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Title:
Cute Tabby/Killer Beast
Client:
Personal piece
Info:
Hey what can I say, with a name like D. Whittington I had to draw a cat at some point so here you go, a cute tabby based on the little killing beasts at home.
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Title:
Deconstructed Friday
Client:
Mi Bar, Truro
Info:
This is part of a series of posters, flyers and T shirts promoting a pre club night called 'Deconstructed Friday'. I created an iconic logo based upon a DJ, and then got a free reign to design a whole anti-hero campaign that ran monthly for 18 months. A bit of a treat, big thanks to music guru Kingsley Marshall for the faith.
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Title:
High Fashion
Client:
Stranger Magazine
Info:
This was a commission by Stranger Magazine to illustrate an article by Michelle Stiles asking the question "What makes a drug popular with one generation and passe with the next?". The small Kernow surf culture magazine was only on it's 4th issue at the time and has gone from strength to strength because of the teams passion to stay fresh. Great magazine, go buy it!
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Title:
Charlie
Client:
Charlie Girl
Info:
Test material for the clothing label Charlie Girl, helping to create a brand, it's attitude and styling direction.
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Gendall Design 20th Birthday poster
Client:
Gendall Design
Info:
This poster had to incorporate 20 years at Gendall Design by using things such as the amount of scalpels, versions of Photoshop, Cow gum, Brain storm meetings, cups of tea and Viagra the team had got through in 20 years in business. A great challenge, which was then used as invites, posters and book covers. The poster is very intricate and the image opposite is just a snippet of the whole beast, however, I've created a larger version which can be viewed by clicking the link below.
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Title:
Soul
Client:
British Gas
Info:
Recruitment campaign for British Gas, using simple quirky characters alongside humourous straplines. Gave me a good excuse to draw Dave from Slade!
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Title:
Eden Project Xmas Campaign
Client:
The Eden Project
Info:
This was a huge commission that covered all forms of printed material from 96 sheet billboards to Xmas hats, cups, pencils, book marks... and so on. Commissioned by Gendall Design to try and capture the feel of the Eden Project's Xmas experience with their new ice rink over the festive period. This really was a privilege to illustrate an event that had never been seen or run before, it worked so well they commissioned me again the following year. Can't say my ice skating was the best, pretty good at the splits now though!
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Title:
Osbert
Client:
Christopher William Hill
Info:
A test illustration for a childrens book written by the world renowned playwright Christopher Hill. Slightly darker than your usual kids book, think more E.Gorey. Should be finished soon!
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Title:
Basix
Client:
Standard Life
Info:
Illustration, flash animation and dvd animation for 'Basix', a Standard Life workshop aimed at helping school-leavers have a smooth transistion from school to work. The workshop uses printed material, videos and a website featuring these 4 characters(animated) as guides throughout the course. Animation can been seen on their website www.basixinfo.co.uk and also through my own flash driven animation website www.radiationmonkeys.com
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Title:
Elderflower & Pomegranate
Client:
Waitrose
Info:
This is the latest campaign I've been working on with design company Turner Duckworth for Waitrose. The images seen here are some of the preliminary tests for a set of 4 sparkling juice drinks which I really enjoyed creating. The f inal versions are quite different and will be online once they're in store.
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Title:
Raspberry & Rhubarb
Client:
Waitrose
Info:
This is the latest campaign I've been working on with design company Turner Duckworth for Waitrose. The images seen here are some of the preliminary tests for a set of 4 sparkling juice drinks which I really enjoyed creating. The final versions are quite different and will be online once they're in store.
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Title:
Ginseng
Client:
Superdrug
Info:
Test illustrations for Superdrug's herbal remedies, a much more feminine direction for me than usual, opening up my style quite a bit to new areas.
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Title:
Aloe Vera
Client:
Superdrug
Info:
Test illustrations for Superdrug's herbal remedies, a much more feminine direction for me than usual, opening up my style quite a bit to new areas.
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Title:
Milk Thistle
Client:
Superdrug
Info:
Test illustrations for Superdrug's herbal remedies, a much more feminine direction for me than usual, opening up my style quite a bit to new areas.
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Title:
Ginkgo
Client:
Superdrug
Info:
Test illustrations for Superdrug's herbal remedies, a much more feminine direction for me than usual, opening up my style quite a bit to new areas.
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Title:
Michiko 'Turtle'
Client:
Michiko Koshino
Info:
This illustration is just a small part of a larger one commissioned by Japanese fashion designer Michiko Koshino for her summer '99 cat walk range. The brief was quite open so I took the t raditional Japanese icons and Kimono designs and gave them a more modern interpretation which then got printed on Hawaian style shirts. This commission also included logos and fabric repeats which were integrated into Michiko's Yen Jeans brand. A turning point for me, thanks Michiko.
