my mammoth...

This months creature over on a little bit bunny is the wooly mammoth. As usual here's some early sketches, the final illustration wasn't much tidier (it's fun to be messy). Pop onto A.L.B.B if you'd like to see the finished result. Right, now I can switch off and go eat.

living pink cloud...

Well it's high time I eased into the new year's blogging. I'll get off to a sweet and gentle start. It's rarely the case that I will ever have anything worth blog posting here from my graphic design day job but the occasional scrap falls from the table that I hate to see go to waste. One such titbit is this unused prelim design for a mascot to advertise a Candy floss brand. I mainly include it as, despite being solely vector and having a pure magenta in it's palette (two things I'd usually steer away from if given the choice) I was happy enough with the result to keep hold of it. A departure from my freelance personal work but variety is the spice of life they say. Onward into 2012 folks...

(artwork © MAPS Ltd.)

Hello Ted!

My very good friends Kev and Vicky have signed off 2011 and signed into 2012 in grand style with the arrival of their wee bundle of fun, little Edward! It's at times like these that you want the right sentiment to go to those dear to you and not give money to the greetings card companies and post something generic. Well done you two and hello little Ted!