Category Archives: Illustration
Top author, Adam Grant, features my cartoon in his book, Hidden Potential.
One of my most popular and best-selling cartoons, Podium Finish, is featured in Hidden Potential. In his new book, organizational psychologist and best-selling author, Adam Grant, ‘illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights’. Again, a big … Read All
Make your content more captivating with cartoons and illustrations
This photo shows a good sample of books, magazines and journals where my pre-drawn or bespoke cartoons and illustrations have been used recently. Cartoons can captivate, add clarity, pose questions or simply help make people smile. Consider using cartoons in … Read All
One of my cartoons is in Adam Grant’s best-selling book, Think Again.
One of my cartoons featured in Adam Grant’s million-copy best-selling book: Think Again. Adam’s book ‘examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people’s minds, which can position you for excellence at work and … Read All
My ‘Podium Finish’ cartoon exhibited at the Musée de l’Armée, Paris.
With the Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place in Paris is 2024, the Musée de l’Armée devoted an exhibition to the notion of Victory and the various ways in which women and men have experienced, celebrated and embodied it across … Read All
Illustrating the ‘Your Stories, Your Brand’ creative workbook
I illustrated Gabrielle Dolan’s ‘Your Stories, Your Brand’ creative workbook that helps people discover and build their own engaging stories. Gabrielle is an expert in strategic storytelling – she brings a human element to corporate communication helping executives find stories … Read All
Creating a unique cartoon for Bald Blair’s Bull Sale postcard
Bald Blair is famous with Angus cattle breeding in Australia with more than 110 years knowledge and experience with the breed. I illustrated this creative and fun cartoon that featured on one side of a postcard that the Bald Blair … Read All
Look – it’s your book!
It was a delight to help out leading author, Anna Featherstone, on her book: ‘Look – it’s your book!’ It’s the most comprehensive book on self-publishing for Australian writers and it is also a great resource for traditionally-published authors who … Read All
Insight Exchange: Guide to selecting a counsellor
Working closely with the team at Insight Exchange, I illustrated their guidebook to selecting a counsellor for people who have experienced domestic, family, or sexualised violence. The guide is designed to support someone in their selection of a counsellor and … Read All
One of my cartoons found… in Found Regional magazine
Found Regional magazine dedicated a full page to show the creative process I go through to create one of my hand drawn cartoons, titled ‘The Rule Book’. I provided snaps of the development process on my drawing board: from idea … Read All
Discover, dream, design, deploy: a reflection planner to reach your goal
Sometimes you need to sit down, think about a key goal, and work it through from imagination to reality with a trusty pen and piece of paper. To help you do this, working with innovative consultancy, Soji Learning & Change, … Read All
Struggling with WFH? Check out this daily action planner.
Working from home can be tough. You need a simple plan to help tackle each day with pace, hope and fun. Teaming up again with leadership, marketing and advertising doyen, Chris Savage, I illustrated Chris’s great checklist to make the … Read All
Free Business Action Plans in Time of Crisis
In times of massive change, a simple plan and structure can sometimes make a difference. So, here are two free ‘Business Actions Plan’ worksheets designed to help you and your business navigate through these very rough times. Feel free to … Read All
Author Your Journey: One Step at a Time
I recently worked with Kelly Irving to provide the illustrations for her interactive book that helps people to write work that matters. The ‘Author Your Journey’ journal is for productive people and writers in all genres, but particularly useful for … Read All
Using sketches to grow campaign ideas and spark great client conversations
Over the past two years, I’ve been doing some interesting illustration and storyboard work for C7EVEN Communications. They’re a smart and rapidly growing communication and marketing agency based in Tamworth (NSW) and Sydney that connects its clients with audiences in … Read All
Illustrating ‘Feedback Flow’: a visual business book on embedding a feedback culture
Illustrating written work that has energy, insights and stories that jump off the page is a joy. This was the case when I illustrated Georgia Murch’s latest business book: ‘Feedback Flow – the ultimate illustrated guide to embed change in … Read All
Raising health and safety awareness among business leaders using an illustrated story map
Soji Learning & Change work with hundreds of business leaders across Australia every year by delivering unique learning and change programs. A while back they got a brief to help one of their clients refresh a safety learning program for … Read All
Adding drawing goodness to Savage Greatness!
