looking for a job

Having been recently made redundant at my Design job, I took this as a 'kick up' the backside to get on with ideas that has been playing in my mind for a very long time...such as sending a random postcard to one agency I would love to work for.

Now I find that by claiming to be creative, I would have to prove it when wanting to stand out from all other applicants. The challenge is on.

Magazine Illustration

Set of Illustrations commissioned for a London student magazine

a new avenue??

In my time in the industry...I have always felt as though I am preparing for something else.

Coming home late and reading up on Quark Xpress, the bible, just to know the ins and outs of 'trapping' for print techniques...learning Adobe Illustrator to translate my sketches to vector images.

Throughout all these all I ever wanted to do is contribute my skills to Designs relating to music and fashion...I have recently had the privilege of meeting with Mani, a good friend and Design Manager at Evisu - he showed interest in working with some of my illustrations and designs as possible candidates. Much too early to confirm anything just yet, but I am already excited at the thought of my work being so close to the heart of an existing company.

Illustration

Constantly, I find myself surrounded by images all of which gives such a different type of 'feeling'.
I wont go in to the science of how and why, I shall leave this to the professionals, but from time to time, such images inspires me to create a 'new' kind of illustration.

This is when the entire universe can become a sweet shop - my eyes don't quite know where to focus, and sadly sometimes, neither do my mind.

I am born illustrator, there was never a question, but I cannot tell you that I have one style in particular, although can tell you what makes me excited, what inspires me. From here some have made comments, thus assuring me these are pictures/illustrations worth pursuing.

Recently for example, I have noticed how much I liked it when simple cut-out shapes made me feel like a child staring at my 'older' work. That craftiness and simplicity and almost organic feel what makes me think of 'warmth'.

This is why I came up with the image below.



These images would normally start from my sketch books and some will find they're way to actually being interpreted either digitally (thanks to Adobe & my loyal Apple Mac) or through traditional methods (really liking a lot of inks right now).