Avast me Hearties! Drawing Pirates & Pirate Ships Last week (2020-05-13) in our livestream session we had an absolutely fantastic time drawing pirate ships on the high seas! I love drawing curvy waves and old wooden ships – there’s just something about that which never stops being fun – even Read more…
Goodbye is always the hardest word to say. Unless you’ve got a mouthful of toffee and you’re trying to say “onomatopoeia”. As far as annunciation goes, that’s a toughie. This story in pictures is the only honest and real way I can think that people actually say goodbye. Nobody ever Read more…
Above is a first draft of a book I’m developing. It’s part of a humour series aimed at adults and teenagers and this particular book seems to chime with a lot of women I know. Hopefully there are other people out there that feel like this, too. The working title Read more…
As some of you may be aware, my first ever illustration job was a year-long contract drawing cartoon strips for West Ham United. It sounds quite good on paper. Not to mention ridiculous. Small, ridiculously inexperienced illustrator gets job for with big Premiership Football Club. How did I manage it? Read more…
With every Monday that turns up, I’m looking to try and write something here that makes people think. Something illustration related. Or possibly me-related if it’s a particularly quiet news day and I’m feeling a bit egotistical. The other thing I do every Monday is lecture. I’m a lecturer. I Read more…
Following my last post, I have been interviewed for and appointed by Hull College as an Illustration Lecturer. Having worked in schools and colleges over the last 4 years as a Creative Agent* I’m really happy to be doing something I love with slightly older students. Hull College has got Read more…