Autumn rattles on…  

I’ve recently had the joy of working on a book cover about a talk show hosting guinea pig called Gerry. I’ll post the finished artwork, details about the book and author, along with a link to amazon once it’s finished. In the meantime, here’s some sketches and character progressions…

I’ve long been a fan of the Easter Beagle. I like the idea of a completely made up tradition that nobody follows. So here is the birthday bird… A whimsical short story without a moral.

Gosh. Isn’t windy? I mean it’s really very turbulent outside today. I walked up Weets Hill this morning and the power of the wind took my breath away, in a literal way… and gave me a Wallace and Gromit type smile. It’s inspired me to colour in this sketch, as a sort of here comes […]

In two variants. Early morning and…spooky night.

Another tree picture. Warmer this time…

  Here’s the original pencil sketch and first run in illustrator… Not sure about this one. It’s a work in progress. Looked nice as a sketch and it might be the start of a series of lollipop tree pics. Open to suggestions as I don’t think this is quiet right yet… After Alyson’s excellent input, here’s […]

The artist at work. A quick sketch worked up in a limited palette in illustrator.    

Promo video for Burnley Council’s graphics unit, illustrating our wide range of new media services. Find out more at creative-council.net The video was co-written with MJ (who also provided the vocal), drawn in Adobe Illustrator, animated in Flash and sound added in Garageband.    

Hedgehog Yin Yang. Nuff said.  

I love hedgehogs, they’re lovely snuffly, prickly sorts of people. Naturally, this being the end of May, my thoughts are turning to Autumn and falling leaves and all that sort of thing. Enjoy.  

Illustration for a feature about a housemaid working in an 1890s country house. Will that floor ever be clean?