UK Mac Wizards

indigospring – Making sense of IT

indigospring are an IT Consultancy specialising in Apple, Linux and cross platform consultancy, support and training for business and home users across Scotland.

We offer flexible support via telephone, email, instant messaging, remote access or on-site from an Apple Certified System Administrator. Our competitive hourly rates mean you only pay for the work we do.

We aim to provide a personal service tailored to meet the needs of our clients, so if you’re looking for affordable, reliable IT support from a friendly, knowledgeable team, just ask.

Web: http://www.indigospring.co.uk

Tel: 0870 745 4001

Address: 103 Oldwood Place
Livingston
West Lothian
EH54 6US

Nearest Town/City: Livingston |UK County: West Lothian

Postcode/ZIP: EH54 6US

Favourite Mac Application: Safari

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film*audio*web*

final cut pro editor
photographer
sound engineer
creative partner
tutor

Web: http://www.adrianspencer.co.uk

Nearest Town/City: Oxford |UK County: Oxfordshire

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Rachel Oxley Illustrator

I originally produced images using found media and collage. These images did not always reproduce well in print so I explored the possibility of working digitally using both Photoshop and Illustator.
I have enjoyed working with clients in Canada, Holland, Germany and the United States as well as in the UK. My work has appeared in books, magazines and advertising.
I have also exhibited in London, Paris and Edinburgh. Clients I have worked with have included The BBC, Orion Publishing, Penguin, Random House, Saatchi & Saatchi and The Telegraph.
To see my full hi-resolution portfolio please visit my website below.

Web: Rachel Oxley

Tel: Tel: +44 (0)20 7720 5202

Address: Illustration Ltd, 2 Brooks Court, Cringle Street, London SW8 5BX

Nearest Town/City: London |

Favourite Mac Application: Illustrator

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Sholto Walker Artist and Illustrator

Sholto Walker’s distinctive illustrations and drawings have been appearing in books, magazines, advertising and design around the world for the last fifteen years. His work ranges from witty cartoons through to sophisticated drawings, but all sharing a distinctive character.

In 1988 Sholto gained a degree in fine art, specialising in painting and on graduating, developed his work as an illustrator, initially working in inks and water-colour before extending his skills into digital work where he has combined traditional and digital techniques to create drawings that are both lively and expressive.

Clients include Random House, Harper Collins, the BBC, Saatchi and Saatchi and U.S. Film and animation company Klasky Csupo.

To see Sholto’s full hi-resolution portfolio please visit his website below.

Web: http://www.illustrationweb.com/sholtowalker

Tel: +44 (0)20 7720 5202

Address: 2 Brooks Court
Cringle Street
London SW8 5BX

Nearest Town/City: London |

Postcode/ZIP: SW8 5BX

Favourite Mac Application: Photoshop

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Carol Seatory Illustration

I use mixed media – indian ink, collage, screen printing, lino printing and Photoshop – to create my illustrations. I work in all areas of illustration and I specialise in tight deadlines. My clients include: The BBC and BBC Worldwide, Bliss magazine, Bridgewater Books, Catering and Hotelkeeper magazine, The Guardian newspaper, Ivy Press, Gardeners’ World magazine, Natwest Gold magazine, Prima Baby magazine, Real magazine, Tony Potter Publishing, You magazine, The Mail on Sunday, …and many more!

Web: http://www.carolseatory.co.uk

Tel: 01273 889632

Nearest Town/City: Brighton |UK County: East Sussex

Postcode/ZIP: BN1

Favourite Mac Application: Photoshop

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Character Design and Illustration

Chris Boyd

I love creating fun, cute, cuddly, creepy, slimy, crazy, silly characters. Sketching in Adobe Photoshop, creating vector art in Adobe Illustrator, or conjuring up 3D characters using Maxon’s Cinema4D for Mac. I’ve had fun creating for Scholastic, Hasbro, American Greetings, Miller Brewing, SeaWorld, Scott Foresman Publishing, Target Stores and others.

Web: Chris Boyd

Nearest Town/City: Chicago, but I can be contacted via my London agent |

Favourite Mac Application: Cinema 4D

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Architecture & Interior photography by NiKreationS

Conveniently based in South East England, Nikhilesh Haval’s company, Nikreations specialises in photography of the built environment and is available on assignments anywhere in UK or worldwide. Imagery produced can be used for all types of marketing & glossy magazine publications. The work appears regularly in magazines like 25 Beautiful Homes, Home Building and Renovating, Self Build & Design etc. The company works for large architectural firms like Jestico+Whiles, Make & Oxford Architects. The company uses latest digital equipment producing stunning photography of anything related to the construction and building industry. The company also undertakes “on location” architectural product photography of antiques & furniture using portable backgrounds and portable lighting systems.