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Title:
Michiko Eden
Client:
Michiko Koshino
Info:
This illustration is just a small part of a larger one commissioned by Japanese fashion designer Michiko Koshino for her summer '99 cat walk range. The brief was quite open so I took the traditional Japanese icons and Kimono designs and gave them a more modern interpretation which then got printed on Hawaian style shirts. This commission also included logos and fabric repeats which were integrated into Michiko's Yen Jeans brand. A turning point for me, thanks Michiko.
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Title:
Basix Burger Boy
Client:
Standard Life
Info:
One of the illustrations that were animated for 'Basix', a Standard Life workshop commissioned by Story UK, aimed at helping school-leavers have a smooth transistion from school to work. The workshop uses printed material, videos and a website featuring this character(animated) alongside others as guides throughout the course. Animation can been seen on their website www.basixinfo.co.uk and also through my own flash driven animation website www.radiationmonkeys.com
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Title:
'Nova'
Client:
Cornwall Youth Services
Info:
'Sexual Health Advice For Teenagers', well that explains it! One of many illustrations and icons designed for a little booklet to be handed out in West Cornwall to help inform an area that sees the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the country. The campaign is now in it's 3rd year which I hope means it's working?
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Title:
Torbay
Client:
Gendall
Info:
Building on the success of the S.H.A.F.T. campaign I was commissioned to create some gritty street based characters for an Alcohol and drugs advice guide for the Torbay area. Apparently there's a drink and drugs problem with 'youth' in the UK? Never. This campaign introduced me to the word 'Chav', who thought that one up?
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Title:
Jake & Boff
Client:
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Info:
Test illustration for an animation project
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Title:
Hangover Cure 'Bus'
Client:
Alka Seltzer
Info:
A self portrait! Xmas poster and tube card campaign selling the amazing powers of Alka Seltzer after a big night out. People pay good money for a mullet like that. 1 of a series of 3 images showing the transition from 'hungover' to 'miracle cure' all on the journey back to work from where ever you woke up.
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Title:
Hangover Cure 'Train'
Client:
Alka Seltzer
Info:
Xmas poster and tube card campaign selling the amazing powers of Alka Seltzer after a big night out at t he office Xmas party. 1 of a series of 3 images showing the transition from 'hungover' to 'miracle cure' all on the journey back to work from where ever you woke up.
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Title:
Hey sexy!
Client:
Kiss FM
Info:
Part of a larger illustration for Kiss FM promoting their 'Hey Sexy!' campaign in London.
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Title:
Deconstructed Friday
Client:
Mi Bar, Truro
Info:
This is part of a series of posters, flyers and T shirts promoting a pre club night called 'Deconstructed Friday'. I created an iconic logo based upon a DJ, and then got a free reign to design a whole anti-hero campaign that ran monthly for 18 months. A bit of a treat, big thanks to music guru Kingsley Marshall for the faith.
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Title:
Deconstructed Friday
Client:
Mi Bar, Truro
Info:
This is part of a series of posters, flyers and T shirts promoting a pre club night called 'Deconstructed Friday'. I created an iconic logo based upon a DJ, and then got a free reign to design a whole anti-hero campaign that ran monthly for 18 months. A bit of a treat, big thanks to music guru Kingsley Marshall for the faith.
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Title:
Deconstructed Friday
Client:
Mi Bar, Truro
Info:
This is part of a series of posters, flyers and T shirts promoting a pre club night called 'Deconstruc ted Friday'. I created an iconic logo based upon a DJ, and then got a free reign to design a whole anti-hero campaign that ran monthly for 18 months. A bit of a treat, big thanks to music guru Kingsley Marshall for the faith.
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Title:
Hi YAAAH!
Client:
Marks & Spencer
Info:
Fizzy sweets with a punch! Really strong sweets, super sour, fizzy fish and so on, all packing a kick when you suck on them. There were 4 different va rieties and all had their own character doing a different karate move. Kick-arse sweets for kids! Still getting through my quota. Yum.
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Title:
Soul
Client:
British Gas
Info:
Recruitme nt campaign for British Gas, using simple quirky characters alongside humourous straplines. Gave me a good excuse to draw Dave from Slade!
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Title:
Pilot
Client:
British Gas
Info:
Recruitment campaign for British Gas, using simple quirky charac ters alongside humourous straplines. Gave me a good excuse to draw Dave from Slade!
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Title:
Basic Skills
Clie nt:
Government
Info:
Animated website to help kids of varying ages learn the basic skills of reading, writing and maths. A beast of a job which I believe took over 10 months to build, with a huge team of programmers and designers beavering away. Every page had a different interactive environment and characters to match, a whole world effectively. Unfortunately the website is password protected for school use only. A great educational resource that should be made public. If only so you can see all the hard work!
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Title:
Pongoed
Client:
Lufthansa
Info:
2 TV animations for Lufthansa, working with animation guru Philip Hunt at Studio AKA. 10 second animations that are just great fun, shame they were just for German TV, both ads are on my flash driven animation website www.radiationmonkeys.com, enjoy!
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Title:
Bambino
Client:
Esquire Magazine
Info:
It's a bald baby!