Since early 2016 I have been incredibly lucky to provide business illustrations to two industry gurus. They are Greg Savage and Chris Savage. And every year when they hit the road on their ‘Savage Speaker Series’ in the main cities … Read All
Not credentials, coasters! A fresh way to tell a company story.
Discovery, curiosity, experimentation and storytelling are core to Soji Learning & Change – a nationwide consultancy based out of Adelaide that develops leaders, aligns strategy and shapes culture. So it was no surprise when they recently approached me with the … Read All
Illustrating a coffee table book for The Growth Project
After 12 months of learning and growing as part of The Growth Project, the charity and business leaders involved in the program produced a collection of their thoughts, learnings and advice. These stories were pulled together to create an illustrated … Read All
AFR BOSS Roundtable: The secrets of innovation
Today’s AFR BOSS features my graphic recording and follow-up illustration work from a recent fantastic roundtable discussion and subsequent article on “The Secrets of Innovation”. Speakers included thought leaders from ARUP, Jumptank, Aegis, SBS, Cap Gemini, UTS, Australian Design Centre and GE. My … Read All
The turnaround of McDonald’s Australia: Peter Bush
These are my visual notes drawn during a presentation by Peter Bush, formerly CEO of McDonald’s Australia, at the Tamworth Business Chamber lunch in aid of Ronald McDonald House Charities. Peter’s presentation was riveting – full of business ideas, lessons learnt and top tips. Peter talked … Read All
The Holy Trinity of public relations: illustrations
I recently contributed two illustrations to Craig Pearce Strategic Communication’s latest white paper titled: The Holy Trinity of public relations: thought leadership, 3rd party credibiilty, strategic alliances.
Left and right brain
Here are two of my illustrations of the left and right side of the brain that were featured on the front and back covers of a Retained Neonatal Reflexes (RNR) booklet by Susan Walker and Keith Keen. RNR is a revolutionary … Read All
A double shot of ideas and insights
There’s nothing better than starting the day listening to an inspirational speaker. Today at Tamworth’s Chamber of Commerce business breakfast briefing Peter Irvine, the co-founder of Gloria Jean’s Coffee, provided a double shot of business ideas, energy, insights and advice. As with … Read All
NOSHSA
“My Time, Our Place” Working closely with the team at Network of Community Activities, Guy created this bright, energetic and activity filled poster for the National Out of School Hours Services Association (NOSHSA). The My Time, Our Place – Framework for School … Read All
Learning the Alphabet of the Human Heart
I’ve mentioned Matthew Johnstone before and it was great to have him back speaking at Tamworth City Library last week about his book: The Alphabet of the Human Heart. This page shows the visual notes I sketched while he was talking. You can … Read All
Cartoons for Canon ‘Change or be left behind’ research
Canon Business Imaging Australia recently released a research report titled: ‘Change or be left behind’. According to Canon, ‘change is something that the majority of Australian businesses strive for yet find difficult to achieve’. The research examined Australian businesses’ approach … Read All
Welcome to Mosworth
Welcome to Mosworth – this is one of my favourite illustrations that I created last year for a Microsoft Online Services booklet. The picture is full of colour, activity and things to look at. The story booklet (called: “Mr Fix I.T. – the … Read All
Kellogg turns to Twitter