Web: http://www.nikreations.co.uk/

Tel: 07929305247

Nearest Town/City: Oxford |UK County: Oxfordshire

Postcode/ZIP: OX11 7XP

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Ben Tallon Portfolio

Manchester based Illustrator working in TV, Advertising, Editorial, Design and Community. Urging Artists to take more of a lead in using skills for greater good and bigger Issues.

Web: http://benandink.co.uk

Tel: 07957310723

Mob: 07957310723

Address: Flat 3 Cara House, 12 Whalley Road, Manchester, M16 8AB

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Bertrand Le Pautremat Paper Artist

I started to work as a still-life photographer for Advertising. During this time, I began experimenting with the technique of folding paper into abstract patterns, and I conceived the idea of combining my two skills, photography and pleating paper. I now work extensively for both advertising and editorial. Paper is the tool of my own expression, just as others use pencil or paint. The passage of light through different thicknesses of paper, reveals an intricate internal organization of folds, creating subtle variations of light and shadow.

I use a digital camera to capture and to upload the image to my Mac Pro. Once on the mac I use Adobe’s applications, especially Photoshop, to make the changes and improvements I feel necessary. At the same time, iTunes is always playing some pretty good rock or soul music!

I am a Paris (FRANCE) based illustrator, and can be contacted through my London agent.

Web: Bertrand Le Pautremat

Tel: +44 (0)20 7720 5202

Mob: 33 650 754 021

Address: Illustration Ltd, 2 Brooks Court, Cringle Street, London SW8 5BX

Nearest Town/City: London |

Postcode/ZIP: SW8 5BX

Favourite Mac Application: iTunes

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Maria Livings, illustration, design

I am an artist making idiosyncratic narrative illustrations which feature on the gifts and home wares produced by Lush Designs, as well as books and greeting cards.

I studied painting and printmaking and my work has had many evolutionary cycles, from the theatre and agit-prop poster design through to product design.

Originally I worked in the low-tech but captivating media of screenprinting, collage, and painting, but the wonderful world of working digitally was a natural progression. Photoshop is an easy transition to anyone who is used to print and vector-drawing in Illustrator is only a snip away from paper-cutting! The flexibility and accuracy that working digitally has enabled me to be far more productive and apply my work to all kinds of media and surfaces, from laser-cuts to fabric prints.

Web: Maria Livings

Tel: 020 8694 1664

Mob: 07905754950

Address: 18 Ventnor Road, New Cross, London, SE14 5QT

Nearest Town/City: London |UK County: London

Postcode/ZIP: SE14 5QT

Favourite Mac Application: Photoshop

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UK Music Photographer

Simon Pollock, London based music photographer. Available for live, studio or alternative music and other types of photography.

Web: http://gtvone.com

Tel: 07766446765

Mob: 07766446765

Address: SW5 – London, United Kingdom

Nearest Town/City: Earls Court |UK County: London

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Video Editor

Video Editor
a bit of sound work…usually on location
General Mac help

Web: http://www.vimeo.com/conradwbw

Nearest Town/City: Oxford |UK County: Oxfordshire

Favourite Mac Application: Media 100

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Rosemary Fugeman Illustration

After graduating in illustration in West Sussex, I returned to london where I now work as a freelance illustrator, specialising in advertising, editorial and publishing.

My style is sleek, contemporary and mixed with a sprinkle of humour, all created by scanning in my pencil drawing and going over it in Adobe Illustrator using a Wacom tablet.

My work is currently represented by the agency Pure Illustration.

Web: http://www.rosemaryfugeman.co.uk

Mob: 07984 325638

Nearest Town/City: london |UK County: london

Favourite Mac Application: Illustrator

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Design Eclectic – Marketing and Graphic Design Agency, Newbury

Formed in 2001, Design Eclectic is a well-established graphic design, website design and marketing agency based in the outskirts of Newbury, Berkshire.

We provide the type of approachable, flexible and cost-effective service not always available from more traditional graphic design and marketing agencies. No jargon, no costly and unnecessary overheads just a pragmatic focus on what we believe is important which is the very best in creative graphic design and innovative marketing that delivers results at a fair and reasonable price.

Design Eclectic delivers continually fresh, innovative marketing, creative graphic design and websites that promote your business and produce results through an experienced team of marketing specialists, graphic designers and web developers, all experts in their chosen fields.

Web: http://www.designeclectic.com

Tel: 01635278388

Mob: 07795298836

Address: Springdale
Heatherwold
Newtown Common
Newbury
Berkshire
RG20 9BG

Nearest Town/City: Newbury |UK County: Berkshire

Postcode/ZIP: RG20 9BG

Favourite Mac Application: Iphoto

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Dennis Juan Ma

Illustrator of graphic novels and children’s books. Advertising illustration, editorial Illustration, as well as CD covers.

