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Hank Brian Marvin, the original guitar hero and everyone’s favourite shadow, unless of course you preferred one of the other ones. One day all record artwork will be made this way and who’ll be laughing then?

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“Think I’m into something big!”

A reworking of a staff survey poster campaign on job satisfaction, which went under the general strapline of How Do Things Look From Where You’re Sitting? Anyway, needless to say our little fishing companion, oblivious to developments behind him, is indeed in for at least a bit of a soaking!

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Illustration Friday – Bicycle

A bespoke,(ahem), illustration for this week’s topic. The Queen songs Bicycle Race and Fat Bottomed Girls, (released in 1978 as a double A side single), were the inspiration for the tongue in cheek interpretation of the subject matter, (perhaps I should re-phrase that!).  The video the band shot for Bicycle Race featured 65 naked female models racing on bikes and caused upset to the firm the bikes were rented from when the hire purpose became clear and they insisted the band purchase all the bicycle seats used. Well, you wouldn’t want saddled with that, would you? Adobe Illustrator

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When the creative juices run dry, there’s nothing quite like a rummage through the archives to find some inspiration, or even something to fit the subject matter. “Man beneath a jigsaw” was commissioned for an article on product diversity and options for an internal banking publication. You can understand the need for an illo to brighten up proceedings – That’s what I’m here for!

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Illustration Friday – Acrobat

Romantic fiction set to a blossoming romance between two circus acrobats. Boy meets girl, boy drops girl, the end. Might need to develop the plot a little, but how hard can it be? Created entirely in Adobe Illustrator using some tools and techniques I didn’t know existed. What starburst filter?

Also entered in this month’s creativematch flair competition. Click here to check it out.

A quick vector knock-up in Illustrator.

An experimental vector workout with the line art of the character added latterly.

Adrift in tropical waters, almost heavenly if it wasn’t for the fact it’s five miles from shore and that air valve doesn’t look too clever! Still, better than being buried alive in an avalanche! Hand drawn, scanned and then traced and coloured in Illustrator.