Category Archives: Fun Stuff

Kate’s 40th card.

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Trevor Mill

Yes I bought her a bike. With a kid seat.

Posted in Fun Stuff, Illustration | Tagged 40th Birthday card, Happy cyclist, Making the white space work, Simple Illustration | Leave a comment

Darth Vader: the cake.

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Trevor Mill

4 hours to make. There’s still some ‘brains’ in the fridge.

Posted in Cake made to look like other stuff other than cake., Fun Stuff | Tagged Darth Vader, Heads on plates, Party cakes, St John the Baptist references n cake, Star Wars cakes | 1 Comment

ALEX PARTY 4

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Trevor Mill

Last year Pirates, this year STARWARSTHECLONEWARS. He wanted to be fighting Darth Vader. Now to think about the cake…

Posted in Fun Stuff | Tagged birthday invite, Illustration, party, portrait, star wars, the clone wars | Leave a comment

Halloween Part One. Kidstyle

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Trevor Mill

A busy weekend. First up the junior version.

Posted in Fun Stuff | Tagged halloween, helloween, pumkin carving, pumpkins, scary | Leave a comment

Making friends into little people is fun. CLICK ON IT TO HAVE THEM BUMBLE ABOUT

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Trevor Mill

These little rascals are Rhys & Gal from the magnificent LongClothing.com They make a nice tester for a web game I’m doing at work.

Posted in Fun Stuff, Illustration | Tagged animation, avatars, Fashion, gif, little people, long clothing, web games | Leave a comment

Castle Cake in 4 states

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Trevor Mill

Posted in Cake made to look like other stuff other than cake., Fun Stuff | Tagged Art, castle cake, cream, fruit\, jelly moat, playmobil, sponge, tin tray, wafers | 2 Comments

Princess Izzy

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Trevor Mill

The original painting is by the great Agnolo Bronzino. Now comes the hard part; working out how to make a pink castle with a jelly moat…

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A CD cover for my son’s nursery party. I’ve got a new pen- brush, hence the new style. The nursery wanted a copy so I scribbled out another cover. oh yeah, here’s the tracklisting: The ‘bag’ bits are vocal extracts … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun Stuff, Illustration | Tagged CD cover, Fashion, Illustration, pirate, portrait | Leave a comment

Pirate School Fair

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Trevor Mill

Sadly not to be used. I’ve just had my first taste of school politics, a filthy business, I feel sullied. Who was to know that design was going to be so… painful? (please I am ONLY JOKING if anybody from … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun Stuff, Yerbury School designs | Tagged fair, foxes, nice type, pirates, Poster, school, summer | Leave a comment

FETE takes a hand

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Trevor Mill

A nice little job for a village Fete. Good to get out the Ornamentals & the Titlings.

Posted in Fun Stuff, Posters. | Tagged cake, church, fete, Heaven, party, Poster, Typeface, Typography, village | 3 Comments

Avast! Ahoy! More Pirateshipcake!

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Trevor Mill

A great reason to have kids.

Posted in Cake made to look like other stuff other than cake., Fun Stuff | Tagged cake, chocolate engineering, fun, in my, party, pirate, sea, ship, tasty, tummy, yum | 3 Comments

The new look: 1881.

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Trevor Mill

This is an invite to a party I’m having. The design is based on some lovely old type and embellishments from America and New Zealand around 1881. The photography is doctored from an Autochrome (the first generally available colour process … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Fun Stuff, Illustration | Tagged 1881, 40th birthday, Autochrome, booze, congenial spouse, Daguerreotype, Dandy, Design, Flyer, Graphics, Illustration, party, Typography, Wine & cheese | 2 Comments

Lady Ga Ga ?

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Trevor Mill

I don’t know why. Just a doodle on the phone that took on a life of it’s own. Ga Ga Ohh La La.

Posted in Fun Stuff, Illustration | Tagged fun, Illustration, lady ga ga, Music, pop, portrait | Leave a comment

Layers.

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Trevor Mill

I was looking through an old scrap book and found a page on an old leaving card for a great lady called Meryl. She was off to work with royalty, hence the making her look all posh. The photoshop layers … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun Stuff, Illustration | Tagged Airbrush, Illustration, layers, leaving card, Meryl, photoshop, Posh | 1 Comment

My Son the PIRATE.

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Trevor Mill

Posted in Fun Stuff, Illustration | Tagged birthday, Fashion, fun, Illustration, party, pirates, Portraits, Typography | 4 Comments

Smile! it’s a toothy logo!

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Trevor Mill

Here’s some of the early version of the logo, in collaboration with Pollinate. for the British Dental Health Foundation. Finishing with these lovely gnashers!

Posted in Fun Stuff, Illustration, Logos | Tagged 4, fun, Graphics, Illustration, life, Logo, smile, teeth, toothypegs | Leave a comment

My daughter’s Christmas present from Auntie C.

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Trevor Mill

Izzy, Alex and I made this from what are coloured corn puffs. You cut or scrunch them and then stick with a little water. Really malleable. http://www.playmais.com/ Thanks Auntie! Click on the image for a bigger version.

Posted in Cake made to look like other stuff other than cake., Fun Stuff | Tagged christmas presents, crocodile, lobster, models, pirates, Playmais, ships | Leave a comment

Slice Christmas card.

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Trevor Mill

First of many Christmas greetings I’m designing. Tis’ near the season to be jolly. .

Posted in Animations, Fun Stuff, Illustration | Tagged animation, Christmas card, fun, Illustration, seasons greetings | Leave a comment

Whhooo0000ooo0000000OOoooOOO00OOO000ooooooo

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Trevor Mill

Posted in Fun Stuff, Illustration | Tagged carving, halloween, party, pumpkin, spooky | Leave a comment

Andyhanger. A present for someone with a loud taste in clothes. Called Andy.

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Trevor Mill

Posted in Fun Stuff | Tagged andy, andyhanger, Design, Fashion, silly | Leave a comment