Monthly Archives: March 2011
colouring monsterville
A monster cake for the front window of Lolliplops sweet shop and ice cream parlour: Right now I’m making two kinds of images for Monsterville at the Discover centre: the cakes, above, will be printed onto vinyl and stuck onto … Continue reading
electric avenue
Now playing at Radio Fleece Station… This song reminds me of when I first came to London. I bought my art paper from John Purcell‘s warehouse which led me to do a lot of exploring around the lively Brixton market … Continue reading
nigel dobbyn takes on vern and lettuce!
Whoo hoo! What a fabulous day, look what just arrived in my Inbox from Cleveland-based comics artist Nigel Dobbyn! Vern and Lettuce (and me, ha ha!) are chuffed to bits to have two more pages for The Pickle online magazine! … Continue reading
adding colour to monsterville
Just thought I’d do a quick post to show the work I’m doing for Monsterville at Stratford’s Discover centre. Right now I’m adding colour to the diagrammes for the building exteriors. These aren’t supposed to be illustrations, just colour indications … Continue reading
the consequence of tea is cake
Hurrah! Polly Dunbar’s game of Consequences has finished, and you can read her post about it over on the Booktrust website and click through to the gallery. Here’s the final tattered and bedecked envelope: Here are some twitterings about weekly … Continue reading
on a desert island with an armadillo and a book
Thanks, Armadillo magazine, for making me this issue’s feature interview! One of the questions was about which books I’d want to have if I was stranded on a desert isle. So in case I ever go missing with an armadillo, … Continue reading
scrivener’s moon: even better than pancakes
Ha ha! I sort of forgot that when one begs and is granted an advance copy of a book, one is then expected to write a review! So here goes… starting with what arrived in the post: Having galloped through … Continue reading
digging up old school photos
I needed to supply a photo of me as a five-year-old for a current project, so I dug up my old first-grade school yearbook. Here’s my mug shot, which I notice I carefully circled and labelled: I’m almost completely blind … Continue reading
whoo hoo! viv, joe & anthony on telly!
Following the last post about the Booktrust Best New Illustrator award night, Viviane Schwarz, Joe Berger and Anthony Browne were on BBC breakfast telly this morning! You can watch it here! (Although I’m not sure for how long, and if … Continue reading
booktrust best new illustrators award
A huge congratulation to fab friend and Fleece Station founder Viviane Schwarz for being one of ten people to win Booktrust’s Best New Illustrator award last night! You can read the full list of winners and read about them on … Continue reading
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