by John | May 31, 2013
Pattern design is something I’ve been interested in tackling for a while now, and this is the first of many pun-based ideas (I’m afraid I have a long list!) that I thought would make suitable subject-matter.
by John | Mar 6, 2013
This rotund little fella – Erithacus rubecula – is an enduring symbol of British wintertime. I’ve used simple shapes – mainly circles – for the basic construction and given it a bit of texture with tree-bark for the wings and tail,...
by John | Mar 5, 2013
This design features a typical yak engaged in a typical yak conversation. Yaks are notorious for their incessant chatter, which echoes through the Himalayan foothills and disturbs the meditations of the local lamas. Not really. But it’s a half-decent pun, and a...
by John | Mar 5, 2013
At first glance this looks like a simple design but it actually uses a lot of different layers. I’ve used photographs of various textures to build up the finished image, including a fluffy carpet for the fur, tree bark for the antlers, tinfoil for the pink inner...
by John | Mar 5, 2013
There seems to be a misguided notion that vampires and werewolves are mortal (immortal?) enemies. In reality, there are many enlightened creatures-of-the-night who are more than capable of tolerating, nay, celebrating their differences through the noble art of the...
Home to tea-drinking dinosaurs, high-fiving lycanthropes, garrulous yaks and shifty-looking reindeer, Helicon Hill is the work of John Hughes, a designer and publisher based near Bristol in the U.K.