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Venice #2

Venice #2

Venice #1

Venice #1

This week’s Big Issue illustration for an interview with news reader Huw Edwards.

This week’s Big Issue illustration for an interview with news reader Huw Edwards.

I received a rather unexpected package through the post this weekend courtesy of royal mail, a beautiful limited edition book containing special released stamps issued during 2011. Included within the book is my own stamp, illustrated to commemorate the 2012 olympics in London. A lovely surprise to brighten what was all-in-all a wet and gloomy weekend.

I received a rather unexpected package through the post this weekend courtesy of royal mail, a beautiful limited edition book containing special released stamps issued during 2011. Included within the book is my own stamp, illustrated to commemorate the 2012 olympics in London. A lovely surprise to brighten what was all-in-all a wet and gloomy weekend.

Miki Dora.

Sketchbook.

Sketchbook.

A portrait of Kate Middleton I did for Fabulous magazine that sadly never went to print.

A portrait of Kate Middleton I did for Fabulous magazine that sadly never went to print.

Sad news to hear the passing of Levon Helm this morning, surely one of the coolest drummers to have walked the planet.

New illustration for Nuts! magazine, to accompany an interview with Guy Pierce. Art direction and layout by Simon Freeborough

New illustration for Nuts! magazine, to accompany an interview with Guy Pierce. Art direction and layout by Simon Freeborough

These are a couple of portraits I did for Texas Monthly recently. It never ceases to amaze me that I can sit here in a small studio in Manchester doing drawings for magazines across the other side of the globe.

These are a couple of portraits I did for Texas Monthly recently. It never ceases to amaze me that I can sit here in a small studio in Manchester doing drawings for magazines across the other side of the globe.

The first of a weekly illustration for the Big Issue, the drawings are to accompany a new interview feature of the magazine. This week’s was an interview with psychologist, author and performer Richard Wiseman.

The first of a weekly illustration for the Big Issue, the drawings are to accompany a new interview feature of the magazine. This week’s was an interview with psychologist, author and performer Richard Wiseman.

Tom Couglin portrait for AARP magazine. Art Direction: Dian Holton

Tom Couglin portrait for AARP magazine. Art Direction: Dian Holton

Gangster lawyers for ‘The Lawyer Magazine’. Art Direction: Marion Francis

Gangster lawyers for ‘The Lawyer Magazine’. Art Direction: Marion Francis

Van Halen

Van Halen