#QuickDraw: How I Waste My Time

Tonight, @OFFLIFE_comic ran another #QuickDraw over on Twitter with the theme: 'How I Waste My Time'.

I immediately started thinking about the various forms of social media that are my inevitable go-to when procrastinating, and then somehow Twitter's bird icon led to me attempting to construct my own variation on the Edgar Allen Poe poem, "The Raven". After some scribbled attempts at rhyming couplets, the real "Eureka!" moment came with the realisation that 'sevenscore' means seven times twenty, that is, 140...

The Year of the Horse

Tomorrow is Chinese New Year and it's The Year of the Horse. Kung Hei Fat Choy!

@OFFLIFE_comic's #QuickDraw

Here's a comic I drew the other week for @OFFLIFE_comic's #QuickDraw over on Twitter for the theme "Everyday Magic"...

Happy Birthday Ni!

It was my friend Ni's birthday the other day. She's always posting a LOT of photos of her cats online...

Things I Want To Achieve in 2014!

Laydeez Do Comics

Tonight I went along to the monthly Laydeez Do Comics event in Foyles. After reading The Enclopedia Of Early Earth over the weekend, I was looking forward to hearing Isabel Greenberg talk about her work and influences. There was also presentations by Penelope Mendonca and Geraldine Perriam.

Here are my illustrated notes from the event...

Penguin Awareness Day 2014

So apparently, today is National Penguin Awareness Day, and I thought I'd celebrate the occasion by dropping in with a couple of old friends...

Happy Birthday Tadhg!

It was my friend Tadhg's birthday last week. Here's the card I made him, because his name is pronounced a bit like "tiger" without the "r" on the end...

Happy Birthday Arina!

It was my friend Arina's birthday at the beginning of January, but I haven't seen her until today because she was on holiday. So here's the card I made for her birthday...

Happy Birthday Jack!

Jack McInroy is part of the South London Hardcore podcast (which is a podcast about South London, if you weren't paying attention). Last month I drew a poster to promote their recent LIVE episode of the podcast, and with it being Jack's birthday this weekend, I modified my drawing of him from the poster to create a birthday card, complete with his recently injured hand...

Happy Birthday Jo!

It was my friend Jo's birthday at the weekend. Jo does lots of great drawings of cartoon characters from the Eighties, particularly He-Man and She-Ra, so I drew her this picture of Ram Man from the Masters Of the Universe cartoon with a birthday present...

Happy Birthday Mina!

Also last week it was my friend Mina's birthday. She's done work designing and arranging flowers, so I drew this picture of her with some sunflowers...

Happy Birthday Nanae!

It was my friend Nanae's birthday last week. I drew a card with Nanae and her dog Nana...

Happy Birthday Cathy!

Here's a drawing I did for my friend Cathy's birthday, based on a photo from her Facebook page. I really liked the design on her dress...

Happy Birthday Richy!

Talented comics creator Richy K Chandler's birthday is at the very start of the year and here's a card I made for him with a picture of Richy on the skateboard he got for his last birthday, playing on the 3DS XL that he got for christmas...

Invitation commission

This was a nice commission I was working on last month, creating an invitation for two friends of mine that are getting married this year. Gus was in the Air Force and Kavita's a G.P. and they wanted an illustration that bought together these two areas of their lives.

I was happy with how it turned out, and even more happy that they were too...

A Tunnel Is Only A Hole On Its Side

A Tunnel Is Only A Hole On Its Side is the second book in author James Minter's The Hole Trilogy, following on from The Hole Opportunity which was published in December 2011.

Once again, I produced an illustrated cover for the book, featuring various characters from the novel...



Both the paperback copy and Kindle edition are available to purchase now from Amazon. The third book in the trilogy will be released later this year.