About me
I've worked as an illustrator for more than 20 years and combined this career with education and writing about illustration and creating stories for children.I'm still keen to work to commission and find avenues for my ideas.
3x3 Merit Award winner _ Childrens' publishing 2012
"Becoming A Successful Illustrator" By Derek Brazell and Jo Davies published Fairchild books(Bloomsbury) 2013
"Making Great Illustration" By Derek Brazell and Jo Davies, published A&CBlack October 2011
Bloomsbury USA November 2011
Academic inputs co-ordinator Varoom- Lab
Editor in chief VaroomLabJournal
Editor of The journal published by the AOI 1997-2002
Associate Professor in Illustration, Plymouth University
Tutor, distance learning course designer, blogger for Open College of The Arts
Council member of the AOI 1998-2003
Co-editor of Drawing The Process Leo Duff and Jo Davies 2005
Co- founder of Varoom magazine
Author and illustrator of children's books
Specialties: drawing, illustration,writing,lecturing
Projects
Projects credited in
- Becoming A Successful Illustrator 2nd Ed. Get ready to enter the working world of illustration with this freshly updated second edition of Brazell and Davies’s Becoming a Successful Illustrator. With cover artwork by hot illustration duo, Cachetejack, this edition expands on the advice from practicing illustrators as well as the people that commission them, including M&C Saatchi and The New York Times. Additional coverage in fields such as moving image, character illustration and the all-important social media ensure the information
Work history
Associate Professor in Illustration
Fractional post working in an illustration team delivering BA Illustration and MA Publishing Illustration
Experienced across all area of course design and delivery including validation and as external examiner
ADM-HEA reference group invited member
Council Member
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Skills
- Publishing
- Drawing
- Painting
- Art
- Cartoon
- Design
- Editorial
- Illustration
- Illustrator
- Magazines
- Books
- Creative Writer
- Academic Writing
- Lecturing
- French
Education
MA, Illustration
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BA(Hons) , Graphic Design Illustration
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