Dynamo!

So I recently watched the first few episodes of the best web-series ever! It's called Dynamo, and it's got a kind of weird, cyberpunk, Twin-Peaksy vibe to it. It also kind of reminds me of the book Snow Crash which I just finished reading! Anyway it's funny, sweet and very surreal, and I got inspired to do some artwork - it's kind of a strange poster...

And now for something completely different...

So I've been working on a story/comic for older readers (young teenage-ish) and I've been toying with a different style of working to appeal to a bit of an older audience. It's done with a brush pen, then colour/tone is added digitally. It's a lot scrappier than my usual stuff, and I have to say I kind of like it! I'd be interested to know what people think of it!

Medieval House

This is a cut-through illustration I did for my agency of a Medieval house. The rafters were crazy hard to draw! Also I find it weirdly impossible to draw dogs lying down...think I managed to get away with it though...

Loved-up Chickens and Character Design

Goodness! It's been a while since I last posted anything - so here's a bit of what I've been up to recently.

I drew this chicken husband-and-wife duo for the amazing Hayley Wells' birthday. They're characters from a kid's book I did while at uni, which was based on a story from The Canterbury Tales.

And these teens are from a thing I'm working on - I say 'thing' because I'm really not sure whether it's a book or graphic novel or ANYTHING like that... Well, I'm working on the story at the moment, and it involves (in no particular order) time travel, Scotland, evil corporations, fur loincloths and Victorian inventors...

Oxford University Press

Hi! So I just finished my very first book deal - three books for Oxford University Press, for teaching English overseas. I absolutely loved doing these - as there are about 250 images I thought I'd just put up a selection of my faves!

Boys

Another black and white illustration for the lovely Bright peeps. I think these outdoorsy, 1940s style boys were inspired by the gorgeous weather!

Black and White

This is a piece of development work I just did for my agency - I reckon it's got a bit of a manga-esque feeling to it - maybe I've been watching too much Fullmetal Alchemist...

Baby Jebus

This is a picture of Baby Gee and the 3 kings which I did for a Christian textbook for a company based in the USA. Yeah baby, I'm all international and stuff...

Roger!

This is a design I did for a friend's birthday card (the lovely gutless wonder Beck). The bird-guy at the top is Roger - he's, well I'm not sure where he came from, but a while ago I started drawing him in doodles and other birthday cards. He's a giant man-bird creature who always looks kind of displeased with the world. Anyway, I hadn't drawn him for a while so I thought I'd bring him on back to please (or slightly freak out) everyone!

Don't ask where the Elizabethan woman came from....I have no idea....

Dinosaurs

I'm terrified of dinosaurs... So I suppose this is a kind of therapy - trying to make them look super friendly and not like the cold-blooded reptilian killers they are. I mean, were. Ahem.

Vikings!

I can't believe it's taken me this long to do a picture of Vikings - they're my favourite thing ever.