created to use on the RNIB’s lottery product. The characters are used across a range of on and offline media promoting the ‘Chance for everybody’ message.
E-Type Jaguar
A vector illustration of an E-Type Jaguar. Part of a series for an automobile alphabet
Budgie
Dip pen and ink and watercolour illustration of online casino my brother”s pet budgie.
Health and Safety
Illustration for a newspaper articles about casino online health and safety guidelines in war zones.
Sea food
Ink pen and watercolour illustration of prawns and mussels. Part of a series of food illustrations in this style for a fundraising cook book for Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Savings and Mortgages 1
Comic book style illustration of two Batman and Robin style characters for Chelsea Building Society. Drawn with a fine-liner and coloured in Photoshop the 3 images featured in a mail pack promoting the idea of saving money by having a savings account and a mortgage with the same bank. (This is quite old though now, I’m not sure that is still the case!)
Super Hero 2: Spiderman
A vector illustration of Spiderman. This is one of a few Super Hero posters I illustrated to decorate my sons’ bedroom. (‘Does what ever a spider doos’ is how they sing the theme tune for some reason)
HorseWorld illustration 3
A series of illustrations for Bristol charity HorseWorld. This was a direct mail pack to raise funds done in the style of a children’s book using watercolours, pen and acrylic paint. This image is from the end of the book when he’s been taken care of and makes a new friend.
Ironman
A vector illustration of Ironman. This is one of a few Super Hero posters I illustrated to decorate my sons’ bedroom.
Toastie Kitchener
A vector character illustration of a toasted sandwich in the guise of Lord Kitchener for Wimpy. The character featured on Wimpy’s facebook site promoting a competition to design your own toastie.
Eleroo
A vector illustration of an Eleroo. Part of a series for children’s book which asks what do you get if you cross… in this case an elephant and a kangaroo?
Kangophant
A vector illustration of a Kangophant. Part of a series for children’s book which asks what do you get if you cross… in this case a kangaroo and an elephant?
Super heroes 1: Batman
A vector illustration of Batman. This is one of a few Super Hero posters I illustrated to decorate my sons’ bedroom.
Super Villain ‘G.I. Gantic’
I was working on an idea for a marketing project thinking up super villains, the project didn’t go anywhere so I decided to illustrate the characters I created so they weren’t wasted. This is G.I. Gantic, a Russian soldier exposed to some sort of atomic testing which left him with the ability to grow to 10 times his normal size!
Mencap storybook
Water colour and acrylic illustrations for Mencap. This was an eight page mini story book to feature as part of a mail pack. The piece is based on a case study of a little girl with learning difficulties and explains Mencap”s “Bags of Ability” online casino nederlandsegokken sensory storytelling services to help children communicate. The finished version also included some tactile print effects such as varnishes, foiling, and textured embossing to bring the sensory element of the story to life.
Pirate Captain Kidd
A vector illustration of the pirate Captain Kidd for a children’s book project caricaturing real pirates from history. Captain Kidd, it seems is the only pirate there is any evidence of having buried treasure
Iron man
A comic book style illustration of Iron man doing what he does best! Hand drawn and coloured in photoshop, this was printed on a t-shirt by a company called tee pay.
Tree in Summer
Illustration of a tree in Summer for music collective promotion in Germany. This was featured on posters, flyers and t-shirts and is part of a series. The originals are drawn with a fine-liner and then re-coloured in photoshop.
Foreign Idioms
A selection of images from my Foreign Idioms project, illustrations of idioms used around the world translated into English. These were illustrated using the ink and water colour brushes in Adobe Fresco on the iPad pro. For the full series see my Instagram @liltimmytentoes or search #foreignidioms
Gromit Unleashed trail 2018
UPDATE: This Gromit was sold by auction on the 3/10/18 for £17,000! All of which goes to the Bristol Children’s Hospital.
