WHFS Annual Report 2012

It's always a pleasure to work with the good people at Women's Health and Family Services. It's the third year running I've worked on their annual report and this time the brief was to create a series of illustrations highlighting the different areas in which they work and the various services they offer - e.g: interpretation, elder social care and healthy eating advice.

More Dictators

Kim Jong-il (North Korea)

Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe)

Saparmurat Niyazov (Turkmenistan)

Ferdinand Marcos (The Philippines)

Francisco Franco (Spain)

Hosni  Mubarak  (Egypt)

Dictator Portraits

Following on from the torn paper portraits, I've been working on this series of portraits of dictators. I've used the same torn paper technique as before with the added challenge of achieving some degree of likeness. Indeed, some are more recognisable than others.

Muammar Gaddafi (Libya)

Adolf Hitler (Germany)

Saddam Hussein (Iraq)

Idi Amin (Uganda)

Mao Zedong (China)

Benito Mussolini (Italy)

Pol Pot (Cambodia) 

Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)

Fidel Castro (Cuba)

Torn-paper portraits

This is a personal project I've been working on lately. It's a little bit inspired by the wonderful abstract paper portraits of Alexandros Vasmoulakis and a little bit inspired by the Little White Lies "Shame" cover by Paul Willoughby. My approach isn't quite as subtle as the former nor as graphic as the latter but somewhere in between. My aim with these portraits is to achieve an impression similar to that of early portrait photography. I'm enjoying the technique and have been developing a series which I'll post when it's a bit further along.

AOI Images 36

Open City London has been included in the AOI Images 36 Best of British Illustration 2012 - woohoo!

It's on p172 of the annual.

Bartholomew Mosse Ball

I made this poster for a charity fundraising ball for the Rotunda maternity hospital in Dublin. The hospital was founded 300 years ago by Bartholomew Mosse and was the first maternity hospital in Europe.

Young Actors Theatre

YATI Supporters flyer

YATI Tots flyer

I was commissioned by the Young Actors Theatre, an Islington based children's theatre school and child actors agency, to design some flyers promoting various projects of theirs.

Symphony for Life

I was commissioned by the Genesis Research Trust to create a poster for their forthcoming "Symphony for Life" fundraising concert. The concert by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will take place on October 9th at the Royal Albert Hall.

#getinframe project

Euston Road Underpass

The Eye, Holborn

City of London Gateway, Aldgate

The Spire, Western Avenue

This piece of work was selected as part of the #getinframe project. For one day (29 July 2012), it was displayed as a rotating digital billboard at 4 different prominent London locations - at Euston Road, Holborn, Aldgate and Western Avenue.

Open City Docs Fest 2012 - Festival Images

So the festival took place last weekend and was a great success. Thought I'd share a few final pictures of the event.

MyStreet @ Open City Docs Fest

Open City Docs Fest 2012 - Press Launch

Images by Gloria Lin.

Open City Docs Fest 2012 - Website

The festival will be taking place 21-24 June. You can check out the full website here to see what's on and book your tickets.