Langton Brewery New 'Angler' Beer

Here's the latest design for The Langton Brewery's new beer. As you can see it's called 'Angler', and the design needed to represent a happy fisherman and his prize catch. The beer is only available on draught at the moment, hence the reason this is a pump clip and not a bottle label. If you are in the area (Market Harborough, Leicestershire UK) then you might just see it in your local pub! As always let me know what you think, and please send me a pic if you see it sitting cheerfully behind a bar near you!

Updated portfolio content...

I've added a load of content to my portfolio pages, including many images that I've never had a chance to put anywhere online before now.

Still a long way to go before I've added everything I want to the site, but check out my illustrations, characters, logo's and graphic design to see what's online so far!

Oh and please feel free to give me some feedback using the Facebook comments section at the bottom of each of the main gallery pages. You could also click the 'like button if you really wanted to make my day!.

Here's a quick look at some of the new content. Cheers and enjoy!

            

The new site is filling up!

If this is the first time you've visited my site then you won't know any difference. If however you have been here before (thanks for coming back) you will see a completely different site than has been here for the past couple of years!

My new site has been built and hosted using Squarespace, which has turned out to be very easy to use. I have been busy adding as much as I can to the site to get it off the ground, and will be adding loads of new images and pages over the coming weeks. So please do check again in the future to see all these fantastical things that will revolutionise your world and change the Universe forever! To be honest the new stuff will just be images and useful pages, but you never know, they might change your world a little bit?

Anyway enough chat. Take a look around and let me know what you think. If you spot any mistakes tell me. If you see something you like then definitely tell me! Relax for five and have a browse. Enjoy!

Here's a jumping duck, happy because it's Friday!

Where've you been?!

Yes, I know I haven't put anything on the blog for a couple of weeks. The reason being is that I have been busy setting up my new site! (you are on it in case you hadn't noticed!). New site, new pages, new content and importantly a new blog (and therefore blog address). No point visiting my blogspot address any more as it will only redirect you here. So if any of you lovely people have been kind enough to bookmark my old blogspot address you will need to change it to be brought directly here in future!

I'm still adding to the site and have lots of new pages to create, but in the meantime please feel free to have a look around and let me know what you think. Enjoy!

To help celebrate everything that's good in the world, here is a picture of a dancing donkey...

 

Alain Rolland Cut Out And Wear Mask!

This is for anyone with an interest (or at least did have) in the Rugby World Cup 2011. Print it, cut it out, slap it on your face and do your best to spoil everyone's day/week/year/life! Guaranteed to upset at least 3 million people!

Rugby World Cup 2011 - Semi Final Weekend!

It's almost here! The semi final's of the Rugby World Cup 2011. Wales are in the semi finals for the first time since 1987. They are up against France who have had a bit of a mixed competition, with a couple of losses but also a few wins. Wales will have their work cut out to beat the French as they are a team never to be written off. It all depends what French team turn up, although I am confident of a Welsh victory as Wales are playing so well that it's surely their game to lose! 

New Zealand vs Australia is a bit of a guess at this stage of the competition. NZ have been consistently number one in the World for a reason, but the Aussies are always a danger. Local derby's don't come much bigger than this!

To celebrate the wonderful weekend of rugby I've added a few illustrations from my iStock portfolio below. Enjoy and feel free to let me know what you think.

Wales vs France - Saturday 15th October

New Zealand vs Australia - Sunday 16th October

PS...Come on Wales!

Rugby World Cup 2011 - Wales are on FIRE!

I may be biased but that doesn't mean I'm wrong! Wales are the best team in this competition and time will tell whether they can go all the way and deservedly win the World Cup! I will be watching this Saturday's semi final against France with a mixture of excitement and expectation. I truly believe we can do it! Come on Wales...!

PS This image is available for purchase on my iStock portfolio.

Rugby World Cup 2011 Quarter Finals!

The quarter finals of the Rugby World Cup 2011 are almost upon us! The competition in New Zealand has been fantastic so far, and there are several teams in real contention for the title. I have several rugby themed illustrations in my iStock portfolio that can be purchased for reasonably small amounts of money. I will post a few select rugby related images over the next few weeks for all you fans of the rough and tough egg chasing sport called rugby!

Here's the line up for the quarter finals...(come on Wales!!!)

Ireland vs Wales - Saturday October 08th

England vs France - Saturday October 08th

South Africa vs Australia - Sunday October 09th

 

New Zealand vs Argentina - Sunday October 09th

As usual let me know what you think and I hope you enjoy the rest of the competition!

Rambutan - St Pancras Hotel 'Thank You' Card

I've recently been working with a great company based in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. The company is called Rambutan, and we have just finished a project together designing a 'Thank You' greetings card for a client of theirs.

I created the image on the front of the card, which depicts the St Pancras Hotel in that there London town. If you've ever seen the place then you will know that the building is a real beauty! Very cool place and a piece of architectural brilliance. One thing it's not is simple, yet the style needed to be quite simplistic (fairly different to how I normally work).

The images below show the vector design as I created it in Illustrator, and also a photo showing the card after it has been printed.

As usual I would love to hear your comments. Cheers!

Chiropractor Graph Design

Just created a graph for Matt Sutton (www.suttonchiro.co.uk). Matt is a fantastic chiropractor, and he has come up with this idea of a graph as a visual aid for his patients. The image is designed to explain the process of treatment a patient can expect when using a chiropractor. It would actually work for most practitioners in a similar field of patient care I imagine.

Hopefully it's quite self explanatory, but does make perfect sense if you've ever had any treatment from a chiropractor or similar health professional. Would be interested to know what you think, so let me know by leaving a comment!