I had two designs chosen for this summer’s Gromit unleashed trail which has just been launched in Bristol by The Grand Appeal to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital. Here is the first design inspired by the window’s in Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. Thanks to Jonathan Bowcott for the photograph. The finished sculpture can now be seen on the trail outside the Baptist Curch on Chipping Sodbury High street
The world according to people I know
You can see the full interactive version of the map here
Aesthetics through ignorance. This is more of a visual experiment than an actual illustration. I asked my friends and colleagues (this is an ongoing project) to draw a map of the world from memory. I scanned them all in, changed the colour of the outlines and overlayed them all on top of each other. The maps ended up being so different from each other result is this tangly mess of boarders that I thought was strangely beautiful.
Thanks to Hannah Huck for building the page
Medecins sans frontieres comic book illustration
An eight page comic book style leaflet hand drawn in fineliner and then shaded with grey in photoshop. This piece was is part of an emergency fundraising direct mail pack for Medecins Sans Frontieres, an overseas aid charity. The story concentrates on the huge problem of malnutrition for the people of Borno State in North East Nigeria displaced due to the fighting between government forces and Boko Haram.
This pack has recently won two Cream awards for advertising in best direct mail pack and best use of illustration.
Beetroot
Ink pen and watercolour illustration of raw beetroot. Part of a series of food illustrations in this style for a fundraising cook book for Alzheimer’s Research UK.
It’s not easy being rich 4
An illustration for the National Lottery. Part of a series of illustrations for their campaign ‘It’s not easy being rich’ depicting a tongue in cheek view of the perils of becoming a millionaire. In this example a millionaire struggles to find a parking space for his new stretch limo.
Sell-out Santa
Illustration for a newspaper article about the increasing commercialization of Santa.
Don’t knowbot
Watercolour and acrylic illustration of a robot dressed as a knight challenging a dragon. A spread from a children’s book idea I’m working on called ‘Don’t Knowbot’ about an imaginative robot with an identity crisis. Clcik the ‘view full story’ at the top for a close up (sorry it’s not the full story yet, technical issues!)
Birds
A vector illustration of two birds, a Bullfinch and a Blue tit having a chat on a branch.
Lounge
A vector illustration of living room furniture for Endsleigh’s online insurance calculator. Part of a series of various items representing the contents in a house. The illustrations animated in as you completed your calculation for each room: http://www.endsleigh.co.uk/calculators/home-contents-calculator.html
Monker’s Garkel – world’s first ai gin
I have been working with a company called Tiny Giant, creating Monker’s Garkel, the world’s first algorithmically designed gin. I created and collated the visual elements for an algorithm which generated the label design, while other neural networks produced the name, copy and recipe. Here is the chosen label on a finished bottle alongside Ginette, the face of the neural network I illustrated for product’s social presence. Below are some of the other generated labels that we shortlisted. The gin will be launched at Tiny Giant’s technology event at the Square club in Bristol on 5th November but this limited edition is already available to buy from Psychopomp Microdistillery
Bristol miniatures
A series of miniature pen and ink and water colour paintings of buildings. I hope to continue with this project and eventually compile a some sort of collection or exhibition. Each image is only 74 X 105 mm, the idea was to create some art that didn’t require much wall space. If you have a small space available and you’re interested in buying one or commissioning one of somewhere specific please get in touch.
Star Wars colour palettes – jabba’s palace
A series of simplistic illustrations of characters from the original Star Wars films. There are so many different illustrations of these characters I wanted to see how little you could get away with in terms of shapes and form. It turns out they are so recognisable all you need is a few key colours so I designed these versions based on colour palette strips. Click the full story link at the top of the image to see all the versions.
Reg of the Rangers 2nd edition
Hand-drawn fineliner comic book style illustration based on the old ‘Roy of the Rovers’ style comics. Reg of the Rangers featuring Reg, a tradesman and team captain was designed to be a regular edition as part of Toolstation’s social media posts promoting their sponsorship of Western and Northern Counties East Football leagues.
Cow-Pow
A vector illustration of a super hero cow for the charity ‘Send a Cow’. This and a couple of other poses featured on posters and flyers etc in direct mail packs for schools
Bath Abbey illustrations in situ
I was commissioned by Bath Abbey to create a series of illustrations to be used during the Abbey’s renovation work. I illustrated the spaces inside (and underneath) the building that are being worked on as well as a series of historical characters from different periods who have a connection to the Abbey. Here are some photos of the illustrations in situ.
