Chantuese Lily

It's finally finished! I created this poster for a super-talented singer named Lily. I designed her Dreamer EP cover a couple of years ago. This project was a lot of fun to work on, as I love creating anything relating to music. It's a bit different to my usual illustrations as I usually focus on drawing just the face, but this time I have drawn the entire body as well as background details. It's good to challenge yourself and try different things.

I did two colour variations, the client loved both and decided they wanted to use both versions in the future. 

Which version do you like better - blue or purple?

Brat Attack

Who hasn't felt like a brat at some stage in their lives? This was a project for my Jump mentorship to create a typographic poster based on song lyrics. The song is 'Prisoner of Society' by The Living End, and I was aiming for a punk DIY aesthetic with ripped up paper. I did a few brightly coloured experiments before I settled on the red, black & grey option.

View more work-in-progress pics on my Facebook Artist page.

Typographic Madness

A work-in-progress photo of the latest project I working on as part of my Jump Mentorship. Typographic! And I have my fave lettering reference that is The Lettering Book by Noelene Morris.

Lower Dens poster

Here is the second project I have completed as part of my Jump mentorship. My brief was to design a poster for the band Lower Dens with a focus on abstract imagery. I usually like to draw people, so this was a great project for me to focus on typography and textures. Creating the 3D typography was much easier than I thought it would be - all I can say is that the 3D tool in Illustrator is the boss!

My original sketch and rough composition

Poster sneak peek

Here is a peek at the latest project that I am working on as part of my Jump Mentorship.

Lettering

Last year, I had a go at some typographic works using found objects (click here to see). It was loads of fun, and made me more interested in illustrating words to tell a story.

A book I recently purchased for typographic inspiration is Lettering: Beyond Computer Graphics. As the name suggests, it's choc-a-bloc with hand drawn typography using all mediums (one example uses cheese on a pizza!)

I'd recommend this book for all the typographic nuts.

Hundreds and thousands

More typographic experimentation! I was approached by a German magazine recently to come up with a piece for their upcoming edition. The brief was pretty open - come up with something based on the theme of 'my day.' I used cake decorating sprinkles to form the words, which in English translates to 'every day is a party.' I originally planned to use some cachous (those edible silver balls used for cake decorating) but they just rolled everywhere!

The sentence 'every day is a party' means that every day can be the best day if you just have a good attitude and expect good things in life.

Plasticine typography

I bought some plasticine a couple of years ago with the thought that someday I might incorporate it into a design. Well, that time finally came! I had a go at creating words using the plasticine and it was a whole heap of fun! Some of the letters were a bit difficult and wriggly to shape, but I suppose it all adds to the playful vibe of this piece.

The words get out there & do something colourful is just a reminder to myself to try and experiment with new mediums, have fun with design and not to over-think.

A quick little typographical experiment

It's been a while since I have posted any new work of mine, because lately I have been feeling a bit stuck for creative inspiration. I love creating vector illustrations, but I was thinking of the same ideas and so I decided to take a break and just experiment with some different mediums.

I've always loved making things with my hands so I have announced a holiday from computers and had a go at creating words with found objects. It's a lot of fun, and the best thing is that it focuses my attention to the process of creating something rather than thinking about the end result.

I'm feeling more creative then ever now, and I will be posting some new works soon! Isn't that a cause for celebration?