Graphic Design

I have worked in graphic design since the 90s, and am used to producing designs for a wide range of different applications such as packaging, magazines, adverts, DVD menus, eBooks and websites. I am experienced in most types of printing workflows, and have worked through the transitions from delivering colour separated films, to the current PDF systems. I have a good all round knowledge of different colour system which has come in handy on projects where CMYK, Pantone and on screen RGB colours have all had to match.

I started out using CorelDRAW which I learned in college and moved onto also using PageMaker and QuarkXPress. Photoshop was a revelation to me when I first started to use it though and once Adobe started bundling it with InDesign and Illustrator, I’ve rarely used any other companies design software. Adobe gets a lot of bad press for its proprietary formats and security holes, but I think their creative software is second to none, and I eagerly look forward to each new release and finding out what’s new.

I first started using 3D software when I got a copy of Bryce free with a magazine, but moved on to using Swift 3D, which is great for producing vector animations and then onto Cinema 4D which I now use for most of my 3D needs. I find 3D software can be a valuable tool to a graphic designer especially when you’re working for a client who hasn’t got any pictures, but wants something quickly.

Around this page, can see some examples of my work.

Sickfixation - CD Artwork
Veterinary Laboratories Agency Christmas Card - Made with Cinema 4D and Photoshop
Veterinary Laboratories Agency Christmas Card - Made with Cinema 4D and Photoshop
Sickfixation - CD Artwork
Sickfixation - Promotional Image
Sickfixation - Promotional Image
The Details - www.myspace.com/thedetailsuk
Holy Cowbell - Part of CD artwork made with Cinema 4D
Holy Cowbell - Part of CD artwork. Made with Cinema 4D
Badge design from costume from performance of Return to the Forbiden Planet by the Progress Thearte - Made with Swift3D and Photoshop
Magnetite theme for PMenu on the Pandora handheld game console - www.openpandora.org
Tungsten theme for PMenu on the Pandora handheld game console - www.openpandora.org
Liisa Henrikson  - Breaking The Bell Jar -  liisamusic.com
The Little Electric Gig flyer - made with Cinema 4D and Photoshop.
3D Render of packshot for DVD set - Made with Cinema 4D
Sounds Good Christmas Card - Made with Swift3D and Photoshop
Sounds Good digital print advert - Made with Swift3D and Photoshop
Bass Bin - Two renders from Cinema 4D
Pilchard Logo - Original design and Cinema 4D render
Pilchard - Valentines Day flyer
Looney Planet logo - Made in Cinema 4D
Swift 3D Characters - Made entirely with primitives, extrusions and lathes - Vector render
Character Render - Made with Cinema 4D
Twizzeled
Biohazard Symbol
Trippy Duck - Inspired by seeing Bridget Riley's The Fall at Tate Modern - Shame it's not there any more!
Devoted to Pleasure Flyer - Inspired by Bridget Riley's work


Photography

Although I'm not really a photographer, I've had to produce enough artworks from bad pictures to have a reasonable idea of what you shouldn't do!

I had a selection of photos I'd taken on my travels on the previous version of this site, and as I was getting a few hits each month from people seaching for images of those places, I though I would bring them over to the new version. Most of them have been tweaked in Photoshop, so they are probably not too out of place here on the graphic design page.

Long Exposure Shibuya Panorama, Tokyo, Japan
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Long Exposure Shibuya Panorama, Tokyo, Japan
Akihabara Panorama, Tokyo, Japan
Shibuya Panorama, Tokyo, Japan
Shibuya Panorama, Tokyo, Japan
Panorama taken from Mori Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Ride in a Tuk-Tuk in Goa, India
Somewhere near Castle Rock, Karnataka, India
Train between Margao and Hospet, India
Rock formations in the ruins of Vijayanagara, Hampi, India
Virupaksha Temple in the ruins of Vijayanagara, Hampi, India
The ruins of Vijayanagara, Hampi, India
Eros Bendato sculpture in Main Market Square in Kraków, Poland
Bakau Fish Market, The Gambia
Gambian Taxi on the road to Amdallai
Serrekunda Market, The Gambia
Jack White of The White Stripes at the O2 Wireless Festival 2006 (Taken from crowd)