Illustrations for HorseWorld Charity
A series of illustrations for Bristol charity HorseWorld. This was a direct mail pack to raise funds done in the style of a children’s book using watercolours, pen and acrylic paint.
James Bond Poster 2
My own cut-out, textured take on flat design illustration of Daniel Craig as James Bond. This was for a competition celebrating Daniel Craig’s portrayal of Bond as his last film in the role ‘No Time to Die’ is released. Or at least should’ve been released!
This one didn’t win either!
Chickens
Hand drawn and digitally coloured image of two chickens to be used as part of a sub logo for an aid charities schools materials. This version wasn’t used as the client wanted a flatter, neater coloured version but I prefer this one.
Tarantino – Django Unchained
Simple vector caricatures of Quentin Tarantino, Christoph Waltz and Jamie Foxx. A personal illustration project designed to accompany an article in a film magazine about Tarantino’s latest film ‘Django Unchained’
Block maps
Map of Japan, one of my favourites from my latest project; Block maps.The rough shapes of countries are formed out of overlayed squares and rectangles and then rendered in the bold bright colours of the respective country’s flag. The capital city and the country are handwritten over the top in the native language*. The project isn’t finished yet, I still have most of Africa, the US and Canada and a bit of the middle east to do. Everywhere I have done to date can be found here
Maps are available to buy as prints and can be adapted/personalised to some extent, if you wanted a different city highlighting for example. please contact me for sizes/prices etc.
* The names of cities and countries and the characters they use has been researched exclusively using google translate so apologies for any errors that are almost certainly in some of them. I must also apologise for my handwriting when it comes to unfamiliar alphabets and characters.
Mardis Gras Masks
I was commissioned by Tiny Giant to create a series of masks to use as a photo filter in various apps during Mardis Gras. I illustrated the masks as flat vectors with shading and highlights etc as seen here. They were then developed by a 3D designer who adapted them so they could be used in augmented reality and appear on the user’s face through Instagram. If you are viewing this on a mobile you can see it here.
Octorilla
A vector illustration of an Octorilla. Part of a series for children’s book which asks what do you get if you cross… in this case an octopus and a gorilla?
Tree in Spring
Illustration of a tree in Spring for music collective promotion in Germany. This was featured on posters, flyers and t-shirts and is part of a series. The originals are drawn with a fine-liner and then re-coloured in photoshop.
Samsung Little Horrors
A series of vector illustrations of characters from classic horror films. These were created as a piece of proactive work for Samsung to promote their TVs around Halloween but they didn’t go for it. Can you guess all 15 films from the characters? (Apologies for the poor quality, I had to display the animation as a gif here)
Art icons
I was interested in the idea of reducing great, famous works of art down to a few simple components. Partly to see if they could retain their essence but also to recreate them in a compact, simplistic digital format that we are so used to seeing now. Icons of icons.
If anyone would like to use them for anything please get in touch
It’s not easy being rich 3
An illustration for the National Lottery. Part of a series of illustrations for their campaign ‘It’s not easy being rich’ depicting a tongue in cheek view of the perils of becoming a millionaire. In this example a millionaire’s relaxing time on his private island is ruined by a coconut falling on his head.
René the Renault
A 3D style illustration of René the Renault, a character I made up for my children based on our car but in the style of the Pixar ‘Cars’ film. This was sketched and then coloured and shaded in photoshop to give the impression it is 3D.
It’s not easy being rich 2
An illustration for the National Lottery. Part of a series of illustrations for their campaign ‘It’s not easy being rich’ depicting a tongue in cheek view of the perils of becoming a millionaire. In this example a millionairess is filling her swimming pool the old fashioned way!
Mount Rushmore
Character illustration of a man who’s had his face added to Mount Rushmore. Part of series of illustrations depicting extreme wealth for an email campaign ‘Silly Money’ for The National Lottery Euromillions. Creating using illustrator and photoshop to look 3D.
Ginette_avatar for an AI created gin
I have been working with a company called Tiny Giant, creating the first algorithmically designed gin. I created and collated the visual elements for an algorithm which generated the label design, while other neural networks produced the name, copy and recipe. I’ll post the finished label and bottle when it’s released but here is an illustration of Ginette, the avatar I illustrated for the project’s online presence. Created using illustrator and photoshop she is designed to look like a robot made from copper gin distilling equipment.
