Postgraduate degrees in Illustration

Try your very best to turn every negative into a positive. Seven years ago when I started working on blackboards I was low in confidence and working in a pub kitchen as a kitchen porter, but I worked really hard to build my business on the side, as I knew painting was one of my passions.

I lost someone very close to me and it was a sudden death, which was an experience that I wish no one had to go through. But I found there were no engaging or visual books to help me understand what I was going through, and young adults are experiencing more problematic responses to loss than we think.

I like making images that can make a difference to people, whether that’s as part of educational books or just fun, creative illustrations that make people smile.

It affects me a lot, I sometimes have insomnia, and I sometimes have trouble concentrating and twitching... I liken Tourette's to an elephant in the comics because that's how I feel... everyone knows I'm different, even think I'm weird, but because they are adults, they don't say it directly.