Always Cook on the Bright Side

A few weeks ago I was contacted by Mia, the head chef at Always cook on the Bright Side to create an illustration that captured what her company is all about and showcased her personality through some favourite ingredients, typical utensils and standard messiness!

The image above however, it not quite the end result… Mia wanted the illustration to be printed on to T-shirts. Which are now available for pre-order now until 13th December! ORDER HERE

By purchasing a tee not only are you supporting two small business, but also £2 from every sale will go to Refugee Community Kitchen, who serve hot nourishing meals to displaced people across the UK and France. 🥘 so if you are able to, buy something worthwhile this Christmas!

The t-shirts printed by Everpress are Fair-wear, Climate neutral and Global Organic Standard accredited 🌎 The Earth positive T-shirt runs from an XS-XXL 👕

Happy Hamper Co.

Over the last few weeks I’ve been working closely with the team at Happy Hamper Co. to create some marketing illustrations for their latest campaign.

Happy Hamper Co. is a curation of local products, gifts and eateries across the whole of East Sussex. They’ve dedicated the Christmas period to an online raffle to support a local cause, Care Leavers Christmas, which will provide gifts to Care Leavers across East Sussex, Brighton and Hove so please follow and support if you are able to this year ❤️https://happyhamper.co/

I drew a selection of their favourite locally sourced products in partnership with some local suppliers to feature inside their classic hamper! See below for a list of featured businesses:

• Hastings Gin

• Hastings Ketchup

• Mountfield Wine

• iamAbiMillen

• To the Rise

• Handmade by Juliette

• Mollie Florence Holistics

• Only Coco

• Martha & Ed’s Kitchen

• Penbuckles

• Sussex Honey

Tonal Tropics

I set myself a challenge to create a collection that’s a little different, something to expand my practice and portfolio whilst also boosting attention on my online shop. The challenge, was to work within limited colour pallets and create immersive scenes, as I often find myself falling back into the habit of drawing easier and more straight-forward perspectives that are resultantly far less engaging for my audience. I’m happy to say the end result was worth the challenge!

Having worked in house creating marketing content for the last few months, it was really nice to really focus on a personal project that didn’t have a marketing or editorial context it had to abide to! Not of course that they don’t serve an illustrative purpose, just more decorative! This was also proved by the attention they have received on Instagram and through the first day of sales on my shop!

I made the decision to close my shop in January as my Squarespace subscription will renew, and I’d like to focus and steer my work more in the direction of marketing and editorial, however I wanted to go out with a bang and feel a little success from this side venture, which I definitely have!

Due to lockdown, I had to think about my shop a little differently and plan ahead, I ordered the stock from Awesome Merchandise and I’m incredibly happy with the vibrancy of the colours and amazing quality. I was also able to get them printed on recycled card stock so it’s smiles all round.

The stock is however limited and a few options are already running super low in stock so grab them whilst you can, ideal for Christmas presents too, shop now.