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BBC EUROs intro

I had a dream to one day work on a BBC football tournament intro sequence. After months of late nights and hard work I can finally reveal the BBC Euros intro video that I helped to create with the production agency CHIEF.

I’m so happy with how it turned out and to see it launched live on TV was crazy.

Doritos Euros 2022 Pepsi commission

I've been involved with some amazing projects over the past year > working on the BBC Euros intro sequence > creating mural designs for the Nike LeBron Innovation Center > designing images for Channel 4s coverage of the Winter Paralympics > creating every cover this season for the Brentford FC programmes... but the latest project I've worked on is for Pepsi and it's been very exciting for me because, it's the first time I've worked on illustrations that will be featured on a product which will be sold in hundreds of shops around the country! The brief was to create three illustrations of Englands star players Nikita Parris, Lucy Bronze and Leah Williamson for use on packs of Doritos to promote the upcoming UEFA Women's Euro 2022 tournament. I'm really proud of how they've turned out and it was such a great opportunity to work with an amazing creative team at Pepsi.

Crystal Palace programme cover design 2024/25

Nike HQ - LeBron Innovation Center murals

I'm very proud to announce that last year I was commissioned by Nike to create x5 wall mural designs for the 'LeBron Innovation Center' at their Nike headquarters in Oregon. I'm currently building a case study for the project and will be able to share more soon. #dreamproject

Manchester City programmes 2024/25

England Rugby artworks 2023

Congratulations to Sarah Hunter on an amazing career in rugby. She retires as England's most capped player.

I'm really happy to have been asked to create this artwork to mark the occasion and it's great to be working with England Rugby once again!

Rangers European programme covers

Being asked to work with Rangers FC on their Champion League matchday programme covers is a very proud moment. More to show soon…

England Rugby projects

RED ROSES RUGBY 7 HEAVEN

Style developments

Believe the type

I really enjoyed developing this style and its great to see it being used by Brentford FC and the Bundesliga this season.

Donald Trump for CNN

CNN commissioned me to create this piece for an article they had created called 'God and the Don'

You can see the article on the CNN website here: cnn.it/2rzUGc0

I also recently collaborated with the amazing Dusk Studio to create a version of the Donald Trump illustration I developed for CNN Politics as a realistic 3D generated stained glass window.

Brentford FC Training ground graphics

I had the great pleasure of working with Brentford FC on a series of graphics for their amazing new training complex.

I created two large light box images, one featuring the top statistics from their previous season and another image created to celebrate their amazing away win against Manchester City. Please note the crowd image uses artistic licence and was developed using a number of different reference images and, is not an exact representation of one specific scene.

I also created a set of player portraits which were used in the first team changing rooms. Please note the image shown here is a mock up of the room and is not an actual photograph.

World Cup style experiment

Block work style sports development

Style experiment with block designs

Note: This is not a real project

Man City 2023/24 programme covers

Brentford FC programme covers 2024/25

Brentford tunnel graphics

McDonalds McDelivery World Cup bag designs

I’m really happy to show the first two McDelivery bag designs I’ve worked on for McDonalds UK - celebrating some great World Cup football memories from England star Phil Foden and presenter Laura Woods. The Campaign will help fund redistribution of 1m meals with FareShare

More designs to show soon!

Style experiment

I felt like trying something new and i’m pretty happy with how these are looking. More to show soon…

Brentford FC 2023/24 programme covers

Rangers Europa League programme covers

Tottenham Hostpur FA CUP final

Emirates FA CUP Final promo

Premier League style experiment

Marlie Packer illustrations for England Rugby

New experiment with shapes

Experimental style development with shapes and colour - more to show soon…

Latest style experiments

My latest experiments with style - more to show soon…

Brentford FC Comic covers 22/23

This season I’m working on a comic/graphic novel style for the covers of the Brentford FC programme covers

More to show soon…

Emirates FA Cup 5th Round artwork

England Rugby 2003 Anniversary artworks

10Bet sports characters

I've been working with Rose Design on a huge project for 10Bet to create a 'client editable' image bank of sporting characters. There's one for every sport from Football to Water Polo! The whole project from Rose is visually stunning and I was very happy to be involved!

Since the project has been launched it has also won two Gold awards at the Fresh Awards! One specifically for illustration which is amazing news!

