The first time my art impacted on my local profile: I produced artwork covering the Six Nations Rugby Union tournament, to run on the day of the match and/or as a response to the event. Going down the pub seeing everyone reading a newspaper with my art on the front page was a surreal experience, kind of like the 'Malkovitch, Malkovitch' moment in the restaurant in Being John Malkovitch...
Paul Cornell, Doctor Who writer and friend got me in to illustrate his Christmas Who story for The Daily Telegraph. I thought it only right to bring my Doctor Who art collaborators, David Roach and James Offredi in too to make it an authentic Doctor Who experience.
I was called in to produce work to promote Cardiff, which were turned into banners shown at expos through Europe. The other project promoted awareness of limited water supplies, shown in slightly less salubrious surroundings: they ran in the ad spaces in public toilets...