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Leicester Tigers - Welford character design - He's Grrreat!

If any of you good people are Leicester Tigers fans you might recognise this grrreat guy. It's Welford the official mascot for Leicester Tigers - the English rugby union team based in Leicester (obviously).

I've been illustrating the Tigers Family (#Tigersfamily) cartoon strip for the past two seasons, and you can see every single cartoon strip as well as sketches and even video on their very own blog.

This project however is all about Welford. Welford has been the offical Leicester Tigers mascot for some time now, but until recently he has only been seen in his physical form. He can usaully be seen on the pitch and in and around the Welford Road ground, meeting the fans and interacting with the kids. Now however he is also famous in his 2D, fully illustrated version!

He appears in many forms of promotional and marketing material both online and in print. You can see him in several places around the ground, on matchday promotional and fun (JTC - Junior Tigers Club) items and across the Tigers external marketing range.

Below you can see Welford in his claws out 'Thriller' pose :) You can also see him in several other classic poses as well as some early sketches of Welford before he was created in his final glorious full colour vector version.

Let me know if you're a fan of Welford and be sure to take a pic and send it to me if you see him around. Feel free to leave some comments below, but please keep them clean if you're not a Tigers fan ;) Cheers and enjoy!


If you'd like to see more of my character creations then click here and give your eyes a treat :)

tags: #tigersfamily, Character Design, Leicester Tigers, Mascot, Rugby, Rugby Ball, Sketches, Tigers, Tigers Family, Welford
categories: Character Design, Corporate, Leicester Tigers, Tigers Family
Saturday 05.10.14
Posted by Nathan Shelton
 

British and Irish Lions rugby playing lion on the charge

The British and Irish Lions have started their tour of Australia. I'm obviously biased, but it's great to see so many of the squad are made up of Welsh rugby players! I feel the Lions are in with a real chance of doing extremely well on the tour this time. So, to celebrate here's a new illustration depicting a rugby playing lion in full flight. Enjoy!

This illustration is available to buy in my iStock portolio

tags: Animal, Australia, British and Irish Lions, Lion, Lions Rugby, Mane, Rugby, Rugby Ball, istock
categories: Character Design, Illustration / Cartoons, Rugby, iStock
Wednesday 06.05.13
Posted by Nathan Shelton
 

Leicester Tigers Family NEW Official Cartoon Strip

It's official...The family have landed! Here they are, the brand new 'Tigers Family' exclusively created for Leicester Tigers. The Leicester Tigers (in case you don't know) are the most successful English rugby union club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987 and play their rugby at Welford Road in Leicester.

I've been working on this project for a few months now and it gives me great pleasure to finally unveil the brand new Tigers Family to the World! They will star in their very own cartoon strip that will appear in every Tigers home game programme, and also appear on various promotional material including emailers, posters, postcards and more. You can expect to see a lot more of the family as time goes on, the first strip is finished and will appear in Saturday's programme when the Tigers play Worcester Warriors. I'm very excited about this project and would love to know what you think. Enjoy!

tags: Cartoon Strip, Leicester Tigers, Rugby, Rugby Ball, Tigers Family
categories: Character Design, Leicester Tigers, Rugby, Tigers Family
Wednesday 09.05.12
Posted by Nathan Shelton
 

Sports balls and school stuff

These illustrations were also created for Stanley Baker Studios (see previous post) and designed to be simple, colourful cartoons to appear as individual stickers. The final stickers will be cut to the shape of each image and given away to school kids to stick anywhere they please! Enjoy!

tags: Books, Calculator, Cricket Ball, Football, Hurdle, Laptop, Pencil Case, Rugby, Rugby Ball, School Bag, Sport, Tennis Ball
categories: Illustration / Cartoons
Tuesday 04.24.12
Posted by Nathan Shelton
 

The Six Nations are on! Wales for the Grand Slam?!

A superb weekend of rugby! A few teams not quite performing to their potentials, with a bit of a lacklustre game from England and Scotland. Wales on the other hand were fantastic! A great game against Ireland with perhaps neither team deserving to lose. Wales however showed true determination and team spirit to pull off a last minute winning score. Can wales now go on to win the Grand Slam? Time will tell, but I'm really hoping so!

tags: 6 Nations, Rugby, Rugby Ball, Six Nations, Wales
categories: Rugby, Six Nations
Tuesday 02.07.12
Posted by Nathan Shelton
 

The 6 Nations 2012 are here! Hurrah for the egg chasers!

That's right (real) sports fans, the Six Nations 2012 begin this weekend! A full weekend of egg chasing, dirt tasting, face stamping, eye gouging fun! Will Wales live up to post World Cup expectations? Will England defy their critics and successfully defend their 6 Nations crown? What type of French team will turn up? Will this be Irelands year to shine? And is it too early to say it's out of Scotland and Italy for the wooden spoon this year? Time will tell, but if one thing's for sure, the Six Nations will undoubtedly throw up a few unexpected results and some truly exciting rugby! Bring it on! Come on Wales!!!

tags: 6 Nations, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Rugby, Rugby Ball, Scotland, Six Nations, Wales
categories: Rugby, Six Nations
Friday 02.03.12
Posted by Nathan Shelton
 

RFU Injured Players Foundation rugby ball marathon illustration

I've just created this A4 sized illustration on behalf of the RFU in England. The cartoon is to appear as half of an A3 poster that will promote the RFU Injured Players Foundation and will appear in every rugby club in England. The aim of the poster is to encourage many wonderful people in the rugby world to run a marathon for the RFU charity.

It was a great illustration to work on and needed to be completed very last minute. The whole project went from initial conversation to finished artwork in just over 24 hours! Let's just say my eyes were a little tired by the end of it all. As usual I would love to know what you think, especially if you see the poster out and about in your rugby club. Feel free to leave a comment below. Enjoy!

tags: Balls, Injured Players Foundation, Marathon, RFU, Rugby, Rugby Ball, Running
categories: Illustration / Cartoons
Thursday 01.19.12
Posted by Nathan Shelton