Not every project needs a client brief. This is where I make things purely because I want to. Poster design, t-shirt graphics, surreal illustrations and whatever else catches my attention. Made with Procreate, Illustrator and Photoshop.
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Not everything I create starts with a briefing or a deadline. Sometimes I just want to draw something strange, design a poster that serves no purpose other than looking good, or see what happens when I let an idea run without any commercial constraints. That creative freedom is what keeps me sharp. It is where I experiment with styles I would not always get to explore in client work, and where I find out what I actually like.
Surreal, graphic and a little bit obsessive.
My personal work tends to lean towards the surreal. I am drawn to imagery that feels slightly off, compositions that make you look twice, and the kind of illustration that sits somewhere between digital art and graphic design. A lot of this work starts on my iPad in Procreate, where I sketch and build up ideas by hand. From there I often move into Illustrator or Photoshop to push things further.
Poster design and t-shirt graphics are two formats I keep coming back to. Both demand simplicity and impact in equal measure. You have one image, one moment to land. I find that constraint enjoyable rather than limiting.
This is where it stays fun.
Personal projects are how I make sure design never becomes just a job. They remind me why I started doing this in the first place. Some of these pieces end up influencing client work in ways I did not expect. A colour combination, a technique, a way of composing an image. The side projects feed everything else.
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