Harpers Bazar India Map illustration Interview

Harpers Bazar India Map illustration Interview

Moleskine Map Drawing Edinburgh, Scotland

Moleskine Map Drawing Sydney, Australia

Moleskine Map Drawing Zurich, Switzerland

Bordeaux Wine Map

Harpers Bazar India interviewed me for an article about the city maps drawings I illustrate. I was introduced to the editor by a recent client whom I worked with who commisioned me to illustrate tea 4 well-known tea growing regions in India.

The interviewer Komal Sharma asked me questions regarding my maps and was interested in how the map was initially started. The first map I drew was for a woman I was dating and the map consisted of locations we visited as part of the date, and I drew them as a keepsake map which I drew in my Moleskine sketchbook.

Over time the maps developed a style, and I was commissioned by creative agencies to illustrate the maps for campaigns, products and editorials. One of my personal favorite projects and is a self-initiated one, where I fly off to a European city on a day trip and I draw the city in my little Moleskine sketch book. I scout a location while I’m in the city and I use the well-known landmark location as a backdrop where I hold up my sketchbook and take a photo for me social media platforms.

Typographic Calendar Months Postit Notes

January Typographic Calendar Month

Typographic Calendar Months Post-it Notes photographic Journal. I worked on a personal project for 2017 that involved illustrated the months onto the square of a Post-it note and take a photo of the Post-it note at a location, sometimes it was planned and at other times it was when I liked where I was standing visually. The photos were then uploaded to my Instagram account where I also post my Moleskine city map drawings

I remember January quite fresh and cold around Brick Lane you can find many good backdrops which make good places for a photo shoot, I saw a garage door that had fly posters posted on it a good place to start my visual monthly post-it notes.

February Typographic Calendar Month

Walking through Shoreditch in February you can find yourself around the mini roundabout that has the old Victorian bandstand, the Victorian social housing Boundary Estate, which has stood since 1890

March Typographic Calendar Month

March Shoreditch, I remember looking for an interesting location and walking through Shoreditch, I found myself near the Guy Ritchie Movie location Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels filming location: Eddie and Bacon escape from the law: Pedley Street, Shoreditch, London E1

April Typographic Calendar Month

April Greenwich Park, One of my favorite places in London, looking down over London you can see the tall new Skyscrapers mixing in with the old architecture, its a place to see how London is changing and yet still retains much of its old charm, I like to come up here on Sundays and cycle, the perfect place to capture the mood for April post-it note.

May Typographic Calendar Month

May New Cross Gate, I was running out of time this month to find an interesting location, on my walk home I saw in the distance vibrant purple flowers and new it would make an interesting contrasting background for the post-it note drawing.

June Typographic Calendar Month

June Venice, I was excited to be in Venice, a beautiful cultural city, every corner is just as beautiful as the last, standing on the Ponte Dell’Accademia looking down the Grand Canal, one of the many famous vistas of Venice the perfect location for my monthly Post-it note Instagram post.

July Typographic Calendar Month

July Limehouse, close to my current studio, Summertime is the best time in London, this is a quick note to capture the sunny weather and blue skies over London during that sunny July day.

August Typographic Calendar Month

August Lake Como, Back in Italy for a short stay in Bellagio, Italy where I was traveling around Lake Como. Lake Como makes a stunning backdrop for my August Post-It note.

September Typographic Calendar Month

September Kerela, During a 2 week trip to India where I traveled to Mumbai and then traveled down to Kerela, I spent 2 nights on a houseboat that slowly wound its way through the many backwater canals that also made an interesting backdrop and memory for the September Post-It note.

October Typographic Calendar Month

October St James Park, Moving into the autumn season of the year, the leaves are turning brown and tumbling, St James Park is a good place experience the season shift in the weather, with many tall trees and much more leaves on the floor to kick through while you walk through the park, the perfect place to capture the autumn season for the Post-It note project.

November Typographic Calendar Month\

November Borough Market, Winter is drawing in at this time of year, and Christmas is around the corner, Borough market is a hive of activity, with market stalls selling season produce and products just right for the cold winter days, Here I am in Borough market with my November Post-It note.

December Typographic Calendar Month

December Regent Street Xmas Lights, on Regent Street, London, an exciting time of year, the Christmas lights are up around London and there is a good festive spirit around.

GQ Magazine Rhone Valley France Map

GQ Magazine Rhone Valley France Map, this illustrated map depicts the Rhone Valley. The map shows vineyard destinations you can visit through the Rhone Valley as well as nearby chateaux’s to see as well to make the road trip even more interesting though this French region.

