The UK’s top sea angling magazine, SEA ANGLER catering for the widest spectrum of sea angling methods and techniques, chose to use my illustration work back in 2009 to enhance the content of their publication, that has continued and has evolved to provide more and better detail for rigs and methods in current editions.
Commissioned monthly, these illustrations, often used in a full page spreads, providing detailed ‘How To Fish‘ and ‘Rig Diagrams‘, often combined in to one spread, help make communicating the right way to create the rigs needed for specific species in a variety of environments and locations.
Recent relaunch of Boat Angler section in 2011 has provided the opportunity to illustrate boat fishing rigs and methods in greater detail than has been used or possible in the past. Now the angler see’s the rig in a more realistic environment.
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My Name is David Batten, I have been working as an illustrator since 1985, working freelance for various individuals and publishers (Crowood, EMAP ) producing angling book and magazine illustrations. In 2000 I had a chance to go full time and set up Hooklinks to manage my work life after 30 years in engineering.
In 2001 it became evident that there was a wider market for my skills when asked to do some packaging work for 2 tackle and bait manufacturers, Korda and Innovatebaits. The latter was to see my skills pushed into web design and development.
Today all of these skills are used to provide support for a wide range of angling, fisheries and related businesses. On the journey I have taken on insurance, mortgage and NLP businesses as clients, all of whom continue to use my services today,
My angling illustration has come a long way from those humble days in the mid 80's as you will see in the various pages of my website.
David Batten 