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O2 "It's Your Community" Art Competition

I was recently selected as the National Winner of the 02 'It's Your Community' Art Competition. My entry can be seen below.

Entries for this competition had to be inspired by the statment "The world is a better place when our communities are connected".

My piece is based on a jigsaw puzzle, with each piece showing something which helps a community to connect, both to other communities, and for members of that local community to connect with one another.

My piece is based on the Sheffield community, since that is where I am based - although many of the things represented can apply to any community.

Illustration for the 'O2 It's Your Community Competition', Illustration takes the form of a jigsaw puzzle, with each piece showing a different aspect of local community.

Individual illustrations show -

TOP ROW (Left to right)
1. Mother & Baby Group: Offers opportunities to meet new people in your community. 2.Sharrow Lantern Carnival: This is an annual event where huge glowing lanterns made by local people are carried through the streets. 3. The Winter Gardens: Provide an oasis in the city centre for people to meet, and school parties to visit. 4. Local Libraries: These provide access to books and internet access both for learning and for pleasure.

2ND ROW DOWN (Left to Right) -
1. Noodle Bar: Idea of being introduced to new culture through food. 2. Helping the Elderly: Volunteering to help vulnerable members of the community. 3. The Wolseley Road Medina Mosque: This has had a positive effect in bringing together the local community. 4. Green spaces & Parks: Sheffield is blessed with many of these, and they provide a great place to meet and play, and enjoy being outside.

3RD ROW DOWN (Left to Right) -
1. Local Fete: This could be a summer fete or church fair, or local village fair. 2. Working in an Office: Meeting new people in a working environment. 3. Snooker at the Crucible: The world championships brings lots of people to Sheffield. 4. Graduation Ceremony: Sheffield has two universities so has a big student presence.

BOTTOM ROW (Left to Right) -
1. Rural Public Transport: Connects Sheffield to the Peak District and surrounding area. 2. Church Services: Brings people together in worship, and also as a result of church organised activities. 3. School Walking Bus: Thanks to the efforts of volunteers, these community schemes mean children can walk to school safely. 4. Community Gardening Schemes: There are several of these running in Sheffield, to transform un-cared for ground into beautiful green spaces.

DETAIL: Mother & Toddler Group

Mothers and their children and babies at a Mother & Toddler Group.

Mother and Toddler/Baby Group, detail from 'O2 It's Your Community' Illustration.

DETAIL: Weston Park

A dad and his sons playing football, and people out enjoying one of Sheffield's many green spaces - Weston Park.

Playing football in Weston Park, Sheffield, detail from 'O2 It's Your Community' Illustration.

DETAIL: School Summer Fair/Village Fete

Illustration of a local summer fete, showing stallholders and visitors enjoying the event.

Local Summer Fair/Fete, detail from 'O2 It's Your Community' Illustration.

DETAIL: Community Gardening Projects

Illustration of adults and children working to clear up uncared for land and make a garden as part of a Community Gardening Scheme.

There are several of these going on around Sheffield - the Hillsborough one of Holme lane is particularly lovely to walk past.

Children and adults working together as part of a Community Gardening Scheme, detail from 'O2 It's Your Community' Illustration.

Peter Pan Pantomime Poster

Illustrated poster design for the University of Sheffield Light Entertainment Society, a local amateur dramatics group. Poster is for a production of "Peter Pan the Pantomime".

The poster is brightly coloured and light-hearted, and features the main characters such as Peter Pan, Captain Hook, the crocodile, and of course Hook's mother - the pantomime dame!

Illustrated theatre poster for Peter Pan the Pantomime

Snow White Pantomime Poster

Illustrated poster design for the University of Sheffield Light Entertainment Society, a local amateur dramatics group. Poster is for a Christmas production of "Snow White the Pantomime".

In this production, the seven dwarves include a Harry Potter style House Elf, a Hobbit, an angry Scottish gnome, an Austrian Leprechaun, an Oompa Loompa and one of Father Christmas's elves - hence the strange array of characters in the image.

Illustrated theatre poster for Snow White the Pantomime. Poster designed and illustrated for a local amateur dramatics group.

Snow White the Pantomime, poster for a local amateur dramatics group's Christmas show.

Illustrated Book of Quotes & Sayings

Illustration for the Illustrated Book of Quotes & Sayings, which is a book made up of lavishly illustrated quotations.

"A wonderful bird is the pelican,

His bill will hold more than his belican.

He can take in his beak

Food enough for a week,

But I'm damned if I see how the helican"

Dixon Merritt

The Illustrated Book of Quotes and Sayings

Illustration inspired by the Dixon Merritt Limerick 'A Wonderful Bird is the Pelican'. Illustration shows a flock of pelicans descending on a dinner table and gobbling everything in sight!