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Drawing Board (2023). Exploring new ways to display drawings.

Sue at John Hopkins called with a request for two illustrations for the 'Medical Round' section of Hopkins Medicine magazine. One was about tissue changes in heart cells when they are in space and the other, seen here, about the link between certain gut microbes and stress-induced disorders such as depression.

An imagined cover for a new school mathematics book.

“The past is never dead. It's not even past.” A quote that resonates as I sort through old documents and other assorted material. The fourth in a series combining figures and ephemera paperwork.

Christina from The Reader's Digest called with a request for some new images to accompany an article about non-alcoholic fatty liver disease—what it is, risk factors, diagnosis and prevention. Here are some of the resulting illustrations.

Experimental image combining collage, drawing and AI. Combining the figure and ephemeral elements

I was contacted by Matt at Hagerty to produce an image for the fourth issue of Radius, their first of 2023. The article to be illustrated was about understanding the collectible car market when other investments were crashing. I was given a free hand with interpretation and colour choices.



Formerly a soft cover magazine, now a hardback book containing over a hundred and thirty full colour pages. A high quality publication.

Elizabeth at Chicago Magazine got in touch with a feature piece entitled 'Breathe Easy'. Illustrations were needed to represent the various symptoms and treatments involved in respiratory illnesses. These range from from asthma and allergies through to lung cancer and cystic fibrosis.

Although I've been approached a few times over the years to illustrate some new postage stamps the proposed projects never saw fruition for one reason or another. During a quiet time I thought I'd work on a few designs of my own.

Experimenting with form, limited colour, composition and rendering. A lot of trial and error went into the creation of this image, from drawing, collaging and AI variations.



Once I have a finalised design I am happy with it's interesting to then take a step back and consider different approaches.