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Title:
Polar
Client:
Nescafe
Info:
Test illustration for Nescafe 'Ice'. 1 of many illustrations dipicting a 'hero' Seal keeping his cool whilst the local population try and squish him. Didn't get used in the end, but was a good fun job to play with, cute Seal anyone? Eskimo? Polar Bear?
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Title:
Eskimo frustr ation
Client:
Nescafe
Info:
Test illustration for Nescafe 'Ice'. 1 of many illustrations dipicting a 'hero' Seal keeping his cool whilst the local population try and squish him. Didn't get used in the end, but was a good fun job to play with, cute Seal anyone? Eskimo? Polar Bear?
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Title:
Tom
Client:
www.Tom. com
Info:
This was an unusual job, creating a designers corporate guideline book for the use of the Tom.com logo around the world, but in the style of a comic book! This small section was part of a story about making the logo too small and hiding it in boxes. www.tom.com is a Chinese portal site, so the corporate guidelines had to cross language barriers too. Great idea.
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Title:
Vibrations
Client:
Scottish Power
Info:
Safety and working practice notice boards for Scottish Power produced in a storyboard layout, helping communicate working practices in a fun way.
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Title:
Add & Subtract
Client:
MSN Messenger
Info:
Huge campaign commissioned by Mccann Erickson for MSN Messenger that was initially a series of 12 posters that saturated the tube stations in London and bus spaces around the UK, it then developed as animation adverts online, banners and beyond.
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Title:
Generic
Client:
MSN Messe nger
Info:
Huge campaign commissioned by Mccann Erickson for MSN Messenger that was initially a series of 12 posters that saturated the tube stations in London and bus spaces around the UK, it then developed as animation adverts online, banners and beyond.
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Title:
Flushing Fishing Competition
Client:
Flushing Village Regatta
Info:
Every summer I take part in this competition, and illustrate the poster to get the locals in their boats for a bit of a giggle and generally catch the biggest fish, can't say I'm the best fisherman out there or even come close, so I'm still considering the hand grenade approach, and feed the masses with little effort. How else are you supposed to beat a 6ft Conger eel?
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Title:
Travel Buddy
Client:
Thames Link
Info:
One of about 50 different iconic characters that were created for Thames Link to help passengers find the travel information they need.
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Title:
Tom.com
Client:
www.Tom.com
Info:
Alternative character designs for a designers corporate guideline book for the use of the Tom.com logo around the world, but in the style of a comic book! www.tom.com is a Chinese portal site, so the corporate guidelines had to cross language barriers too. Great idea.
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Title:
Panda & Co.
Client:
Teen Magazine
Info:
Great little job for a magazine in the States, the perfect excuse to draw a Panda!
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Title:
Lama
Client:
Early Learning Center
Info:
This was a treat, creating characters from all the toys in-s tore and then having the whole store covered in my illustrations, about as fun as it gets, the Lama is just a taster of the 100's of illustrations created. The campaign went in ELC stores UK wide. Even made stickers! Brilliant.
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Title:
Foxy
Client:
Personal piece
Info:
I draw foxes too!
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Title:
Bear
Client:
Personal piece
Info:
Well, I was supposed to be drawing Reindeer, and out popped a Bear. Magic.
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Title:
Monkey
Client:
Andrex
Info:
The Art Director rang up wanting a monkey to print on the bum of a pair of pink knickers, I didn't ask any questions. Turned out to be part of a national campaign. Cheeky.
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Title:
Products
Client:
Esquire Magazine
Info:
Male grooming products! I had one fantastic mullet for weeks after drawing these, 40 in all. Never had a facial before, think I scared the post man though.
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Title:
Shave
Client:
Esquire Magazine
Info:
How to shave properly storyboard. I learn so much in this job! Haven't shaved since.
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Title:
Des Lynham
Client:
Esquire Magazine
Info:
I've got a warped imagination, what more can I say? Esquire magazine liked it! made me chuckle, and I can't for the life of me remember why it was commissioned. Think he dated a famous transvestite once, well if it's not true it's still great gossip! Sorry Des.
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Title:
Can you tell what it is yet?
Client:
Esquire Magazine
Info:
It's a Rolf'a'Roo with a big didgereedoo!
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Title:
Liam Gallagher
Client:
Esquire Magazine
Info:
I do portraits too, roll up roll up. Article about mullets, yep I had one as well, although I learnt my lesson, celebs hey.
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Title:
Jamie Oliver
Client:
Esquire Magazine
Info:
Bless 'im, as my Mum would say. He cooks too you know, and because of him school kids will miss out on the joys of grey meat and soggy chips. Nice one Jamie, 5 gold stars.
Hello, and welcome...
Here you'll find my new collect ion of illustrations, from bold character design to ornate patterns. It's a collection of personal work and commissions that have helped me avoid the men in white coats... and were bloody good fun to do.
Hope you enjoy, Darren Whittington.
If you have any feedback, questions, or would like to discuss a potential commission please feel free to contact me. Larger images are also available on request.
Outrageous deadlines a speciality!
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