About me

Better known simply as ‘Wingâ€(TM) amongst friends and colleagues thanks to a nickname that has stuck from my old school days (even my wife suffers a slight twinge of awkwardness calling me Chris!), I have been happily building a career as a freelance Illustrator and Designer for over 12 years.Working from my home studio near Bristol, UK, I have come to specialise in traditional brush, pen, ink and vector style illustration (often combining hand-drawn with digital) and have been featured in Computer Arts magazine, Photoshop Creative, Disorder Magazine, Martin Dawberâ€(TM)s ‘The Big Book of Fashion Illustrationâ€(TM) as well being published around the world in a popular series of childrenâ€(TM)s pop-up books. Other pieces of my work has found itâ€(TM)s way into the advertising and packaging industries.My favourite topics for illustration include; fashion, portraits, tattoo flash, lowbrow art, pin-ups, poster art and quirky childrenâ€(TM)s books, all of which draw inspiration from the gods of illustration such as; Drew Struzan, Norman Rockwell, J.C. Leyendecker, Alex Ross, Dave Stephens, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Gill Evergren, Ralph Bakshi and soooo many more.When not drawing youâ€(TM)ll find me watching movies, preaching to my friends about movies, listening to movie soundtracks (with some grunge, metal, Jazz