GQ Magazine Valence is right in the center of all good things foodwise in France. Provence is just to the south of the Rhone Valley, the Alps and the Ardeche are on the doorstep and it’s right in the Rhone Valley, with the Sceneic N7 main road, once the favored route between the north and the Cote d’Azur for sun-seeking northern Europeans, right at its heart. So, for a few days indulge your self in eating great food and drinking fine wine, it doesn’t get much better than here.

2018 Russia World Cup Stadium Map

2018 Russia World Cup Stadium Map

2018 Russia World Cup Stadium Map St Petersburg and Ekaterinburg Stadiums

2018 Russia World Cup Stadium Map Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod Stadiums

2018 Russia World Cup Stadium Map Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod Stadiums

2018 Russia World Cup Stadium Map Samara and Volograd Stadiums

2018 Russia World Cup Stadium Map Moscow Othrytic Arena and Moscow Luzhniki Stadium

2018 Russia World Cup Stadium Map

Spread over 1,800 miles from the Ekaterinburg, at the base of the Ural mountains ti the exclave of Kaliningrad on the coast of the Baltic Sea to, 12 stadiums across Russia will host the 64 matches that comprise the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

The largest venue is also one of the newest – with the 81,000-capacity Luzhniki Stadium only reopened in 2018 on the site of the old ground in Moscow.

Bordeaux Map Decanter Magazine

Bordeaux Map Decanter Magazine

Sweet Alabama Map British Airways High Life Magazine

weet Alabama Map BA High Life Magazine

weet Alabama Map BA High Life Magazine

Sweet Alabama Map BA High Life Magazine

The brief to illustrate a single map illustration which will show the destinations that British Airways fly to these include the following (Nashville, Atlanta, New Orleans) and the road routes you can take between all the towns in Alabama (Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile, Gulf Shores).

The map will also have handy illustrated road signs for each town and drive durations which will be useful to know when you’re out on the road driving to each destination on the when using the map. 

Interesting landmarks to see which driving through Alabama include the following, you can also see these locations illustrated as icons on the map

Nashville: “Music City USA”

Huntsvillle: illustration of U. S. Space & Rocket Center.

Nashville: FAME and Muscle Shoals Sound studios

Birmingham: golf club [Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail]

Montgomery: Martin Luther King, Jr and Rosa Parks

Mobile: Mardi Gras

New Orleans: Typical New Orleans Architecture

I enjoy illustrating travel maps for magazines such as British Airways Highlife, the articles are well researched and but together by the writer and the editor and its a good way to plan a trip to a interesting and new destination.

No3 Clive Road Hand Drawn Tea Regional Maps

No3 Clive Road Hand Drawn Tea Regional Maps Kangra

No3 Clive Road Hand Drawn Tea Regional Maps Assam

No3 Clive Road Hand Drawn Tea Regional Maps Darjeeling

No3 Clive Road Hand Drawn Tea Regional Maps Nilgiri

No3 Clive Road Hand Drawn Tea Regional Maps. No. 3 Clive Road is a luxury Indian brand specialising in exquisite hand-blended teas, premium letter-pressed stationery and bespoke locally produced accessories. Founded by Radhika Chopra in early 2015, the story and aesthetic of the brand uses design, quality, and innovation to bring a moment of the elegance of a bygone era into the homes and lifestyles of today.

The 4 maps will include landmarks such as tea gardens, local towns, national parks, the Darjeeling railway as well as other key regional landmarks of importance.

The labels will be High-quality off-set printed matte paper wraparound labels featuring historically inspired illustrations

Maps of the four tea regions of India: Darjeeling, Assam, Nilgiri, Kangra. Giving a contemporary feel to a colonial aesthetic. A stand-alone product as well as designed to fit alongside established brand products including block-printed boxes. Establishing the Indian foundation of the brand whilst making it appealing to both the domestic and international customer. Giving the tin a re-usable quality

Metropolitan Magazine Amsterdam Travel Map

Metropolitan Magazine Amsterdam Travel Map

Anne Frank Museum Facade Drawing

Cedar Communications got in contact to commision a map for Metropolitan magazine, which is a magazine from Eurostar. The commission was to illustrate a map of Amsterdam that combines highlights of culture and cuisine and not your usual tourist highlights. The illustrated map of Amsterdam brief was to create a visually pleasing map while at the same time being functional for people to use as well.

The locations to be illustrated for the map included the following,

Viscafe Gouden Hoek – its a stone’s throw away for the lively Westerpark’s Sculptures and skateboards, the fish restaurant is a local favorite the has a special Oyster menu and upscale fish and chips being served at this establishment.

