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Welcome to the Dukes Up! blog, the personal design arena of Bunch of Fives, aka Simon Evans: designer, illustrator & all round creative tinkerer.

On this page you will find a collection of influences, ideas, sketches and sneak previews.

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Posts tagged Character

Three stages of character creation

Character Illustration & Simple Flash Invite 2011

My mate’s wife approached me to tackle his 30th invitation. I decided that Sinan’s ‘Arabic country gent’ look was the perfect focus for the invite and set about drawing a caricature of the man. I then inked it up and recreated it in Illustrator, before adding the final touches and simple flash animation. The full process can be viewed below, and the final invite can be viewed at www.sureboss.com/sinaninvite.

My Colon Says 2010

Branding for a Twitter site that promotes the benefits of looking after your inner tubes. This happy chap originated from one of the strangest design requests I have received to date. A friend asked me to create an icon for the Twitter page ‘my colon says…’. The result was my first ever illustration of an anthropomorphised arse-tube, wearing a hat that simultaneously resembled a bum and a turd. Introducing Colin the Colon - the cheery face of healthy bowel movements.