I was contacted by Matt at Hagerty to produce an image for the fourth issue of Radius, their first of 2023. The article to be illustrated was about understanding the collectible car market when other investments were crashing. I was given a free hand with interpretation and colour choices.
Formerly a soft cover magazine, now a hardback book containing over a hundred and thirty full colour pages. A high quality publication.
New illustrations for a major story in the latest issue of Security Management magazine. In response to employee feelings of stress and burn-out, employers are looking at ways to offer more pro-active support.
I received a request from Matt asking if I was interested in producing an image for the Insider column of Radius magazine about the collector car market. It was a refreshing change - a whole different array of shapes and textures. The story itself was about the best strategies to employ in order to build a diverse and rewarding collection of vintage cars. As there was nothing too editorially specific to illustrate it felt like something more collage-like or abstract could work well. Here is the completed image, published spread, and below the submitted pencil sketch which was submitted for approval before artwork was commenced.
Art Director Todd from Market Watch got in touch wanting an image that represented wine distribution from the wholesaler to the retailer/consumer in the era of e-commerce. Indications of a network hub, transportation and storage were requested elements.
I'm a big fan of negative shapes and I quickly saw how one could work well in this instance. Once I had that working as the point of focus it was then a case of working out a design to incorporate the various items and deciding on a colour palette.
In addition to the cover below Security Management also wanted a full page image to accompany the article.
Continuing the mapie theme by merging them with the rear view of a thief in cuffs. It was felt that the result was too reminiscent of an angel so instead surrounded the captured criminal with the birds.
I was more than happy with the resultant spread by Tyler whose imaginative typography really made the image work to its best advantage.