More to show soon…

ESPN Alcaraz web experience

Link to ESPN web page: https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/38087576/inside-carlos-alcaraz-2023-game-federer-djokovic-nadal

Sky Sports Derby promo

I was commissioned by Sky Sports to create illustrations for their Manchester Derby promotions. It was a great project to work on and seeing my work animated and on TV was brilliant. More to show soon…

Angle style experiment

Maradona style experiment

Adidas Champions League Final project

Brentford FC programmes 2021/22

ESPN FC 100

By far the biggest project I have worked on so far is for ESPN for their ESPNFC 100 list - Check out the full site here

This project was also nominated for an awwward! 

 

Sorare Paris office artworks

Federer retirement image for LiveWire Sport

For the announcement from Tennis TV of Roger Federer retirement, LiveWire Sport commissioned me to create this image showing some of his greatest moments.

Style experiment

Channel 4 Winter Paralympics

I’ve recently had the great pleasure of working with Channel 4 on their social media coverage of the Beijing winter Paralympics 2022. These were also animated by their team which looked really good.

Stadium robots

I had a brief to create a stadium image and these are what I made…

Wrexham AFC 'A' lister portraits

I was asked by Wrexham AFC to illustrate their new ‘A’ list celebrity owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney (which was nice) for their new Racecourse Live promotion.

Portrait style experiments

Arsenal playing card set

This is one of my favourite projects to date. I created illustrations for Arsenal FC which were used in their playing card set as part of their club membership pack.

Club 99 artwork

Bundesliga geometric designs

I had the great pleasure of providing illustrations for the full Bundesliga season. These were used for several social media channels including some of the clubs.

AXI Man City poster

Man City poster creation developed with Purple Creative for their client AXI

Little Devils for Man Utd

I was asked by Manchester United to create character illustrations for their recent ‘Little Devils’ video series on Youtube. I’m really happy with how these turned out and loved seeing them come to life through their animation team.

Englands 1,000th game

I had the great honour of creating this artwork for the England team as part of their 1,000th game promotions. The image was used in the match day programme.

More to show soon…

Manchester City player illustrations

I was recently commissioned by Manchester City fc to illustrate their players for their Chinese New Year good will messages. These were used on gifts for fans in China, their website and on digital screens in Manchester City Centre.  

I also worked with them back in 2012 for their City Kicks promotions where they were used on their website, match day programmes and for a permanent wall display inside the Etihad Stadium. 

I really enjoyed this project and was very honoured to be invited to the ground for an interview about my work. You can see the video on youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhzGF8eO4eM

The best bit of the project was when Man City showed me the videos of the players seeing their portraits for the first time.

 

MIFA submissions

This is my submission to the brilliant #MIFA project from Dave Will design.

The concept is for artists to create artworks of the missing players from the Panini sticker albums. The albums are released in April but the squad announcements from each country are released in May so there are always players who made the squad but missed the book. Dave decided to address this problem: http://davewilldesign.com/mifa

Liverpool FC AXA training complex

I worked with Cass Productions on their Liverpool FC AXA training complex project. I created the x6 European cup winning captains and you can see the work on 0:47 secs of the video shown here.

UEFA #EqualGame Champions League

To promote #EqualGame for the 2019 Champions League final between Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur FC, UEFA commissioned me to create a series of player artworks featuring their quotes.

I was really happy with how these were rolled out across their social media platforms and I can’t wait to create more artworks in this style.

Wayne Rooney for EFL magazine

I recently worked with the EFL to create an illustrated double page spread on their Wayne Rooney feature for their magazine. I’m really happy with how it turned out and looked great in print.

COPA90 50/50 WWC19

I was asked by COPA90 to contribute to their recent 50/50 Women’s World Cup 2019 event. I was really happy with how they turned out and look forwards to seeing the released during the tournament

More to show soon…

Six Fan Art

Arsenal FC squad illustrations

I have worked with Arsenal FC this season on a set of illustrations of the full aquad for use across all media platforms.

More to show soon…

Guardian: McGregor vs Mayweather the money fight explained

I have worked with the Guardian on an animated video to explain the upcoming fight between McGregor and Mayweather. I am really happy with how it turned out.

View the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Q4l3RU8Fk

Aston Villa record cover designs

My latest record cover design for Aston Villa FC has been released

More to show soon…

Ian Wright for Arsenal FC

My latest artwork for Arsenal FC of the legend that is Ian Wright

Santi Cazorla for Arsenal FC

My latest work for Arsenal FC is of one of my favourite players Santi Cazorla

MCFC Champions league last 16 promotions

I have been working with Manchester City FC on their Champions league last 16 promotions - More to show soon…

Arsenal programme covers

Arsenal FC asked me to create several match day programme cover illustrations for their premier league season. 

