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Tiki-Island

Illustration

Drawn by hand, then drawn again

Lettering built into its own botanical border, inked island scenes, vector character work, and pages of pencil studies. Commissions welcome — tell me what needs drawing.

All work

Some of these designs are on shirts, totes and mugs at TikiVooDoo on Etsy(opens in a new tab).

Colour & Lettering

Type drawn as artwork, built into its own border.

Ornate hand-lettered artwork reading 'We've Got To Get Ourselves Back To The Garden', each line in a different colour, wrapped in painted hibiscus, sunflowers, ferns and a waterfall.
Back to the GardenOn products— Back to the Garden in the TikiVooDoo shop, opens in a new tab
Painted illustration of a path forking between a dark swamp and a sunlit wood, headed by hand lettering reading 'There's Still Time To Change The Road You're On', with a flowered border.
Two RoadsOn products— Two Roads in the TikiVooDoo shop, opens in a new tab
Poster artwork on black — a silhouetted haunted house against an acid-green glow, with a crescent moon reading 'Terry's Mysterious Moments' and heavy purple and green lettering spelling 'Welcome Mysterians' over a banner of skulls.
Welcome Mysterians

Vector & Character

Flat, scalable character work for signage and merch.

Flat vector illustration of a red and blue tropical bird perched on a bamboo swing beneath two palm fronds, with retro starbursts and a pale blue shape behind it.
Tiki Bird 2
Flat vector illustration of a green and teal long-beaked bird perched on a bamboo swing under a thatched umbrella, with retro starbursts and a pink shape behind it.
Tiki Bird 3

Pen & Ink

Line work — crosshatch, stipple, and a steady nib.

Pen-and-ink drawing of a hillside of stilt houses and palms above a beach, framed in drawn bamboo, with a hand-lettered title reading 'Isle of Jersey, English Channel'.
Isle of Jersey
Pen-and-ink drawing of an overgrown stone cave mouth with a carved 'Coxen' sign above it, flanked by two cannons and heavy jungle foliage.
Coxen's Cave
Ink drawing of a tall ship under full sail cresting a wave, set inside a circular wreath of sunflowers and foliage, with 'Cassiopeia' lettered across a banner beneath it.
Cassiopeia
Ink drawing of a volcanic island under a low sun, encircled by a dense wreath of flowers, leaves and small buildings.
Island Wreath
Ink drawing of a beaded ring at the centre of a burst of curling vines and tendrils radiating outward across the page.
Tendrils
Ink drawing of a coastal chart pinned in a brass frame of gears, rivets and a compass rose.
Chart and Gears
Ink drawing on a paper napkin of a spotted octopus with one large monocled eye, tentacles curling around itself, bubbles rising above.
Napkin Octopus
Densely crosshatched ink drawing of a narrow tower house perched on a tree stump, framed by a heavy hatched border.
Tower on a Stump

Pencil Studies

Sketchbook pages, drawn from life and from the head.

Graphite drawing of a rambling multi-storey treehouse built through the branches of an old tree, with ladders and walkways, titled 'Tree House' in hand lettering.
Tree House
Graphite drawing of a timbered mine entrance cut into a hillside with rail track curving away from it, hand-lettered 'A Mine' and dated 2015.
A Mine
Graphite study of a barnacle-covered driftwood log lying on rippled sand, with a crab claw and shell beside it.
Driftwood and Crab Claw
Graphite drawing of a small dog asleep with its head resting on a folded blanket.
Sleeping Darcey
Graphite drawing of a hot air balloon shaped like a grinning carved pumpkin, with a skull-and-bone basket slung beneath it.
Pumpkin Balloon
Pencil field study of a young red mangrove on stilt roots, annotated and dated 2021.
Red Mangrove
Pencil study of a carved fish hook pendant above a beach scene with a dune fence and a leaping dolphin.
Hook and Dolphin
Annotated pencil field study of a palm beside a carved totem post.
Palm and Totem
Pencil study of a leafy seedling rooted in a crack between stacked shore rocks.
Seedling on Rock
Annotated pencil field study of a flowering branch, blossoms and leaves drawn in detail.
Flowering Branch

Need something drawn?

Character work, lettering, key art, packaging — if it needs to be illustrated rather than assembled, I'd like to hear about it.

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