Little Timmy

Hello Miranda

Chatty Gull

... she seemed unperturbed.

Painless

I also finished this illustration for a short story today. Hope to share some more info about it shortly via my website...

The Thought Collector

Ooh, I added the side illustration today too...

Sylvia Path's resting place

He done a dribble

S'up

Who doesn't  like brown envelopes...

New work, New York.

Ribbon

Poor Gordie

Oh dear, I really shouldn't find this funny, Gordie with cat food all over his chops. It wasn't me anyway, I blame my cat.

My New Site

Hey, got me a new site up and running ...please do check it out.

Sam Kemp

Have a look at the great website of friend and photographer Sam Kemp. His work deals with light and light pollution, recently he has produced some strikingly bold photographs of objects entitled 'wunderkammer'

Got me some new promo cards

I got some new cards printed, the illustration will soon be available to see via a new website currently being built.

That lovely painting is by William Dring 76’. Dring (1904-90) was a prolific portrait painter known for his boardroom and official portraits, and he depicted a number of royal occasions. One of his drawings is in the National Portrait Gallery, (Sir (William) Lawrence Bragg), and much of his war work is in the Imperial War Museum. He was also a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1928-70.

I picked it up from a charity shop for £40.

Oh, and that other lovely landscape A6 on top is from Adrian Taylor (from 2003).

Ink: Writers & Artists of Arun

Wow, I haven't posted for a while. The Magazine, now named Ink, will be ready at the end of the month. We are having a little launch do, and hoping some peeps from the local press may show.

Creative writing group

I recently joined a creative writing group, there is also a magazine in the works. We are slowly producing short stories, poems and prose to put up on the writers blog. (check it out) So far Heather Robbins, J. Macfarlane and Mike Coote have contributed.

My strange effort is called Gully Suckers; check it. Oh and fingers crossed I'll be able to illustrate the stories...if the writers like my illustrations.

Above is my latest effort for Heather's piece.

Ring, ring...ring, ring.

:-)

Crafty

Here's my illustration for Crafty magazine (left) right Sara Hayat.

Paper Companion

Whilst brainstorming with some paper characters... as you do, I realized how using physical objects can make you change how you approach illustration as something other than working on a flat surface, nothing new there. Just liked the aspect of introducing everyday objects and then changing the function. A bit of creative interaction with mundane items, cable tie rapped around a lamp with a stain in the background...nice. I dunno, there could be something about putting the most insignificant (recyclable) items to good creative use, that makes it even more appealing to me. Or maybe it reminds me a tad of Little Big Planet.

For the poor Pigeon

Sad illustration today. For Five years or more, I've been kept a close eye on by two loved up pigeons, sitting on the phone wire outside my window by day, and tree branches by mid-day. However I woke this morning by shrills, thought it was the usual seagull vs crow chorus. Sadly as you may have guessed the sight of the single pigeon sitting on its own, above what was left of the other made for a sad morning.