AS Monaco website portraits

I have been working with AS Monaco over a number of months to produce portraits for all their current squad. These illustrations were used predominantly on their new website www.asmonaco.com

This was so much fun to work on and I hope to show more applications soon.

10Bet Casino characters

As well as creating Sports illustrations for 10Bet and Rose design, I also create characters for their online Casino

Juventus player portraits

I have recently worked on player portraits for Juventus for their match day promotions. These were used on their social media channels and on their official website.

 

Juventus player illustrations

I have recently worked on player illustrations for Juventus for their match day promotions. These were used on their social media channels and on their official website.

Arsenal FC Emirates Cup 2019

I have helped create these designs with Arsenal FC for their upcoming Emirates Cup tournament.

More to show soon…

Pep Guardiola for Copa 90

To announce Manchester City winning the Premier League, Copa 90 commissioned me to create this artwork of Pep Guardiola of their social media channels.

I really like the concept and I really enjoyed creating the illustration

MOTD magazine covers

My latest cover illustration for MOTD magazine

New Balance Rose Lavelle billboard

After the USA winning the World Cup, goalscorer Rose Lavelle visited her home city to show off the trophy.

New Balance asked me to create an artwork of her goal celebration for use on a billboard at the event.

Tape Ball cricket

I recently worked with Guardian Labs and Natwest to create character illustrations for a fun animated video to promote Tape Ball cricket.

The very talented James Armstrong did the animations.

UEFA European qualifiers videos

IMG Media commissioned me to create a series of illustrations for UEFA to promote their upcoming European qualifiers in 2017.

The illustrations were created in layers so that they could be animated. I'm really happy with the final results especially how they created the depth of field with the line work and colours.

Back to basics

Trying out a new style which I really want to keep as simple as possible but produce a quality likeness. More to follow...

Aston Villa 'ICONS' project

The latest Aston Villa Legend to be featured in their Icon series is Dion Dublin.

This was made into a video and used across all their social media platforms

Patterns of Play exhibitions

I have taken part in two 'Patterns of Play' exhibitions and for each event I have produced a new artwork relevant to the theme. The latest show was in London and the theme was the European championships for which I reproduced the classic Gazza goal from 1996. I was even mentioned on TalkSport about the work,

The first of the exhibitions was held in Norwich at the Moosey Art gallery and the theme was Norwich football. I created a stained glass style illustration of Alex Neil which I'm really proud of.

Tammy Abraham 20 goal celebration

I worked with Aston Villa to create this artwork to celebrate their star striker Tammy Abrahams scoring x20 goals in the 2018/19 season.

I’m really happy with how this turned out

London Marathon

I worked with London Marathon again this year but this time they animated the illustrations with their racing footage. The final thing looked great and I was really happy with how they all turned out.

Good luck to everyone involved on the day!

Santi Cazorla for Arsenal FC

My favourite artwork for Arsenal FC of one of their past superstars Santi Cazorla

Moussa Marega Champions League TV feature

I had the great honour of creating a series of illustrations of the Porto player Moussa Marega for use in a UEFA Champions League TV feature. The images were integrated beautifully into the footage and I was really happy with the final outcome.

I will find a link at some point to the final video - more to show soon…

Mesut Ozil for Arsenal FC

I tried something a little different for my latest artwork for Arsenal FC.

Will try this style a bit more in the coming weeks, watch this space…

Thierry Henry for Arsenal FC

My latest artwork for Arsenal FC is of their legend Thierry Henry

iPad Pro Apple Pencil sketches

I’ve recently purchased an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil and i’ve really enjoying creating these sketches on it.

More to come soon..,

Aaron Ramsey for Arsenal FC

My latest artwork for Arsenal is of their star player Aaron Ramsey

BT Sport Champions league commission

My latest Champions draw artwork for BT Sport

Bale for MOTD 2019 Annual

I was asked to create an artwork of Gareth Bale for this years Match of the Day Annual. I was really happy how it turned out!

The Guardian 'How the league was won' animation

The Guardian asked me to help with an animated video they were producing to show how Chelsea FC won the Premier League title. You can view the final video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG71vUzcngE

Fluid football series

AS Monaco new recruits event

I had the honour of designing and illustrating a set of banners for use at the recent ‘new player recruits’ launch event at the ‘Café de Paris of Monte-Carlo’.

MOTD magazine artwork

I had the great honour of submitting an artwork for the Match of the day 10th anniversary issue.

