Yes, I am still alive! And, more to the point, I think I have found a use for that twitter account I set up eons ago.

This weekend 19th - 21st June I will be taking part in the Glasgow SI Camp event trying to develop an idea I wrote on a post it note a while back. I will try and twitter about it and upload some images.

Twitter is /sooperdd

I am pleased to announce my involvement with Dundee's first digital arts festival, NEoN.

I will be overseeing the visual identity of the festival and my first action was to set in motion a social network that will document the whole process, something which I don't think I have seen before and will hopefully provide an interesting insight into how events like this work. It will also provide a hang out for people that want to be involved in the festival and allow people to collaborate and put on their own fringe events. 

It was 25 years ago that the first Apple Macintosh was let out of the bag, it seems like yesterday.

It was with a tear in my eye that I read today about the demise of one of the most influential design studios, The Designers Republic. TDR passed away suddenly but peacefully after contracting numerous ailments that combined to prove fatal. Read more here.

Digital Arts Magazine carries a small bit about me this month (February 2009). I have to admit, it's always very rewarding to see work in print so a big thanks to them for allowing me to fill up 1/3 of page 17 with my stuff.

I should probably point out an editorial error though, it does say I am an animator. I am not an animator. I do quite enjoy experimenting with animation but not really commercially, I have worked with animation companies and on animation projects but it has always been as a graphic designer or illustrator or a graphic illustrator if you prefer...

I have recently finished work on the design of a character for the RSNO (Royal Scottish National Orchestra). Based on their music director Stephane Deneve, the illustration was produced to hand over to their internal design team. Expect to see it on websites and promotional material everywhere (well everywhere in Scotland anyway), the image I have used here is from the 5' 3" cardboard cutout that graces the lobby of their concerts.

I have just added the Shoutbox illustration which was created earlier this year for Square-Go (previously Fidget) magazines website. Square-Go covers all things videogames related and was set up by the games editor of The Skinny Magazine. Although Square-go has long way to go visually with their website it is very informative and worth a read.

Phew, after a weekend of chewed finger nails the new website is live.

This version of sooperdd.com is an evolution over the last one, it was built by Dundee based internet software developers Waracle and uses their kick ass custom CMS system, which means I can update it easier and quicker. The site is also compatible with all the new techie things like iPhones (without the Flash though) and is built around 2 RSS feeds, so you can subscribe to the site for new work and news.

I have recently completed an illustration and promotional flyer for NESTA's new programme Raise the Game, which aims to help the videogames industry work better together.

The promotional material was handed out at this years Develop conference in Brighton and at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival (EIF). The brief was to produce an illustration that would appeal to the games industry as well as getting over the idea of co-operation to reach a higher goal.

Can I just remind you, while I am here, that the old prototype website is still up and running at sooperdd.com/2001. I am unsure if anyone outside of the 3 of us that made it have a clue how it works but have fun trying to make it do something! Beware of the sound effects, sorry!