July's inspiration
June has been incredibly busy, but in the most enjoyable way. My haul from ELCAF, UAL degree shows, and the Illustrator's Summer Fair UAL Degree shows 2018 Mid-June was the start of the degree shows at UAL, and I had my first chance to see the Chelsea and Camberwell undergraduate shows since starting my job at UAL. The last time I went to a degree show was probably my own back in 2010. It was also the first time I saw the newly refurbished Camberwell campus. I was very impres
December's inspiration
My big news this month is that my friend and fellow illustrator Wiggy Cheung and I will be at the House of Illustration in King's Cross, London, at the Illustrators' Christmas Fair this Saturday, 9th of December 2017. Stop by and say 'hello'! I've been busy drawing, folding and printing over the past weeks. I created a set of three Christmas card designs - penguins playing in the snow, hedgehogs and field mice in their burrows, and a woodland snowflake with robins, squirrels,
November's inspiration
I’m a bit late with this post since Alexej and I were in Venice last weekend to see the Biennale. It was an amazing but tiring experience. Venice We flew Saturday morning and started off with the national pavilions in the Giardini. On Sunday, we had a full day of viewing the exhibitions, including all of the Arsenale, and the rest of the national pavilions. There was a lot of interesting work in rest of the Arsenale, and lots of my favourite works were in the Pavilion of the
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