Happy Halloween!

A reluctant Trick or Treater...

Reading anxiety

Another image about some of the problems we face while growing up. We all have that one subject we hated at school. Mine was maths. I sometimes felt physically sick and anxious before class and still have nightmares about it!

Growing pains.

I have been ask to think back 'quite a few years' and draw some images that deal with the not so fun side of being a teenager. Here are a couple.

Skateborder!

Limited colour drawings

Something i don't do too often is use a minimal colour palette. Thought i'd give it a whirl...

Reading Buddies

It's great to share a book with friends and discuss the story, isn't it? This really helps little people with their reading and motivate them to read more.

Shopping!

A recent illustration.

Wishing it was summer.

I've been sat drawing all afternoon and I'm frozen solid. Those summer days seem hard to imagine right now. Here's a drawing from early last September as the summer days were drawing to a close.

You can do it!

Bit of a motivational image here... keep going... you can do it! Me included.
Something a drew last year for the HMRC.

Olly and Molly

I've been working on some new bits this week. Trying to lose the solid line i usually work with.
Say hello to Oliver and Molly. They're making faces in the fruit and veg isle.

Brrrrrr!

Working on some new bits and bobs this month cosy indoors while its freezing outside. Too cold for the beach i reckon but not for the family below...

Romney House Christmas Cards

In a mad rush getting lots of bits done for Christmas, i forgot to post these cards i drew for Romney House. All proceeds going towards the kitties and the wonderful work they do there. It really is a cat lovers paradise.

Neon Monster Birthday Cards

More Greeting Cards

Where has the time gone?

I can't believe it's been over a year since my last post! I've been so busy with very little time to even switch on my PC. For the past 18 Months i have been commuting 5 hours ever day to work as a greetings card stylist. It's been hard work but i will miss all the lovely people i've had the pleasure of working with. Some of the cards i've worked on are for next years occasions so unfortunately i can't show any of them until then. Below are a few from a range of cards i worked on in summer last year and are available in shops including John Lewis and Fenwicks.

November doodles

A little bonfire themed illustration i did recently.

Animal Lover

Not wanting to do anything too over the top this year, i created an illustration based on the love a little girl character has for her 2 pets in a 'loosely based' valentines spot the difference for the HMRC internal magazine.

Sam and the Robots

It's all go this month. I spent the last year working on lots of great things and they have been launched within weeks of each other. A childhood dream came true when I was asked to draw a ladybird book back in late 2011. This month it was finally published.  Not quite the usual style, but it is very colourful and 'robotty'! Below (and not in order as I'm posting via the blogger app) are a few pages from the book. 

Mountain Tales of Norway book illustration.

Over the Christmas period and earlier this year, I was illustrating a book, Mountain Tales of Norway by Margaret McAllister. It includes 2 stories, the first about a farmer and his wife and the second about a woodcutter who has quite a bad troll infestation in his log cabin! It is published by Pearson and available on Amazon.

Below are a few initial character sketches and final images.

Sleepy bear

Character sketches

Sheep in progress

Various pages

New Work

I've been busy the last few days working on new stuff for my portfolio. Bit different as i've lost the usual black outline around the character.