‘Warriors’ Illustration Example January 5, 2012

I’m often asked how I go about creating the detailed illustrations I produce for poster/canvas printing, so decided (with kind permission of my client David) to show a basic outline here of how I generally go about my design process. David requested an original, one-off illustration of the cult movie ‘The Warriors’ for himself, and [...]

2011 in review January 1, 2012

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 13,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that many [...]

Happy Holidays! December 21, 2011

Winding down this week with work so just wanted to take the opportunity to thank all my visitors (regular and accidental!), for the continued support throughout 2011.  Hope you all have a great Xmas and New Year! See you in 2012!! 

DEADLINES FOR XMAS! December 9, 2011

DEADLINES: For orders outwith Isle of lewis – SUNDAY 11th DECEMBER For local orders – FRIDAY 16th DECEMBER Have started working on unique, one-off illustrations for this year’s Christmas gifts – ideal for printing onto canvas, poster, or as a framed picture.  These original illustrations can be of anything imaginable, perfect if you struggle to [...]

THE BOMB!! November 20, 2011

Designed some artwork for the release of the song ‘The Bomb’ by new Inverness electro duo Them & Us.  One half of the duo is 15-year old Liam Macleod, (Disclaimer: a cousin of mine!) who recently became one of the youngest artists to play the Ironworks venue in Inverness.  You can hear their maiden effort [...]

‘The Wire’ print October 2, 2011

Woke up to find that I’d sold 6 posters overnight to USA and Australia (hello to my newest overseas friends!), so The Wire Ltd Edition print is now officially SOLD OUT!!  A big thank you to everyone who bought one, keep an eye out for new illustrated posters coming soon….

Work update September 24, 2011

I have just listed 4 new items of recent work below, have a heap of exciting projects underway, and have just hit 20,000 views on the blog this minute!!  It’s at times like this I love my job….have a good weekend y’all!!

Work Update… September 8, 2011

Been really busy lately so haven’t been posting as regularly as I would like, but hope to change that soon!  Have got stuff for Red Bull/NHS/Storlann/Funky wedding illustrations, etc, that I can’t show yet for one reason or another, but will have them up on the blog in the coming months, so be patient sports [...]

MERRY XMAS…. December 27, 2010

….AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! To all visitors to my site, hope you’ve all had a great time and enjoy the rest of your holidays. Keep visiting in 2011! Donald

XMAS PRESENTS December 5, 2010

It’s that time of year again when confusion reigns and you have to start spending hours going around crowded shops, on the prowl for something your friends and relatives MIGHT like!!! Alternatively, you could get a personalized, one-off GRAPHIC CANVAS or POSTER produced as an extra special gift. Whether it’s a cherished family photo, someone they admire [...]