Monday 22 December 2008

XTC-wonderful!


Well I'm just delighted today cos 2 of the XTC cd's I ordered today arrived and they were my fave band for years when I was young thing. The forerunners to Brit pop!
Here's is a youtube vid of Making plans for Nigel -one of the songs off Drums and Wires.

Working away today on magazine work.




Friday 5 December 2008

owl


owl
Originally uploaded by fhi.

Going to busy again very soon. Got work on for 2 big companies.
TV and magazine work.
Thanks for everyones nice comment here :0))))

Tuesday 2 December 2008

little tex fish-FGI


little tex fish-FGI
Originally uploaded by fhi.

Doodling just before I go out in the cold with my dog.
Still on the fudge packaging job but getting there :0)
Got word yesterday of a new project which is going to mean regular work for me for a while-yippee!
Waiting on all the details.

Monday 24 November 2008

small tex train-FGI


small tex train-FGI
Originally uploaded by fhi.

woo woo!
experimenting with styles today while trying to sort out work and doing the endless waiting games on job feedback.
About to start some work on fudge packaging.

Tuesday 18 November 2008

deco cat-fgi


deco cat-fgi
Originally uploaded by fhi.

working on card designs while waiting on feedback with jobs...as usual!

Monday 17 November 2008

monkey birthday-fgi


monkey birthday-fgi
Originally uploaded by fhi.

new birthday card design.
xmas cards are coming out my ears right now so did this birthday one for a wee change :0)

Wednesday 12 November 2008

new page-fgi


new page-fgi
Originally uploaded by fhi.

I've added a new page look to my site as well as new images in my children's section.
Doing a xmas card design today also and work on a character for a well known shops website.

Friday 7 November 2008

xmas cat


xmas cat
Originally uploaded by fhi.

working on a xmas card for World Aids charity but also doodling some stuff myself.

Monday 3 November 2008

Bedtime Story


My work is going to be on Nick Jr tonight at 7.15 on "A bedtime Story".
Very exciting for me! wish I could see it myself but don't have Sky :0(
Ah well- will get to see it soon on dvd :0)

Friday 31 October 2008

Wednesday 29 October 2008

birthday!

well another year gone by for me and it's been a lovely one although I'm still regretting not having a holiday :0( Hey ho!
Will be doing it next year!

Tuesday 28 October 2008

Monday 27 October 2008

benson in boots


benson in boots
Originally uploaded by fhi.

my daughter decided Benson suited some slipper boots!
I'm feeling better today :0)
Had a fun filled weekend (not) shopping for kitchen stuff.
Will post some photos soon!

Friday 24 October 2008

santa & penguin


santa & penguin
Originally uploaded by fhi.

been having a bad day :0(
Everything has gone wrong and I'm glad it's the weekend...sort of.
xmas design for card here.

Friday 17 October 2008

winter pussy cat


winter pussy cat
Originally uploaded by fhi.

I've put a nice outfit on my cat....going to make into a card design next when i've time.
Still doing the nickelodeon job then onto another for them so not any time for personal work!
Have an ace weekend everyone :0))

Thursday 9 October 2008

FLOWERS


FLOWERS
Originally uploaded by fhi.

some characters for kids.
still really busy so not time to do anything else except work...no new work I can show :0(
My kitchen is coming along. I've got a nice wall of BLACK brick tiles NOW-YUM!

Oh and I've just aquired some of my fave tunes- Luxuria-Unanswerable Lust-brill!!!

Monday 6 October 2008

B2


B2
Originally uploaded by fhi.

this is my big boy Benson after his haircut-isn't he handsome?
Can't show any of my work I'm on at mo' so thought you people out there might like to see him :0)

Thursday 18 September 2008

Monday 8 September 2008

fruit bowls and work




Sorry not been posting too often but very busy with work. Isn't this a cool fruit bowl? Bought it for our new kitchen and it looks swell.
You can get one too from here: mode twentyone.
Can't post any work here as it's all hush hush but hope to post some in the near future.

Thursday 28 August 2008

Thursday 21 August 2008

yellow snowman


yellow snowman
Originally uploaded by fhi.

