Sewer-side

From a poem by Cathy Crabb entitled 'Sewer-side' about a trip down Manchester's dreary canals.

Lines & Lines & Lines & Lines

A mish-mash of buildings from around Manchester. Based on a brief about maps.

Life Is a Dream

'Rosaura. High on a mountainside in Poland, dressed in a man's traveling clothes.
Having been thrown from her horse, she descends while addressing the runaway animal.'

Inspired by the opening scene from Pedro Calderon's 'Life Is a Dream'. Due to the weather in recent weeks I wanted to play with the idea of snow falling.

Moby Dick

I wanted to try doing a piece that was basically all digital because I recently got myself a Wacom tablet. Everything is from a drawing, which was scanned but then coloured digitally.

One of the first illustrations for the 'Fable of Rudella' project in collaboration with Christopher Edwards

The Mash Tun

The Racking Machine

The Malt Mill

The Fermenting Vessel Mark Two

An illustration inspired by a Neil Gaiman short story called 'Harlequin Valentine'. This picture became a vehicle for experimenting with Tria marker pens and ink applied with pieces of card.

The Copper

A book cover for Ernest Hemingway's 'Death in the Afternoon'

Taurus

The Fermenting Vessel