Rijksmuseum – Five years after its epic renovation, Amsterdams golden age art trove continues to dazzle. Rembrandt’s The Night watch remains the big draw, but there’s much more besides, from intricate battleship to YSL’s Mondrian dress.

Van Gogh Museum – A penniless Vincent once paid awestruck hommage to old masters in the Rijksmuseum unaware that an institution in his own name would one day occupy the plot next door

Museum Van Loon – Once home to 17th-century painter Ferdinand Vol, this stately canal house offers a glimpse of how the other half lived, think guilded drawing rooms, beruffed family portraits, and box edged garden, plus changing exhibitions and installations by modern artists

Papeneiland – Inthe heart of the once working-class Jordan district, this waterside cafe serves a mean apple pie, the interior crammed with oil paintings and fairy lights.

De Hallem – I the Oud West district a covered food market multiplex cinema and a parade of independent shops have given a new lease of life to this Victorian tram shed. Now its a bright and breezy hive of commerce and culture

Decanter Magazine The Silverado Wine Trail visiting wineries on the way

Decanter Magazine The Silverado Wine Trail visiting wineries on the way

Decanter Magazine The Silverado Wine Trail visiting wineries on the way

Decanter Magazine is a monthly publication focusing on fine wine. I was commissioned to illustrate a map of the Silverado Wine trail. It will be an illustration to go with a travel article on driving along the Silverado Wine Trail visiting wineries on the way.

The Silverado Trail that runs from Napa to Calistoga in the north of the valley. It’s named after an abandoned mining village, celebrated in the 19th century by Robert Louis Stevenson. You won’t find the same proliferation of wineries as on Highway 29, but at least you can drive in and out of them. The Trail hugs the eastern flank of the valley, with hardly any traffic lights to impede the flow. It’s also provided with cycle lanes for those who wish to combine hedonistic winery visits with gentle exercise.

Wineries listed:

Duckhorn – “The tasting room occupies a spacious house just south of the Trail…relaxing atmosphere, either indoors or on the verandah”

Joseph Phelps – former cattle ranch; gorgeous redwood winery houses a spacious visitors’ center, and a fine terrace overlooks hills and vineyards; also have an in-house chef (Brian Sutton, not named here)

Quintessa – “beautiful Rutherford vineyards, and the swooping stone-faced winery set into the hillside”

Miner Family – Rhône varieties; “its tasting room is rarely crowded and the staff are only too happy to chat as well as to pour”

Robert Sinskey – “all tasting flights are accompanied by nibbles prepared in the adjoining kitchens, often by Dr. Sinskey’s daughter-in-law Maria, who has written cookbooks about seasonal food”; “Most of the grapes are estate-grown and farmed biodynamically or organically”

Stag’s Leap – “airy tasting room, with its stone walls and plate-glass windows with views onto the vines. Visitors are also welcome to view the bucolic scene from the terrace.

Gazing onto the SLV and Fay vineyards, glass in hand…”

Silverado – “The winery and lofty tasting room are perched on a knoll giving fine views of the valley and its vineyards”

Chimney Rock – house

Darioush – “…glorious, yellow-stoned, neo-Persian extravaganza of columns, porticoes, and fountains, all leading towards a lofty pillared visitor center” (which may risk being clichéd, but is probably an inevitable choice…); otherwise “tastings can also be organised in the shady gardens”

Black Stallion – “huge tasting room, a former equestrian center”; Gaspare Vineyard near the winery

It was insightful to draw this particular map for Decanter magazine, it gave me an insight into the Napa Valley wine region, It is one of my travel dreams to drive through America, I am going to add this route to my bucket list destinations.

Observer Food Monthly 50 Typographic Front Cover

Observer Food Monthly 50 Typographic Front Cover

Observer Food Monthly 50 Typographic Front Cover

A chance to support your favorites restaurant, Instagram feed and more, the OFM 50 lists the best cheap eats and bars nationwide, as well as celebrated chefs and food personalities. It’s the only awards where you’ll find a neighborhood butcher, producer or deli alongside a Nigel Slater or Nigella Lawson. The cover illustration commission illustrated typographically created from the article headlines. The headlines illustrated with different hand-drawn type styles crafted to snugly fit around the main photographic cover image of Rosio Sanchez. The initial sketch focused on the composition of the heading text from each article and working on how the headings will fit together cohesively to work together as one whole typographic illustration. Once the rough composition was work on the heading text was sketched into place and roughly organised so that all the headings and word fitted into the spaces. Different hand-drawn typefaces were drawn to differentiate the heading text from each other and to enhance the readability as much as possible.