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Traditional Illustration

Before pixels became my everyday tools, pencils were.

These hand-rendered coloured-pencil illustrations span work created during my early design training and later personal portrait work. From reflective glass and automotive surfaces to fur, expression and wildlife, each piece was built by hand through careful observation, layering, colour and detail.

No filters. No digital rendering. No AI. Just coloured pencils, patience and a lot of very small marks.

  • Rum Beats Vodka to a Pulp

    Commercial Illustration Study — Coloured Pencil

    Created during my college design studies, this exercise involved recreating a photographic magazine advertisement entirely by hand. Particular attention was given to transparency, reflections, ice, glass, liquid and the saturated colour of the orange drink.

    Original Rums of Puerto Rico magazine advertisement used as reference
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    Hand-rendered coloured-pencil recreation of the Rums of Puerto Rico advertisement
    Coloured Pencil Illustration
  • Eagle Talon

    Automotive Illustration Study — Coloured Pencil

    A hand-rendered study exploring automotive form, proportion, reflections, glass, metallic surfaces and fine detail.

    Photograph of a black Eagle Talon coupe used as reference
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    Coloured-pencil illustration of a black Eagle Talon coupe
    Coloured Pencil Illustration
  • Doberman Portrait

    Animal Portrait — Coloured Pencil

    Photograph of a Doberman used as reference
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    Coloured-pencil portrait of a Doberman
    Coloured Pencil Illustration
  • Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Portrait

    Animal Portrait — Coloured Pencil

    Photograph of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel used as reference
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    Coloured-pencil portrait of a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
    Coloured Pencil Illustration
  • Daisy

    Animal Portrait — Coloured Pencil

    Photograph of Daisy the tabby cat used as reference
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    Coloured-pencil portrait of Daisy the tabby cat
    Coloured Pencil Illustration
  • Tiger

    Wildlife Illustration — Coloured Pencil

    Coloured-pencil illustration of a tiger
    Coloured Pencil Illustration

Traditional skills. Modern tools. The fundamentals still matter.

Drawing taught me to observe before I create—to notice proportion, light, colour, texture and the details that make something feel right. Those same fundamentals continue to influence my branding, graphic design and digital work today.

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