Penguin Cafe Screensaver

December 18th, 2009 § 0

Penguin have also put my calendar images up as screensavers, which I’m pretty chuffed about. Here’s the Chinese and the English versions…

Penguin online calendar for August, September, October, November, December

December 9th, 2009 § 0

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More illustrations for the Penguin China online calendar. The empty spaces are for quotes and book covers (click to see full size version):

August
(Summer)

august_ch

September
(Learning)

sept-ch

October
(Travel)

oct_chi

 

November
(Harvest)

nov-ch

December
(Winter)

dec_chi

 

 

 

And the web ads:

August
august_webad

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September
sept_webad1

 

October
oct_webad

 

November
nov_webad

 

December
dec_webad

Shanghai – International Financial Centre

December 9th, 2009 § 0

Cover for Insight magazine.

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Christmas tablecloth

December 9th, 2009 § 0

Penguin China have a promotional Christmas gift bag aimed at children. For the display, I designed the tablecloth:
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Backdrops

September 2nd, 2009 § 0

Stage backdrop for the Penguin Beijing bookclub (a reading group):

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You can see more photos of the event here.

 

And for the dating event:
dating_final

 

date_event

… and more photos here.

 

This was an early rejected sketch, but I’m fond of it – the heart signs have things like “must have own nest”, “pear-shaped physique” etc on them:

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Bookfair Booth

September 2nd, 2009 § 0

A six metre high bookfair booth for Penguin Books.

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To promote the Great Ideas series and DK books China.

 

Here’s a sketch of John Ruskin which wasn’t used in the final version:

 

 

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Bakery print ad

August 23rd, 2009 § 0

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An ad for Bakery 88 for the latest issue of Yunnan magazine.

Insight cover – Digital promotion

July 23rd, 2009 § 0

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Penguin online calendar for May, June, July

June 30th, 2009 § 0

I’ve been doing the illustrations for the Penguin China online calendar. They have book covers and literary quotes that updates every day, which is why they have those empty spaces (click to see full size version):

May
(Mother’s Day)

may2_ch

June
(Children’s Day)

june_chi

July
(Summer Holidays)

july_ch

 

 

And the web ads:

May

may_webad

 

June

june_webad1

june_webad2

 

and July:

july_webad

Sold my first painting (!)

June 22nd, 2009 § 0

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Framed painting hanging in Bakery 88, sold for 125 quid! Cheers, Otto…