Personal work. "Drawings of retro microcars from the 1950s and '60s."
"AOI Up Poster, Winter 2007 for the Association of Illustrators."
"For the newspaper's dating Web site, Soulmates." Giles Brenard, creative director; The Guardian, client.
Personal work. "Foyles bookshop on Charing Cross Road, London."
Personal work. "Old cranes at Battersea Power Station, London."
"Section of mural for Designersblock: Illustrate, London. Drawings of electrical contraptions found around the exhibition venue, linked up to create a sprawling, industrial mural." Designersblock, exhibition developer.
"Illustration for an article titled 'Don't Panic.'" Craig Mackie, creative director; New Scientist, client.
"From a solo exhibition at Pentagram Gallery. I created 40 drawings of objects found within the Pentagram offices. The image was also used for the 2005 exhibition programme."
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Duration: Since 2003. Staff: I work alone as a freelance illustrator, represented by Private View Illustration Agency. Education: MA in illustration from the Royal College of Art, London; 1st Class BA (Honors) in visual communication from Glasgow School of Art. Cultural Influences: London markets, bric-a-brac, Flickr, vintage picture books, old buildings, Glasgow city centre, antique shops, vintage posters, printed ephemera and found scraps, tickets etc., retro film posters, London Underground and the Tate Modern. Environment: I live in South London where I work from home in a small studio which contains my desk, my laptop, hundreds of coloured pencils and two sets of bookshelves full of sketchbooks, paper, photographs, magazines, newspapers and books of reference images. The walls are covered with collected pictures, notes, scraps and found images that provide a little inspiration when needed. Philosophy: My aim is to create colourful, detailed imagery using a hand-rendered approach and simple materials— graphite and colour pencils. However, it's also important to make time for sketchbook work, where I can be more playful and allow images to evolve by being more experimental and incorporating a broader variety of materials.
The words graphic designer, architect, or industrial designer stick in my throat. This inadequate set of terms reveals only partially the still undefined nature of the designer. — Alvin Lustig