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.

Goodbye 2013...

So before 2013 turns into 2014, there's just time for one last blog post with some pictures I did for Christmas...

Happy Birthday Caterina

It was my friend Cat's birthday the other day and I made her this card...

SURPRISE!!

So my friend Lily is going back to Australia soon, but tonight we had a surprise party for her which went very well and I also made her a card which everyone managed to sign...

Capcom Xmas Card Competition

Here's my submission for Capcom UK's Christmas Card Competiton featuring a variety of characters from Capcom games looking forward to Christmas dinner together...



Sadly, I didn't win – the first prize was a PS4! – but I was happy to be included among some really great entries!

Serco Prize for Illustration 2014: London Stories

So I was not shortlisted for the Serco Prize for Illustration 2014, but never mind. I'm still pleased with the piece I submitted, so wanted to share it!

For the theme "London Stories", I decided to draw the story of Dick Whittington, who travelled to London with his cat because he believed the streets were paved with gold (They weren't!) and later heard the bells of Bow Church proclaim him to be the future Lord Mayor of London (Which he was!). I also included a number of references to other London-centric stories and characters...