Cartoonist
My sometime dabbles in illustration:
These are some of the illustrations for an English Language text book for Japanese readers. I drew them many years ago while I was working and living in Japan. In the early months, my income was mainly from Teaching English, so freelance illustration jobs were a welcome distraction from my limitations as an English Language … Read more
Another pic from the Elephant book. This one illustrates the case of an elephant who strayed into the streets of Nairobi, only to be darted and then carted back to the bush. The text was placed over the blank spaces in the composition, on the building and the sky. This particular illustration was done in … Read more
I haven’t posted any pictures from my Dad’s elephant book in a while. This is the title page illustration for the chapter on Elephants in Science.
In contrast to the image in the previous post, the photo textures in this illustration were applied in Photoshop, and it took almost as long, if not longer, to do it with all the latest software. The sky and ground use textures taken from photos and the elephant uses a photo of actual elephant skin. … Read more
This picture was drawn years ago for my friend JOY who used to have a retro clothing line called FROCK & ROLL. (These days she designs under the label of HOT COUTURE).The recent discovery of an old, water-damaged portfolio has prompted me to sort through my sketchbooks and stacks of scribbles and make a digital … Read more