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Flamboyant Flowers
In the early months of 2023 I returned to my flower "studies" I view these pieces as "two dimensional objects" and they are quite simply a vehicle for me to...
Den Norske Legeforening
Here's a cover I did for "Tidsskriftet", The journal of the Norwegian Medical Association. The story was about GP's and how they felt they'd handled the massive...
Editorial
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Cover illustration
The East Neuk of Fife
In the summer of 2020 I left Bristol, which had been my home for 16 years, and I moved to a small fishing village on the east coast of Fife in Scotland called...
Personal work
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Limited colour
Morgenbladet - Busy Town
Here's a job I did for Morgenbladet during the first lockdown. It was for an article about how the Covid 19 pandemic redefined how we look at different kinds of...
Deus - Angels and Demons
I was asked to design a new yardage for Deus Ex Machina a while back, based on some ink drawings of devils I'd done. The idea was to make a "dazzle ship" inspired...
Deus - Devil T-Shirts
I collaborated with Deus on making a series of T-Shirts for their flagship stores around the world. The theme was devils and again I was massively inspired by J....
Psykologi - Binge Eating Disorder
This cover illustration was about Binge Eating Disorder, which despite being more common than Anorexia and Bulimia put together is not a widely recognised...
Editorial
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Cover illustration
Flower Studies
Experimentation is a big part of my practice, and for the last 13 years I've been using "flowers" as an excuse to play around with shapes and mark making....
Personal work
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Botanical
Psykologi - Community Treatment Orders
An illustration for Psykologi about the use of Community Treatment Orders. The final was drawn with charcoal dust mixed with floor varnish. Here are some...
editorial
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...
Cover illustration
Morgenbladet - Summer Essays
Last summer Morgenbladet asked me to illustrate a series of “summer essays”. Five Norwegian authors had each written a text about a fictional character of their c...
editorial
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portraits
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...
branding
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limited palette
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...
Print
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one colour
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hand type
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...
design
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characters
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scenes
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...
Picture books
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characters
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...
botanical
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design
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...
botanical
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design
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hand type
Accidents and Pretty Girls
The Bookshop Band are Ben Please and Beth Porter, who write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops. They are incredibly talented...
botanical
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design
Hiut Yearbook 2016
Hiut Denim Co is the only British brand making its own jeans in its own factory. Although out of my personal price range, I do respect anyone who tries to defy...
editorial
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scenes
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soft texture
Ayahuasca/Mezcal - The New Yorker
I did two illustrations for the New Yorker last year about ancient "brews" from Latin America that are becoming increasingly popular with hipsters in the U.S....
editorial
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limited palette
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scenes
Balthasar Bruns Detektivbyrå
It is summertime and Henny is bored. But one day she discovers a mysterious note at the local library. A detective is seeking an assistent! Henny decides to...
Picture books
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inkwash
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black and white
Mokkila (Village)
It's always a pleasure to be asked to make a new pattern for Kauniste in Helsinki. For my latest design I returned to a Scandinavian feel and created a...
Patterns
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Design
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limited palette
The New Yorker - "Endings"
Here's one I did for The New Yorker about what to call someone who is the very last of their species....(sniff!) Really enjoyed working on this one, alluding to...
New York Times Sunday Review
Here's an editorial I did for the New York Times Sunday Review recently. The topic is opiates in the medical field and how they are being over-prescribed....
editorial
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botanical
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soft texture
Little White Lies
In early 2015 I was commissioned to make a portrait of Adam Driver for the cover of Little White Lies' "While We're Young" issue. I was really chuffed to be...
portraits
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soft texture
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editorial
Pinocchio
Here's a Pinocchio cover I've just done for Puffin, who are relaunching a bunch of classic children's books at the moment. Making Pinocchio "my own" was the...
book cover
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soft texture
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hand type
To Hundre og Sekstini Dagar
Here are some spreads from my last picture book, written by Roald Kaldestad and published by Magikon. It is about a boy whose best friend has recently moved to...
Picture books
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soft texture
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scenes
Slapsefjell
Slapsefjell (Slush Mountain) is a village/ski resort situated somewhere in the Norwegian mountains. It's a Mecca for winter sports and it's buzzing with...
Picture books
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painting
Scarlett's Spritzers
A couple of years ago I was commissioned to design the labels for a New Zealand spritzer called "Scarlett's". It was named after the unique “Scarlett’s Duck”, a N...
botanical
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design
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hand type
JACKSON + RYE
As well as the actual menu, I made a bunch of extra things like business cards and coasters. My writing has also been blown up and pained on the window with...
branding
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print
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limited palette
JACKSON + RYE
In September 2013 I was asked to illustrate the menu for a new and exciting american-inspired restaurant in Soho, London called Jackson+Rye. They wanted a sort...
branding
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hand type
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soft texture
REMA 1000 - Lev Vel
Back in February 2015, Tonje Jæger from Scandinavian Design Group got in touch and wanted to collaborate on a big job for the Norwegian supermarket chain Rema ...
branding
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hand type
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limited palette
Hiut Denim Yearbook 2013
Hiut Denim Co. is a small company based in Cardigan in Wales that makes really nice quality jeans. Full stop. "Do one thing well" is their motto....Oh, and each...
editorial
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limited palette
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scenes
"Botanica"
My latest design for Kauniste is out! A bright and cheerful repeat pattern inspired by old botanical illustrations, trips to Kew Gardens in London, the amazing...
Patterns
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Design
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flowers
The Rotten Sweetness of Corruption
T-Shirt design for a project called Das T-shirt Abo and is part of Theater Formen Festival, in Germany. This was the first time I've worked with discharge...
Flowers
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botanical
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design
NY Times Sunday Review
"Mountaineering’s Greatest Climb Unravels" I often have to tackle pretty dry subject matter when I do editorial illustration, but that was not the case this t...
editorial
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limited palette
The Glass House
Part of an ongoing series of personal artwork where I explore the contrast between man-made structures and organic shapes. I've never seen, or read, "The Day of...
personal work
The Christmas Frog
Here's a picture I did for the New York Times recently, accompanying a nice little story about a woman who finds a frog in a packet of lettuce on Christmas...
editorial
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limited palette
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characters
Cahier de Dessin-Sketch book
Here's a set of sketchbooks I've designed for Nobrow in London. Right: Three designs in two colour ways and two sizes. (Printed in 3 Pantone colours) A real...
botanical
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soft texture
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Nobrow
Metsa (Forest)
As well as doing a new tea towel illustration, the good people of Kauniste Finland asked me to design a repeat pattern they could use to stitch together a...
Patterns
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Design
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Trees
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"...
Picture books
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Nobrow
Bag for Life
I was commissioned by Aristu & Co in Barcelona to design a 'bag for life" for supermarket giant Carrefour based on the theme of "Trees". The challenge with...
bag
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design
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trees
The Flowers of Evil
My girlfriend has been studying horticulture lately, which has inspired me to draw strange flowers and plants. I've been a huge fan of the German biologist...
personal work
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botanical
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". ...
T-shirt
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design
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limited palette