First Plant!

I have no idea what type of plant this is, but in my excitement of it being the first plant in my room I thought I'd need to share this with you, in a drawing medium obviously. Its pretty ace and matches the unintentional red/orangey theme I seem to have going on in my office area at the moment.

Happy Month Of March!

Resolutions

so for this weeks Illustration friday- Resolutions I've gone down the route of instruments and maybe learning how to play something before getting older.

Mail

Here's a sketch a did a while back but thought appropriate for this weeks word.

Snow= Snowman Times

So when it snows this much, I couldn't miss the opportunity to make a good snowman. With the aid of someone who is over 6 foot this beast of a snowman has come to life.

Owls owls owls!!!

Fennec

So I've recently discovered a real love for fennecs, and here's my first and hopefully not the last drawing of a fennec. I'm there's a story to come of of this.

A Morning Painting

So this morn I woke up with an urge to paint, he is a lion looking pretty proud of himself...
a rather large red dog. With a bow tie and glasses of course and....
a fox on a bicycle. I have no use for them at the moment but I'm sure they could inspire some book characters. Enjoy!

West Bow

I've been missing a bit of Edinburgh lately and I drew this a few weeks ago, so here we go.

Transportation

I'm back and with a quick brand new illo for this weeks Illustration word. Saw this old cracked water tank whilst I was away on holiday and thought it had to be used for something... possibly a form of transport or hide away for monsters. Monsters are not something I usually draw but it was actually quite fun. Hope you like!

Feeling Bookish

Hello, it's been quite a while since my last blogging session, but here we go. I'll start with some exciting news. My "Feeling Bookish entry" will be featuring in the forthcoming 7th edition of Uppercase, which is one of these below! I will post more photo's once I have a copy.
The magazine is widely available all over the US and Canada and Europe, and in Magma Books and Pedlars in the Uk. But can also be purchased online!!! and here's a little money saving tip, if you enter the code "bookish" you will get 10% of your order.

Chairs, Chairs, Chairs!!!!

A little pattern of chairs which i hope to do something with.

Flint's restyling

Reworking some old ideas and restyling Flint into a tad more dapper style fox. This is one of my ideas so far. He's possibly missing a little something, but it's coming along. By the way I'm not proud of the photoshop grass- for the purpose of a rough only!

Playtime trade show

After featuring as Small magazines Small illustrator this spring, Small Magazine decided to use my black and white colouring bear for a promotional postcard at the Playtime Trade fair in New York, and will soon feature in their new colouring book.

Donkey tandem

Here is a little i've been working on at the moment for a sumer quiz. The question this illustration relates to is- Donkey rides at seaside resorts became very popular in Victorian times, and children can still enjoy a ride on some beaches in the UK. But what are the correct names for the male and female donkey?

a) A John and a Jackie

b) A Joe and a Jessie

c) A Jack and a Jenny

Sisters

So I need to hand in some roughs today, but its getting to the last few which really uninspiring me. Therefore instead i've been drawing people, here are a few! and now I shall crack on.

No longer Caged

This is an image I did a while back for the book Pigeon fancier, for the saughton stories series

Double- Spot the Difference

Two twins, but can you spot some of their subtle and some of their obvious differences. There are 5 differences in total.

Smoking Lemur

So since being to the zoo, I've been sketching a lot of lemurs and this one seemed to just appear on the page. A some what 20's gangster looking lemur, but a lemur none the less.

Carrot breakfast

This is a spread from my book Chickens Can see in the Dark, and this is chuck who decides that to see in the dark he will eat carrot based food all week long. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. carrot cookies, carrot sundae, carrot cake etc