| How I work...
For most jobs I will provide a few rough sketches from the brief. The more detailed this is the better, but if there is no real concept to begin with, then rough sketches can get things started.
For artwork I tend to draw by hand and scan artwork into the computer for any tweaking and digital manipulation. More technical graphics may be created directly onto screen.
Finished artwork can be provided on CD in a variety of formats, or through email if it is a manageable size. The focus of my job is to give you a finished piece of work you will be very happy with!
Garen Ewing
As a child I would spend most of my spare time drawing away on the floor and always knew this would be my job when I grew up. While I'm still waiting to grow up properly, I have now been a full-time freelance illustrator and designer since 2002, though previous employments have utilised my drawing, designing and computer abilities.
A fair amount of my spare time is also spent writing and drawing (particularly on my comic strip album, The Rainbow Orchid), and when not doing that I research and collect on the Second Anglo-Afghan war 1878-1880 (for which I was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Making History), and practice yoga, karate, bass guitar and banjo (though not usually all at the same time).
I live in West Sussex, England, and work from my home studio, where my wife (a magazine editor) and my cat can keep an eye on me.
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Some of my clients...
Lloyds of London Press
National Childminding Association (NCMA)
Motorola
The Observer
National Union of Teachers (NUT)
Hewlett Packard
David Fickling Books
Thorsens Books
Josef Weinberger Ltd
Armstrong International
The Child of Achievement Awards
Posturite UK Ltd
The June Easther School of Theatre & Dance
DC Thompson
Tonto Press
Panton Design
Smartran Ltd
Cosmic Hobo Productions
Scholastic Books
Penta Hotels
Heatherly Cheshire Homes
Pegasus Publishing
Blue Comet Press
Norfine Nets
The National Archives
The Royal College of Nursing
Stage-Struck
Fugitive Games
Warrior Records
Folens
Ace Theatre Company
Heinemann Books
Longman Books
The Vitiligo Society
and more....
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