the gif being introduced by Nick Offerman at the 2016 Webby Awards and hearing the crowd applaud it on the big screen. What I’m not surprised about of course is that so many people love David Bowie and used the gif as a way to share that! Whether Bowie himself saw it and liked it (or not) I’ll never know. Bowie features heavily in your work. What attracted you to draw him? I love drawing faces and capturing likenesses, the more distinctive and angular the better. I’d been a fan of Bowie for many years and always thought he would be an interesting face to draw. It was around 2012/2013 when I had a go my first portrait of him, based on a 1976 promo shot from The Man Who Fell To Earth, around the same time I was listening frequently to the ‘Low’ album. It wasn’t the best likeness but that’s often the case with my first attempts. Also I just simply enjoy drawing my favourite artists, some more often than others. Like back in my early teens when I was making fan art of my favourite bands, it’s just something I haven’t grown out of. Which piece of work has given you the most satisfaction in producing? I have a few in mind so here’s my top 5! The #BowieForever animation in January 2017, which marked a year since Bowie passed away and shortly after what would’ve been
his 70th Birthday. The David Bowie social media was first to upload the animation as they already knew what I was working on, and that was an honour. I was so happy with the reaction to it online too. A satisfying end result of many hours of drawing, painting and editing. The Adam Buxton Podcast Artwork (2017). I was VERY happy to be asked by Adam Buxton (of whom I was already a fan) to create some new artwork for The Adam Buxton Podcast (of which I was already a fan) in time for the new 2017 episodes. Definitely one of my favourite commissions. Heroes / Sukita gif. Just so satisfying to see hours of sketching come to life, almost literally. I really want to do more animated sketches like this. Gaga x Superbowl 51. It was just one of those pieces that came together very smoothly, and I was really proud witofw it turned out. Gaga liked it too. Fabulous Bowie. I have other face-patterny pieces like this, but this one started them all off. So satisfying to make from start to finish, and there’s a lot more of these that I want to do. 029