Happy Easter!

The Year of Luigi

While I was travelling on the Overground yesterday I picked up a copy of the Metro and was surprised to find an article all about Luigi, the supposedly "less famous Mario brother". While they did seem to be struggling to fill two pages – "Unlike his more famous brother, Luigi likes anchovies on his pizza" – the article was highlighting the fact that, in recognition of the 30th Anniversary of the other brother's first appearance in the Mario Bros arcade game in 1983, Nintendo have made 2013 'The Year of Luigi', with a number of Luigi-centric games due to be released this year on 3DS and Wii U!

So, in recognition of this fact, and the release of Luigi's Mansion 2 tomorrow, I decided to do a drawing of the Mario brother that is not Mario...

Emperor Yes Presents: COSMOS

I recently took part in the gallery show Emperor Yes Presents "COSMOS", put together by the band Emperor Yes and all the
work based around their new single, Cosmos.


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The opening night for the show was very busy, with lots
of people making it along despite the cold weather...

Image © Ayano Fukuoka


Image © Ayano Fukuoka

Happy Birthday Ines!

It was my friend Ines's birthday on Tuesday and this evening she went for drinks to celebrate, and there was cake!

I drew her this card, based on her Facebook profile picture. Her toes don't actually have faces in the original photo...

Happy Birthday Rachael!

It was my friend Rachael's birthday on Friday. Her first full length comic book The Way We Write has been getting lots of good reviews recently (and deservedly so). I drew this picture of Rachael and her comic for her birthday...



The Way We Write is available to buy from Orbital Comics (London), Forbidden Planet (Leicester, Leeds, Glasgow, Birmingham) Travelling Man (York, Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds) and several other comic shops across the country. You can also by a copy online here.

Sketches on the train (20 March)

I've been doing quite a few quick sketches on the train this week. Earlier today I accidentally picked up my diary instead of my sketchbook when I was going out...


Luckily, I was able to swap them before going out again later this evening...

Glasses Comics #1

The other week I went to have my eyes tested and had to get my first pair of glasses to wear when I'm working on the computer...which is quite often! Anyway, I made this comic (sort of) about it...

Drawing on the train (19/03)

A quick sketch I drew on the Overground between New Cross and Canada Water this afternoon. I'm pleased with this guy's hair...

Happy Birthday Natalie!

It was my friend Natalie's 30th birthday on Sunday. It was also Saint Patrick's Day. Hence the heavy use of green in the card I made for her...

Sketchbook Scribbles

The other day I was doing some drawing while I was traveling on the tube. I enjoy doing these quick sketches, as it's a challenge to try to draw someone when you don't know if they are going to get off at the next stop, or someone is going to suddenly come and stand directly in your way. It's all about speed and capturing the essential elements.

I also did a couple more drawings later while sitting and having a coffee (and sheltering from the sudden snowfall outside)...