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Tag Archives: collage
flower illustrations
i was so pleased with how my series of flower drawings were going that i decided to give some of them a purpose. i chose three drawings that i would develop into finished digital collage outcomes and then produced three … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, artwork, azalea, blossom, botanical illustration, chris cowdrill, collage, dianthus, digital artwork, digital collage, digital illustration, drawing, flowers, forget-me-not, illustration, photoshop artwork, photoshop illustration, rhododendron
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godzilla collage artworks
my godzilla obsession continued in 2021. as well as doing lots of drawings from 1962’s king kong vs. godzilla, i set to work on three larger scale collage artworks. these were based on illustrations i’d done previously and released as … Continue reading
christmas 2019
season’s greetings! we’re well into the festive season now, and recently i produced two drawings that i initially worked up as digital pieces – the first was of a partridge, the second a stag. now – in all honesty – … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, artist, christmas, collage, deer, digital illustration, handmade, illustration, made by hand, partridge, reindeer, stag
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peacock
a few months ago i developed a series of works based on peacocks. i’d been wanting to develop this work for a while and produced outcomes that included drawing, digital collage and traditional collage. The first piece I worked on … Continue reading
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Tagged art, art and design, birds, collage, design, digital illustration, handmade, illustration, made by hand, nature, peacock
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christmas 2018
is it really nearly christmas again!? apparently so, and i’ve produced another series of designs for cards and prints for this festive season. there are three different designs and they follow in the same vein as the designs i produced … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cards, christmas, christmas card, collage, digital collage, digital illustration, fox, handmade, illustration, owl, sloth
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christmas 2017
merry christmas. i thought i should post my designs for christmas this year. i produced four different animal illustrations – a penguin, a flamingo, a llama and a rabbit – each wearing a scarf or hat to keep them warm … Continue reading
Posted in finished artwork, handmade
Tagged art, bagdes, bunny, cards, christmas, collage, digital collage, digital illustration, flamingo, handmade, illustration, llama, penguin, rabbit
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bugs
i’m working on a series of insect-based illustrations using ladybirds (or ladybugs), as the starting point. here’s the first two i’ve completed. there’s been some new challenges in producing them – although they only contain about 40-50 individual cut pieces … Continue reading
riso printing @ rope press
i recently attended a riso zine workshop at the splendid rope press in birmingham. i’d been wanting to attend one of their workshops to learn a bit more about and have a go at the risograph printing process for a … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, artwork, collage, drawing, flowers, illustration, landscape, nature, outdoors, printing, riso, risograph, rope press, self-publishing, sketch, sketchbook, zine
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handmade boutique
“handmade boutique is a collective of midlands based independent designers that make beautiful lifestyle products and gifts for all ages.” their store in the touchwood shopping centre of solihull recently relocated and reopened and i’m proud to say that they … Continue reading
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Tagged art, arts, bird, chris cowdrill, collage, handmade, handmade boutique, illustration, solihull, touchwood
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birdy business card
just a quick post to show you my new business card that i got printed earlier this week. i’ve had them less than a week and already want to get new ones printed with a different bird illustration on each … Continue reading
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