LAB Visual Illustration Agency

I'm delighted to report that I will be represented in mainland Europe by the new Illustration Agency LAB Visual. An exciting new venture and a huge thanks to Ev and team for the invitation to join :-) Agents? Never ever say never. I had no immediate plans to approach an agent but fate intervened and an interesting email came pinging into my inbox a couple of weeks ago. An invitation to join something new - a different type of agency. Small in scale with only a handful of artists. Limited, agreed representation. No contracts sealed in blood. Soul not exchanged for a bulging suitcase full of dollars & euros with Beelzebub. The main carrot for me? They intend to concentrate and limit their promotion to Europe, Russia and the far east, where I've hardly ever worked (mainly UK and US) before. They have the team to deal with any language barriers that may arise and the experience to back up their venture. After quite a bit of head scratching and ether based correspondence I decided to take the plunge. It will be interesting to see how things move forward. After all, I've been involved with two other agents in my career - both at their genesis and really enjoyed being part of something at the beginning. The same scenario here with LAB Visual, starting from scratch with yours truly on board for the journey. Lets just hope its an interesting, stimulating and smooth ride for all involved...

Community Care Magazine

As soon as the email came through from the Art Editor, I knew I wanted to do this job. The description of people passing through a clock face to liberate themselves from the constraints of the usual working time frame appealed immediately. Two final variations shown where the figures and clock were adjusted for scale and placement so leaving the copy clear. Also, interesting to fire up Adboe Illustrator as well on this job. I've been neglecting this fiddly, but very versatile piece of software in preference for Photoshop of late. I really enjoyed tinkering with the gradient mesh and pen tools again and had forgotten its distinct benefits and advantages over Photoshop (namely speed). I shall be playing some more :-)