Unilever Food Solutions Chef
A vector illustration of a chef. This is part of a series of illustrations of the same chef in various poses and locations that were then animated for an internal demonstration video for Unilever Food Solutions.
Hand-drawn Bristol The Granary
A hand drawn illustration of The Granary, an iconic Bristol Byzantine building that used to be a a jazz and then Rock club in the 60s, 70s and 80s. This is part of a large series of interesting Bristol buildings I have illustrated for my Hand-drawn Bristol project. The images are available to buy as limited edition giclée prints. See the full range for this project at www.hand-drawnbristol.co.uk
The Godfather Part 1
This is a vector illustration of a selection of the main characters from the Godfather Part 1
Super hero 3: Superman
A vector illustration of Superman. This is one of a few Super Hero posters I illustrated to decorate my sons’ bedroom.
My pal Pill
A vector illustration commissioned by a friend of mine to do his portrait in the style of Julian Opie, the artist who did the Blur greatest hits Album cover
Camera character
Character illustration of a camera for Exchange & Mart magazine’s ‘Sold in a Snap’ campaign. This was created in Adobe illustrator and shaded in photoshop to look like a 3D rendered image and featured on billboards, flyers and press ads.
Knorr stock carrots
Pen and ink and water colour illustration for Knorr Professional. This was used as part of a Knorr internal presentation and deomonstration of the ingredients in Knorr Professional Jelly Bouillon.
Suffragette
Character illustration of a Suffragette. This is a real model made with posable arms and legs and a turning head and was photographed in a few different poses for a series of children’s educational history books.
Imperial Infographic
A vector inforgraphic illustrating the past, future and transition of the HR department for a global corporation.
Star Wars colour palette – The Dark Side
A series of simplistic illustrations of characters from the original Star Wars films. There are so many different illustrations of these characters I wanted to see how little you could get away with in terms of shapes and form. It turns out they are so recognisable all you need is a few key colours so I designed these versions based on colour palette strips. Click the full story link at the top of the image to see all the versions.
Illustraion for HorseWorld 2
A series of illustrations for Bristol charity HorseWorld. This was a direct mail pack to raise funds done in the style of a children’s book using watercolours, pen and acrylic paint. This image is from the beginning of the story when the horse has been abandoned and is starving
Sardines
Ink pen and watercolour illustration of sardines. Part of a series of food illustrations in this style for a fundraising cook book for Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Knorr stock meaty bones
Pen and ink and water colour illustration for Knorr Professional. This was used as part of a Knorr internal presentation and deomonstration of the ingredients in Knorr Professional Jelly Bouillon.
Dogs
Selection of illustrated dog breeds. Done using the ink brush and water colour brush in adobe draw on the iPad pro.
Sailor
Character illustration of a Victorian sailor. This is a real model made with posable arms and legs and a turning head and was photographed in a few different poses for a series of children’s educational history books.
War & Peas
T-shirt design for Threadless with an illustration of peas as soldiers. This was was printed originally a few years ago but has been re printed a few times now and is available here: http://beta.threadless.com/product/807/War_And_Peas/tab,guys/style,shirt
Alpha Romeo
A vector illustration of an Alpha Romeo. Part of a series for an automobile alphabet
Bees 3
Two bee characters paint the sign for their new all improved honey shop. An vector illustration from a personal children’s book project.
Samsung Electronic Fathers’ Day
An illustration for a Fathers’ Day email from Samsung promoting a range of electronic gadgets as the perfect gifts for Dad. The illustration was the header image of the email and had the headline ‘Say it with Samsung’. Apart from the original sketch this illustration was created entirely in Photoshop.
Bees 1
Two old fashioned bees waiting for some customers in their honey shop. An illustration from a personal children’s book project done in watercolour and acrylic paint.
Hand Drawn Bristol Clifton Suspension Bridge
A hand drawn illustration of the Clifton Suspension Bridge. This is part of a large series of interesting Bristol buildings I have illustrated for my Hand-drawn Bristol project. The images are available to buy as limited edition giclée prints. See the full range for this project at www.hand-drawnbristol.co.uk
Roman
Character illustration of a roman soldier. This is a real model made with posable arms and legs and a turning head and was photographed in a few different poses for a series of children’s educational history books.
