by Joy | Dec 10, 2013 | Hand Lettering, Illustration
My typographic tree Christmas cards for 2013 are ready to go! I found the design worked across several colourways, so I went to town and produced 10 variations. Merry Christmas!
by Joy | Dec 10, 2013 | Hand Lettering, Illustration, Maps
FOUR magazine asked me to illustrate another piece for their wine section in the Winter edition, this time about Champagne.
by Joy | Dec 10, 2013 | Books, Hand Lettering, Illustration
Here’s a recent cover for Penguin India. Karisma Kapoor (a Bollywood legend in her own right) has written her guide to being a “yummy mummy” and I was delighted to illustrate it for her. It meant creating several images per chapter which...
by Joy | Nov 11, 2013 | Illustration
A full and festive set of illustrations for Woman and Home magazine’s Christmas 2013 edition
by Joy | Oct 11, 2013 | Illustration
A week ago in the conference room at the Nottingham Contemporary, I took part in a fantastic resource for illustrators, the second ever zero2illo LIVE event, organised by Jon Woodward and Lea Woodward. After the event kicked off with a really engaging and interesting...
by Joy | Sep 24, 2013 | Illustration
On Saturday I made my way to the first ever Nosy Crow children’s book conference in London. It was a superb day in all respects, with panels covering everything from what publishers (and in particular Nosy Crow) like when they receive submissions from authors...
by Joy | Sep 24, 2013 | Hand Lettering, Illustration, Maps
by Joy | Sep 3, 2013 | Books, Hand Lettering, Illustration
My book jacket was shortlisted in the design section of this year’s AOI Illustration Awards. Apparently there were many more entries this year than previously so I’m really pleased to have made the shortlist. You can view all the shortlisted entries...
by Joy | Aug 21, 2013 | Illustration
by Joy | Jul 30, 2013 | Illustration
78 years ago today Penguin published it’s first paperback book. Happy Birthday Penguin!
by Joy | Jul 25, 2013 | Hand Lettering, Illustration, Maps
I was delighted to be asked to asked by FOUR Magazine to produce an illustration to sit with a feature on Malbec wines and how the grape is experiencing a revival in France and across the Atlantic ocean in Argentina thanks to a small band of passionate growers.
by Joy | Jul 16, 2013 | Hand Lettering, Illustration, Maps
This month’s edition of Traveller magazine features a piece on Quimper, and the surrounding costal areas in south west France.
by Joy | Jun 18, 2013 | Books, Illustration
A portrait of George Elliot which was coloured for the final cover design for Brenda Maddox’s biography, published by HarperCollins. ...