About me
I reside in Edinburgh, Scotland with my other half, my flatmate and my familiar Pixel the grey and white cat. Other than painting and drawing I frequently go to the gym and enjoy first person shooters. I am mostly a digital painter but I do enjoy some traditional pieces from time to time working primarily in pencil, occasionally random pens.
Influences
Nature mostly, you see some crazy-beautiful things out there in the big wide world! Organic things, very sort of Mucha style; flowing hair, flowing bodies, dynamic poses, multi-limbed cephalopod molluscs, water, the colour teal. Very girly things really that are the complete opposite of what I’ve been drawing lately!
Why do I draw?
Because I get great satisfaction out of doing it and it’s the only thing that truly engages me.
If you hadn’t become an artist what do you think you’d have ended up doing?
It was between art and biology at school, 6th year studies for these were scheduled at the same time so it was one or the other. If I’d gone down the biology route it would have been probably forensic pathology! I’m still obsessed by the human body, anatomy – human and animal, by the awesomeness of nature.
Why did you become an illustrator?
Because I love drawing and I love seeing people’s reactions to my work.
Clients
I am fortunate to have a range of clients who provide me with some great projects. Fantastic guys to work with.