Open sketchbook.

No blog last week as I weaved my way through the shoots of new projects, some unexpected opportunities and my preparations for a trip away. In amongst the the undergrowth I worked on a commercial and personal project for the Podcast Down to a sunless sea: Memories of my Father, a new podcast created by my brother David Pickering, with funding from the Wellcome Trust and the British Podcast Awards, following conversations between David and our Father during the progression of Dad’s dementia.

This post is more of a photo essay, following the process to the creation of these final images, but I hope it provides a sense of how process follows unexpected and sometimes contrary pathways…

final ‘Cover’ image.

final ‘Cover’ image.

final ‘Banner’ image

final ‘Banner’ image

Beginnings.

Beginnings.

Thoughts.

Thoughts.

Doodle Thinking.

Doodle Thinking.

Thumbnails.

Thumbnails.

Palette and Pattern.

Palette and Pattern.

Dead-ends…

Dead-ends…

Develop…

Develop…

..ment.

..ment.

Face studies.

Face studies.

Sea studies 1

Sea studies 1

Sea studies 2

Sea studies 2

Fusion.

Fusion.

Final Illustration.

Final Illustration.