Ive had a long career based in a very wide selection of creative industries, so im used to developing ideas for a variety of outcomes for very different ventures. The over arching story to my creative life has been the dominant theme of being creative and more importantly being paided to come up with a great amount ofcreative ideas. Ive taken a break from games at the moment and im going back to one of my first loves of oil painting for inspiration.

I loved THU when i visited a couple of years back as part of work and thought I'd contribute to the talks this year, feeling it to be a great venture that needs supporting.  I couldnt initially decide what to talk about so i thought 'ideas' and how to get good ones was a universal topic ... one which every creative needs to understand.

Some of my history is below... 

• Character Art Director and Principal at Frontier: (2018-2025) Recently completed Planet Coaster 2 for Frontier. Responsible for character updates and mascot development while also contributing to four themes. Oversaw majority of art styling and prop development for Planet Coaster 2. Contributed to Warhammer game for Games Workshop IP, developing characters, supervising outsourcing, providing feedback, and leading the in-house team. Collaborated with 3D Character team leads to achieve outstanding results.
• Principal Artist and Senior Concept Artist at Frontier (2010-2018): Worked on Odyssey Elite Dangerous, Planet Coaster (main game and DLCs), Elite Dangerous (main game), Planet Zoo (main game and some DLCs), Tales from Deep Space for Amazon Studios/Apple, Disneyland for Pixar/Disney IP, and Kinectimals.
• Storyboard Artist/Concept Artist at Inspire GLG (2008-2010):  Contributed to Odd Jobbers, Boblins, and Amber's Animals for ITV4 and Channel 5.
• Storyboard Artist at Absolute Studios (2007-2008): Worked on Waybuloo for BBC and Blobheads for Nickelodeon.
• Part of Glasgow independant studios (2004-2007) Worked as a studio painter.
• Freelance Illustrator (2000-2004):

Won the Illustration Gold Award student prize and received high commendations for both Folio Society and Reader's Digest illustration awards.