About me

I'm an illustrator and designer based in Buckinghamshire, UK. My practice centres around figurative and ideas-based illustration and independent publishing. I enjoy projects and subjects that push my work in new directions. I love working with ideas / concepts, characters and narrative, whether it's a single spot-illustration or multi-page sequence. Hire me for: editorial, book covers, book illustration, posters, portraits, comics, storyboards and more! Alongside commissions, I publish small press books and zines as BlopShop where I regularly exhibit at conventions and fairs across the country, including: Thought Bubble, The House of Illustration Illustrator's fairs and ELCAF; my books and zines have been bought across the globe. My story, SPACE RACE! was selected for the World Illustration Awards shortlist.

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Projects

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  Blop: Martian ExplorerIndependently published album-format comic featuring eight stories with my Alien character, Blop. Blop is a Martian misadventurer who regularly gets the wrong-end-of-the-stick and into lots of trouble. The stories take place between Earth and Mars, and feature several of Blop's fellow Martians, cryptozoological creatures, native wildlife and a god ol' human family.
• New Internationalist CoverCover illustration for New Internationalist, May 2018.
• FT WeekendEditorial illos accompanying an article about cosplay and the author’s experiences at comic cons.

Work history

Illustrator and Graphic DesignerBlopShop
Feb 2016United KingdomFreelance
Freelance illustration and independent publishing. Responsible for idea generation, iterations, production and delivery of final artwork for print. Writing, illustrating, layout and production of books, comics, prints and zines.
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Shift Supervisor and District Coffee MasterStarbucks
Jul 2011Cambridge, United KingdomFull Time
• Managing the team, assisting with hiring and training new staff; training whole team on new standards. • Ensuring all H&S, cash handling and operational standards were followed. • Organising and hosting coffee events; coordinating the store coffee masters across 14 stores in the district. • 2014 Barista Championship district champion and regional finalist. • Making the best “venti skinny extra, extra-dry hot milk foam” around (yes, a customer regularly ordered this!)

Skills

• Drawing
• Comic Art
• Hand Lettering
• Book Illustration
• Editorial Illustration
• Storyboard Artist
• Animation
• Illustration
• Digital Illustration
• Print Design

Education

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MA Sequential Design IllustrationThe University of Brighton
Sep 2014 - Sep 2017Brighton, United Kingdom
Passed with Merit.
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BA (Hons) IllustrationCambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin
Sep 2008 - Jun 2011Cambridge, United Kingdom

Awards

World Illustration Awards -ShortlistAssociation of Illustrators (AOI)
For my handmade zine set, ‘Space Race’, that utilised three distinct folded formats to tell each part of the comic-book narrative.