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Yee-Haw Industries

When I discovered Yee-Haw Industries in an issue of Print Magazine back in 1999 it was love at first sight. Kevin Bradley's hillbilly posters and Tim Winklers folk arty illustrations just totally blew...

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RAAK Magazine

Spot illustrations for RAAK Magazine (In-house magazine for Dutch company ArboNed). They accompanied an article about storytelling, and how it has evolved through the ages. Dimensions were tiny, only...

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Vision Magazine

Futurelab is an organisation which promotes the use of innovative digital technology in schools. I've done a handful of illustrations for their magazine, Vision.

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Bachelorboka

Bachelorboka is a handbook for fresh students published by Universitetsforlaget in Oslo. It covers all aspects of how to get to grips with student life, academically, socially and financially. A great...

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C is for Cowboy

When Bren from the Small Print asked me to take part in their "Illustrated Alphabet" project, how could I refuse? They already some of my favourite illustrators on board! I was randomly given the...

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The Battlefield

Here's a recent piece I did, inspired by a book about tin soldiers. I've tinted it red and cropped it in various geometric shapes for no good reason at all!

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Topsy Turvy

Here is the image I did for Nobrow 3, which again pushed me to experiment with spot colours and textures. The theme was "Topsy Turvy", which kind of means "upside down" or "inside out". After a week...

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A Few of My Favourite Things

The theme of Nobrow 5 was "Some of my favourite things" and the brief came with the added challenge of creating a repeat pattern using 4 spot colours (one being GOLD)!! In order to draw some fun...

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Edition Peix

Edition Peix in Berlin regularly commission me for a calendar they publish every year. Although I have to tackle a different theme each time and the format is rather "unorthodox" I always enjoy these...

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The Monochrome Set

Here are some pictures I have made for no other reason than the enjoyment of making them. Perhaps they will form part of some strange narrative one day as I keep adding more pictures, who knows? I'm...

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Speeding Motorcycle

On the occasion of their 10 year anniversary, Tonje Jæger at Dinamo Design in Oslo asked 10 collaborators to design a T-Shirt based simply on the number "10". I've had some some nice commissions from...

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The Wolf's Whistle

The Wolf's Whistle" tells the rather sad story of what could have happened before the well known fairy tale of the Three Little Pigs. Pehaps "The Big Bad Wolf" had a perfectly good reason for blowing...

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Hiut Denim-Washing Instructions

I'm always excited when Nick Hand wants to collaborate on something, because his passion for design always makes my work look good! This time he wanted me to work on a little guide booklet for Hiut...

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Crazy Bug Bouquet

Here's a circular puzzle design I made for the brilliant American toy company eeBoo. It's probably the most complicated image I've ever made, but it was a real joy to work on. It is a variation on the...

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Deus Ex Machina

I collaborated with Deus Ex Machina a little while back, producing my own little range of botanically inspired designs; a juicy yardage for shirts and shorts, a flamboyant embroidered jacket, a...

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Green Man Festival 2019

I was both excited and petrified when I was asked to make the artwork for the 2019 Green Man Festival. The list of deliverables was long and the budget and timeline was tight. The standard from...

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Kistefos-Museet

Kistefos-Museet is a sculpture park near Jevnaker, Norway. Situated on the grounds of an old pulp factory it is full of great works by some of the biggest names in modern art. It is also an industrial...

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Brian Wilson/Calexico

Here's a couple of portraits I did last year. First one is Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. It appeared in "The Acid Rambler", a Project-O publication that pays homage to eleven individuals who embody...

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Oravida Yoghurt

Packaging jobs don't tend to allow for too much creative freedom in my experience, so I was very surprised when the client kept saying: "More surreal, more dream-like!" The brave client was Oravida, a...

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PSYKOLOGI - Chaotic Test Field

Here's a cover I did for PSYKOLOGI, (Norwegian magazine for psychologists) It's about the chaotic field of psychometric tests. Apparently there is a lack of quality control and proper guidelines for...

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