Miranda Whall is a professional artist and creative mentor who has set up a coaching practice to help established artists and creatives at any stage of their career, to find and maintain freedom in creative thinking, making and living.
Just because our political and military leaders sell us the 'just war', it doesn't necessarily mean that those who serve and fly multi-million dollar warplanes are always going to follow the rules. This anti-war piece was originally created in 2005 in the aftermath of the West's invasion of Iraq. Version 2.0 displayed here is a redesign produced in 2023 and in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
You can buy this artwork as a print or on a t-shirt over at Rob's online shop.
Peng (n)
Means: A person that is good looking.
Usage: "There's some Peng over there"; "He/she is proper peng."
Unsurping the long-standing champion 'fit' in the overly sexualised playground lexicon, 'peng' has become the go-to word for any savvy pupil looking to publicly display their attraction to a member of their class, school or wider social circle. But don't be fooled into thinking it's a blast of intellectual slang utilising the Chinese symbol meaning 'great accomplishment'. It's actually said to be an abbreviation of the terminally cute aquatic animal, the penguin.
The above illustration was commissioned by LeftLion Magazine and published alongside an open letter to John Lydon written by Miles Hunt. The I Love You Mr Lydon artwork was also selected for inclusion in the Association of Illustrators (AOI) Images 31: The Best of British Contemporary Illustration 2007 annual, along with being featured in an exhibition organised by the Coningsby Gallery, London.
Artwork Specifications: • Original painting. • Acrylic on board. • 13.8cm x 17.8cm x 2cm (width x height x depth). • Complete with a fixed loop on rear for hanging. • Created 2022.
Susan Forster - Artist (Logo Design for Business Cards / Front)
I worked with artist Susan Forster on her design and branding for her fine art practice. The logo is presented here being used on square business cards as well as throughout her website at www.susan-forster.com. You can see images and screen grabs of this web design project over at my web design section.
Susan Forster - Artist (Logo Design for Business Cards / Front)
Susan Forster - Artist (Logo Design for Business Cards / Back)
Susan Forster - Artist (Logo Design for Business Cards / Front and Back)
Susan Forster - Artist (Logo Design for Business Cards / Front and Back)
I was commissioned to conceive, design and code an animated website for top London advertising agency Lunar BBDO. The website that once resided at www.lunarbbdo.com was designed to be impactful, combined with an element of fun. The site promoted the agencies client side portfolio and advertising campaigns for some of the world's biggest and well known brands.
The project involved the photography of hundreds of industrial units around the Colwick Industrial Estate in Nottingham. The images were then given colour and texture treatments and separated into their own transparent layers before being animated in Adobe Animate (Flash). Audio and sound played a big part throughout the development of this website and I have to thank Simon Mills of the electronic band Bent for his expertise, help and assistance in making some great samples.
This was a great company to work for and a fantastic commission, the creative team and directors at Lunar BBDO gave me free rein to explore ideas and creative possibilities prior to pitching my concepts and ideas. The journey through the development process was complex yet smooth, I was able to lead the creative process from the onset but was given steer by their excellent team at several junctures along the way. The end result was a website that was raucous, loud and very noisy, it even had a JavaScript function that caused the browser window to vibrate and shake when certain actions were triggered. It was a lengthy but fun project and a great opportunity to work with their campaigns and advertising portfolio and present their business in this fashion.
You can view further images relating to this project by visiting this page in my web design portfolio.
Below is the Main Page which functioned as the beating heart and control room for the website, followed by the Our Work and Lunar Works sections that would have originally been loaded into a container and overlaid as a transparent layer over the main page.
The War 05 illustration was commissioned by Paul Smith Clothing (Japan) and used in that territory on sweatshirts and hoodies. The artwork was later selected for inclusion in the Association of Illustrators (AOI) Images 31: The Best of British Contemporary Illustration 2007 annual, along with being featured in an exhibition organised by the Coningsby Gallery, London.
Susan Forster is an artist who lives in Aberystwyth, UK, and I had the privilege of working with her on this website project that displays her portfolio and artistic practice. The website was built using the Expression Engine CMS (Content Management System). The website is built so that the content can be altered and uploaded from any web browser or mobile phone while on the move.
Website design and build for the specialist fabrications company Mid-Wales Welded Productions Ltd, based in Llanidloes, Mid Wales, UK. The website serves as a portfolio to promote the companies customer focus and unique products and services.
The following series of four illustrations were commissioned by Paul Smith Clothing (Japan) and used on sweatshirts and hoodies. The War 05 artwork featured above was also selected for inclusion in the Association of Illustrators (AOI) Images 31: The Best of British Contemporary Illustration 2007 annual, along with being featured in an exhibition organised by the Coningsby Gallery, London.
