Your Face is an Advert has now got some of my illustrations slapped on it. As part of their re-design I was asked to produce some characters of the three main writers and so they have sprung into action. More shall hopefully come with these characters for the site!

Leicester Fire and Rescue have commissioned four posters from me. I was selected for this from a university project. The theme is to discourage teenagers and students from making hoax calls. I decided to go with the theme of gambling and game shows, and how everyone can loose out when a hoax call is made, be it the victim or the caller. So I ask why chance it. The posters are designed to work as a small campaign. The landscape ones would work better for billboards as they can be read quickly but the portrait one can be seen at events and will be eye catching and memorable. The character is to juxtapose the harsh images and be eye catching. He is done in a urban graffiti style but slicker to get across the cheesy game show host. These images are still in work but hopefully the final outcomes will look awesome.

A collection of my work so far.

In this block you can see a small preview of work I have done recently. Most of this work is aimed at the teenage market, some of it is professional work, some is just work i have done for my own enjoyment. Im going to attempt to upload more examples of y work as time goes on and better quality ones, but for general interest here is a taste of the sort of thing I do. View some of the links to see more...

Character design plays a larger roll in my work. Its probably one of the things I enjoy most about graphic illustration. There has been a massive trend in design in recent years towards using character design in contemporary graphics, but this character design is not the cute cuddly design of the past.... though it can still be cute, these characters are violent and sexualised. The combination of cute and child-like with the more adult humour and context is probably part of what makes these characters appealing. The new "kidulthood" that seems to be a part of our culture.

Pictoplasma have a great webiste of contemporary character design. Recently whilst in a book shop gandering away at the design books I found the Pictoplasma Character encyclopaedia, and its a beautiful book. In a beautiful embossed cover the book has 325 pages of the most wonderful and exciting character design. These characters are grouped around similar motifs and categorised for comparison. I was struck by this book because it is a beautiful coffee table book, and a great reference for anyone who enjoys or works with character design.

The beginning of a new era.

Hello ladies and gentleman,

It is long overdue but Ryan Earnshaw Illustrations are moving onto the internet in what will hopefully be a exciting and coherent form!
You may have come across Ryan Earnshaw and his work on the internet in its former entities of Simpletown (a facebook group) or www.pixlsquid.co.uk a university project website. From here on though I am to show my work in a better more professional and hopefully more up to date and editable way!

So my internet revolution begins!! A new better website is in concept stages at the moment to replace pixlsquid as a better place to view my work but for now pixlsquid still functions and its probably till the best place to view my work. However look out for the new site and I will make you aware of it completion.

So whats been happening in the world of Ryan Earnshaw:

• I have graduated from De Montfort University with a first! Which will hopefully be a good step into the world of work.
• I'm currently looking for employment to pay the bills and keep me in haribo!
• I'm working on and soon to be finalising the posters for Leicestershire Fire and Rescue watch this space for more updates.

This is the first post so I will keep it short but welcome and i hope to be able to bring you lots of information about what I'm doing and about how my Illustration and Design are developing!

Thanks for joining me!

Toodles

Ryan Earnshaw