Karl was born and raised in Nottingham, UK and has been working in the illustration and art world for over 20 years. Largely self-taught he worked for games workshop in-house until going freelance in 2005; since then he has worked with a large variety of clients including Peter Jackson, Sir Paul Smith, Hasbro, Ubisoft, Aboud Creative, Sixmorevodka, Wizards of the coast, Massive Black, Moving Picture Company, Coolminiornot, to name but a few. He is also a keen portraitist and has undertaken commissions for numerous clients including a portrait of Sir Paul Smith which was featured in his recent book "Hello my name is Paul Smith". In collaboration with Sir Paul Smith, he had his first solo show in London last year featuring cyclist portraits from an ongoing project. He still resides in Nottingham with my wife, two children, and dog.