As reported in mUmBRELLA, “Kellogg is looking for an agency to handle its public relations, and is using Twitter to aid its search in what the brand believes is the first time the medium has been used for this purpose”. … Read All
Cartooning for a global PR report
Back in March, I contributed three cartoons to a PR thought leadership report co-ordinated by Craig Pearce and titled: Public relations 2011: issues, insights and ideas. My cartoons supported three of the articles that discussed PR education, PR and CSR and … Read All
Drawing the steepest water slide at sea
If you want to send your pulse racing, Carnival Cruise Lines has the answer: the steepest water slide at sea. Commissioned by Pulse Communications, I was asked to draw an artist impression of the slide for the recent media launch … Read All
Case study: zooming in on creative ideas for Intel Asia Pacific
Developed ‘blue print’ illustrations to inspire an Intel Atom netbook photo shoot – final photos offered to consumer media in Asia Pacific during holiday season build-up Issue: The build up to the holiday season at the end of the year is … Read All
Microsoft Australia
Mr Fix I.T. (the everyday hero for small business) Guy illustrated a light hearted storybook about how SMBs could take advantage of Microsoft Online Services. Set in the fictional town of Mosworth, the simple storybook recounted the story of Mr … Read All
Case study: Mr Fix I.T. – the everyday hero for small business
Cartoon storybook highlights how computing can be simple for small to medium sized businesses with Microsoft Online Services Issue: Australia’s small to medium sized business (SMBs) owners are busy people. So, finding the time to understand, select and get the … Read All
If you believe in fairies…
…you will no doubt know that fairies like to do a ‘dance’ when a thunderstorm has passed, the puddles dry up and the sunshine re-appears from behind the clouds. This is my latest illustration forLondon Mums magazine. It’s great to be … Read All
What type of digital media consumer are you?
Working with the Edelman Technology PR team in London, I recently illustrated what the types of people using (and not using) digital media may look like. My three fictional cartoon characters accompanied a survey press release by HP PSG on digital media evolution and … Read All
‘Story Time’: illustrations for London Mums magazine
Stories are an essential ingredient in children’s lives as they provide vital entertainment, learning skills and stimulation – plus they help them to understand the world around them. I recently illustrated a children’s story for the London Mums magazine ‘Story Time’ column. The … Read All
Sparkling Christmas Wishes – from Your Body Works!
Here’s the 2009 Christmas card I recently created and illustrated for Your Body Works – a successful and growing specialised Applied Kinesiology Chiropratic healthcare and Allied Health Clinic in Brisbane. This card has been sent to all their clients, suppliers and … Read All
Engineers make it so!
I recently completed a series of 11 original cartoons for the Engineers Australia ‘Make it so’ campaign. My illustrations were based on the notion that engineers and engineering teams ‘make it so’ by listening to what people want and communities … Read All
Cartoons instead of words: Lion Nathan internal presentation
Working with Impact Employee Communications earlier this year, I was commissioned to help turn the content of a ‘word-heavy’ powerpoint presentation (that a Lion Nathan senior executive was giving to a large internal audience) into cartoon strip-style illustrations. The objective was to … Read All
Informatica D.I. Patrol: saving CIOs drowning in data!