War 05 (Sweatshirt / Product Shot)
War 05 (Sweatshirt / Modelled)
Tax=Hell
Tax=Hell (Original Artwork)
Tax=Hell (Hooded Sweatshirt / Product Shot)
Tax=Hell (Hooded Sweatshirt / Modelled)
A Banana Person Reveals All
A Banana Person Reveals All (Original Artwork)
A Banana Person Reveals All (Sweatshirt / Product Shot)
A Banana Person Reveals All (Sweatshirt / Modelled)
The Banana People
The Banana People (Original Artwork)
The Banana People (Hooded Sweatshirt / Product Shot)
Artwork Specifications: • Original handcrafted artwork. • Beech, pine wood & acrylic paint. • 21cm x 34cm x 15cm (width x height x depth). • Weight 2.6kg. • Created 2024.
A Master Carpenter based in Mid Wales commissioned me to design a logo and business cards for his business, which specialises in bespoke timber framed structures and buildings using traditional German methods.
I was commissioned to conceive, design and code an animated website for top London advertising agency Lunar BBDO. The website that once resided at www.lunarbbdo.com was designed to be impactful, combined with an element of fun. The site promoted the agencies client side portfolio and advertising campaigns for some of the world's biggest and well known brands.
The project involved the photography of hundreds of industrial units around the Colwick Industrial Estate in Nottingham. The images were then given colour and texture treatments and separated into their own transparent layers before being animated in Adobe Animate (Flash). Audio and sound played a big part throughout the development of this website and I have to thank Simon Mills of the electronic band Bent for his expertise, help and assistance in making some great samples.
This was a great company to work for and a fantastic commission, the creative team and directors at Lunar BBDO gave me free rein to explore ideas and creative possibilities prior to pitching my concepts and ideas. The journey through the development process was complex yet smooth, I was able to lead the creative process from the onset but was given steer by their excellent team at several junctures along the way. The end result was a website that was raucous, loud and very noisy, it even had a JavaScript function that caused the browser window to vibrate and shake when certain actions were triggered. It was a lengthy but fun project and a great opportunity to work with their campaigns and advertising portfolio and present their business in this fashion.
You can view further animated sequences relating to this project by visiting this page in my animation portfolio.
Below are a series of screen grabs taken from a web browser when the site was live.
Intro Page 1
Intro Page 2
Intro Page 3
Intro Page 4
Intro Page 5
Main Page 1
Main Page 2
Contact Page
Our Work - Curtain Sequence 1
Our Work - Curtain Sequence 2
Our Work - Control Panel
Our Work - Samaritans Advertising Campaigns
Our Work - Samaritans Advertising Campaign 'Rainbow'
Artwork Specifications: • Original painting. • Acrylic, paper collage on board. • 27.7cm x 35.5cm x 2cm (width x height x depth). • Complete with a fixed loop on rear for hanging. • Created 2020. £450.00
Based at Aberystwyth University in Wales, the Centre for Material Thinking CMT is a platform for interdisciplinary research related to questions of materiality, matter and making. A bridge between theory and creative practice, it emphasises the need to think differently about the world against a backdrop of climate crisis, species extinction, resource depletion and social inequality.
UK Drinking Guidelines Read Like Promotion For The Alcohol Industry
Illustration for Personal View article featured in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) written by Mark A Bellis, Professor of Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool.
Artwork Specifications: • Original painting. • Acrylic on watercolour paper on board. • 30cm x 40cm x 2cm (width x height x depth). • Complete with a fixed loop on rear for hanging. • Created 2021. £450.00
Working with Andy Hodkin, the director of Disability Awareness based on the Isle of Man, was an incredibly smooth process. He supplied me the images and copy all written up and edited. He knew how to brief too, setting out a clear plan of what needed to go onto each page, along with a clear vision of what he wanted his websites to do and how he wanted them to function - the perfect client!
The website was built using the Expression Engine CMS (Content Management System). The website is built so that the content can be altered and uploaded from any web browser or mobile phone while on the move.
I worked on two websites for Andy's business, the first for promoting his services and consultancy at www.disabilityawareness.co.uk, as well as an ecommerce store enabling buyers to download digital content and guidebooks relating to his area of expertise and subject specialism at www.disabilityawareness.co.uk/store
Home Page Slide 1
Home Page Slide 2
About Page
Ecommerce Store
Latest Products Page for www.disabilityawareness.co.uk/store
Skabbawakka Filmed on Roundton Hill, Montgomeryshire, Wales
Artwork Specifications: • Original handcrafted artwork. • Holly, apple, pine wood & acrylic paint. • 19.5cm x 74cm x 18.5cm (width x height x depth). • Weight 3.35kg. • Created 2020. £2100.00
Artwork Specifications: • Original handcrafted artwork. • Beech, pine wood & acrylic paint. • 7cm x 34cm x 15cm (width x height x depth). • Weight 0.4kg. • Created 2024.
