Graphic Design · Web Design · Digital Art

Hello. I'm Gary. I turn ideas, images and information into useful, beautiful things.

Independent designer and digital artist creating identities, websites, publications, image-led artwork and useful digital tools from Crediton, Devon.

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01Brand & Identity 02Websites & Digital 03Editorial & Publications 04Digital Art & Image

Recent & selected

Design with purpose.
Art with personality.

Graphic design, websites, publications, digital artwork and information systems — each shaped around its audience, its purpose and what it needs to express or achieve.

01 Generative design · Cartography · Python 2026

Crediton, Devon

Mappedfor the wall

A custom Python script that pulls live OpenStreetMap data and transforms it into carefully styled, print-ready artwork.

Open project
Light-coloured Tiverton street map displayed in a white frame in a sunlit interior
02 Product design · Web development · Database design 2026

Rotherburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Morrowplans begin here

A complete local events platform designed and built from the interface through to the backend database.

Open project
Morrow local events website displayed on a smartphone, showing the featured film Bird and its event details
Morrow local events website displayed on a laptop in a bright interior, showing the featured film Bird and its event details

What I Do

Design, art and code.
One clear point of view.

01Visual identity

Distinctive identities, campaigns and visual systems that make a person, project or organisation feel recognisable and coherent.

02Web design

Clear, responsive websites designed around real people — not templates, trends or unnecessary complication.

03Digital art & image

Photography, illustration, retouching and image-led artwork developed for print, editorial, canvas and digital use.

04Information design

Maps, archives, publications and public information shaped into something people can quickly understand and confidently use.

05Design & Development

Front-end, PHP and database development that carries the original idea through to a fast, reliable and carefully finished product.

03 Photographic artwork · Digital painting · Print production 2025

Toulouse, France

Lip study.from photograph to canvas

An intimate close-up photograph reinterpreted through colour, texture and digital painting, then produced as a large-format canvas artwork.

Open project
Finished canvas artwork of softly painted pink lips displayed on a sunlit neutral wall
04 Photography · Retouching · Colour grading 2026

Krasnodar, Russia

A lighter touch.A stronger image.

A portrait carefully retouched and colour-graded for a polished editorial finish, then developed into a complete magazine-cover.

Open project
Finished editorial portrait with richer hair colour, cleaner tonal contrast and refined detail
Original softly lit portrait of Lina wearing an off-the-shoulder white lace dress
Before After Retouching: © Gary Stanley
Magazine-cover featuring the finished portrait, propped against a dark textured stone Editorial: © Gary Stanley
05 Editorial web design · Archive UX · Full-text search 2026

Crediton, Devon

KIRTON quarterlyfrom letterbox to archive

A responsive digital archive that carries the character of a local print magazine online and makes every archived page searchable.

Open project
Mobile KIRTON quarterly archive displayed on a smartphone
KIRTON quarterly digital archive displayed on a tablet with keyboard in a dark studio setting
06 Logo design · Illustration · Apparel graphics 2025

Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan

Omitsuillustrated identity

A logo identity and digital vector illustration created for Japanese fitness model Omitsu, designed to work across branding, apparel and promotional imagery.

Open project
White business cards displaying the red circular Omitsu logo on a deep red background
07 Editorial design · Art direction · Image editing 2026

Krasnodar, Russia

Static.from portrait to publication.

A model agency editorial built through bold typography, subtle image treatment and a clean design aesthetic.

Open project
Magazine-cover featuring Katya in a black outfit with white lace trim, posed in front of a deep red heart
Magazine-cover featuring Neve in a white shirt with red jacket and tie
08 Visual identity · Logo design · Brand development 2025

Crediton, Devon

Pig Presspressed into shape

A bold visual identity for a street-food business selling pulled-pork baps and other pig-inspired food.

Open project
Pig Press identity development sheet showing the geometric construction, pig symbol, spatula and colour variations

A small working principle

Make it clear.
Then make it felt.

Good design helps people understand and use things. Good art makes them stop, notice and feel something. The strongest work does both — through type, image, colour, rhythm and detail.