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Designer, author, illustrator, interior designer and musician.
Author and illustrator of four books on Fantasy Art, album sleeve designer for Storm Thorgerson (Pink Floyd, Muse, Audioslave and many others), author of a series of graphic novels, story development and designer for film and TV (Oliver Stones 'Alexander' etc). Graphic design consultant working in the luxury sector and interior designer of bars, restaurants and cafes in Londons fashionable Shoreditch quarter.
BOOKS 3 and 4 - Just finished my fourth book 'Dragons and Fantasy Beasts' due for publication spring 2008 - the second in a series of pocket books, the first 'Incredible Characters' is out now. ... just starting work on book 5... the big one.
BOOK 3 ' 100 incredible characters' was published in Autumn 2007. It gave me the opportunity to delve into the more obscure regions of European and Eastern myth. You can see previews on my website and myspace blog.
ALBUM SLEEVES I worked as an album sleeve designer with Storm Thorgerson for years... mostly for Pink Floyd but I also did work for dozens of others including Muse, Audioslave, Mars Volta and The London Philharmonic. Was responsible for the concept behind Pink Floyds most successful poster 'Back Catalogue'.
DESIGN Running my design consultancy 'Endless design Ltd' in London, producing branding, ideas, art direction and strategy for global luxury brands and causal projects (i.e charities etc)
INTERIOR DESIGN Currently working on several interior design projects at the Truman Brewery in Brick Lane where I once had a cafe years ago...nice to be back there.
GRAPHIC NOVELS 1 and 2 I'm also working on a series of graphic novels featuring Subway Slim. I finished the first 'Miss London' in 2006... a series of words with images and music about disintegrating twenty somethings in London. see myspace.com/subwayslim for more info. Graphic novel fans should add me on that profile. Website launches April 2008.
People really seem to like this one...
FILM and TV In 2002 the BBC comissioned me to develop a series based on my long term interest in the Arabian Nights. In 2003 I worked as an illustrator on Oliver Stones production of 'Alexander'. I continue to develop feature animations with Insight Productions and other partners.
BOOK 2 'Drawing and Painting Fantasy Worlds' was published in June 2006 and is surpassing the success of the first. Six languages and counting.
BOOK 1 My first book 'Drawing and Painting Fantasy Figures' has been a huge success in several languages. But please DONT buy it... 'Fantasy Worlds' is much, much better... Fantasy Figures is over, I've moved on... its finished, kaput.
MUSIC Working with my band 'Night Porter' (with a virtuoso genius - myspace.com/experiment1 and a viral insomniac called James) and aiming to be up and running with that again soon. We are currently making the transition from 'doom cabaret' to 'dirty electroclash'...
With my wife Janette Swift, interior designer and stylist...
-- ( I'd like to get in touch with Sean Richardson, Ian C Taylor and Jane Mercer if they read this...)