Happy Birthday Aine!

Yesterday was my friend Aine's 30th birthday and we had a surprise party for her with some of her friends and family from Ireland turning up too.

Aine was on the Illustration MA course with me, and one of her projects was illustrating an A-Z book of beards: The Book of Pogonology. So I decided to draw her a beard-themed card for her birthday...

Look what THEY drawed - Happy Birthday to me!

So yesterday was the 30th anniversary of my arrival into the world, and some of my very talented friends made me some amazing birthday cards!

I'm starting work at the National Gallery at the end of the month as a Gallery Assistant, although after seeing the gallery bought to life by Agustin Coll in this brilliant illustration, I'm a bit scared about starting work there... hehe



Aine Cassidy made me this gorgeous card...



Paul Giles (A.K.A. Mister Giles) drew this awesome portrait of me (complete with Super Mario mushrooms!).



Jo Cogan drew this great caricature of me...



...inspired by this photo of me when I was a kid (I haven't changed a bit...ahem)!



And Yuki Nishimura made me this amazing Scott Pilgrim-inspired card! Love it!! :-)



Thanks a lot! And to everyone else that sent me a card and wished me Happy Birthday yesterday!