AUB BOYS JAM 🛋️

Finally got out of a little drawing rut with this reportage illustration thanks to an inspiring evening in the depths of the winter, saying goodbye to an amazing friend before he heads off to live on the other side of globe. Thanks for being my muse, inspiring me out of my drawing rut, and for randomly sending me a message 5 years ago to hang out and chat shit. Very grateful for creative crew, we’ll miss you Harold!

Normally I have no issue tracing images within my illustration work, as it ensures accuracy and time efficiency, however I was very pleased with the outcome of this considering I just used one poor quality video for reference, because I feel it injected a little more joy and life into the process and also the final image!

This illustration acted as a gentle reminder to myself that live music and observational / reportage drawing, ALWAYS helps to get my creative juices flowing, and this is a practice that I should engage in whenever I’m feeling a little uninspired. To see all music themed works, click here.

I get the feeling that this is just the start of a very creative and productive year to come 🔥
I shared a time-lapse of the drawing process on Instagram if you care to see!

SHOP RESTOCKS

I recently went on my first little road trip in my new van! I decided to go to Devon, initially to visit my sister and help her move house, but then I decided to tie in a little solo exploration with the safety that family is nearby just incase.

My beloved Bristol is on route, and pretty much smack bang in the middle of my house and my sister’s, so I of course jumped at the opportunity to visit old friends on the way, and whilst I was there I also re-stocked all of my Bristol based stockist. They’ve dwindled over the years, but I’ve managed to hold on to 3 very loyal and lovely stockist including:

PADDY 🍀

Part 1 of a little personal project dedicated to some incredible vehicles that I’ve had the pleasure of driving and adventuring in, and have all lead up to the decision to finally buy my own camper van to travel in! I’ve been working on this project for quite a while now amongst other things, but I’m hoping by posting it, will give me a kick up the arse to get the other illustrations that I have planned for this series done, which are currently a work in progress.

This first one is an ode to the incredible RV, that we named Paddy, that facilitated THE MOST amazing month long trip around America during April this year 🇺🇸 Driving from Las Vegas to Miami through desserts and snow, this was an experience I hope to never ever forget 🫶🏻