Illustration for Personal View article featured in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) written by Michael Evan-Brown, Senior Researcher in Emerging Drug Issues,Mark A Bellis, Director andJim Mc Veigh, Deputy Director. Centre for Public Health, Faculty of Health and Applied Social Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool.
Illustration for Personal View article featured in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) written by Gillian Needham, Postgraduate Medical Dean, North of Scotland Deanery, Aberdeen, UK.
Illustration for Personal View article featured in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) written by Dr Mayer Hillman, Senior Fellow Emeritus, Policy Studies Institute, University of Westminster, London.
Artwork Specifications: • Original painting. • Acrylic on watercolour paper on board. • 27cm x 37cm x 3cm (width x height x depth). • Complete with a fixed loop on rear for hanging. • Created 2021. £425.00
Illustration for Personal View article featured in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) written by Marwan I Hariz, UCL Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London andGun-Marie Hariz, Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Illustration for Personal View article featured in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) written by Professor Jonathan Rees FMedSci, Grant Chair of Dermatology, University of Edinburgh.
Artwork Specifications: • Original painting. • Acrylic on watercolour paper on board. • 67cm x 40cm x 3cm (width x height x depth). • Complete with a fixed loop on rear for hanging. • Created 2021. £900.00
Illustration for Personal View article featured in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) written by Fiona Sim, Chair, Royal Society for Public Health, London.
Article layout featuring illustration:
Alcoholic Drinks Contribute To Obesity (Article Layout)
It's Time We Published What Each Piece Of Research Costs
Illustration for Personal View article featured in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) written by Penelope Hawe, Professor, Population Health Intervention Research Centre, University of Calgary, Canada.
Illustration for Personal View article featured in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) written by Mayur Lakhani, General Practitioner, Chairman of The Dying Matters Coalition and the National Council for Palliative Care, and past chairman of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
Asylum Seekers And Undocumented Migrants Must Retain Access To Primary Care
Illustration for Personal View article featured in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) written by Paquita de Zulueta, General Practitioner, London, and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College, London.
Artwork Specifications: • Original handcrafted artwork. • Apple, pine wood & acrylic paint. • 17cm x 51cm x 24cm (width x height x depth). • Weight 1.5kg. • Created 2024.
Artwork Specifications: • Original painting. • Acrylic on watercolour paper on board. • 30cm x 40cm x 2cm (width x height x depth). • Complete with a fixed loop on rear for hanging. • Created 2021. £450.00
“........(Ben and Jerry's ice cream) which I enjoy more than I enjoy Walkers crisps which are so bad for me anyway and I really don't need the extra spare tyres around my waist because I already find it difficult enough to squeeze into my jeans but it's so hard being healthy when I am a banana........”
Anna On...Dining
“........I love going out for dinner and I always order spaghetti bolognese it's my favourite because it's got beef which is why I always order meat when I'm on aeroplanes I never order vegetarian because it always has capsicum in it and I'm allergic to capsicum........”
Anna On...Hair Colour
“........who is brilliant (David Attenborough) because he taught me lots of facts about tigers (sic) not living in Africa and that Dr Seuss pronounced his name so it rhymed with rejoice and that Lucille Ball wasn't a natural red head so why why why would she dye it that colour hair should be brown or yellow or black or grey which is not so much of a prejudice as it is a preference like enjoying Ben and Jerry's ice cream........”
Anna On...Illness
“........I'm a severe hypercondriac (sic) which is why I thought I was going through menopause last week but it could have been tonsillitis if I hadn't already had my tonsils removed when I was 8 so I guess it was just a sore throat but a sore throat can really ruin a holiday to New York........”
Anna On...Squirrels
“........I love going out for dinner and I always order spaghetti bolognese it's my favourite because it's got beef which is why I always order meat when I'm on aeroplanes I never order vegetarian because it always has capsicum in it and I'm allergic to capsicum........”
Anna On...Tans
“........it's my favourite city (Australia..!!) to live in because it's got people who say things like 'you bute' and 'howsitgowin' and it's got the best Chinese noodle house that serves my favourite mushroom chive dumplings and it's got my sister who's got big green eyes and curly hair which makes her look like she's mixed-race but she's not mixed race at all she is a white girl with a good all year round tan not like the tan which I get which is out of a bottle and sometimes makes streaking marks on my legs which get very itchy from the dry air during the winter months........”
Anna On...Teeth
“........it's my least favourite season (winter) because the gas bills are always extortionate and my pocket money doesn't get to be spent on Primark shoes which I already have too many of like teeth which I definitely have too many of at the front but am lacking at the back where I am missing my molars and words of wisdom teeth not that I need them to be as smart as David Attenborough........”
Artwork Specifications: • Original handcrafted artwork. • Apple, oak, pine wood & acrylic paint. • 19cm x 55cm x 19cm (width x height x depth). • Weight 1.5kg. • Created 2024.