Working on xmas designs at mo'.
Waiting to start a big job for Nickelodeon very soon!

Friday 15 August 2008

amoebae


amoebae
Originally uploaded by fhi.

working on a project for Nick Jr at mo'.
These wee characters are nothing to do with the job but just some doodles I did a while back.

Thursday 7 August 2008

mosquito


mosquito
Originally uploaded by fhi.

part of a job I'm working on at moment. Got my mojo back !

Wednesday 23 July 2008

Wednesday 16 July 2008

zebra


zebra
Originally uploaded by fhi.

feeling rather unmotivated to be creative with school hols and with stuff going on around my house.
just posting this wee character I did a couple of weeks back to keep in with the blogging and updates!

Monday 30 June 2008

witch


witch
Originally uploaded by fhi.

cute witchy character- my daughter is on school hols now so means I'll be in stop/ start mode for work a lot of the time.

Thursday 26 June 2008

The Fall - Victoria

got to get some of the Fall on CD. Spent many. many hours listening to "this Nation's savings grace" Tracks to my youth!
This was one of their more popular "hits".

girl character


girl character
Originally uploaded by fhi.

part of a spec job I did a while back for an animation co. Development of a girl character.

Friday 20 June 2008

sorry :0) League of gentlemen clip

sorry last entry on blog had to be deleted..you can see it here  directly on youtube 

I like it-it always makes me laugh :0)

Wednesday 18 June 2008

chewie


chewie
Originally uploaded by fhi.

this is my fave toy of my daugther's. It creased me up for ages after she got it from MacDonalds years ago. His face is just so hilarious!
Thought I'd share him with you :0)

Tuesday 10 June 2008

today I have....

an all consuming desire to listen to some Cocteau Twins...but first I must find my cd's...hmmmmm.
Still in the midst of lots of work so sorry for little posting :0(

Thursday 5 June 2008

earrings


got lovely new earrings in post yesterday courtesy of Magpie magic!
Sybille does some lovely jewellery and her blog is well worth a visit of you are looking for something a bit different.

Tuesday 3 June 2008

cupcake


cupcake
Originally uploaded by fhi.

sneaky peak of what I'm up to...lots of lovely colourful characters... this is just one.
going onto a big job tomorrow for that big children's tv company again-woopee!!

Friday 30 May 2008

birthday card


birthday card
Originally uploaded by fhi.

been spec-ing it today and developing things.
I'm liking this style of work and will probably be doing quite a bit more along this line.

Friday 23 May 2008

cat


cat
Originally uploaded by fhi.

Finished my Nick Jr job now and it's a sort of day off for me with my daughter being on hols.

Monday 19 May 2008

hot flowers


hot flowers
Originally uploaded by fhi.

really busy with new job for a kids tv company.
just posting this while waiting on feedback.
Did it quite a while ago now but like the colours.

Tuesday 13 May 2008

face


face
Originally uploaded by fhi.

i had a little accident on sunday-fell off my bike and fractured my right elbow-eek!
so been recovering and working too.

Friday 2 May 2008

colourful kids


colourful kids
Originally uploaded by fhi.

started another kids book yesterday-yippee!
Very tight deadline so will be busy busy!

2 robots


2 robot
Originally uploaded by fhi.

some robots I worked up a couple of weeks ago as part of a job.

Tuesday 29 April 2008

packaging


These are in the shops now....chutneys, jams, relishes, etc. 
Did loads of them for Mackays.
I illustrated the fruit,veg, herbs etc and the designer put them together.
Nice job to work on :0)
Keeping busy designing!!


Thursday 24 April 2008

wacky bird


wacky bird
Originally uploaded by fhi.

did this a while ago last year...doing card designs and other designs at moment.

Wednesday 16 April 2008

sorry :0)

been so busy last 2 weeks doing a children's book . not quite finished yet but is getting there!
In meantime I'll give you a taster of what I'm doing next...

Friday 4 April 2008

Beck - Epro

the excellent Beck for your delight! From the album Guero.

too busy to post any illies right now...