About

Hi, I'm Jack and I am a 21-year old artist

I have been drawing and painting since I was 11 years old when I drew my first Christmas card as a commission for my Grandparents. Since then I have added to my collection of Christmas and greeting cards every year, and I now sell them with 20% of the profits going to 4 great charities.

I take my inspiration for my designs from my family, school and the world around me. When designing greeting cards, I like to explore the playful side of the occasion with the characters Michael the mouse, Harry the hare and Brock the badger who are best friends. They get up to all kinds of mischief on toboggans and trampolines, and I draw them all digitally using my iPad and stylus.

I decided to support Prostate Cancer Research because my grandpa was diagnosed 15 years ago, and new medication has allowed him to not only stabilise his illness, but remarkably get better. For that I am very grateful to medical research, and I want to continue supporting him and others through the increasing research the charity is carrying out.

My advice to people who want to start selling and raise money is to do what you love. My passion is Art, so I decided to sell cards for charity because they are relatively simple to design, but can be printed on a large scale for a wide audience of people. I also love Computer Science, and my business has taught me how to build my own website with online payments. Therefore my second tip to artists would be to sell your products online (it's really easy!) to increase reach and to share your designs further.