National Geographic Traveller UK

In this column David Whitely writes about his love of maps 
and his fascination at looking at borders. Whilst crossing the 
border from France back into Switzerland, he reminisces about 
the good old days of the border crossings. These days many 
custom huts at borders are closed.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

National Geographic Traveller UK

In this issues column David Whitley reassess his attitude towards
safety on the road, brought about by an encounter with a snake while
hiking through the Namadgi National Park in Canberra. The giant
snake is coiled around David and robbing him of his valuables.
The lesson here is when travelling you should have in place 
insurance, security checks and take precautions on the road.

Illostribute, tribute to Albert Dorne

This tribute is to Albert Dorne, an American illustrator who's
work appeared in Collier's, Life and The Saturday Evening Post.
Drone was a very successful advertising illustrator and recognised
as one of the best and highest paid. I interpreted an magazine
advert for Westinghouse radios.

You can see the other great interpretations at illostribute.

The Worlds Seventh Billionth Person

The United Nations estimated that on the 31 October the world's 
population would hit a milestone of seven billion. To mark this 
occasion a baby girl born in India was chosen as the world's seventh
billionth person.

Sparkle in the Rain

Sharing an umbrella can be fun!

National Geographic Traveller magazine UK

I was very happy to be commissioned by National Geographic 
Traveller magazine UK to produce a fun, colourful illustration 
for the Smart Traveller column. The image accompanies the 
writer David Whitley's humorous story of him miss timing the 
departure of the scheduled tour bus.

Illostribute, tribute to Mary Blair

This months tribute is to Mary Blair, an amazing American 
artist who provided a prolific input to many Walt Disney films, 
such as Cinderella and Peter Pan. In 1953 she left Disney Studios 
to pursue a career in graphic design and illustration. Blair also 
illustrated children's books, Golden Books for Simon and Schuster. 
I interpreted a page from the book I Can Fly.

You can see all the other great interpretations at  illostribute.