Some editing work for the Auckland Council...

Here's a video I recently put together for the Auckland Council on the new Auckland Plan. Parts of it were a bit rushed in the end, but it was a fun project, and actually looks like quite a good plan! Go Auckland!

Phoenix Cosmetics

Here's some work I've done for Phoenix Cosmetics' new store in Wellington...

Window and sandwich board by yours truly.

Spent a surprisingly long time giving Marilyn spirals.

Aww, what a purty shop!

Botanic Gardens kid's trail

I've been designing up a kid's trail for the Auckland Botanic Gardens this last week. First I tried building the whole thing out of play dough - no kidding! I cooked up some play dough on the stove, moulded it into different shaps and photographed it. But sadly the whole concept was a FAIL! So in the end I reverted to "traditional" illustration and design. *sigh*

Anyway, here's the cover from the finished, A3 work - folded down to A5.

Taxi driver

Further my previous post, still experimenting stylistically here and thinking about character design. ...Also future vehicle design... although to be honest, I was mostly testing my ability to draw a car at all. Never a strong point for me - machines, buildings etc. I think because I'm a bit lazy.

Digital inking

I'm now officially out of work! Quit the day-job as of yesterday, so I'm now on the look-out for paying jobs. Meanwhile, I spent the afternoon experimenting with some different digital inking techniques, below. These are also partly character studies for a novel/comic/movie concept I'm chiseling away at, but are mostly just doodles. I guess I'm also trying to find a style of my own in there.

PhotoShop fun

This wee job took a lot more time than I imagined - mostly because there was so much that had to fit in! But anyway, was an interesting challenge in PhotoShop - and to a degree of technicality I haven't gone to before. Overall I created over 100 layers to get to the final image, 300dpi and 9000 pixels wide. Pushed my poor Imac to the point of being a dick. 

This was created for Weltec and Sauce.