Cult Figures - Lunatic Friend (Official Video)

 

I put on my old 'animation hat' to direct this noisy little promo for Lunatic Friend which is a track I co-wrote from my band Cult Figures' upcoming album 'Reports of People' which is released on 24th April 2026 on Precious Recordings of London & is available on pre-order here!

I approached it as a stream of consciousness job where I just started drawing to see where I went which is always a fun way of working & I hope it gives it a fresh immediacy to the piece. I really enjoyed the process - I hope you enjoy the video!

Batman's mum.

 

Did I just hear Trump saying he’s looking forward to going to Switzerland and meeting Davros?

 Despots gonna despot! I don't usually post much of my political stuff up here but I figured this mixes it up a bit with a bit of Doctor Who nerdery!

London Colin

 I had a bit of fun drawing 'London Colin' from the celebrated (& misheard) Clash song!

Creative Moves

  

A fun little illustration & motion graphics job I did for Kabir Malik's Creative Moves podcast

I had some fun envisaging characters based on their unusual & fascinating job changes, adding a bit of humour & some subtle animation 

"Creative Moves: Left Career, Right Path."

Creative Moves is a podcast exploring career pivots and unexpected second, third or even fourth, acts. Each episode features a conversation with someone who made their mark in their chosen profession, before stepping away to pursue something entirely different.
These are stories of reinvention, risk and reward. 

More spookiness!

 Some more before & after illustration stuff left over from Halloween for you illustration nerds

The original is drawn on A4 300gsm watercolour paper drawn with a dip pen (with a Leonardt 256 nib) & Winsor & Newton ink & a Kaweco fountain pen with Rohrer and Klingner Dokumentus ink.

I scanned the original then coloured it in Photoshop using a mixture of scanned ink textures & a couple of Kyle T Webster watercolour brushes & a couple of custom brushes I made myself

I then decided to get my hands dirty & have a go at hand colouring (using Derwent Inktense pencils) this was then scanned again - here's the initial scan.

My scanner works really poorly with orange so I adjusted the orange to match the original inage & did a little bit of adjustment of brightness & colour et voila!

'Treat?'

 

A bit of Halloween fun for you all!
I thought I'd include some of my process here from the original drawing to the digital colour. 

With this one I drew it with a dip pen & indian ink  (Winsor & Newton ink & a Leonardt 256 nib if anyone's interested!) 

With this piece I didn't draw a rough I just drew it from scratch - mistakes stains & all - on horrible cheap paper! Cheap paper is extremely liberating but makes it less desirable to sell the original drawing to to anyone! 

Next step is scanning it & using Photoshop to lose any unwanted marks & occasionally a couple of alterations although I haven't done much to this apart from shift the signature down.

After that I use Photoshop to colour the image using a mixture of custom brushes & some scanned ink textures