Scotland in Triangles

Just a simple concept map. The essential angles of Scotland's geography/geology (especially the Highland and Great Glen fault lines) really lend themselves to this triangular representation of the country. With apologies to Shetland:

Capercaillie

Some simple geometric illustrations of the Caledonian Forest's most charismatic bird in full display ('lekking').

Standard; Badge:

Alternates:

Thinner:

Badges / Birches

The Silver Birch might just be my favourite tree. I love the thin elegant shape of its trunk and the horizontal zebra-stripe pattern of the bark. And because I want the whole world to know just how much I love the Birch I set about creating these simple designs for a set of round pin badges.

Autumn sunset; Winter sunset:

Autumn (alternate); Winter night:

PS Big shout out to the Beech and the Scots Pine. It was a close-run thing...

Clydebuilt

A wee identity project for a possible apparel brand. The city of Glasgow is inextricably linked to its river, the Clyde, and to shipbuilding - in spite of the long steady decline of that industry. At one stage in the early 1900s two in every five vessels globally were launched on the Clyde and the local expertise in shipbuilding led to the term 'clydebuilt' becoming a shorthand for quality and robustness.

All rust-red chains and that: