Demo

I shall be demonstrating my own unique and possibly counterintuitive methods of operating a wacom cintiq to create my work at the Brighton apple store on Thursday evening from 7 pm. Drop by and say hello.. details: HERE

New Look

Just re-designed the look of my site..still white, simple and easy to use I hope leewoodgate.com

Twitter

Im on it..if you want to listen to my wisdom then feel free to follow.. @WoodgateTweets 5 people have already given in to their urges

Theatre!

Recently produced this cover illustration for Nonesuch magazine..Main feature about the Mander & Mitchinson collection of theatre artifacts..

New Zealand

Recent commission from National Geographic Traveller for a map of New Zealand and Mt Cook National park..

More Son of Alan fun

Here is a commission I did for this week's Time Out.. Its a diagram to show you how to strike various cheesy poses for those power ballads you love listening to!

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Big in Hong Kong

Double DPS for Horizon Magazine in Hong Kong about local Entrepreneurs making it big in this world
..click on the images to see 'em larger...

Aussie Map

I recently created this map of NW Australia for National Geographic.. Was fun blending in a bit of aboriginal rock art over the image

Best laid plans..

Here is a commission I did for grand designs magazine a little bit ago .... just thought I'd post up as i quite liked it..nice n grubby

Pop Pastiche

Here are some portraits of thinkers for Cambridge alumni Magazine... They were used in a feature that portrays them as Pop icons..Time to turn to the mighty Warhol style guide methinks

Had real problems getting hi-res imagery for the job but made the best of what I had

The other me

Here is an update on my other self.. Son of Alan is an alter Ego and has been busy working in the background producing simple Illustrations for The FT, The Guardian, How to books for Readers Digest and Headline and workout stuff for Muscle and Fitness (U.S.)....just thought Id post up some of this....

see More at: Son of Alan

Wired Japan

Nice commission from Wired magazine in Japan to illustrate a feature about 20 things we should know about our future...Right up my street..

Below is a selection of some of the illustrations. "Spotify, a celestial juke box" "Digital headhunters of Tokyo" and "Electric cars"

Going Freelance

Illustration about going freelance and the wealth of global talent available to Ad agencies....This one was for Campaign Mag

Timeout Croatia

Here is a portrait of the Croatian President Ivo Josipović for Time out Croatia guide..Multi talented, he's pretty good on the piano apparently..I was supplied photo imagery by his press office ..

Green Politics

Sorry for lack of bloglike activity on here.... Been working on a couple of longterm projects that have taken up tons 'o time....Anyhow here is a recently commissioned portrait of Chris Huhne for Sunday magazine ....I dont seem to do many "square" illustrations nowadays, yet another one from the funky borders stable

National Geographic

Here is a map for National geographic Traveller.. Tis for a feature about a trek to Poon hill...its quite blue

Interview for DPI magazine in Taiwan

Tis a very good magazine so am chuffed to have been asked to feature in the latest issue here

click on the images to see bigger... Also have a little feature on the excellent Ape on the Moon site (cheers Philip)

Paris, France

Recent commission about Paris, fashion, catwalks....oh go on then lets put the Eiffel tower in

Dream Weaver

Here is a recent commission for Knitting Magazine.. Tis about realizing those dreams..Leaving that boring job and following your passions..Go knit those hats and sell em!

Economic superpower

Yep China is the talk of the world nowadays it seems.. This is a cover illustration I just did for RBS magazine in the Far East
Its gonna be like Blade Runner in about 20 years with the street talk Chinese and the fast food all noodles and rice

Loyalty

Here is a recent commission for DM News in New York

Its about ever evolving ways loyalty and discount cards can be distributed to you so you can part with your cash just that bit easier...

Moon Day

Im a big fan of everything to do with the Apollo missions so when I got a brief to illustrate any national day for my Agent's upcoming Calendar I jumped at the chance to pay homage to Armstrong and the chaps...20th July 1969. One of the finest moments in the history of mankind IMHO
Im such a geek about the whole thing that I actually managed to use one of my own photos of the full moon I took through my telescope a couple of years back...Ladies form an orderly queue yeah........

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Future Home

A few "drop in" Illustrations used for a recent project for The Guardian Newspaper and LG.. This was for the fourth in a series of features about the Future, Technology and the home...Features water capture, 3D wireless TV setups, efficient kitchens and the future of audio...

Ovid vs Rushdie

Here is an illustration I did for The Times newspaper last week..