New illustration available

I just thought I'd update my blog with this new royalty free illustration which is available to buy now from iStock.

Click here to purchase the illustration.

New style update

After getting a little bit of spare time recently, I was able to start looking at evolving this new style I mentioned a few weeks back.

I have had a bit of a play around with some sketches, but have just uploaded a first attempt of an illustration for people to buy on iStock. You can download it by clicking here

I am not completely happy with the style yet, but I feel it is moving in the right direction. I was aiming for total simplicity, yet a bold definition to the style and I think it is getting there.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks as always!

Dan


All designs and concepts are copyright Dan Bailey. Use of any of the work showcased in this blog is strictly forbidden. © Dan Bailey 2010.

You're probably not interested, but...

I was working on a project for a client the other day and thought it may be of interest to some people to upload a few stages of how I go about working out an illustration.

I know some people don't care, but I must admit I am a bit of geek when it comes to seeing how people develop their sketches into the final concept.

I won't bore you with the ins and outs of it, but I just thought I'd unload the initial scamp, first sketch and then final illustration.

Here is the first scamp which I normally do whilst flicking through the net when I am referencing certain elements for the illustration.


Once I am happy with the composition I will then work up the first sketch. For this illustration, I produced it in two parts. For the iMac and then the sketch of the character. I just did this so that it was easier for me to artwork the character once signed off.


Finally, once the illustration is signed off I will artwork the final design and here it is...

This work was produced for my client Digital Studio, who specialise in environmentally friendly digital printing. Check out their services at www.digitalstudio.co.uk

All designs and concepts are strictly copyright ©Dan Bailey 2010.

Messina Wildlife Characters

These last few weeks I have been lucky enough to be involved with Messina Wildlife Management, creating a variety of characters for their Pest Control company.

I am still working on the project, but thought I would post some of the latest designs, which include an Armadillo, snake and mouse.

All designs and concepts are © Dan Bailey 2010.

New Style, sketch update...

All designs and concepts are copyright ©2010 Dan Bailey.

New Year, New Style...

Hmmm... Well maybe that title is a little harsh when I say new style, but for the last few months I have contemplated having a separate style to the one I currently have which is a little more 'minimalis' shall we say.

It is not that I am getting bored with my current style (or that I am infact just being lazy), but I just wanted to experiment with the idea of creating characters which are made of simple shapes, very few colours and with no shading or depth to them.

I really love strong defined lines and solid blocks of colour in artwork and I suppose this development was inevitable.

In the coming months I am planning on creating a few illustrations to sell on iStock and see how they are received.

As soon as they are available I will let you all know.

Until then, I have enclosed a very early sketch of the style (though I do plan on simplifying it some more).

It certainly isn't a million miles away from the way I am working now, but I don't see this as replacing my current style at all. I just want to have another way of portraying my ideas and I think this could be the avenue to go down.

Speak soon!



All designs and concepts are © Dan Bailey 2010.

Getty Images

Some of you may already know, but last year I was accepted to submit my illustrations to Getty Images.

This is obviously a huge honour, as Getty are one of the largest stock libraries in the world and are a name which is known and respected globally. But personally I have struggled to find the time to continue to upload to iStock as well as continue in my main career as a graphic designer, and so I have never had the time to submit a single image.

Though luck would have it that this year iStock will be making some of my current iStock portfolio available across both companies which is amazing news.

I don't know too much on this at the mo, but I will update you with any extra news as soon as I hear it!