May 2012

Dorset Energized Full Website Launched

I have been working with my Partner Web Designer Anna Celeste Watson on completing the fully illustrated Dorset Energized website. The site promotes the benefits of all forms of renewable energy including electric cars, solar panels and wind turbines in Dorset and aims to expand throughout the UK.

I was pleased to have been commissioned to illustrate each page of the website to show the different renewable technologies and how they could fit into everyday life.

The full website is now live on www.dorsetenergized.co.uk so have a look and let me know what you think!

February 2012

Benjamin Zephaniah Poem in Resurgence Magazine

I am very excited to have been commissioned to illustrate 'Luv Song' a poem by the leading contemporary poet Benjamin Zephaniah which has now been published in the March/April 2012 issue of Resurgence Magazine.

The poem is Benjamin's paean to the humble hedgehog, and the illustration has been used to accompany it in a special edition on 'ANIMALS: A NEW ETHICS' totally dedicated to the subject of animal rights.

After submitting the illustration I was pleased to receive a personal thumbs up from Benjamin who commented:

"That hedgehog is cool. Brilliant."

October 2011

ethicaledge® Website

My Partner Web Designer Anna Celeste Watson commissioned me to create several illustrations for ethicaledge® - the first charity recruitment agency to specialise in connecting digital marketing managers, social media specialists and talented communications people with amazing charity jobs. Our favourite illustration is also used on a separate blog for Lauren Bates - the founder of ethicaledge®.

The site has made it to the shortlist of Site Inspections in the design industry magazine New Media Age getting a very good score for 'Branding' based on its simple 'eye-catching cartoon-style design' and was recommended as 'one to keep an eye on' once the site content builds up.

September 2011

Dorset Energized Holding Site

This Autumn I am working with my Partner Web Designer Anna Celeste Watson on a fully illustrated website for an exciting initiative Dorset Energized (working title) that aims to expand both by county and nationally in the UK. The site will promote the benefits of renewable energy from electric cars, to solar panels, to wind turbines, and is aimed specifically at the general public and small businesses.

After putting forward our concept for the overall look and feel for the website, the project has got the go ahead for funding, so we hope we can lead the way here in Dorset and get people 'energized' with renewable energy!

Please let us know your feedback on what you would like to see on the site!

August 2011

Anya17 Contemporary Opera

I am currently working on the logo and graphic design work for Anya17 - an extraordinary opera which seeks to expose the desperate plight of sex trafficking victims in the UK.

Anya17 is an original, compelling operatic story of an eastern-European ingénue who leaves her homeland for a new life in the West. Dark undercurrents are soon evident as her decision to forge a new future casts her into a relentless whirlpool of trauma, emotional disintegration and death.

Following Librettist Ben Kaye's lauded collaboration 'Eternal Voices' with 'British Composer Award' Winner Adam Gorb, Anya17 premieres by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Ensemble 10/10 on March 7th 2012.

A documentary following the progress of the production of Anya17 starts this September by Liverpool Hope, headed by BAFTA award winner Francis Vose.

Check out the site/blog on www.anya17.co.uk

May 2011

Luna26 Website

I am currently collaborating with my Partner Web Designer Anna Celeste Watson on a fully illustrated website for Luna26 Design based in Wimbledon London and relocating to Toronto Canada, who specialise in bespoke invitation design and stationery for weddings and corporate events.

April 2011

Charity T-Shirt Design Competition

After launching my new Chicken t-shirt design for Compassionate Dorset for Easter, my Partner Web Designer Anna Celeste Watson and I have teamed up with South West Artwork and Meetdraw to look for talented designers and artists to design more farm animal themed t-shirts to add to the Compassionate Dorset online shop at www.compassionatedorset.co.uk/shop in aid of the leading farm animal welfare charity Compassion in World Farming.

Anna and I will be 2 of 4 judges selecting 4 winning designs and 100% profits from all online sales will continue to be donated to the charity.

For details of the competition visit:
www.compassionatedorset.co.uk/charity-tee-competition-may2011.htm.

February 2011

Frank & Faith Refresh

Dorset based ethical fashion label Frank & Faith have returned to my Partner Web Designer Anna Celeste Watson and myself for a refresh of their website for Spring 2011 and a new 'Made in the UK' flag graphic for use at their trade shows. I originally created the logo and background illustration for the site that Anna designed back in Autumn 2007. View the website on www.frankandfaith.com.

Frank & Faith's Founder and Director Anya Pearson has also been helping us to promote our charity t-shirts designed under their animal welfare group Compassionate Dorset in aid of Compassion in World Farming, and got the tees featured as 'What's Hot!' in the top selling women's fashion magazine Cosmopolitan (Feb issue 2011).

Christmas 2010

Meetdraw Digital Animals Print Sale

The charity t-shirts I designed for Compassionate Dorset caught the eye of Bournemouth & Poole collective Meetdraw who hold networking events bringing together freelance digital creatives and agencies throughout Dorset. Meetdraw regulars decided to hold a print sale of their original limited edition 'Digital Animal' themed screen prints in aid of Compassionate Dorset and Compassion in World Farming at Meetdraw8 and raised £555.

View Meetdraw's Digital Animals prints on:
www.meetdraw.com/category/meetdraw8-the-christmas-meetball

I am also planning to collaborate with my Partner Anna Celeste Watson and South West Artwork on an art show called 'The Factory' in 2012...

September 2010

The Phoenix Bakery Café Exhibition

Some of my work that was previously exhibited in the 'This Ones Different' contemporary art and design show by South West Artwork last month, is now being re-exhibited at The Phoenix Bakery Café in Weymouth - www.phoenixbakery.co.uk.

Update: The same works have also since been exhibited at other venues across Dorset.