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Art and Illustration by Tony Pickering
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Introduction

A little about me

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Escape Brewery

“Escape Brewery” (Work in progress)

Illustrations, logos and branding for Beer Pump badges. Work in progress developed around ‘Escape’ conitations and inflences from art deco, 1930s rail posters and Ligne Claire comics design

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Wellcome Collection Stories "Abandoning daydreams of a life without diabetes" Illustrations.

Wellcome Collection Stories:

Produced for the Wellcome Collection Stories, this series reflects the balancing act between embracing life and living with a chronic disease felt in Daisy Watson Shaw’s article Abandoning daydreams of a life without diabetes, and my own experience of living with type 1 diabetes; and the tension between the hope for a cure, and the desire to experience life fully now.

My is interested in making the invisible visible – the idea that the body is no longer able to manage itself; the technology of ‘the cyborg’ (the ‘diaborg’); and medical waste as both an intrinsic part of treatment and an environmental issue at the same time. The images consider the issues that Daisy raises of confusion, the shame and potential that living outside-in with your body all entail.

My work questions notions of bodily autonomy and identity that are raised in becoming a person (/patient) living with diabetes, and the ways in which art and graphic medicine can provide a pathway for better patient interaction.

"I've found accepting myself as a person with diabetes to be confusing" main picture.
"I've found accepting myself as a person with diabetes to be confusing" main picture.
"People with type 1 diabetes can be up to three times more likely to experience depression. The compassion and understanding from those around us would be a lifeline"
"People with type 1 diabetes can be up to three times more likely to experience depression. The compassion and understanding from those around us would be a lifeline"
"Even now I sometimes take myself off to the nearest toilet to do my injection - no matter how dark, grotty and disgusting - so people don't ask questions"
"Even now I sometimes take myself off to the nearest toilet to do my injection - no matter how dark, grotty and disgusting - so people don't ask questions"
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Thumbnail sketches. Process.
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Courier Life

Map landscapes for tea-towels to represent qualitative data from couriers - giving a courier-eye view of the cities.

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Research Dissemination & Provocation

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CO2 Card Game - Illustrations and Graphic Design

Comic Style Illustrations and Graphic Design for a card game educating about Carbon Dioxide for primary schools.

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LAIB experience advice leaflet.

LAIB experience advice leaflet. Using testimony from patients to create an advice leaflet about taking a new drug

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Concept Art - Imagining spaces

Visualising new spaces in towns and cities: Courier Life Manchester 2050; Hydrock: Repurposing the High Street, and Re-imagining the Retail Park.

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Future cityscape

High street future
High street future

Editorial image for an article exploring future possibilities for the high street for Hydrock engineering.

Retail Park Redevelopment
Retail Park Redevelopment

Concept illustration for the redevelopment of retail parks

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Vignette 1

Lifestyle vignette to illustrate concept in action.

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Vignette 2

Lifestyle vignette to illustrate concept in action.

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Vignette 3

Lifestyle vignette to illustrate concept in action.

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Vignette 4

Lifestyle vignette to illustrate concept in action.

Maps

Maps for Magic Torch Comics: Narrative provocations for “Midwinterland” and “Downtown’, A SciFi visualisation of a alien world, A Folklore landscape of Greenock, and a map of Callender exploring the place names and local myths.

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Midwinterland

Narrative Provocation map.

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Downtown

Narrative Provocation map.

Starbound Map
Starbound Map

A map for Starbound an interactive Sci-Fi comic experience created by Magic Torch Comics

Greenock Story Map
Greenock Story Map

Map of Greenock illustrating a collection of local stories.

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Story icons

Icons to depict stories from Greenock

Callander Gaelic Folk Map
Callander Gaelic Folk Map

Map of the stories behind place names in Gaelic

Logos & Logo Illustrations

Logo R&D & Logo Illustrations

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Illustration in Game and UI Design

Card and Architecture Illustrations for ‘Carbon City Zero’ and ‘Carbon City World Edition’, a deck building card game in collaboration with the charity Possible to promote carbon neutrality.

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Cartoon Landscapes

Landscapes cartooned and stylised (originally commissioned as part of a kick-starter campaign for Carbon City Zero.

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Bengaluru

Map of Bengaluru for Carbon City World international edition.

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Poster illustration

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Murals

Interior hand painted murals - with design images, and installation pictures.

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Scribing, Rich Pictures and Sketch Notes

Visual communication, Scribing and Sketch Notes for Fractals, Hydrock Engineering, The NIHR, Leeds Medical School, and Theatre of Debate.

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Comics for Business

Comics designed for internal comms to promote and inform about products, strategies and initiatives.

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Science & Medical Communication bacteria & viruses

Vivid illustrations of bacteria & viruses utilising perspective and focus.

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Leaving Cartoons

Cartoons created to celebrate work experiences and colleagues careers.

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Pandemic Timeline Icons

Icons for a website timeline to represent the history of pandemics through history. Theatre of Debate, Leeds Medical School & NIHR.

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Cover and Editorial work

Cover and Editorial work: illustrating a online identity for ‘Looking For My Sister’ Podcast, a cover image and lettering for ‘Cell Metabolism’, Social media thumbnails and banners for ‘Down to a Sunless Sea’ podcast, the cover image for the first edition of ‘Consilience’, and a social media thumbnail for ‘The Family Tree’ podcast.

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Medical Communications - comic interpretations

Medical Communication: Cartoons to explore the idea of “Patient Heal Thyself” and how that might be differently interpreted by patient and healthcare professional; images to explore germ transmission, and mental health.

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City Tales

Explorations of cities through sketching, colour and cartooning: Manchester, Newcastle and Brighton.

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Introduction
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Escape Brewery
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Wellcome Collection Stories "Abandoning daydreams of a life without diabetes" Illustrations.
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Courier Life
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Research Dissemination & Provocation
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CO2 Card Game - Illustrations and Graphic Design
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LAIB experience advice leaflet.
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Concept Art- Imagining spaces
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Maps
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Logos & Logo Illustrations
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Illustration in Game and UI Design
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Cartoon Landscapes
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Poster illustration
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Murals
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Scribing Rich Pictures and Sketch Notes
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Comics for Business
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Science & Medical Communication bacteria & viruses
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Leaving Cartoons
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Pandemic Timeline Icons
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Cover and Editorial work
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Medical Communications- comic interpretations
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City Tales

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