Tim Cahill

Well this time I have opted to do an illustration the football magazine FourFourTwo. This illustration was a response to a letter submitted by a reader, who was displeased that Tim Cahill had been excluded from the magazine's list of the 100 Best Football Players in the World. The letter was titled In the Tim Bin. In my illustration I included the image of a sideline bench marked with the name Tim Bin. I also placed the number 101 on Cahill's jersey, implying that he was just short of making the list. Cahill's displeased expression is a reflection of the author's own displeasure that Cahill was excluded from the Best 100 Footballers in the World list.

Hayden Illustration

In keeping with the assignment I gave myself a few days ago, I have completed another illustration based on an existing article. This illustration is for an article titled The Opener Closes. The title is in reference to the former opening Australian batsman Matthew Hayden talking about the ending or closing of his career. In this illustration I went for a rather literal illustration showing Hayden closing a door behind him as he starts his new life after a career in international cricket. In this illustration I attempted to combine a painterly background with my typical graphical style for the figure. I think these two styles are working well together.

X-factor

In an effort to build up a body of consistent work I have been doing a series of illustrations in response to articles I find in current magazines. This illustration was my response to article on upcoming Australian batsman Phil Hughes. The author of the article David Sygall commented that he felt Hughes has an X factor that seems to set him apart from other batsman from his generation. I decided to retitle the article X factor and design and illustration that would fit into that title.

Hussey Illustration

For those of you who follow the cricket you would have notice that Australia grabbed a miraculous victory yesterday at the SCG against Pakistan. One of the main contributors to Australia's unlikely victory was Michael Hussey. Hussey scored 134 not out and with Peter Siddle created the fourth highest ninth wicket partnership in test history. In a strange coincidence I began work on an illustration of Hussey the day before his incredible batting performance. I thought given the historical nature of Hussey's performance that it would be appropriate for me to display the illustration I completed of him just today.