I am currently studying Illustration at NUCA, and am in my second year. My work tends to explore a darker theme, and I am interested in creating work that evokes and causes the viewer to look deeper than what they consiously would. I have always been a keen drawer, but have recently over the past couple of years, began to realise that drawing isn't the only way of making work. Illustration shouldn't only limit you to one media. So I take the opportunity to experiment with a variety of methods of working to create innovative work. I have most recently become interested in ghostly imagery, and have began looking at photography - abandoned aslyums, and addictively watching programmes such as Ghost Adventures! I am also interested in the idea of nostalgia, looking at the Victorian era, and really - anything spooky, creepy, curious and haunting. Including vampires. Literature has always been a great source for inspiration.
Favourite Visual Artist
Victoria Frances
Favourite Movies
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, all of the Underworld movies, The Lost Boys!! Dracula and so many more
Favourite TV Shows
The Walking Dead, Supernatural, Ghost Adventures, The Tudors
Favourite Bands / Musical Artists
AC/DC, Alice Cooper, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Bat for Lashes, Bobby Mackey (Johanna), The Civil Wars, Def Leppard, Nickleback, Rammstein, The Black Keys, Jace Everett, Velvet revolver . . .
Favourite Books
Dracula, Frankenstein, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris, the books by Jo Nesbo
Favourite Writers
Charlaine Harris, Caitlin Moran, Bram Stoker, HP Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe
Tools of the Trade
Graphite and a sense of dark imagination
Other Interests
Keeping fit, I especially enjoy Circuit Training and Body Pump!