Manchester and Salford Illustrated

This is my submission to Manchester and Salford Illustrated. MASI (http://www.manchesterandsalfordillustrated.co.uk/ ) will be a showcase of the very best commercial artists and illustrators in the area all to raise funds and awareness for Manchester based charity, Wood Street Mission. The brief was, “What does Manchester mean to you?”

I struggled as a newcomer to choose one piece of Manchester or Salford so I decided to use elements of both to create one cityscape of buildings, pathways, bridges and canals, all iconic for me. I love the way that both cities have so much squeezed into a centre and wanted to convey this feeling. I wanted to show the ornate, the minimal, the brand new, the unused and even the so called ugly, all stitched together as one. 
At the heart of the scene is Albert Bridge, which I walk across daily, skipping the Irwell linking Salford to Manchester.

At the exhibition, and on-line, MASI will be selling strictly limited edition prints – your chance to own a piece of unique art from Manchester & Salford while contributing to a very local, and worthy, cause.

Produced using pens, pencils and computer.