I chose to illustrate Neymar from the list of the MOTD top 10 favourite players.

AS Monaco commission

AS Monaco commissioned me to create illustrations of some of their star players for the upcoming coupe de la Ligue final against PSG.

The images were made into animated gifs and used across their social media channels.

 

Zaha POTM for LiveWire

Arsenal FC player illustrations

Arsenal FC have commissioned me to illustrate their players past and present for use across their social media channels. More to show soon!

FA Cup programme 2018

I had the great honour this year of not only contributing another artwork for the FA Cup programme but the illustration was part of an amazing tribute to the legend Ray Wilkins who passed away this year.

Merci Arsene for Arsenal FC

I had the great honour of being asked by Arsenal FC to create an illustration of Arsene Wenger for use on his last home game for the club.

The illustration wad used across all media platforms on the day but my favourite was the video they created with Arsene’s voice over the top.

Shortlist magazine commission

Alexis Sanchez for Arsenal FC

My latest artworks for Arsenal FC were used as an animated gif on their social media channels

BBC EUROs intro

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Doritos Euros 2022 Pepsi commission

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Crystal Palace programme cover design 2024/25

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Nike HQ - LeBron Innovation Center murals

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Manchester City programmes 2024/25

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England Rugby artworks 2023

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Rangers European programme covers

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England Rugby projects

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RED ROSES RUGBY 7 HEAVEN

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Style developments

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Believe the type

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Donald Trump for CNN

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Brentford FC Training ground graphics

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World Cup style experiment

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Block work style sports development

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Man City 2023/24 programme covers

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Brentford FC programme covers 2024/25

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Brentford tunnel graphics

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McDonalds McDelivery World Cup bag designs

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Style experiment

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Brentford FC 2023/24 programme covers

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Rangers Europa League programme covers

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Tottenham Hostpur FA CUP final

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Emirates FA CUP Final promo

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Premier League style experiment

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Marlie Packer illustrations for England Rugby

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New experiment with shapes

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Latest style experiments

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Brentford FC Comic covers 22/23

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Emirates FA Cup 5th Round artwork

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England Rugby 2003 Anniversary artworks

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10Bet sports characters

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ESPN Alcaraz web experience

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Sky Sports Derby promo

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Angle style experiment

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Maradona style experiment

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Adidas Champions League Final project

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Brentford FC programmes 2021/22

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ESPN FC 100

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Sorare Paris office artworks

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Federer retirement image for LiveWire Sport

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Style experiment

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Channel 4 Winter Paralympics

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Stadium robots

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Wrexham AFC 'A' lister portraits

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Portrait style experiments

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Arsenal playing card set

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Club 99 artwork

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Bundesliga geometric designs

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AXI Man City poster

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Little Devils for Man Utd

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Englands 1,000th game

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Manchester City player illustrations

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MIFA submissions

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Liverpool FC AXA training complex

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UEFA #EqualGame Champions League

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Wayne Rooney for EFL magazine

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COPA90 50/50 WWC19

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Six Fan Art

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Arsenal FC squad illustrations

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Guardian: McGregor vs Mayweather the money fight explained

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Aston Villa record cover designs

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Ian Wright for Arsenal FC

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Santi Cazorla for Arsenal FC

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MCFC Champions league last 16 promotions

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Arsenal programme covers

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AS Monaco website portraits

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10Bet Casino characters

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Juventus player portraits

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Juventus player illustrations

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Arsenal FC Emirates Cup 2019

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Pep Guardiola for Copa 90

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MOTD magazine covers

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New Balance Rose Lavelle billboard

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Tape Ball cricket

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UEFA European qualifiers videos

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Back to basics

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Aston Villa 'ICONS' project

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Patterns of Play exhibitions

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Tammy Abraham 20 goal celebration

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London Marathon

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Santi Cazorla for Arsenal FC

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Moussa Marega Champions League TV feature

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Mesut Ozil for Arsenal FC

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Thierry Henry for Arsenal FC

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iPad Pro Apple Pencil sketches

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Aaron Ramsey for Arsenal FC

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BT Sport Champions league commission

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Bale for MOTD 2019 Annual

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The Guardian 'How the league was won' animation

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Fluid football series

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AS Monaco new recruits event

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MOTD magazine artwork

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AS Monaco commission

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Zaha POTM for LiveWire

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Arsenal FC player illustrations

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FA Cup programme 2018

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Merci Arsene for Arsenal FC

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Shortlist magazine commission

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Alexis Sanchez for Arsenal FC

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