Creative Match Illustrations

I have now taken to entering competitions at Creativematch.co.uk a UK based design and advertising site which runs free competitions each month for illustrators to show case their works. So this month i have grabbed an image from the files and submitted it to the competition with a little bit of artistic license if you want to see it go to http://www.creativematch.co.uk/?action=viewflair&fi=2437.
Or i will publish the image below titled 'If the Buddha Dated'

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step-by-step illustration

Finally as I lift my head off my desk I see the end of my book project i have been working on for the last six months. Sewing step-by-steps are my new Forte especially after doing nearly 300 of them. The question though now is do I get the sewing machine out and start making the things that i have imagined i could make or do I avoid every fabric shop for the next few weeks. It is amazing how you get so involved with a project but as soon as it is finished you get involved with the next. As i am being called for my supper i think i will get involved with that.

Anita Roddick

I just wanted to say how sad it is to hear that Anita Roddick has passed away. A person who i had a great deal of time for, i only meet her once in passing but produced many illustrations for the Body Shop in the past. So I am going to wave you a fond farewell and hope that you can continue your good work where ever you are. I have posted this card as an homage to you.

AWARD WINNING ILLUSTRATOR

So thanks to a map illustration that I completed for Baltimore magazine i have now been awarded a Honorable mention by the Society of Professional Journalists in the USA( Maryland Professional Chapter). I am not sure how to respond to receiving this award as i can't ever remember getting anything like it before but it is great that someone out there appreciates the work that i am doing, which in the end makes it more worth while doing it!! I will have to look out the image so you can see but in the meantime here is the certificate with stick on gold star!!

Holiday pics

Just so that you can see who is behind the keyboard here is a pic of me and my daughter Maddie on holiday in France.

more time off

had a call the other day from an online media company based in the very trendy Hoxton square (Is it still trendy?) they wanted to see about linking up our services on certain projects with me producing the front end visual stuff (Maps in other words- sure i did spend all that time at art college to produce -Stuff) while they produce the back-end gubbins. Anyway it sounded interesting but I suppose we will have to wait til the right project arrives.
Also waiting to hear about book on ' go slow England' but that doesn't sound so promising at the moment.

As a distraction i have been back on ebay-a bit like drink i know it is fun but i also know it is no good for me or my bank balance but did buy a nice book for a fiver (inc P&P) about london lets hope it arrives soon???

Quiet questioning??

Illustration wise things have been quiet this last week. Why no phone calls or e-mails i have to ask you, please why not? I did get an enquiry earlier this week for a publishing company to do a series of maps of Uk regions for a travel/ accommodation guide still waiting to hear more about this, but then i think!! i have enough work to keep me going for a month why do i need new distractions??. I should just be happy that i have work going on at the moment and i look outside and the sun is shining what more could one ask for??.