The Hand Drawn Creative Blog

New Faces

Just finished up on a lovely job with an old friend in London. It was a lot of work, but a lot of fun. Just posting a few of the images I really liked that went into the project… 

  

An Apple a Day…

 Just finishing up this illustration for a new client. I love it when someone commissions me to design a logo, realises I can also draw, then asks me to whip up some complimentary illustrations too. I'll post up some more information about this Client when their Website's up & running.

Our New Wheels…

Yes, Hand Drawn Creative travels in style (well on Wednesdays & Fridays anyway). Check out our lovely, big, black, top of the range Volvo. Plenty of room for Melissa in the back and he handles like a dream. We've christened our S60 "Sven" because he's both Swedish & svelte. Probably not the kind of automobile you associate with a scruffy old Illustrator like me, but remember Jules has a real job and travels quite a lot with her work. I still get to play "chauffeur" at weekends!

Doing it for the kids…

Hi folks, dropping in for the first time in a long time I suppose. I've been incredibly busy with client work and also with some upcoming prints and projects of my own (more of which I'll reveal throughout August).

The latest 'big news' round these parts would be my recent corporate identity project with Sixteen South in Belfast. Sixteen South have garnered a great name for themselves in the world of childrens television, with the successful production of Sesame Tree for the BBC's cbeebies channel in the UK. They're currently filming a second series and following on from Sesame Tree's success, another original programme, Big City Park has been created. (this is where I come in).

The chaps at Sixteen South called me in to cast a fresh pair of eyes over the show's logo. It was quite a tough brief and definitely a team effort. Dougie and Colin have worked long and hard on Big City Park and had been working on logo ideas for quite some time, so I think the finished result is a professional, collaborative piece and one which works well within its medium.

 The first episode airs on the BBC this morning at 9.00am on the cbeebies channel. If you've got little ones – I'm sure it'll only be a matter of time before you hear them chanting the Big City Park theme tune and from what I've seen in the Editing Suite, it's shaping up to be a great kids show.

As for me – I'm just as proud as punch to have my work associated with such a well crafted piece of childrens television. This is definitely a ground-breaking moment for Hand Drawn Creative to have its work right up there on the BBC!