Weapon Of Choice at Howies Bristol

A couple of weeks back I went along to do a spot of live drawing at the Weapon Of Choice show in the Howies store in Bristol. It's a nice big exhibition space there and loads of the old live drawings from the previous WOC club nights were up there. They all looked really good up together, the black and white colour scheme of them making a really cohesive show.

I finally managed to finish off the canvas I started painting at the WOC gig featuring the Furious Five a while back. I'm glad I did as I don't like leaving things unfinished and it turned out alright.



I then had some time left and there was a space to fill on the main wall, so came up with a kind of Bristol Triceratops head on the spot. See if you can spot it!



'Big Ups' to all who painted that night and the WOC boys. Cheers to Sylvia Meller for the pics.

Pond Illustration

Thought I would stick up this pond illustration I have done for North Somerset Council. It's for a nature reserve information board at a place called Locking Castle. It's quite a straight up illustration job, but I am pleased with the end result. Nice Carp!

Glyptodon!

For my latest Play It By Ear club nite poster I have decided to go for a giant prehistoric mammal rather than a dinosaur. The beastie is based around a Glyptodon that was a bit like a huge Armadillo. It has a bit of a Pokemon feel to it and is very seasonal with its autumnal/fall/halloween colour scheme!

Clandestiraptor T Shirt now available!

Front design.


Back design.

My Clandestiraptor design featuring loads of pop culture toys of the 80's is now availble from Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy's Clandestine Industries. The design is available on a T shirt and Sweater. Both also have a back print that I designed also.

Computer Arts Projects Magazine

I have some of my work featured in the new 'Freelance survival' issue of Computer Arts Projects Magazine. The mag has work in it from alot of other talented freelancers including McFaul Studio, Pete Harrison, Sarah Coleman, Jam Factory and my mate Rich T!

Zombie Mannequin

This is my customised mannequin done for the Wonderland Collective show 'Nothing To Display' in Woburn, Saturday 29th August.

I decided to just doodle out on it using the trusty Posca and go with the flow of the dummy. I am really pleased with how it has turned out in a freaky Zombie kind of way. I added a few layers of spray on gloss finish lacquer to stop the pen paint from scratching off and to give it a nice shine.

I think most of the folk at my studio were pleased to see the back of it as it was freaking them out a bit.

Raptor!!!

Coming soon to Clandestine Industries!

I Sometimes Draw People And Not Just Dinos

Some of you might have read my blog post back in July on Boys Who Draw about how I draw characters and things that aren't Dinosaurs sometimes. Well, thought I would put a sneaky peak of another one up that I have done recently for a client. This guy is a web designer dude.

Colston Yard

I noticed the other day that the Colston Yard pub in Bristol now has it's new outside seating area. Here's the artists impression sketch I did a while back that went in with the planning application for it...

Badge Design

This is one of a few badge designs I have done recently as part of the Every Child Matters campaign in North Somerset.....

Paper City Illustration For Blueprint Magazine

Blueprint, one of the leading magazines for Architecture and Design invited me to produce an illustration as part of their Paper City feature where the most creative people around are invited to put forward their personal ideas about cities.

I did the piece a few months ago now and I am really pleased that it has now been published in the current issue. It also coincides with the opening of Blueprint’s exhibition Paper City: Urban Utopias at the Royal Academy from the 31 July-27 October.


My illustration is of a city dinosaur that has been built to regenerate urban areas after an apocalyptic event.

It is based on a Dilophosaurus, which in Jurassic Park, had a frill on its neck and spat acid. These city beasties have a frill round their necks that have solar panels on and also wind turbines for power. They spit bio acid at old buildings to break them down and then eat them! The old buildings are crunched up and pooed out of the back along with water and other liquids and rapid growing trees and seeds are planted from the tail and feet.

I'm really happy with how this illustration turned out and honoured to be in the magazine and exhibition.

Godzilla and Trains

This is my latest poster for the Play It By Ear club nite in London. This months night has a Hip Hop flavour, so when coming up with ideas, first thought of doing a Ghetto Blaster, then Graffed up NY subway trains. In the end I thought that it would be ace to have Godzilla carrying a pile of subway cars and with one in his mouth!

There is a shot of Zilla eating a train which I used for reference along with a good look through the classic Subway Art book. I hope the writing looks OK - Graff lettering is not my strong point at all so I tried to keep it pretty straight forward.

Bristol Green Companion

This is the cover illustration I have done for this years Bristol Green Companion. The last couple of years I have provided cover illustrations for the Bath Green Companion which have been dinosaur shaped. This time I have gone for a miniature world, a green globe featuring wind turbines, solar panels and electric cars.