A small update to introduce 2026

Hello everyone!

I hope you've all had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Today is going to be a short and sweet update to announce some developments behind the scenes. I won't go into too much detail at present but this year has started with an unexpected twist - I am buzzing to say that I will be creating another ANIMATION!

As previously mentioned, I have become consumed by illustration work lately and because of the nature of animation projects, they are often few and far between. This project will be nowhere near as time consuming as my last animation contract, which took a considerable amount of time last year. At some point I do plan to discuss last years work, of which I am incredibly proud, but I will leave this for another day.

Presently, I don't want to say too much about the new animation but I think this is going to be a really fun project. Pre-production is going to start after the weekend and the excitement of a fresh project has kicked in before the inevitable chaos as production is underway.

As mentioned in the previous post, I was working on a customised Ibrox piece for a family member. This was for my dad - it depicts him and his wife Lorraine, who sadly passed away in early 2025, at the stadium wearing Rangers shirts. When working on this I also made adjustments to the colour in several areas and tidied up a few sections I wasn't happy with.

While this project is ongoing I will (for now) continue illustration work. This may change as the animation ramps up and I become fully consumed by it but for now I will still be doing my own bits and bobs.

I will soon begin work creating another football stadium print that has been ordered by a customer (an English stadium this time) and also another design in the Highland Coo range is planned. I will post another update once I’ve made development on one of these projects.

Here we go again!

Wow! How has it been so long since I last updated the blog? Well to anyone reading this, hope you had a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Happy Halloween, Happy Easter and any other holidays that I’ve missed since my last post.

Since the last post, I am still unable to share all the logo work Campbell Animation did at the start of 2023. For at least one of these projects it appears I may never be sharing it as the company has potentially changed their plans for the future.

Other than that, I have returned to creating artwork for print. Below is a recent digital drawing, created using GIMP, and then printed on A3 300 gsm card.

It all started with one drawing of a father & his daughter looking at Celtic Park, a Fathers Day gift. This was subsequently printed and mounted in a beautiful white frame as you can see below.

Additionally, I printed designs of the stadium on its own and by request I added the Peaky Blinders from the hit TV show, complete with their Celtic FC scarves.

I also created more poster artwork for The Hashtag Show, specifically for the Christmas special 2023 at Classic Grand, which I’ve included below. The show was cancelled due to illness as one of the hosts, Mallorca Lee, has been battling cancer. This was a massive shock, not just for me but for his thousands supporters, be it from his popular 1994 shows, his time with groups Ultra-Sonic/Public Domain, The Hashtag Show and his “Safe Trips” artwork.

 

Coming up, I have several more projects in production, involving printed artwork, which will be going to the printers very soon. Beyond this, I have a few more that will be getting underway in the coming months and so I’m pretty busy until around June at least.

My hope for afterwards is that I’ll return to animation since I haven’t created anything in this medium since December 2022.

Updates to follow.