Going Ol' Skool on book illustrations

 Hola Hello!

I was recently commissioned to illustrate a short book on Choosing a good school. This was with Martin Blissett who has himself been in education for many years.

This is a guide for parents to not only know what to look for when looking for a school for their children but also what parents should expect from schools.

One of the illustrations from the book.

 Of course if you're going to talk about schools and it's subjects like... oh I don't know... ART maybe? Then why not draw someONE  of The Arty type as a teacher.

Another internal illustration - now why does that teacher seem familiar?

Seems I am getting more book illustration work coming in including a children's book - so stay tuned for some updates on this in the coming months.

For all your illustration, character design/concepts and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, character designer and caricaturist

#PeopleSketching #TheArtyONE

 Hola hello!

I hope you're well.

I thought I'd give you awesome people a little insight into a little side project of mine.

#PeopleSketching

Inspired by a cartoonist in America I've started doing #PeopleSketching whenever I get the chance and where ever I go. This is a side project to get in touch with some traditional art media like paints and coloured pencils and even markers (okay markers aren't traditional arts media - put if used right they can have a similar method as watercolours).

A couple of quick sketches on a bus

My aim is to work out some new ways to produce illustration work and caricatures (both live and commissions) work.

It's fun to take people I see and turn them into some character... most of the time the people I see are a bit of a character already.

While drinking coffee in Gibralter

If you're interested in my little experiments and People Sketching I upload these to my Instagram which I use a little like an online sketchbook. You're welcome to follow me.

For all your illustration, character design/concepts and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, character designer and caricaturist

Caricatures

 Hola Hello!

I hope you're all well.

Just a reminder that should you be coming here for caricature updates you can find them here at my caricature specific website:

www.theartyone.co.uk/caricatures

...but as a treat before you go - here's a caricature I did recently as a commission for a medical student leaving the Cancer Research labs...

For all your illustration, character design/concepts and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, character designer and caricaturist

Caricatures website update

Hello-Hola!

I hope you wonderful people are fit and well.

If you don't already know part of the work I do is caricatures. There's a link in the menus above that will take you to my caricatures website or you can visit it straight from here: www.theartyone.co.uk/caricatures

This is just a quick update on the NEW and IMPROVED TheArtyONE! - Caricatures website

Look at my pretty face.... LOOK at it! It's so pretty.

Updates on my caricature work will be mostly on that site's front page with only a few updates on this website. If you're interested in my caricature updates and/or any promotional offers on my services or caricature services updates feel free to subscribe via the bottom of the Caricature site homepage feed.

Have fun!

For all your illustration, character design/concepts and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk

Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, character designer and caricaturist

Married Superheroes to save the day!

I was recently commissioned to produce a cartoon portrait of a married couple who were married a year ago with a Superhero themed wedding.

This is the 1 year anniversary present ...and it was fun to do!

If you want to have a comic cover recreation make of your favourite superheroes - drop me an email.



For all your illustration, character design/concepts for branding, films, animation, and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk
Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, cartoonist, character/concept designer and caricaturist.

Character design updates

Hi there!

I've recently added some new examples to my character design section of my website.

Visit my character design section of my website (or click here if you're feeling a little lazy) to browse through my latest work on character design. Some for small films, some for branding, some for comic books. Next time I get a little spare time I will divide the examples up further and add "branding" and "film/animation" sections to help you navigate to more specific areas.

Until then - enjoy your look around.



For all your illustration, character design/concepts for branding, films, animation, and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk
Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator, cartoonist, character/concept designer and caricaturist.

TheArtyONE! Bears All!

Get your minds out the gutters! Not THAT kind of bare ...but a grizzly bear.

Last year I was commissioned to design a bear for a dentist surgery in Kenilworth in Warwickshire. This is to help the surgery to interact with children more, make the dentist surgery a none scary day by having activity days for the children and to encourage kids to understand the importance of teeth care.

Below is "Pennington Bear" - the mascot for the children side of the surgery.

This was a welcome break from my usual caricature work and it was fun to work with the surgery on defining their iconic bear. 



For all your illustration, character design/concepts for branding, films, animation, and caricature needs drop me a line: mikeyb@theartyone.co.uk
Mikey
Birmingham based illustrator and caricaturist