How I work...

For most jobs I will provide a few rough sketches from the brief. The more detailed this is the better, but if there is no real concept to begin with, then rough sketches can get things started.

For artwork I tend to draw by hand and scan artwork into the computer for any tweaking and digital manipulation. More technical graphics may be created directly onto screen.

Finished artwork can be provided on CD in a variety of formats, or through email if it is a manageable size. The focus of my job is to give you a finished piece of work you will be very happy with!

Garen Ewing

As a child I would spend most of my spare time drawing away on the floor and always knew this would be my job when I grew up. While I'm still waiting to grow up properly, I have now been a full-time freelance illustrator and designer since 2002, though previous employments have utilised my drawing, designing and computer abilities.

A fair amount of my spare time is also spent writing and drawing (particularly on my comic strip album, The Rainbow Orchid), and when not doing that I research and collect on the Second Anglo-Afghan war 1878-1880 (for which I was interviewed on BBC Radio 4's Making History), and practice yoga, karate, bass guitar and banjo (though not usually all at the same time).

I live in West Sussex, England, and work from my home studio, where my wife (a magazine editor) and my cat can keep an eye on me.

Some of my clients...

Lloyds of London Press

National Childminding Association (NCMA)

Motorola

The Observer

National Union of Teachers (NUT)

Hewlett Packard

David Fickling Books

Thorsens Books

Josef Weinberger Ltd

Armstrong International

The Child of Achievement Awards

Posturite UK Ltd

The June Easther School of Theatre & Dance

DC Thompson

Tonto Press

Panton Design

Totally Original T-Shirts Ltd

Smartran Ltd

Cosmic Hobo Productions

Scholastic Books

Penta Hotels

Heatherly Cheshire Homes

Pegasus Publishing

Blue Comet Press

Norfine Nets

The National Archives

The Royal College of Nursing

Stage-Struck

Fugitive Games

Warrior Records

Folens

Ace Theatre Company

Heinemann Books

Longman Books

The Vitiligo Society

and more....

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Don't hesitate to get in touch with any queries or to ask for a quote.

Unless otherwise stated, all artwork, design and content © Garen Ewing 2008.
Please do not use content from this website without first obtaining permission.
The work shown on this site is for CV / portfolio purposes only and intends no other connection with any products shown.