If only...

A picture for the website Illustration Friday.com. This week

the creativity-inspiring word was 'artificial'

Babylon Concept Drawing

Before I'd settled on a format for Fabulous Babylon I experimented

with having a more 'street level' viewpoint with a view to perhaps

creating a street scene. I later returned to this idea for my second
Babylon related piece, which also featured better spelling.

Giga Foot

One of the few concept character designs I did for

Fabulous Babylon; most were done on the fly and

drawn straight into the image

"I" is for Infiltration

My effort for an ABC book involving the folks on the Children's Book Illustration course.

Advertising Giant

An experimental concept piece for Fabulous Babylon. Always quite liked this one

96 Stories from Babylon

This should be the last of them. Haven't posted all 304 but well, some were a tad crap. All of the Babylon thumbs were done straight onto newsprint with ink pen, a really free and fun way to work. Click for big :)

64 Stories from Babylon #2

64 Stories from Babylon #1

To coincide with Fabulous Babylon, I produced a series of thumb nail-drawings depicting what I like to call snap-shots or 'stories' from the city. I made over 300 of these thumbnail drawings in total. They act as a means of providing a closer look at city life, showing details too small for the bigger picture. One set consisted of sixteen thumbnail drawings, some of which followed a story or theme, with most not relating at all.

Fabulous Babylon

This image is featured in the upcoming Images 34 annual and should be exhibited at the accompanying exhibition in London, September '10. The image is based on a short story by the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges, The Lottery in Babylon, which metaphorically deals with how chance can shape our lives. Click for a bigger version...

Systems Go!

Nothing beats a man in a suit driving a 3-wheeled racecar with eyes to really get things rolling