About six months ago while at Howorth (an Ogilvy PR company), I was thrown a dream and ‘carte blanche’ illustration brief by Luca Penati and his Ogilvy PR Tech Practice team in San Francisco. I was given the opportunity to humanise and ‘bring … Read All
Logo design for 9-12s Kids Activities Programming
Activities for kids really do matter and can make such a positive impact. Kids benefit on so many levels such as: exercise, friendships, new skills, building self-esteem and confidence and having fun – the list goes on. I recently created this logo … Read All
Premiere Global Services: cartoons for APAC fax campaign
Working with the Premiere Global Services marketing team based out of Singapore, I was commissioned to illustrate a series of cartoons to demonstrate to marketeers in Singapore and Malaysia that email marketing and conferencing are one of the most cost … Read All
‘Straight to the core’: Intel processor launch cartoons
To see my full size cartoons on the Intel website, click here. Last year, I illustrated three cartoon strips for the launch of Intel’s Core i7 Processor – a mighty fast processor that delivered an incredible breakthrough in PC performance. Working with … Read All
Your Body Works: bringing the brand logo to life
Your Body Works is a specialised Applied Kinesiology Chiropractic and Allied Health Clinic in Brisbane. Their highly personalised and patient-centric approach means that a person’s healthcare is tailored to the individual requirements of their body. I was commissioned by Susan Walker, the founder of the business and … Read All
Children’s book illustration: The Secret Garden
For decades now, I have been interested in the concept of a ‘secret garden’. I think it stems from growing up as a kid in the country and exploring the surrounding gardens, fields and countryside. This illustration depicts a hidden secret … Read All
Ogilvy PR office move: ‘Welcome Guide’
The Ogilvy PR family of specialist communication businesses moved ‘north’ with the majority of other Ogilvy and STW companies in July 2008. My illustrations played an important role in one key element of this move for Ogilvy PR – the internal communications. It was … Read All
BMC Software: APAC illustrated eDM campaign
Following on from the success of ‘The Adventures of Mark & Greg’ technology leadership book, BMC Software decided to use the characters for an email direct marketing (eDM) campaign across the Asia Pacific region. Using a tightly worded script, I created eight illustrations … Read All
Ogilvy PR APAC regional conference: presentation illustrations
I was commissioned by John Studdert, managing director, Ogilvy PR Worldwide Australia to create three illustrations to accompany his key note presentation at a 2008 Ogilvy PR regional conference. The objective was to depict three scenarios where a consumer is … Read All
BMC Software: ‘The Adventures of Mark & Greg’ book
Technology jargon regularly helps people fall asleep. BMC Software recognised that IT language can sometimes have the opposite desired effect when describing campaigns, products or services. So, to remedy this BMC Software crafted two central characters with everyday problems to spearhead a … Read All
BMC Software: ‘The Continuing Adventures of Mark & Greg’ book
Thanks to the massive success of the first BMC Software ‘The Adventures of Mark and Greg’, the BMC Software marketing team decided to do it all again. It was great to bring my characters back to life in a new story. … Read All
Shampoo, towel, talc, slippers, smartphone…
When Smartphones first came out (they were known as PDAs or Pocket PCs back then — I am showing my age…) I was really taken by the concept of being able to access information and stay connected to people no matter … Read All
Scansoft: Get Sorted brochure
Whilst working at Howorth, Australia’s #1 technology and business communications specialist, I got the great opportunity to pitch some illustration ideas for a Scansoft point-of-sale brochure. It’s aim was to help small business owners understand how productivity applications can streamline operations. As SMB … Read All
Microsoft at GSM World Congress: media invite cartoon
Getting cut-through with in-demand technology media in the UK can be a (very) hard slog. To help the Microsoft Windows Mobile PR team at Miller/Shandwick Technology (now Weber Shandwick) capture the attention of media they were targetting for GSM World Congress 2001, I created … Read All
Parker & Partners: election tarrot card invite
Parker & Partners (an Ogilvy PR Worldwide company) is one of Australia’s leading bi-partisan public affairs specialist. In 2007 I created this election tarrot card illustration, which doubled as the back of P&P’s invite to politicans, media and advisers for P&P’s … Read All
Parker & Partners: invite follow up
After the 2007 election when Labor had secured victory, I followed up my initial Parker & Partner Christmas invite illustration with the actual outcome of the tussle to be ‘The Emperor’. ‘Kevin 07’ had become a reality. This cartoon illustration was posted … Read All
Your Health newsletter: I love my GP
I was invited to pitch some illustration ideas to Your Health newsletter thanks to the (inspirational) Richard Sauerman http://wakeuptiger.blogspot.com/ This is my illustration that made the cut for the newsletter’s direct marketing campaign to GP’s across Australia. It’s one I … Read All
Your Health
“Our Family GP Cares” Working for Your Health newsletter, my illustration featured on a direct marketing postcard mailed out to GPs. The aim was to create an eye-catching illustration that stood out when it landed on the GP’s desk.
