- Been a freelance illustrator for about 20 years
- Mainly does portraits of people (celebs, footballers etc)
- Foundation course at Manchester School of Art
- Did his degree in Swindon down south
- Started off with painting but moved onto digital work
- If he sees something interesting on TV he instantly draws it whether it is buildings, sci fi or people.
- At the point in his career where he doesn't have free time to do personal work
- Converts faces into shapes using Adobe Illustrator
- Positioning of facial features make the person recognisable (dots for eyes, triangle nose and simple mouth shape)
- Less detail tends to be a better result
- Works better when he needs the client more than they need him (such as White Stripes USB sticks for their album)
- Wing it
- Illustrate more of the things you're interested in (do them to get more people to notice you doing things you love rather than what you're being told to do)
- Pricing for clients can be a struggle because it goes to a design agency for a quote
DO WHAT YOU LOVE, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO, DON'T THINK ABOUT GRADES
