PANZ Awards - animation

Here is an animation I created for part of the publicity towards the PANZ Awards for 2014.

http://www.bookdesignawards.co.nz

Close-ups - Laura

Here are close-ups of each drawing. I first did a sketch on paper to decide roughly what Laura would look like. From there I scanned this into the computer and drew over the sketch in Illustrator, tweaking certain elements and perfecting the drawing as I went. I scanned patterned paper and fabric for her outfits, and these are also what I used for the background in each frame above.

Something a bit different

These are six illustrations I created for a cookbook for Penguin Group (NZ) which didn't make it into the book. I have always been fond of these illustrations as they are so far removed from my usually very tight, realistic drawing style. Until I drew these, I never knew I could successfully create a much simpler, cartoony style. I decided to frame them using similar background fabrics that were used in the finished cookbook. I think they've come up great!

A blast from the past

I had a surprise email from my good friend Andy last week telling me to go to his Facebook page. When I did, I saw this picture that he had posted.

These four drawings were drawn by myself about 12 years ago using black ink pen on paper. It was part of a university project and I had completely forgotten about them until Andy emailed me. I had given them to him as a gift many years ago (something else I had forgotten about) and he had just got them framed professionally.

I'm so touched that he liked them enough to get them framed! It really made my day!