oh comely magazine//

here's a little something for your fine selves – a look at my illustration for the latest issue of oh comely magazine (issue 7), for a feature about favourite film scenes. can you guess what it is yet??

WLD/WLVS feature//

yours truly had a truly pleasant surprise when i found myself featured on the WLD/WLVS website last week in their showcase. cheers guys for the super nice write-up!

new empress magazine issue 2//

what's that, you say – two illustrations in issue 2 of new empress magazine?? why yes, yes that's true. one's for an article on the updated version of beauty & the beast, called beastly. the other is a look at the evolution of werewolf makeup. that was a fun one to draw. i can tell you.

more henry philpot for your eyeholes//

as you may or may not know, i've been working on yet another picture book (see previous post). well, here are some more illos from the book...

what are these queer creatures?//

Notin shop//

My work is now also being sold in the newly launched notin shop, which is both exciting and excellent. there are many more talented folks on there as well, so go take a look-see. go, GO!

Dribbble//

i am now a player on dribbble, so come follow my updates and see my snippets...

sneaky-peeky//

here's a sneak peek at some new work i'm experimenting with for a comic book i'm writing. it's an update of a story i wrote when i was about 13 or so, about an explorer/adventurer called henry philpot.

it's alive!!//

so here it is, in all its glory – sat languidly on my sofa...

It is also featured on SwissMiss

work/life 2: the movie!!//

so here it is – a flick through of the much anticipated (by me at any rate) work/life 2 book by uppercase magazine. you will find one of my illos (a pen sketch of a girl in a hat) at 0:13, and my full feature at 02:06. enjoy!

roughs for my new book-in-progress//

these are a selection of rough sketches i'm using to plan out the layout & illustrations of another new picture book i'm working on. more detailed testers can be found over on my website.

creaturemag illustration//

here's an illustration i recently did for a poem by ju shardlow, for creaturemag, entitled the astounding adventures of arthur coatman.

series one

episode one

part one

arthur gets stuck

in his own coat

playgroup festival//

for the past couple of months i have been collaborating on the artwork & concepts for the playgroup festival. here are pictures of the finished leaflet/poster and flyers. the theme is british wildlife, and ticket holders are designated animals to dress up as. these are divided into predator vs prey (apart from the badger/stag!). the idea behind the photoshoot was wind in the willows meets fantastic mr. fox. i can honestly say it was a super fun project to be a part of!

continuous illustration book//

This project is a self-initiated concertina book which will have one continuous narrative illustration. It takes the form of a ludicrous yarn that a boy is spinning, about his day's events, to a group of people waiting at the bus stop. Each character that appears in the tale appears at the end as one of these people. These images are possible elements of the tale that could form parts of the illustration.

new illos//

two silly little illustrations i've been working on recently: the teacher is based on a bill murray photograph :)

selling prints to donate to the japan tsunami appeal//

today i am donating 100% of the proceeds from the sales of my prints to the british red cross japan tsunami appeal. please buy a print from my online shop, my etsy shop or my someprints section. receive something beautiful & help a good cause

huck magazine/vans looking sideways comp entry//

here's my entry to the huck magazine/vans looking sideways competition, as described so well in the title of this post... i had fun researching 80s ski wear as you can see

new shop//

i have a new online shop of prints, called hinterland, with 100% of the profits going to me haha. be sure to check it out

character totem//

so here's my entry to inkygoodness' character totem project:

New Empress Magazine illustration//

a few weeks back i was commissioned by new film magazine New Empress Magazine, to produce two illustrations, based on Rapunzel, for their debut issue. well, here's a sneaky peek of a mock-up of the cover, illustrated by Barney Ibbotson. more peeks to come soon. you can pre-order your copy here, as only 1000 copies will be printed.

new website live!//

go on over to my new website, now up & running, where you'll find all my latest completed projects.

creative review live feed – shameless self promotion alert//

yes yes, you can't blame me right? there's some of my work up on creative review's live feed here and here

new drawings//

i'm not entirely sure where these drawings will lead, i just thought i'd get them out my head and onto paper

promotion promotion//

some promotional packs i'm sending out to some carefully selected art directors. well, you never know...

sneak preview//

i am being featured in Uppercase Magazine's new international directory of illustrators, Work/Life 2, along with such luminaries as Lisa Congdon, Camilla Engman, Matte Stephens etc. it will be out in march. Will post more details soon...

it lives!//

the illustration i mentioned a few days ago is now live, for one week, on formfiftyfive's website – go check it out & check out the rest of the site too, it's pretty awesome...