Bath Abbey illustrations
I was commissioned by Bath Abbey to create a series of illustrations to be used during the Abbey’s renovation work. I illustrated the spaces inside (and underneath) the building that are being worked on as well as a series of historical characters from different periods who have a connection to the Abbey. Here are a selection of the characters.
Artist caricatures
A series of vector caricature portraits of famous artists. I drew these as a personal project, I was interested in the idea that artists are famous and identifiable by their work but not at all by their physical appearance. A friend of mine Lee Griffin built this quiz page see how many you can guess, or to view all the characters click the ‘view the full story’ link at the top of the image.
The Elves Help Puss In Boots
This is my first fully illustrated published children’s book! Published in America by Raintree it is part of a series of Fairy Tale Mash-ups and combines Puss in Boots with The Elves and the Shoemaker. It was available to buy here on Amazon
Wolverine
A vector illustration of Wolverine. This is one of a few Super Hero posters I illustrated to decorate my sons’ bedroom.
The Big Lebowski Guess Who
I decided to illustrate a version of the classic game ‘Guess Who’ based on one of my all time favourite films The Big Lebowski. The characters are all flat vector illustrations and I used the 3D tool in Adobe Illustrator to create the board. Click on the full story link at the top to see all the characters.
Christmas delivery
Vector illustration for a company Christmas card. Santa is frustrated by Amazon’s over-packaging!
Rockit Spacebaby
I was commissioned to illustrate a spacesuit for Rockit – makers of a portable pushchair rocker, to use as an Instagram lens. The lens allowed people to take a photo of their baby so their face would appear inside the space helmet before adding some other animated effects.
Peppers
Ink pen and watercolour illustration of some peppers. Part of a series of food illustrations in this style for a fundraising cook book for Alzheimer’s Research UK
PDSA fundraising illustrations
A series of illustrations for the animal charity PDSA that are being used as part of a new look for their fundraising materials. The illustrations have been used in a variety of fundraising guides and packs so far hopefully with more to come. Ink and watercolour style created using Adobe sketch and Adobe Fresco for iPad.
Savings and Mortgages 2
Comic book style illustration of two Batman and Robin style characters for Chelsea Building Society. Drawn with a fine-liner and coloured in Photoshop the 3 images featured in a mail pack promoting the idea of saving money by having a savings account and a mortgage with the same bank. (This is quite old though now, I’m not sure that is still the case!)
Fiat 126
Illustration of an old Fiat 126. Drawn with an ink dip pen and painted using a stencil and a roller on a piece of old card.
The Bristol Express
The second Shaun the Sheep sculpture for the Bristol leg of the Shaun in the City trail. The Bristol Express is part sheep part viaduct supporting the Bristol Express train winding it’s way through the Bristish countryside. He is outside Temple Meads station until the end of August if you want to go and see him.
UPDATE: The Bristol Express was sold at the Shaun in the City auction in October and raised £9500 for the children’s hospital. Unfortunately I don’t know who has bought him, if anyone knows where he’s ended up please get in touch.
Photograph by Jonathan Bowcott www.jonathanbowcott.com
Citroen 2CV
A vector illustration of a Citroen 2CV. Part of a series for an automobile alphabet
Gortipus
A vector illustration of a Gortipus. Part of a series for children’s book which asks what do you get if you cross… in this case a gorilla and an octopus?
William Rufus (II)
A vector illustration of William Rufus, William II of England over-layed onto an old paper background. Part of a historical series of illustrations of early kings and queens of England. William II was shot with an arrow while hunting in the New Forest.
AMC Pacer
Illustration of an old AMC Pacer. Drawn with an ink dip pen and painted using a stencil and a roller on a piece of old card.
Knight
An illustrated double page spread from a children’s book idea called the 3rd Knight. The illustrations are real models made with re posable arms and legs which are photographed, cut out and placed on the parchment background.
