These are the print adverts I illustrated for Vancouver Aquarium’s ‘The Secret World of Sharks & Rays’. I worked with TAXI Vancouver and the ads were featured in newspapers.

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Credits 

Agency: TAXI
Illustrator: Zara Picken
Art Director: Tony Hird
Creative Director: Matt Bielby
Designer: Andrew Passas
Executive Creative Director: Kevin Barclay
Writer: Matt Bielby
Agency Producer: Leah Fladgate

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I created the artwork for this TV spot advertising Vancouver Aquarium’s ‘The Secret World of Sharks & Rays’. I was commissioned by TAXI Vancouver and the work was animated by Chad Jones.

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Credits

Agency: TAXI
Illustrator: Zara Picken
Animator / Motion Designer: Chad Jones
Art Director: Tony Hird
Writer / Creative Director: Matt Bielby
Account Manager: Amber Foss
Producer: Indre Sakus
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A Dog’s Life.

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I was commissioned by Seven to create a full page illustration for the Sainsbury’s Bank ‘Money Matters’ magazine. The feature was about everyday essentials to pack for a holiday, focusing on less obvious items that could prove invaluable.

The second image shows an earlier version, which featured some slightly different items. The last image shows the final illustration in context.

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When You magazine commissioned me to illustrate a feature about grandparents who look after their grandchildren, I came up with a couple of ideas - both were liked and so both were worked up to final artwork.

This illustration was used as a spot illustration and the other was used at full page size.

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I was commissioned by You magazine to illustrate a feature about grandparents who look after their grandchildren. The article discussed how some feel they are being treated more like unpaid staff than valued relatives.

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Kirill Grouchnikov kindly invited me to answer some questions for his excellent blog, Pushing Pixels. You can read the interview here. I talk about style, unusual feedback and the recent surge in mid-century inspired design amongst other things. 

Also, look! New photo of me! It’s a perfectly representative portrait as you can never see my face obscured behind the wall of hair. 

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I was commissioned by Homes & Antiques magazine to create this map of The Hague, highlighting antiques hotspots, landmarks and places of interest.

And yes, that is a chandelier in the shape of a seahorse.

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I’m excited to have two new illustrations available to buy and download on Poolga Prints. It is a great new “print it yourself” site featuring works of art by distinguished illustrators. 

The illustrations are simply downloaded for a small price and can be printed at home or by a printing service. 

The designs available on Poolga Prints are selected from the considerable talent in Poolga’s online gallery, which has been running since 2007. There are lots of great prints to choose from - my illustrations can be found here and here.

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Introducing our lovely new dog and studio companion, Audrey!

She is a three year old Jack Russell cross - we adopted her from Dogs Trust a couple of months ago and she has made herself very at home, as you can see. 

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