Nigel Buchanan Illustration

Despot cover

Here is the Colonel for the cover of The Week. This was done before he was captured so he needed to look shifty and nervous. Once again it was an overnight job. He has such a distinctive face and fashion sense that it could easily be kept super simple but still recognisable.

A couple of spots

These two were for Popular Science magazine; what happens to your digital data when you die? and a very grumpy Android lamenting some apps not working on some phones.

This guy has not recovered enough before exercising again and is paying the price; Men's Journal.

ipad Jungle Book goes live!

We have officially launched the Jungle Book app on itunes. Here's a promo vid which gives you an idea of how it works..
http://youtu.be/AdPcG9ukJ6M

or if you care to purchase it here is the link.. The Jungle Book
and here is a look at behind the scenes.

Popular Science

I've tended to keep my sketches very rough lately. Trying to be a bit more spontaneous whilst rendering. Here's one about which bits of hardware will be obsolete in the near future.

New covers for Money Week

I tried to keep this one as simple as possible.. harder than it sounds. I was aiming for a very graphic image to maintain some impact on the cover. There are always a few copy lines which need to go on there so the image can't get too busy. Fun job.

Jungle Book for the ipad

After a few months of work we are nearly ready to launch the ipad version of the Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The good folk at Electric Type have put together a highly interactive book with all sorts of animation and bits to move and jump about. They are hoping to get it onto the Apple app store in the second half of April. Stay tuned.
Here is a sneak peek of a few of the scenes.

The Economist

This shows the contrast in experiences between a English businessman in China and a Chinese businessman in England. The Chinese man has a rather lonely and meager existence whereas the Englishman has a far richer time in more ways than one.

New Work for US mags

Two commissions recently needed illustrations for 'Team building' stories. These bees were used on the cover of Associations Now magazine based in Washington and the image below was for SooJin Buzeli at Plan Advisor magazine in New York. The story was about putting together the ideal team; these guys have a particular advantage.

EFII podcast

My new friend Thomas James, the man behind the website has posted an interview we recorded last week. I met Thomas at ICON6 in L.A. in July. EFII is the most useful resource I know of for any illustrator, helpful links, podcasts, interviews, books and much more.
Here is the link to the podcast:
efii-podcast-episode-51-nigel-buchanan/

Plansponsor magazine

The excellent art Director SooJin Buzelli asked me to illustrate an article in Plansponsor magazine about executive's pay packets being scrutinized more closely. It was thought the zebra in the original sketch may be checking out more than the flip-top lion's paypacket!

Shanghai Expo / Screen Australia

Another booklet cover for Screen Australia, this time for a China / Australia co-production event at the Shanghai Expo. I was very mindful that this was pushing the boundaries of cuteness, but it went down well in China.

Money Week Cover

A new cover for Money Week in Paris. Investing in Nuclear energy still has a stigma attached to it but investors can invest in suppliers to the industry, stigma free, or so it is argued.

Screen Australia

Screen Australia has kept me busy during the buildup for the Cannes film festival. We came up with a whole marketing look which needed to stand out from the rest. From huge banners to tote bags and menus, the designs had to be adaptable to them all. Great fun.

Artbox

The good people at Artbox invited me to be a part of the New Illustrators File Vol. 8 to be on sale very soon. They are having an exhibition in Japan of all work of the overseas contributors.

Readers Digest Australia and New Zealand

this little guy is caught in a metaphor for over legislation by the fun police.

Motor Trend

Another for Andy Foster at Motor Trend Mag. This one was about some very odd seat coverings for cars including salmon leather and fabric coated in ground crustacean exoskeletons which in theory encapsulate smells to keep your interior smelling nice.

X Factor

Screen Australia asked me to come up with an image based on the headline. A great brief to get and hopefully this will be printed as a poster.

Worst jobs in Science / Popular Science

I count my blessings I can sit in a studio and draw pictures for a living. Popular Science got me to illustrate some of the worst jobs in science, marine mucus sampling, odour collecting, beached whale organ collecting and bad dancing observation!

Australia Project

A rather creepy chubby chap for my contribution to Project Australia. The brief was to create an image as a comment on the Australian culture. I based my approach on those crazily optimistic and happy Chinese babies depicted in propaganda posters. So my little fat white guy is the personification of over consumption, blissfully unaware of or uncaring about the long term consequences.