As Wilson puts it, "The best feeling I get from seeing my work in print is to see it on an album sleeve. You know it's going to represent that album for the rest of time and is therefore the least throwaway of all the applications of illustration. Music projects are usually pretty open and creative as well, and so often lead to my best work."

The origin of his compelling style? "I use anything that is in some way unusual as an interesting starting point to base work on. A few examples for me are: circus imagery, fairgrounds, tribal body art, psychedelia, Indian art, fantasy art and 70’s rock posters. I tend to look in charity shops and flea markets and try to find obscure and unwanted books on such subjects which I’ll use as reference and inspiration. I try to source inspiration from places that hopefully not everyone is using."

It's definitely worth a trip to Wilson's site to browse the large gallery of work, which spans everything from advertising, through editorial illustrations to installations. Everywhere you look there is a sense of colorful motion, of growth. This is to a large extent due to his experimental approach to illustration, with techniques including the use of paint and spraypaint, Play-Doh, and manipulation via scanners or photocopiers, with Illustrator employed for generating vector elements before combining everything and finishing up in Photoshop.