Margaret Nelson

The cat in the cupboard

Margaret — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:46:38 +0000

Ink, wash and crayon sketch.

Car stickers for Suffolk Humanists & Secularists

Margaret — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:30:57 +0000

Designs for car stickers to promote a local Humanist group. I’m aiming for happy, cheerful images, because it’s a “good life”. Digital images. The print versions would be 300mm x 50mm.

The owl and the pussycat

Margaret — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:12:03 +0000

Drawn with rollerball pen on textured paper, coloured in Photoshop. Used for wedding stationery.

Procrastination

Margaret — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:58:19 +0000

I’m an expert (ink & wash).

Remembering Douglas

Margaret — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:06:26 +0000

One of my favourite Douglas Adams quotes – digital image, using a photograph of the moon.

My moon photographs are never as good as I’d like them to be, but this is one of the better ones…

Health Council illustrations

Margaret — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:29:43 +0000

Illustrations for a Community Health Council annual report. The cover illustration, captioned “We are here to help”, was meant to be a sort of superman. I was told later that it closely resembled the Chief Executive, who I didn’t know.

The doctor with the megaphone was meant to illustrate a piece about poor communication between doctors and patients.

The roadside stall illustrated a piece about rural dispensing services.

Houses

Margaret — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:56:34 +0000

Illustration for a local authority housing publication. Ink drawing, scanned and coloured.

Radioactive

Margaret — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:46:21 +0000

Digital image, an illustration for an article about nuclear waste. I cheated by combining images found on the web, then Photoshopped.

It would probably work better with the CND symbol, which is also round, but I like the acid yellow of the radioactivity symbol, which suggests toxicity.

Bare

Margaret — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:34:51 +0000

Digitally altered photograph, taken on a January evening using flash.

Cat and mouse

Margaret — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:42:54 +0000

Fibre-tip pen drawing on textured paper.