Joe Cummings Illustration

Justice

2012-02-01T20:17:00.001+01:00

A magazine cover on the topic of Christians who use the law courts to fight perceived discrimination.

Terry Gou

2012-01-13T21:20:00.003+01:00

The world's biggest electronics manufacturer.

Mikhail Prokhorov

2012-01-11T18:02:00.001+01:00

He wants to be the next Russian President... while being very rich and owning the New Jersey Nets. Oh, and he's very tall.

Virginia Rometty

2012-01-11T17:59:00.001+01:00

The new (female) boss of IBM.

Bowie

2012-01-11T17:57:00.001+01:00

...is 65 years old. Somehow this became news.

Greenwich Poster

2011-12-22T13:32:00.001+01:00

A "retro" poster created for an article in Digital Artist magazine highlighting Corel Painter's Esoterica Effects.

Alex Salmond

2011-12-02T12:23:00.000+01:00

Salmond wants maximum devolution for Scotland.

Doodle

2011-11-09T15:16:00.002+01:00

Georgios Papandreou

2011-11-04T21:15:00.001+01:00

The unenviable Greek PM.

Tessellation

2011-11-03T10:10:00.000+01:00

This was an image produced to highlight Corel Painter's Tessellation Tool. I'm sure most people ignore it but it's actually quite a nice, creative process and not the usual point and shoot filter.

New Superman

2011-11-02T10:52:00.001+01:00

An illustration of Henry Cavill who will be the next actor to play Superman.

Treweek

2011-10-31T21:48:00.000+01:00

This is Guy Treweek, the minister of St Andrew’s by the Wardrobe.

Rollercoaster economy.

2011-10-25T01:00:00.000+02:00

We all have to draw a rollercoaster analogy eventually...except I think this is my ninth or tenth. I'll get it right eventually. Magazine cover.

Safe Landing

2011-10-25T00:52:00.000+02:00

Magazine cover.

La Famille Bettencourt

2011-10-21T23:10:00.005+02:00

Liliane and Francoise Bettencourt. Billionairess and billionairesse to be (L'Oreal). I thought I would include a few screen grabs of my normal process for these drawings. I start in Sketchbook Pro and finish up on watercolour paper. The opposite of what most people do these days!

Andrew Lansley

2011-10-12T18:53:00.003+02:00

Secretary of State for Health - a wild and crazy guy.

Theresa May

2011-10-08T12:03:00.001+02:00

She doesn't like cats.

Boardroom strategy

2011-09-30T23:20:00.003+02:00

(The fragrant) Christine Lagarde

2011-09-30T23:14:00.000+02:00

James Murdoch

2011-09-30T22:59:00.000+02:00

Painter 12 tutorial

2011-07-14T15:16:00.000+02:00

This is the end result of a tutorial I did for Digital Artist Magazine highlighting a few of the new brushes in Painter 12.

Another Draghi

2011-07-06T11:07:00.002+02:00

Bubble Man

2011-07-06T10:57:00.000+02:00

Quick magazine cover about financial regulators...or something!

Rory McIlroy

2011-06-25T11:25:00.000+02:00

Move over Tiger?

Mr. Google

2011-05-28T19:03:00.002+02:00

Mr. Google, Eric Schmidt.

Christine Lagarde

2011-05-28T18:08:00.003+02:00

France's Finance Minister - soon, perhaps, to be the new boss at the IMF.

Barack Obama

2011-05-07T09:56:00.003+02:00

Mario Draghi

2011-05-04T09:31:00.002+02:00

Mario Draghi, Governor of the Banca d'Italia and possibly the next President of the European Central Bank.

Financial World

2011-05-04T09:09:00.001+02:00

Magazine cover. Looks familiar.

Digital Artist

2011-04-21T17:48:00.004+02:00

Tutorial illustration for Digital Artist magazine.

Sachin Tendulkar

2011-04-02T09:30:00.003+02:00

Sachin Tendulkar: India's cricket hero.

Nicolas Sarkozy

2011-03-26T09:33:00.003+01:00

French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, takes centre stage in the world.

Ariana Huffington

2011-03-01T09:54:00.003+01:00

Queen Ariana Huffington who sold her HuffPo to AOL.

2011-02-16T13:23:00.001+01:00

The great Karl Malden.

2011-01-03T14:32:00.001+01:00

First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond.

2010-12-23T09:27:00.005+01:00

Time Magazine chose Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as their Man of the Year but many felt that Steve Jobs deserved the honour, including the Financial Times.

