Manchester based Illustrator. For information on commissions email me at dave@davedraws.co.uk. I also run things at @overdrawnmanc. Fan of @ChesterfieldFC.
In our first week in Lisbon this year we visited Adega Belem Urban Winery for a tour and tasting and loved it! We ended up going back the next weekend for a wine festival which was also great.
Then after a few DM’s I ended up doodling on one of their bottles, it was a bit of a tricky surface but I was pretty happy with how it turned out!
I mainly doodled illustrations based on their Belem site and the different wines they produce!
A few pictures of my Manchester music map guitar that I created for the ‘Music for the Senses’ @mcrarttrail that took place in the city last summer!
My piece was very generously sponsored by TFGM so it was placed in the entrance of Shudehill Coach Station!
Another throwback today, this time to 2023 when I worked with @redbull and @FalmouthUni to create a Falmouth doodle map in their illustration block student union!
I had help from the illustration students on this one!
Looking back to 2024 when I was commissioned by @TheCoopLive to create some bespoke pink doodle trainers for Nicki Minaj before her show at their arena!
I added doodles based around her career, Manchester and the Pink Friday tour, then I also added in a mini pair for her son!
It’s always a satisfying feeling when you finish a commission, particularly when you are working in Lisbon and have a view like this one!
Here are some more close up images of this bespoke Preston doodle map, a place I always enjoy doodling!
I’ve had some crazy days at work over my 10 years as a full time artist but this one was definitely up there!
In 2023 I created a Derbyshire and a Chesterfield doodle map mural for the then newly opened Accident & Emergency at @royalhospital.
I was then asked to be present for the official opening by Princess Anne and to tell her a bit about my work. I can’t remember much about the conversation but I imagine I told her how many names Chesterfield FC’s ground has had since it opened in 2010!
A lil video showing some of the detail on the Bury doodle mural I created at St Marie’s RC Primary School a few weeks back! This mural mainly focused on the local area and was painted inside a frame that was already on the wall!
With @TbeScript playing @TheCoopLive again this year I thought I would look back to 2024 when they first played the arena.
I was commissioned to create these bespoke Dublin maps highlighting places relevant to the band in the city!
A few pictures showing some of the detail on the Amsterdam doodle map design that I created for @WestCordArt Amsterdam a few years back!
This piece was created in my studio and then printed onto a vinyl that was fitted in their lift so the map wrapped all around you!
A lil video showing some of the detail on the Horwich doodle mural I created at Beacon Primary School a few weeks back! This mural mainly focused on the local area and covered a mid section of the wall rather than the full wall!
Looking back to March last year when @TheCoopLive commissioned me to create a doodle scarf for @official_jcc, this was then gifted to him before his show at their arena!
A snap of me with the mini Bury doodle map mural that I finished a month or so ago at St Marie’s RC Primary School! I loved how this worked painting a mural directly onto the wall but within the frame that was already mounted on there 👌
Let me know what you think to it!
A lil video showing some of the detail on the doodle mural I created at Planit’s Altrincham offices a few weeks back! This mural focused on the companies studios and projects they have worked on in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds and London!
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A snap of a Manchester design I created last year for @TheCoopLive, this piece was then printed onto a coffee cart and placed in the backstage area of their arena!
I always enjoy seeing the different places my artwork ends up and this was a pretty unique commission for me!