Ashdene have just released the Little Aussie Friends series of tableware featuring my illustrations of baby Australian animals. The products in this collection include fine bone china mugs, trays, tea bag holders, coasters and tote bags. Read More
The fifth and final coin of the Bush Babies II coin series I illustrated for The Perth Mint has finally been released. This release features a chubby wombat baby printed in colour on a 1/2 oz silver Australian Legal Tender coin. Read More
Tuesday was the official release date of the Australian Bush Babies II stamps featuring the illustrations I did for the Australian Bush Babies II silver coins. Read More
Another super busy month with releases! This platypus coin is the the fourth release in the Bush Babies II silver coin series I designed and illustrated for The Perth Mint. There is one more release in this series, the wombat, which I think is due for release in July.Read More
It’s a busy month with coin releases. In addition to the griffin coin, the next coin in the Australian Bush Babies II coin series has been released. The series started off with the kookaburra, followed by the possum and now the third coin has been released, which features an echidna surrounded by native Australian flora.Read More
The second coin in the Australian Bush Babies II coin series has been released by The Perth Mint! The coin features a possum surrounded by native Australian flora.Read More
I ordered these postcards about two weeks ago from Zazzle to send to old clients and introduce myself to new ones. They arrived on Friday so I’ve been busily writing addresses over the weekend. Read More
The first coin in the second series of the Australian Bush Babies coins is out! After the popularity of the first series, I was commissioned by The Perth Mint to illustrate five more bush babies. The animals featured on the coins will be the kookaburra, possum, echidna, platypus and the wombat.Read More
Today I attended the “You Show Me Yours and I’ll Show You Mine” event held by the Australian Society of Authors. The event invited illustrators from all fields to share and view samples of each other’s work. We also discussed some of the hot topics that seem to always come up in illustration conferences such as prices, contracts and whether to specialise or diversify. There was a turnout of about 12 people which I thought was a nice number, not too few but few enough to get everyone joining in the conversation.Read More
Below is an animated process of a portfolio piece I just finished. The illustration will be used for a series of promotional postcards for my illustration business. I wanted to target book publishers so I included the kinds of themes that they might want to see; such as animals, children and Australian themes. Read More