Gromit Unleashed 2
UPDATE: This Gromit was sold by auction on the 3/10/18 for £20,000! A total of £1.3 million was raised on the night all of which goes to the Bristol Children’s Hospital.
I had two designs chosen for this summer’s Gromit unleashed trail which has just been launched in Bristol by The Grand Appeal to raise funds for the Children’s Hospital. This is ‘The Howl’ my second design inspired by Edvard Munch’s painting ‘The Scream’ Thanks to Jonathan Bowcott for the photograph. The finished sculpture can now be seen on the trail outside the Royal West of England Academy of Art at the bottom of Whiteladies Road in Bristol.
Jersey Gorilla
I was lucky enough to have a design accepted for the Jersey Gorilla trail in the summer. My design, Dia De La Extinción (Day of the extinct) was a Mexican Day of the Dead inspired design decorated with the traditional skulls, hearts flowers as well as featuring several endangered animals from Durrell zoo. The auction was last week and my gorilla sold for a massive £18,000! Many thanks to whoever bought him.
Thanks again to Jonathan Bowcott for the great pictures
Diamond ring
Character illustration of a woman with a new diamond ring. Part of series of best online casino illustrations depicting extreme wealth for an email campaign “Silly Money” for The National Lottery Euromillions. Creating using illustrator and photoshop to look 3D.
Mr Freeze
A vector illustration of Mr Freeze. This is one of a few Super Hero posters I illustrated to decorate my sons’ bedroom.
Renault 4
Illustration of an old Renault 4. Drawn with an ink dip pen and painted using a stencil and a roller on a piece of old card.
Queen Matilda
Illustration of Matilda, daughter of Henry I and heir to the English throne though she was never crowned. This is a vector illustration over-layed onto an old paper background. Part of a historical series of illustrations of early kings and queens of England. Matilda or Maud was captured by King Stephen and escaped disguised as a corpse.
Fruit
Ink pen and watercolour illustration of some raspberries, blueberries and plumbs. Part of a series of food illustrations in this style for a fundraising cook book for Alzheimer’s Research UK.
James Bond poster
An illustration of Daniel Craig as James Bond, this was for a competition celebrating Daniel Craig’s portrayal of Bond as his last film in the role ‘No Time to Die’ is released. Or at least should’ve been released!
It didn’t win 🙁
Detectives
A series of vector illustrations of famous fictional detectives which were used as avatars on a crime prevention blog site. The images had to be very simplistic as they were only used about 40 pixels square.
Yeti
Vector illustration of a Yeti character. Part of a series of character illustrations for a children’s book called ‘The Boys Survival Handbook’ published by Paragon for M&S.
Dusty Duck comic strips for WWT
Three comic strips featuring Dusty Duck, the mascot for Wildfowl Wetlands Trust which feature in the charity’s quarterly magazine. Drawn with fineliner and coloured in photoshop.
Bristol Tech Festival Avatar
I was commissioned by The Bristol Technology Festival through AI and tech enthusiasts Tiny Giant to create a tech inspired avatar to promote the 2020 festival in November. The microchip character I created in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop is to be used across BTF’s social media platforms in the build up to the launch and throughout the event.
Pirate Thomas Tew
A vector illustration of the pirate Thomas Tew for a children’s book project caricaturing real pirates from history. Tew was known as the Rhode island pirate and apparently only really had two sea-faring adventures, the first of which was extremely successful making him incredibly rich. The second ended with him being shot in the stomach with a cannon ball, so less successful by comparison!
Super villains Cyborang Utan
I was working on an idea for a marketing project thinking up super villains, the project didn’t go anywhere so I decided to illustrate the characters I created so they weren’t wasted. This is Cyborang Utan the result of a tragic experiment to create simian super soldiers who escaped and now runs amok.
Alzheimer’s Society Christmas pack
A pen and watercolour illustration of a boy at the dinner table visiting his grandparents for Christmas. This was part of a series of illustrations for a fundraising mail pack for Alzheimer’s society telling the story of one family coping with dementia at Christmas.
Knorr stock onions
Pen and ink and water colour illustration for Knorr Professional. This was used as part of a Knorr internal presentation and deomonstration of the ingredients in Knorr Professional Jelly Bouillon.
