Middle Boop Interview & Update

Gordon Reid, aka Middle Boop, recently relaunched his website with some fantastic new work. He took some time out to have a chat with us about some of his work and about other projects he’s working on.DM: So, new site. Looks great and is well stocked with tip top work. What are you trying to achieve with the new site?Well basically, I wanted people to be able access my work more easily. I was using Indexhibit before and, although it is a great little package (especially when you’re starting out as, above all it’s free) I’ve been going a few years now and I felt it was about time for a bit of a facelift. First of all, I wanted people to have the option to see thumbnails of my work instantly when you get to the site as it allows people a bit more freedom to choose what they want to look at whereas with my last site it was just a list of names on the left had side of the screen so you had no idea what each piece looked like until you clicked on it and nowadays, people want things instantly so it wasn’t working. I also wanted to make it easier for users to connect with me on things like twitter, facebook and LinkedIn so I’ve included some cool buttons in the top right of the site. Above all I also wanted to make it a bit more clearer what Middle Boop as a brand can offer, so not just illustration but also design, branding, web, typography etc and with the filters on the right hand side it makes my body of work more digestible.DM: What’s been your favourite piece or pieces to work on recently and why? Recently I really enjoyed working on my six page illustration for .Net magazine. I’ve always wanted to do a large scale editorial illustration like that, the brief was really open which left a lot of room for creativity and I was pretty happy with the final outcome. I also really enjoyed my last Digital Arts tutorial as it meant I got to work with my f

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