2010-12-18T10:42:00.001+01:00

My second Simon Cowell this year.

2010-12-09T20:53:00.005+01:00

Review.

2010-12-08T23:37:00.001+01:00

2010-12-06T19:56:00.002+01:00

My entry for Imagine FX Magazine Xmas Challenge - Robot Santa.

2010-11-22T19:21:00.003+01:00

This cherub-faced youth, John Elkann, runs Fiat Motors.

2010-11-13T01:28:00.006+01:00

Ai WeiWei, Chinese artist and critic of the government who is in the news. Held under house arrest for not wanting his studio demolished (in other words, for criticising the government).

2010-11-10T02:49:00.003+01:00

Guitars as investments.

2010-11-10T02:41:00.004+01:00

Spivvy guy. I think he is meant to be a disgusting financial markets trader but I was just told to draw the guy....with lots of gold.

2010-10-28T00:56:00.002+02:00

Ed.

2010-10-27T18:59:00.003+02:00

Cover illustration for a magazine which featured an article about the dangers of taking money from lonesharks.

2010-10-24T01:06:00.001+02:00

Xi Jinping - China's new leader in waiting.

2010-09-23T14:13:00.001+02:00

The First Lord of the Treasury, David Cameron.

2010-09-18T14:07:00.003+02:00

I was finally asked to do an illustration of Castro. Turns out it was the wrong one - Raul.

2010-09-08T01:38:00.001+02:00

Kathryn Bigelow.

2010-09-08T01:31:00.002+02:00

Australia's new Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Sneaked in, with a little help from some friends.

2010-08-30T18:00:00.001+02:00

I recently got myself a license for ZBrush. This is my first real attempt at something that looks like something. Great fun!

2010-08-25T14:09:00.003+02:00

An illustration for a newsletter. Company chairmen are increasingly finding themselves in the...err...spotlight.

2010-08-19T22:13:00.002+02:00

Fabulous *cough* Fabio.

2010-07-15T19:17:00.005+02:00

Magazine cover. The Church of England is facing a battle over the introduction of women bishops.

2010-07-05T15:25:00.000+02:00

Magazine cover.

2010-07-04T01:52:00.002+02:00

I've been wanting to do some work with vectors and Adobe Illustrator. Just started as a doodle ...

2010-06-18T15:05:00.003+02:00

2010-05-25T18:38:00.000+02:00

...and one of the small illustrations that went inside.

2010-05-25T18:23:00.007+02:00

After Ingres. A magazine cover completed shortly before the UK General Election. Obviously Cameron was expected to win but it turns out he should have a little friend sharing his throne.

2010-05-15T13:51:00.003+02:00

Happy Tiger, grim Tiger. Two illustrations with only a small time interval between them. How the mighty screw up.

2010-05-15T00:48:00.009+02:00

A hung parliament in the UK leads to a coalition and the inevitable discussion about voting reform. I was asked to do a cover illustration depicting this.

2010-05-05T09:02:00.006+02:00

This is an illustration I did this week for the Financial Times. Tony Hayward, the boss of BP, has his hands full dealing with the leak from the sunken oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.

2010-04-14T17:17:00.003+02:00

2010-03-30T13:35:00.002+02:00

Sarkozy is much easier to draw in profile (who isn't?). This is my initial sketch.

2010-03-28T18:40:00.004+02:00

Just for fun, another painting of someone people might know. I spend a great deal of time drawing people who are unrecognisable to the general public. This is, of course, Wayne Rooney of Manchester United.

2010-01-19T23:58:00.005+01:00

I've just (almost) finished this painting of Simon Cowell. I've not seen him much on TV but I'm told he is very famous, but not for his square head. However, I believe his high-waisted trousers are stars in themselves.

2009-11-01T17:23:00.006+01:00

Sven was back in the news again recently, giving me an excuse to do a drawing of him. I've always found his face interesting.

2009-07-14T13:40:00.002+02:00

I need to find some monsters that are weird but cute. These are a few I sketched out recently. I'll keep adding and pick the best.

Character Ideas (2)

2009-06-03T17:42:00.006+02:00

Using Illustrator this time. I think this is probably a bit closer to what I'm looking for. Adobe Illustrator CS3.

New Character Ideas

2009-06-02T18:50:00.000+02:00

I'm looking to develop a new character for a story idea I have. He is king, young and he rules over a land of monsters. I'd like to use a vector programme to draw these characters (Adobe Illustrator) but I'm still not sure of the direction or style to concentrate on, therefore, there will probably be many more WIPs to follow. Sketchbook Pro 2010