Botanical & Natural Forms
Exploring organic forms and natural textures through digital painting and traditional media. Working across multiple scales — from dense compositions to intimate close-up details — with a focus on colour accuracy, layering, and fine detail.
Reflection
Through this series I developed stronger observational skills and a confident approach to colour mixing across both digital and traditional media. The lily piece shows my process — working from photographic reference to a faithful painted interpretation. The new chrysanthemum series explores the same flower rendered in four distinct colour palettes, demonstrating control of digital illustration and a strong sense of decorative composition. These skills translate directly to print production, educational resources, and design work where image quality and accuracy matter.
Figure & Character Work
Exploring the human figure and character design across a range of media — from painted portraiture to pencil character sketches, digital illustration, and graphic print-style portraits. Each piece investigates expression, pose, and narrative.
Reflection
This body of work demonstrates range — from expressive painted portraiture to detailed ink illustration and pop culture reinterpretation. The Medusa drawing shows patience and intricate mark-making, while the BoJack/Hockney piece shows conceptual thinking and humour. The new graphic portrait prints add a further dimension: bold two-colour reduction, screen-print aesthetic, and confident simplification of a photographic source into flat graphic form. The variety of media shows adaptability — a strength for art technician roles where supporting diverse projects and students is essential.
Experimental & Mixed Media
Pushing creative boundaries through abstract expression, large-scale installation, printmaking, and environmental themes. These pieces explore movement, texture, and form beyond literal representation — including a new series of abstract paintings and a developing body of print work.
Reflection
These pieces show creative confidence and a willingness to work at every scale — from detailed pencil studies to full wall-sized installations. The environmental thread running through "Sea Change", the fish studies, and the polar bear demonstrates conceptual thinking and the ability to sustain a theme across a body of work. The new abstract paintings continue this exploration of organic form, moving further into pure abstraction and texture. The print series — from the koi lino print to the intricately layered digital work — demonstrates technical range and an interest in process. For art technician and production roles, this flexibility — working across styles, scales, and materials — is exactly what's needed.
Graphic Design & Applied Work
Applying artistic skills to commercial briefs — creating designs for real clients that balance visual impact with clear communication. These projects demonstrate layout, typography, illustration for purpose, and the ability to work to a client's needs.
Reflection
These design pieces show I can apply my illustration skills to real-world briefs. The Dolgoch Mill House project required adapting a single visual concept — Welsh landscape with dragon motif — across two formats while maintaining brand consistency and clear information hierarchy. These pieces show the versatility and commercial awareness that design and artworker roles require.
The Curious Chicken
A fully illustrated children's picture book following Clara — a caring, callous, courageous, cheeky, chaotic, and above all curious chicken. Each spread combines warm digital illustration with hand-drawn typography, creating a consistent visual world from cover to interior.
Reflection
The Curious Chicken demonstrates my ability to sustain a character and visual world across a full picture book. From the cover through six interior spreads, Clara's personality is communicated through pose, expression, and setting — curious, chaotic, courageous by turns. The hand-drawn typography gives each page warmth and individuality, while the consistent palette and illustration style ties the whole book together. This project shows narrative illustration, sequential pacing, and the craft of making a story feel cohesive for a young audience.