I designed and illustrated Rua the Firehound, the mascot for the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM), in November 2023.

Last summer (2023), I got a brief from Fostering First Ireland to create illustrations to decorate their blank office walls.

The brief was very simple - create images of happy kids/teens and use their existing brand colour palette. Loved every minute spent working on this job - so much fun!

Carers for Culture Brochure for Fostering First Ireland.

The content of the brochure was written by 4 young people, aged 16 - 18, about their experiences in foster care. I illustrated a set of bespoke characters to represent the authors and what they had to say.

Refill aims to have free drinking water access while outside our homes within 400m of anywhere you are in Ireland, ultimately making us a refill oriented nation once again with respect to drinking water.

I designed and illustrated 2 posters to promote their #BOOTTHEBOTTLE campaign.

“John's expertise guided our team so effortlessly through the process. It was a genuine pleasure to work with him.

Communication was open, friendly and always welcome. Refill Ireland are thrilled with the posters created by Skinny Designs and have received wonderful feedback. We highly recommend working with Skinny Designs.

John's service and work is exceptional. The Refill Ireland team are looking forward to future opportunities with Skinny Designs.”

Jennifer Taylor,
Project Manager, Refill Ireland

Meet Cajun!

This was the first of 3 original characters I designed for Meltdown in 2021. Each character represents a different Meltdown flavour.

Meet Garlic!

This was the second of 3 original characters I designed for Meltdown in 2021. Each character represents a different Meltdown flavour.

Meet Hot!

This was the final one of 3 original characters I designed for Meltdown in 2021. Each character represents a different Meltdown flavour.

These are some character designs I created for a client in 2023. Unfortunately they didn’t get signed off at the time but you never know, they may get used in the future.

Bespoke mural illustration for use on the Gum Litter Taskforce Roadshow. The brief was to create an image that the kids could interact with and want to have their photo taken.

Bespoke infographics created for use on social media. All 4 infographics needed to work as individual images and as one final complete image (see final A4 image at bottom of page).

Social media posts for Henkel, using original illustrations.

All artwork on this page was produced on behalf of KICK in Sandymount.

All design work (layout and characters) created from scratch.

All artwork on this page was produced on behalf of KICK in Sandymount.

Mr. BSafe is an existing character that I was required to create new poses and scenarios for (as requested by client)

All artwork on this page was produced on behalf of Vermillion Design, Drumcondra.

The brief was to produce a series of deer illustrations, to be used in a suite of infographics produced by Vermillion, about the deer population of the Phoenix Park.

All artwork on this page was produced on behalf of KICK in Sandymount.

All designs (layout and characters) created from scratch.

All artwork on this page was produced on behalf of KICK in Sandymount.

Milly Moo is an existing mascot for the National Dairy Council. The brief was to slightly update Milly, without straying too far from the original design. I was then required to create additional poses for the client.

All artwork on this page was produced on behalf of KICK in Sandymount.

Selection of illustrations from a series of medical illustrations, created for KICK, to be used in HSE Maternity Book.

All artwork on this page was produced on behalf of KICK in Sandymount.

Character designs for last years (2019) National Childcare Scheme. Characters were used on posters, pull ups, brochures, etc.

Maps created in Illustrator from scratch, showing the location of Uninest Student Residences in Dublin and Cork. (2019)

SciFest Major Milestones Infographic (2019)