I really fancied doing Illustration Friday this week, haven't done it in a while.  This super motivated cat is training hard! www.illustrationfriday.com

Want to hear something pretty darn scary? I'm now in my last ever term at uni. I've somehow managed to pull together everything a budding illustrator might need: Website Business Cards Promo Sheets Portfolio Dummy Books I think I'm just about ready to do this thing! Stay tuned for more info about upcoming exhibitions and design shows...

When scribbling the layout for this book cover I envisaged colouring it in summery greens and yellows... Some where along the line it turned dark. And purple. Then I went the whole hog and went for a bit of zingy lime.  Hopefully it still makes you think Wind in the Willows?

Hello Bloggers! Last week I went to my first ever book fair. For some reason I decided to jump in at the deep end and went to the ginormous Bologna Book Fair , no really, it was genuinely huge. Prepare yourself for a monster post... It was the 50th annual fair, I have my suspicions that it may have been even busier than usual. The fair took place over 4 days and 6 big warehouses. I felt as though I walked for miles, and I probably did. Maybe its all a ploy to keep Illustrators fit and healthy?  This year's guest country was Sweden and there was a small exhibition of Swedish Illustrators. I ended up buying the accompanying Illustrators index - one pricey book, but definitely worth it. The fair was a real eye opener into the larger world of children's books and illustration. It was also interesting to experience the commercial side of illustration. I went with my talented Illustrator buddies  Annaliesse , Martha and Kate , and we bumped into ...

Recently I designed these characters and backgrounds. Basically its a Bambi spoof. Thought I would stick some sketchbook drawings up too: