I am an illustrator based in Bath. I studied at Brunel College, Bristol specialising in Illustration and Visual Communication. I then worked as a Graphic Designer for a variety of companies and carried out some freelance illustration work. I finally took the plunge in August 2013 and set up my own illustration business.
My experience of working with a wide variety of clients over the past 19 years has enabled me to develop good customer communication skills. I really enjoy working with people to achieve the illustration that they require.
I generally work in Adobe Illustrator. All of my vector artwork starts out as hand drawn pencil sketches. I then scan the drawings, colour and finish in Adobe Illustrator. My work has included large-scale art for public buildings, book illustrations, greetings cards, game art and illustrated diagrams.
Well if you’d like to know, this is why: Between 1960 – 1965 Fender guitars had (introduced) in my opinion, a very cool colour in their colour scheme – Daphne Blue. The Fender Daphne Blue colour was inspired by the blue American Cadillac. In the early 1960s, a man named Lawrence Herbert was driving to work in his blue American Cadillac with cherry red seats. He was trying to resolve a problem, a “universal colour system” in which each shade of colour had its own reference number. He named his company Pantone print company. So, my favourite guitar colour is also the colour of the car driven by the man who invented Pantone colours! This is why I chose Pantone 304, and of course why I want a Daphne Blue guitar!
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“A chance meeting at an industry conference led me to use Scott to illustrate a Christmas card for my consulting business, and after one lunch meeting where I talked at length about what I do, we came up with an idea that Scott followed through on perfectly, resulting in a card that I am extremely pleased with and I am confident will make all of my clients smile this Christmas!”
“Scott has worked with us at St Philip and St James church on a number of projects and has always excelled in his creative design approach. His artwork is meticulous and his designs always hit the mark. We have employed him from large projects involving painted banners on our church tower down to song book cover designs. His work is always original, creative, stylish and colourful and always achieves what we as the client have asked for. I cannot recommend Scott highly enough for the quality of his work – and a bonus is that he always delivers on time, whatever the deadline he has to reach.”
“When I have needed illustrations for work with a specific brief I have always approached Scott first. His professional attitude, eye for detail and thorough (and I mean thorough!) thought process is second to none. Having also worked in the ‘graphics’ business for several years I know the importance of listening to clients. Scott not only listens to the brief, he will advise and commit wholeheartedly ensuring that all parties are happy with the final result. Give Scott a try – you won’t be disappointed!”
“I’ve worked with Scott on a number of creative publishing projects, each time I’ve found him to be creative, calm and always willing to go the extra mile. His extensive graphic design and illustrative skills, combined with his industry knowledge of printing options and finishes, is invaluable when working on new projects and ideas. I would recommend Scott for a wide range of publishing, advertising and creative opportunities.”
“We are very grateful to Scott for turning our initial ideas into reality. He carefully researched our needs and took the time to understand our organisation in order to get just the right design. Scott consulted us at every stage of the process and was extremely responsive to our suggestions. He is obviously a perfectionist and someone who puts a great deal of thought and care into his designs. A pleasure to work with and we would definitely recommend him to other organisations.”
“Everyone at St Barnabas Church Southdown is really thrilled with Scott’s work. We had seen the large banners he had designed to be displayed on the tower of St Philip and St James Church Odd Down, and thought his style would fit perfectly with ideas we had for some art work on the walk-way between our church and church hall. So we got in touch. It was great the way he took inspiration from our stained glass window to base the new design on. We were able to realise his design thanks to a grant from Bath Abbey Mission Links Fund and thanks to a summer community project organised by Bath Youth for Christ. The finished banner is seen by all who use the local schools, play park and bus route, and we know it generates lots of positive conversations!”
“One of my best decisions was to work with Scott for my company’s branding. He immediately understood what I was looking for and the type of image I wanted to create. Scott can turn around designs quickly, easily and without guidance; exactly what you are looking for when time is so precious. I would not hesitate to recommend him and look forward to a long and continued creative relationship with his company.”
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I am advised, supported and protected as a member of the association of illustrators, the trade association for illustration:
www.theaoi.com
I am also a member of the South West Illustrators.