How I work...
For most jobs I will provide a few rough sketches from the brief. The more detailed the brief, the better, but if there is no real concept to begin with, then rough sketches can get things started.
For artwork I tend to draw by hand and scan artwork into the computer for any tweaking and digital manipulation. More technical graphics may be created directly onto screen.
Finished artwork is usually supplied via DropBox, or can be sent through another online file service in a variety of formats. The focus of my job is to give you a finished piece of work you will be totally happy with.
Garen Ewing
As a child I would spend most of my spare time lying on the floor drawing. I always knew this would be my job when I grew up. While I'm still waiting to grow up properly, I have now been a full-time freelance illustrator and designer since 2002, though previous employments also utilised my drawing, designing and computer abilities.
A fair amount of my spare time is spent writing and drawing (particularly on my adventure comic, The Adventures of Julius Chancer - winner of a 2013 British Comic Award), and when not doing that I research and collect on the Second Anglo-Afghan War 1878-1880 (for which I was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Making History as their 'expert'), and practice karate, bass guitar and banjo (though not usually all at the same time).
I live in West Sussex, England, and work from my home studio, where my wife (a freelance editor and writer) and two children can keep an eye on me.
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Some of my clients...
Lloyds of London Press
JCDecaux
National Childminding Association (NCMA)
Motorola
The Observer
National Union of Teachers (NUT)
Hewlett Packard
David Fickling Books
Royal Mail
The National Archives
Thorsens Books
Fine Food World
Tor Books
Josef Weinberger Ltd
Egmont
Armstrong International
The Child of Achievement Awards
Posturite UK Ltd
West End International Ltd
The Phoenix Comic
Forbidden Planet International
The Superyacht Group
The June Easther School of Theatre & Dance
DC Thompson
Jurassic London
Tonto Press
Panton Design
Social Sense
Totally Original T-Shirts Ltd
Smartran Ltd
Lewis FC
Webb & Webb
Kingston Farm Brewery
Blank Slate Books
Cosmic Hobo Productions
Scholastic Books
Penta Hotels
Heatherly Cheshire Homes
Pegasus Publishing
Blue Comet Press
Norfine Nets
The Royal College of Nursing
Stage-Struck
Fugitive Games
Warrior Records
Folens
Ace Theatre Company
Heinemann Books
Longman Books
The Vitiligo Society
and more....
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