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Sebastian Fowler is an illustrator, graphic designer and web designer from Melbourne. He has recently finished work on the web and graphic design for an educational TV show and web project on Mongolian National Television called VoiceBox (http://voiceboxtv.org), including educational illustrations for exercises and promotion materials for the project. He has also done a series of 10 illustrations for a book of essays on Chinese poetry by Gerald Marchewka, soon to be published. Seb works mostly in inks, watercolours and digitally, with Photoshop and Illustrator. His website is http://sebfowler.com and you can see his photos, sketches and illustrations via his flickr page at http://www.flickr.com/photos/sejibodo/

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I llustrations B&W I llustrations Ink, brush, nib and pencils

“Lost in a Butterfly’s Dream” Ink (brush & nib) and wash. For ‘Straight From the Heavens’, Li Bai’s poetry in retrospect, by Gerald Marchewka.



“From Whose House Does the Secret Sound of a Jade Flute Fly?” and “An Ancient Tale of Separation, Longing and Loss” Ink (brush & nib) and wash. For ‘Straight From the Heavens’, Li Bai’s poetry in retrospect, by Gerald Marchewka.

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“Facing my Wine” Ink (brush & nib) and wash. For ‘Straight From the Heavens’, Li Bai’s poetry in retrospect, by Gerald Marchewka.

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“Lovers” Ink and wash



I llustrations B&W I llustrations “Steam Man of the Prairies” for the “Remake/Remodel” thread on Warren Ellis’ “The Engine” forum. This thread asked artists to reimagine certain public domain characters. Ink, pen and nib.



I llustrations B&W I llustrations “Freedom from a Mountaintop” Ink (brush & nib) and wash. For ‘Straight From the Heavens’, Li Bai’s poetry in retrospect, by Gerald Marchewka.

“Pondering” Ink and wash



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Two untitled ink and wash drawings from a sketchbook, 2007



I llustrations - C olour I llustrations Ink, watercolours and pencil “Hmmm...” Ink and watercolour.



I llustrations - C olour I llustrations Watercolour character ideas/situations for an unnamed comic idea



I llustrations - C olour I llustrations A selection of untitled ink and watercolour character ideas.

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D igital I llustrations

Ink, digital colouring (Photoshop) “Human Swap Meat” Ink, digital colour (Photoshop) 2006

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D igital I llustrations

Sample comic page from a personal project. Ink and Photoshop, 2006.

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Screenshot of “Eyeball Quest”: Components designed in Illustrator, game made with Flash.

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Concept design for the Mongolian TEFL Conference, 2007. Ink and Photoshop

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“Untitled” A one page comic for an English teaching exercise on http://voiceboxtv.org. Students are asked to come up with a story and or dialogue for this comic. Ink and wash.

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ducational IEllustrations

Two example illustration works for VoiceBoxTV.org. Above: This music scene was for students to identify what each person is doing. (Ink, nib and brush) Below: Students were asked to draw a picture from a description provided. This is for them to check their drawings against. (Pencil)

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A range of sample/example educational illustrations for VoiceBoxTV.org. Ink and pencil. The stick figures represent prepositions: beside/ next to, on, under, close/near/far and in.

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Ellustrations ducational I “Spot the Differences” A spot the differences illustration for VoiceBoxTV.org

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ducational IEllustrations Example poster for a competition for road saftety posters run on VoiceBoxTV Illustrator and SketchUp

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P rofessional /C ommercial I llustrations Logos and icons (Illustrator)

Lizards, for http://sebfowler.com, 2005. ESPF Logo, for the English for Special Purposes Foundation, Ulaanbaatar, 2007.

Icons for VoiceBoxTV.org, 2007

Logo and banner for the Mongolian Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) Conference, 2007

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P rofessional /C ommercial I llustrations VoiceBoxTV.org web banner, 2007

Alternate VoiceBox logo, 2007

Logo Designed for the VoiceBox Activities Book, 2007

VoiceBox TV Official logo, 2007

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P rofessional /C ommercial I llustrations VoiceBox TV promotional poster, 2007

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P rofessional /C ommercial I llustrations Screenshot of the VoiceBoxTV.org front page, 2007

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P rofessional /C ommercial I llustrations Screenshot of http://sebfowler.com, 2007 (site designed 2006)

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D esign & I llustration I llustrations

All work © Seb Fowler 2007

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