OB Illustration London

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“A very inventive and original illustrator.” - Sue Grayson Ford, The Campaign for Drawing web: http://obrotheridge.com

Wednesday, 5 May 2010

Toucan play at that game

Working with the Technicolour Moon boys for an illustration installation at Bournemouth event: The Block Party.
Here are some of my scribbles on the side of a fridge, and me and Krishna did the bed side table:

Thursday, 22 April 2010

Yes that is whipped cream.

'Experimental Typography' workshop resulted in my poster for the Air Festival, using whipped cream, ribbon, icing sugar and photography. Some Photoshop and InDesign know-how came in handy too. Students from Illustration, Graphic Design and Visual Communication each made a poster for different tourist attractions in Bournemouth.

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Animation?

Playing about with plasticine and my new camera.

Friday, 16 April 2010

Time out from essay writing

I did a drawing yesterday for a girl on fashion, it's going to be screen printed onto a scarf.
I call it: Shattered. Good night.

Monday, 15 March 2010

Line drawing on the train

Homeward, for a weekend with the family. Celebrating Mothers Day and my sister's birthday, these are the cards I made them:

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Narrative

I'm using knitting as a metaphor for telling a story, and dropping stitches for telling lies that make the story not add up.. then I might have a snake coming through the holes, and pulling the threads to expose the lies and ruin the knit and therefore the reputation of the storyteller as it all becomes a shambles. Here is my first sketch and a scan of my knitted shamble:

Saturday, 13 February 2010

Berlin

Spent a brilliant week in snowy Berlin, I'll post a few sketches and photos over the next few days.This is the screen print that I bought from Supalife Kiosk (www.supalife.de) I love it.

Sunday, 7 February 2010

Wild Animals

I made this poster as a present for a Sarah.

Functions of Illustration: Inform, Decorate, Comment.

My final project of year one illustration, 3 screen printed pieces.Yes, that is Gordon Brown guarding my money.

House of illo



Started at Stitch, finished in bed.