Rowan Atkinson Tribute.

Personal work. Just a tribute to the man as Mr Bean. Drew this after spotting him in London, a friend shouted' "it's Mr Bean!" So embarrassing! 

Study.

Bruce Mau, "Study, A studio is a place of study. Use the necessity of production as an excuse to study. Everyone will benefit."

NewScientist magazine project.

The brief: to do two black and white spot illustrations and a front cover for NewScientist Magazine.

 "Botanic gardens the source of invaders" According to 

the article, more than half the world's most invasive plant species

spread into new habitats from botanic gardens.

"First Europeans did not rely on fire" Evidence now suggests

that humans did not learn to control fire until much later into our

development than was previously believed. We were pretty

well developed as an intelligent species by the time we 

mastered it.

The cover story was really interesting. It talked about changes in 

human physiology over the last 2000 years, but was cautious about

claiming this was evolution. It pointed out that if we as a species 

returned to the lifestyles of ancient civilisations, these recent 

changes in our bodies could return to their previous states.

Bruce Mau Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

 "Think with your mind. Forget technology. Creativity is not device-dependent."

" Imitate. Don’t be shy about it. Try to get as close as you can. You’ll never get all the way, and the separation might be truly remarkable. We have only to look to Richard Hamilton and his version of Marcel Duchamp’s large glass to see how rich, discredited, and underused imitation is as a technique."

"Love your experiments (as you would an ugly child). Joy is the engine of growth. Exploit the liberty in casting your work as beautiful experiments, iterations attempts, trials, and errors. Take the long view and allow yourself the fun of failure every day."

 "Go deep. The deeper you go the more likely you will discover something of value."

 "Allow events to change you. You have to be willing to grow. Growth is different from something that happens to you. You produce it. You live it. The prerequisites for growth: the openness to experience events and the willingness to be changed by them."

"Drift. Allow yourself to wander aimlessly. Explore adjacencies. Lack judgment. Postpone criticism."

Text Me Up!

Following the publication of Tracey Moberly's book, Text-Me-Up!, we were asked to illustrate some of the texts she had collected.