dreamsONtoast

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I'm an illustrator & designer from Bedfordshire, England with a wide range of skills across the board creative.

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I’m an illustrator & designer from Bedfordshire, England with a wide range of skills across the board creative. With skills in writing (Maybe Magazine, tokonatsu) graphic design (British Airways, Siemens) motion graphics (tokonatsu, Babcock Inetrnational) illustration (Devin Hylton, Peter Sallade) web design (the rotary club, tokonatsu) video/audio editing (Babcock international, tokonatsu) management (Maybe Magazine, tokonatsu) magazine design (COG Youth Services, Maybe Magazine) and tutoring (the Open University, COG Youth Services).
I’m sure that with all the above (as well as anything you might see in my portfolio) I have something to offer anyone looking for creative services.

  • Joined May 2024

Industry experience

  • Education
  • Non-Profit Organization
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Gaming
  • Other

Projects · 30

I decided to take the most complex possible route to creating a stamp; Photographing my subject in costume, printing the photos, painting them, ripping and cutting them up, making backdrops and wire maquettes to apply them to, then putting it all together before photographing the final models for the stamps.

  • Graphic Designer
  • Illustrator
  • Photographer

I decided to take the most complex possible route to creating a stamp; Photographing my subject in costume, printing the photos, painting them, ripping and cutting them up, making backdrops and wire maquettes to apply them to, then putting it all together before photographing the final models for the stamps.

  • Graphic Designer
  • Illustrator
  • Photographer

I decided to take the most complex possible route to creating a stamp; Photographing my subject in costume, printing the photos, painting them, ripping and cutting them up, making backdrops and wire maquettes to apply them to, then putting it all together before photographing the final models for the stamps.

  • Graphic Designer
  • Illustrator
  • Photographer

I created a polished version of a rough comic idea/script by Teejash Patel for a magazine comic strip.

  • Graphic Designer
  • Illustrator
  • Writer

‏Spritesheet I created for the simple Flash Game MachinaCity. I was not involved in the development of this game, including concept art.

  • 2D Animator
  • Freelance Digital Illustrator

For this video application I wanted to do something a little different so I used the video footage and audio as the basis for an abstracted animation. I wanted to capture subtle facial expressions from the footage without drawing every single frame (to keep the workload down) and use backdrops to enhance the experience. animator videoapplication animation handdrawn

  • Animator

Partially referenced animation of Aikido practitioners created for INKtober in 2017. I created a frame per day on cels showing this quick weapons (Jo) disarm. animation inktober hand-painted celanimation aikido

  • Animator

Work experience

Brand illustrator · Global Social InnovatorsMay 2025 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Illustration work for website, marketing collateral and social media. Logo design and explainer video creation.

E-learning Developer · Babcock LearningOct 2015 – Mar 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos

Creation of assets for e-learning modules and e-books (including illustrations, animations and logic) as well as editing audio, video, layouts, etc.

Creative Director · tokonatsuMay 2003 – Jul 2013 · 10 yrs 3 mos

Overseeing design and creation of all visuals, design work and branding for the festival. Helping with board decisions, video program, houses/badges, administration, bulletin board administration, games/events, set-up and takedown of festival.

Education

BA Visual Communication · Kent Institute of Art & Design (ARU)2000 – 2002
Illustration · Herefordshire College of Art & Design1995 – 1997
ND Graphic Design · Nene College (Northampton University)1993 – 1995

Certifications and awards

PTLLs2011
City & Guilds Employability & Personal Development2012 – 2014

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