There is nothing more powerful to enhance a creative message, enlighten literature or brand a product than with a cartoon. Today Sponge Bob, Homer Simpson, Family Guy and Pixar are as much a part of our modern lives whether we are five or fifty five. Nothing really crosses a huge demographic as much as a unique character.

Each day is so different in the Studio and so exciting. From Apps’ to Adshells I never know what I‘ll be doing next!

It all started in a modest Yorkshire mining town when I started drawing in my underpants, eventually I progressed to paper I delievered a stiff neck soon after and my parents got me a neck brace, so you could say I never looked back...

I set up Gary Swift Studios at 16 years old, straight out of school and the rest as they say is history. Over the years I have had the priviledge of working with some of the biggest brands, corporations, designers, publishers and magazines in the world. Even after all these years I still get excited about every project that comes my way. This business is my passion and the enthusiasm has never left me from the day I began.

The company has grown over the years and now with clients in all parts of the globe, I get asked to work on all kinds of commissions, from total Branding projects for a major Blue Chip company to a animation sequence for a TV ident. The internet has made the world a very small place and timezones are suddenly not an issue.

Along the way I have won many awards. I was lucky enough to win a Silver D&AD Pencil for a healthcare campaign. I was one of the first cartoon illustrators to hold a one man show in Central London, and I have also been invited to show at the Society of Illustrators in NYC.

For me, each day is a pleasure to be working on such wonderful projects that come my way.