Hey, I'm Grant

Freelance Creative & Part Time Dabbler

Crappy skull GIF

Animation

Analogue

Typography

Bier

Poster Design

Lightning Bolt Identity Concept

Graphics

HOLOTYPE

Typeface

Flamin' Skull

Illustration

Red Giant

Linocut animation

Rando Uni Design

Graphics

Tetrahedron

Chalkboard animation

Zombie Pomegranate

Logo Design

Cafe Racer

Illustration

Black Hole

Chalkboard animation

Cloud Strife

Illustration

Alternative Rock

Illustration

Ridin' Solo

Illustration

Pipe Poster

Illustration

Geometric Heart

Illustration

Geometry

Illustration

Optical Illusion

Animation

Jackarse Typeface

Type Design

Propaganda Typeface

Type Design

My Skills

Over decades of hard work, I have developed a range of skills - thanks to a constant need to know how things work!

Web Design

I am experienced in HTML/CSS web design and have also dabbled in PHP, although that wasn't fun!

  • I code my own websites from scratch - as well as using Bootstrap frameworks
  • Finally finding that typo you made in the code which breaks the page makes you feel like a god!
  • I know the HTML for ampersands (&) off by heart
  • Visual Studio Code is handy!
  • I learnt rudimentary HTML from Microsoft Frontpage! Christ I feel old

Illustration

Since I can remember, I've had a pencil in my hand. Thankfully, being a kid before the advent of phones meant I actually went outside, ran around and also doodled endlessly.

  • Adi Gilbert is a big inspiration for my recent work
  • Doodling motorcycle stuff is fun as heck
  • Drawing is a great way to distract you from the hopelessness of existence

Graphic Design

For me, the natural progression from doodling was to take that to the computer. I really enjoyed the work of Saul Bass, which was a big early inspiration.

  • I like developing logo designs
  • I have pushed shapes around in Illustrator since...2003?
  • The methodical nature of type design really appeals to me
  • Unlike many people, I started with Illustrator before I learnt Photoshop!

SEO/Marketing

As a natural extension to web design, I also have an interest in SEO. I like to top up the SEO juice of my own projects, as well as the gaffs I work for.

  • Fun fact: most marketers are 99% bullshit and strong aftershave (in my experience - prove me wrong!)
  • There is more than one way to skin an avocado
  • Rory Sutherland gives me hope that magic still exists in marketing