It's been a while since my last blog post.. I used to love reading blog posts and forums, if you're reading this, hello! 👋 I wanted to share a lovely project I was lucky to work on last year. I created a black and white illustration titled 'Stargazing' for the Book of Hopes, a collection of stories and illustrations on the theme of hope, edited by Katherine Rundell and published by Bloomsbury in answer to the pandemic, with proceeds going to the NHS Charities Together. The book provides words and pictures to comfort, inspire and entertain children. The ebook is available to read for free on the Literacy Trust website. The Book of Hopes 'Stargazing' I loved working on this illustration, not only as a welcome distraction in a worrying time, but also to find a home for a little character which had been popping up in my sketchbook for a while. I've nicknamed him the 'Snoogaloo'. Here he is in my sketchbook: As you can see in the top picture I've al...

Earlier this year I illustrated a board game for HABA. I've always wanted to work on a game, so it was very exciting when my copy arrived!  🤓 And of course, you can order yours here... https://www.haba.de/en_GB/toys/sensory-world/p/303463 😉

Recently I've been exploring new visual ideas and I loved drawing these birds. It's been great pushing how I create and think this busier style of illustration may be an exciting path to follow... We shall see!

I was saddened to hear the news that Michael Bond passed away a few days ago. Paddington Bear has always been a favourite of mine (along with many others!). It's a timeless classic and a really wonderful children's book. 🐻

Congratulligator Dramallama

Because this marsupial means business. A Day In The Life Of Business Koala: The commute The coffee The calls The number crunching The filing Lunch The presentations The meetings The research The second coffee The big decisions The printer error Home time Bed time Repeat.

I re-read Peter Pan a little while ago and decided to draw a few things Neverland, just for fun. Anyway, this is what I came up with!

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Hello all, 2015 is proving to be a busy year. Hopefully I'll soon be able to show you what I've been up to. In the meantime, here's a couple of recent artworks. Just some creative play!

So it's the Bologna time of year again. Unfortunately I'm not going to the Children's Book Fair this year, but no fear - my work is! I designed this promotional poster to go along to Bologna with my lovely agents.  I hope they find nice new homes, mine's already up in the studio. ;-)

I've been drawing a few woodland characters recently.  Also have a huge loving for the purple-yellow combo!

Hi all, just a quick post with a few miscellaneous artworks.  I have a cheeky chameleon and some Valentine's day designs just for you. Better late than never, right?

because koalas are the coolest.

I have adopted a cat. She's puuurrrrrfect . And while on the pet theme, here's another, Rudge!

Big apologies for not posting in a while, life has gotten pretty busy! I hope this raccoon related post makes things better.