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  - Treasures from the V&A 400-1600 AD, Children's Trail Sheet Illustrations for Sheffield Millennium Galleries
    29/01/09
    
    Last night I attended the opening of the 'Treasures from the V&A' at Sheffield Millennium Galleries, and picked up a copy of the children's trail which I supplied illustrated characters for. You can see both sides above.
    
    Illustrations by myself, design
  - Children Interacting with Nature
    28/01/09
    
    Here is a selection of spot illustrations of children interacting with nature which I have just completed.
    
    Activities included are bird watching, pond dipping, looking at animal tracks and observing animals.
  - Illustration Friday: "Climbing" - A tree is nature's climbing frame
    26/01/09
    
    This week's illustration friday theme is 'climbing', and this immediately made me think fondly of the childhood pastime of climbing trees!
    
    There's been quite a bit on the news lately about the demise of tree climbing amongst modern children, which if it is
  - Illustration Friday: "Pale". Coloured version of my carousel image
    22/01/09
    
    I spent ages thinking about what I could come up with for the theme of pale, but then decided that it would be more worthwhile working drawing something which would allow me to continue to develop my work. I have recently thought that I would like to get more colour into my work, since I
  - Carousel with Unusual Animals
    21/01/09
    
    This is a fineliner 'rough' of a carousel image I'm working on at the moment. I will be adding people riding on the carousel, but felt I needed to work the carousel out first since it's such a complex thing.
  - Illustration Friday 'Contained' - Educational Poster 'Famous Eccentic People'
    15/01/09
    
    The theme of this week's Illustration Friday topic is 'contained'.
    
    I found this quotation, which I liked the idea of.
    “Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has gener
  - General Portfolio Page Updated with 2 new Images
    15/01/09
    I've updated my 'General' page with two new images, they have been featured on the blog, but a rather long time ago - and I thought it was time they were included in my portfolio. You can click on 'General' on the top menu, or click the links below to go direct to the images
  - Famous Figures of the American Civil War Educational Trading Cards/Fact Cards
    08/01/09
    
    I am developing some designs for Illustrated Educational Trading cards/fact cards of Famous people from the American Civil War, in my ongoing attempt to integrate some illustrations involving American History into my portfolio. I'm not sure how many of these I will develop, but I li
  - Illustration Friday: "Resolve" - Thomas Stonewall Jackson
    07/01/09
    
    This week's Illustration Friday theme is 'Resolve'. I am still expanding my historical illustration portfolio, and decided that this was an ideal opportunity to draw a character from American History.
    
    This illustration is of Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson,
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