Art & Illustrations

Selection of Work

I've been drawing and sketching since I was very young. I particularly love drawing people, faces, and expressions. I'm a big fan of comics, graphic novel art, and animated films. Blending together my love of electronic music and comics, I've created artwork for various DJs, clubs, and labels. More recently, I've been focusing on technical drawings, which I've used to design and build my garden studio and furniture. I'll be adding my technical drawings to this page soon. 

Illustrations

Ibiza

I first went to Ibiza in 1998 and instantly fell in love with the island. I've been going to Ibiza every year since. I love the mix of people Ibiza attracts. Below are some of my sketches from my observations at Bora Bora and Salinas beach.

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Above: Illustrations from my sketchbook using pen, and charcoal (top right).

Illustrations

London

The illustrations below are from my London clubbing days when I used to draw my favourite clubs and DJ's. (There's a little bit of Ibiza in there too of course!). Some of these drawings led to a number of commissions. One of my illustrations was used on The Dust Remix album in 2003 (Discogs). I worked for Carwash as their lead graphic designer for several years, designing their logo, rebranding, and creating a ton of adverts for TimeOut, Ministry, and Mixmag. I created Carl Cox and Jim Master's website for their legendary Base Club at the Velvet Rooms in Charing Cross. I created and managed Space Ibiza resident DJ Jonathan Ulysses's website for many years, as well as Gordon Edge's 'Tumpetman' website. I also designed flyers for The End and created drawings for Darren Emerson. Sadly, the file that held the drawings for Darren Emerson became corrupt, so that artwork was lost, but I plan to recreate it again this year using the iPad Pro.

Below from the left: Space Ibiza DJ Jonathan Ulysses, Velvet Room Girls, Dj's Carl Cox, Jim Masters & Brenda Russell, Jonathan Ulysses at Space, Carwash art, DJ Trevor Rockcliffe, Charing Cross Clubbers, The Road to Pacha.  

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Below: The Dust Remix CD I designed came from a photo I took in Berlin of some sunglasses. Inspired by Andy Warhol's work, I reproduced the same image in different colours. The label and artist loved the work and the album received great reviews (see sticker on album front cover).

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