​Project: PMC Retail Store Enabler campaign
Author/Commissioner:  Supreme Creative Ltd

Supreme Creative Ltd are a creative graphic design, web development and marketing agency based in Reading, UK. I was commissioned by them to produce a series of illustration assets/storyboards that they could convert into an animation to help their client PMC Retail promote and explain the benefits of their Store Enabler product which is an E-shopping in-store retail solution that has had take up by the likes of Odeon cinemas and SpecSavers.

​The brief was to illustrate a number of scenes that could then be converted into the above animation loosely using a similar approach adopted in the comic book title sequence found in the opening titles of Grange Hill which was a much loved children's TV series on BBC1 stretching all the way back to the 1970s. Here is Supreme Creative's write up on the project.

​Below are a selection of the illustrations I produced. 

​Project: Blackpool Pleasure Beach TV spot visuals
Author/Commissioner:  Influential Communications Agency

Influential are an award winning communications agency with offices in London, Manchester and Liverpool. I was commissioned by them to produce a series of visuals to act as storyboards / TV stills to support their bid to produce the TV advert for Blackpool Pleasure Beach's new multi-million pound ICON rollercoaster which launched in summer 2018. 

​The brief was to illustrate a number of scenes form the proposed TV advert to show the wealth of attractions Blackpool has to offer to tourists.  In addition to the Pleasure Beach amusement park, other notable attractions I was asked to draw included Madame Tussauds, the Blackpool Tower Circus and Sea Life.

​Project: Awakening the Warrior book illustrations
Author/Commissioner:  Richard Charles Lawrence / CounterStrike

Richard Lawrence was a Captain and Operations Officer of Task Force Helmand at the height of the campaign against the Taliban.  On leaving the army, he became an award winning salesman before attaining a Master's degree in Philosophy and becoming a self-defence instructor (Keysi North West), and motivational speaker and business consultant (CounterStrike). 

Richard had already completed the first draft of his manuscript for 'Awakening the Warrior' when he approached me to illustrate the content of his book in a comic book style to help the reader visualise the techniques he was explaining. He also wanted to break up the text with additional dynamic illustrations to engage the reader in the subject matter which focuses on using battle ready techniques he was taught as a soldier, and how that can be combined with physical, emotional and intellectual approaches to maximising and transforming personal, professional and corporate performance.

Over 50 illustrations were completed for the book, and it was a real pleasure to collaborate with Richard on the project. Below and in my portfolio section can be found a selection of the completed illustrations.

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Illustrations copyright of Richard Charles Lawrence.

Source: @robdrummond

​Project: Language and Communication Training Resource for Manchester Secondary Pupil Referral Unit
Commissioner:  Dr Rob Drummond / Manchester Metropolitan University

I was approached by Rob Drummond, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University, to  translate some of the real life interactions that had been recorded as part of a linguistic research project into comic strips, which would then act as the basis of training aids for pupil referral units in Manchester.  Pupil referral units are establishments maintained by local authorities to provide education for children who are excluded, sick, or otherwise unable to attend mainstream or special maintained schools. The purpose of the commission was to bring to life the situations that would often escalate into conflict between pupils, or staff and pupils, and then focus the training activity on how they could then be de-escalated.

Five different real life scenarios were chosen, and Rob was able to draft some scripts for me to illustrate.  The training resource concept was presented at the UK Language Variation and Change Conference and iMean last year, and the training pack was recently published by the Manchester Centre for Youth Studies to go to local pupil referral units. Below is Rob's cool graphic presentation explaining how the project was undertaken, and below that is one of the completed scenarios I illustrated.

Source: @robdrummond

Concept: Great Fire of London fire drawing (and others)
Commissioner: Walk the Plank (Manchester)
Event: Various, including The Great Fire of London Firework display, Hull Freedom Festival, Bournemouth by the Sea Festival