Web: http://www.illustrationweb.com/illustrators/dennisjuanma

Tel: +44 (0)20 7720 5202

Address: Illustration Ltd
2 Brooks Court
Cringle Street
London SW8 5BX

Favourite Mac Application: Photoshop CS4

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Natalie Kilany – Children’s Illustrator

Natalie Kilany is a children’s illustrator with a contemporary style. She graduated from Middlesex University accomplishing a BA in Visual Communication Design Illustration.

Natalie was recently selected from 200 hundred artists to be in the View of London exhibition. She has also had her images produced on plimsolls for the Kings of Neon.

To view Natalie’s complete portfolio please visit the website below.

Web: Natalie Kilany

Tel: +44 (0)20 7720 5202

Address: Illustration Ltd, 2 Brooks Court, Cringle Street, London SW8 5BX

Nearest Town/City: London |

Postcode/ZIP: SW8 5BX

Favourite Mac Application: Gimp

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Illustrations Galore!

Madamesange

Originally from Devon, I live and work in SW London. I first came to the City after graduating in Illustration in 1999, and I’ve worked as an Illustration agent within a London agency, within the new media industry and more recently within the print and poster industry with the The Art Group as a creative Rights Researcher, hunting out new talent and ideas.

Things have come full circle with my artwork and I can now be I can be found in a warm studio, listening to the radio and generally being very happy with life.

I’ve always been creative and was drawn towards illustration as it allows me to inject my slightly obscure sense of humour into my designs. I work from a rather lovely studio (from which I can witness squirrel fights in the park) and I spend my time developing my decorative line and lettering styles.

Working in a variety of media and materials, my many influences include Tony Hart, Jim Flora and Rolf Harris, children’s illustrators Graham Oakley and Joseph Wright.

I’m an active participant of The East End Arts club and am also represented by the creative agency Illustrationweb.com.

Web: http://www.wetpaint.org.uk

Nearest Town/City: London |UK County: London

All my love

Animal alphabet

Birds of a feather

Mon coeur

Children’s author, general editorial services

Lisa Regan

I have written over 200 published titles for children, covering many topics including reference, curriculum-based workbooks, preschool fiction, puzzles, annuals and craft books. If there’s a title to be written but no obvious author, I can usually fill the gap…

My background is in editorial, with 10 years’ experience working in publishing companies, ending up as Editorial Manager, before branching out as a freelancer editor. I proofread, copy edit, Americanise, project manage…you ask and I’ll probably have done it before!

I have freelanced for numerous publishing companies including the AA, Scholastic, Dorling Kindersley, Small World, Parragon, Ladybird, Ripley’s, Egmont and Autumn. The list would be too long and boring if I namechecked them all!

I work from home and am Quark and InDesign-friendly. I have two young boys so can talk professionally between 9am and 3pm – outside those times the background noise increases drastically. They do work well as a mini KS1/KS2 focus group though. You see, children do come in useful sometimes…

Web: http://redpaperdesign.co.uk

Tel: 01206 368551

Mob: 07766 652347

Nearest Town/City: Colchester |UK County: Essex

Postcode/ZIP: CO3

Favourite Mac Application: photobooth (is that a total pleb answer?!)

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Copywriter

Judy Olsen

I’m a copywriter with more than two decades of experience. These days I write mostly websites, with print, video scripts and newsletters forming maybe a third of my output. I like writing conceptual stuff but I’m also good at long copy and complex subjects (financial, medical etc).
It’s great so many people need content for the web, but not so great that inexperienced people see copywriting as an easy gig and get the professionals a bad rep. And please, SEO is just another tool in the box, and it’s getting rusty.
Here are some of my recent sites: www.absoft.co.uk, www.ria.co.uk, www.likeabike.co.uk.

Web: http://www.linkedin.com/in/judyolsencopywriter

Mob: 07730 075637

Nearest Town/City: Edinburgh |

Favourite Mac Application: PDFPen

Children’s Illustration

Beccy Blake has been a freelance children’s illustrator since leaving the University of Northumbria in Newcastle-upon-Tyne with a BA(hons) in graphic design and illustration. She was born in Hampshire and had a country upbringing in a scatty household full of cats, dogs, ducks, hens, rabbits, goldfish and goats, little brothers and a pet chicken called Victoria which have all appeared at some stage or another in her quirky illustrations.

She has worked extensively in the fields of publishing, design and advertising, editorial, greetings cards and one-off commissions and exciting art projects for a number of clients both here in the UK and overseas. She mainly works in pencil, crayon, acrylics, pen and ink and also digital media, often combining the two.

Web: http://www.beccyblake.co.uk/

Tel: 01588 640632

Mob: 07810 170542

Address: Chances House
Church Street
Clun
Shropshire
SY7 8JW

Nearest Town/City: Shrewsbury |UK County: Shropshire

Postcode/ZIP: SY7 8JW

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