About Me

    I am a Southampton based Illustration student, completing my final year at Southampton Solent University. I work predominantly with ink painting, collage and Photoshop.

My personal interests are reading, music and of course, illustration. I find that illustration is a big part of my life, whether I am location drawing or taking photographs of subjects I find interesting, I am constantly looking out for everyday objects or scenarios that can become a story of their own. My most recent projects have all taken inspiration from events that have happened to myself or people I know. I enjoy working in a representational manner, I like people to think about what they are seeing.

Love and Death cover by Claudia Whiting, Papercut, Collage and Photoshop.

I tend to immerse myself entirely in whatever project I am working on. I am careful to choose an appropriate playlist, or 'soundtrack' in order to obtain the perfect atmosphere. A lot of my early sketches are incredibly direct (as you will see in later posts), and are often a direct response to whatever music I am listening to. I feel connecting to the work in this way is important, especially as I try to illustrate atmosphere within my work.