<sub>I am a 31-year old movie geek with an extensive collection of DVDs, posters and other ephemera. I enjoy playing Frisbee and I also like cheese. I sulk when I’m too hot and get annoyed with bad drivers.

I was born in Birmingham in the UK and now live in Cambridge with my wonderful wife, our rabbit Brie & our raucous cockatiels, Bernard & Priscilla.

All the work you see in my Gallery is a hobby which is why my posting of new deviations can be a bit sporadic - it's all about having the spare time...

My ambition is to some day be a freelance illustrator, working from the comfort of home, picking and choosing the projects I work on. For now, I'm happy to knock out the occasional piece and get feedback from you fine people.</sub>

<sub>Cliched I know, but I am told I started drawing the moment I learned how to pick up a pencil. I used to draw a lot of trees that looked like lollipops... houses on wheels... Superman's 'S' logo (even though I didn't realise it was an S for several years - child interpretation I guess)... Spiderman from the TV series with Nicholas Hammond.

And ducks. Don't ask me why...

My imagination is pretty limited and trust me, it's very annoying. This explains why what you see in my gallery relies strongly on reference images. I consider myself an 'observational artist' and I get a lot of "incredible details!" type comments. Those are the ones that give me the biggest buzz.

I started painting digitally in 2004. Currently, I use Photoshop CS2 with a Wacom Intuos3 graphics tablet. (And yes, it's worth investing in one, particularly if you have a traditional art background)</sub>

<sub>I am mostly self-taught. Sure, I studied art at school but that is a bit of a generalisation since most people take an art class but not all enjoy it. I enjoyed it, but did not really learn anything as such.

I tried a couple of higher education courses - BA in Illustration - but didn't conform to the teachers standards. So technically my art schooling ended at the age of 16.</sub>

<sub>I currently create diagrams for examination papers for a company based here in Cambridge. Remember those pictures of leaf cell cross-sections? That's probably me. The hypotenuse triangle where you have to calculate angle X? Yeah, that too. Technical drawing, geography, physics, biology, chemistry, agriculture... a whole heap of subjects.

It's all black & white line-art created using Adobe Illustrator. Not a movie director or actress in sight. It's a pretty varied job but is completely different to the work I have on here - again, kinda frustrating, but I could be doing worse jobs, right?</sub>

<sub>In a nutshell - no. I made no money from having my Prints on dA and I don't have time to do private commissions - at least not right now.

Everything in my gallery is just a hobby. It would be great to earn a living from this work though!</sub>

<sub>I prefer not to receive unsolicited requests.

By all means ask me via a Note but I'm offering no guarantees. I have a 9-5 job during the week so I have limited spare time. And you wouldn't want to deprive me of that, would you?...

I tend to work on pieces that I find personally gratifying. I definitely don't do Manga, Star Trek, DS9, Buffy or RPG-based pieces. I have no attachment to these things. There are plenty of other artists on dA who would be happy to oblige I'm sure.</sub>

<sub>I've created several tutorials which you will find in my gallery. They cover the various techniques that I use. There are plenty of other more specialist tutorials on dA covering other things.

As much as I would like to, I am unable to offer a personal mentoring service. I will, however, try my best to answer any questions you have.</sub>