The collective noun for cats is a 'clump' surely...?*
*Ok, ok, the correct term is a 'clowder', happy now?
Showing posts with label illustration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label illustration. Show all posts
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Collective nouns...
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animals,
cats,
clowder,
clump,
collective noun,
illustration,
language,
sketch,
sketchbook,
steve may
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Monday 22 August 2016
Postcard from an English summer
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Intergalactic Rock Star Monster!
I drew this intergalactic rock star monster (with a bit of a Bowie penchant) especially for the lovely folk at the Discover Children's Story Centre to hang on the wall as part of a collection of portraits by different illustrators to coincide with their recent refurbishment & relaunch.
I was first involved with Discover back in 2012, designing their Superheroes exhibition & am always so impressed by the place & with the dedication & love the whole team put into it. It's a brilliant place to visit!
I was first involved with Discover back in 2012, designing their Superheroes exhibition & am always so impressed by the place & with the dedication & love the whole team put into it. It's a brilliant place to visit!
National Book Lovers Day!
Celebrate #NationalBookLoversDay! by treating yourself to an extra pair of eyes for even MORE book-y goodness!
Monday 8 August 2016
Monday 1 August 2016
August, dinosaurs & ice cream
Dinosaurs AND ice cream!?!? What a combo! The August 2016 page for my agents Arena Illustration
Friday 29 July 2016
Tigers in lipstick
Well, when National Lipstick Day collides with International Tiger Day what's a guy going to do?
(many thanks to my lovely friend Alicia for suggesting this!)
(many thanks to my lovely friend Alicia for suggesting this!)
Labels:
animals,
children's illustration,
illustration,
lipstick,
make-up,
tiger,
tigers
Friday 8 July 2016
Sniffer dogs, cheese, sausages & class A drugs.
This article was begging to be illustrated (no pun intended) It's from an article in The Daily Telegraph headlined ‘Manchester Airport Sniffer Dogs Find Cheese & Sausages - But No Class A Drugs’ in which they found the sniffer dogs were more interested in cheese & sausages than cocaine et al. Now, at this juncture I'm tempted to interject 'who'd have thought?' but I feel resorting to low sarcasm for comic effect is below me.
You can read the article here
You can read the article here
Labels:
animals,
cannabis,
cheese,
cocaine,
Daily Telegraph,
dogs,
drugs,
editorial illustration,
illustration,
sausage,
sausages,
smugglers,
steve may
Thursday 7 July 2016
Filth Tray™
#WorldChocolateDay - save that old 'not the coffee cream'* argument by choosing Filth Tray™ - "all of them horrors!"
*Psst! I actually like the coffee cream & the orange cream but I'm a bit funny like that...
*Psst! I actually like the coffee cream & the orange cream but I'm a bit funny like that...
Labels:
cat,
chocolate,
demon,
Devil,
filth tray,
illustration,
steve may,
sweets,
World Chocolate Day
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Cat burglar (plus dog)
Another illustration for 'Burglar Trade Secrets' from Which? magazine (apparently dogs & cameras aren't too popular with the burglar community - let alone dogs WITH cameras!)
See previous 'burglar' post
See previous 'burglar' post
Labels:
animals,
burglar,
cat burglar,
cats,
CCTV,
consumer,
dogs,
editorial illustration,
illustration,
pearl necklace,
steve may,
swag bag,
Which Magazine
Friday 1 July 2016
Fat Batman With Balloons
After a rather bleak confusing week I thought I'd draw a fat Batman with some balloons to cheer you all up!
Thursday 23 June 2016
In, out, shake it all about!
In a week of vicious political divisions let's all remember we're all BRITISH! In that spirit, here's a picture of some people tutting in a passive aggressive manner up to their waists in shit & mud at Glastonbury.
Labels:
BREMAIN,
British,
EU,
EU Referendum,
Glastonbury,
hipster,
illustration,
mud,
Passive aggressive,
rain,
tut,
tutting
Wednesday 22 June 2016
United Kingdom of UKIP?
I drew this in response to an article by Marina Hyde in The Guardian. The absolute nonsense & outright lies involved in the both sides of the EU Referendum have been pretty lousy throughout but I find Nigel Farage & his pandering to lowest common denominator racism & his 'ordinary bloke' schtick particularly odious
Read the article here
Read the article here
Labels:
beer,
BREMAIN,
BREXIT,
cigarettes,
editorial illustration,
EU Referendum,
illustration,
Nigel Farage,
pint,
politics,
racist,
steve may,
the Guardian,
UK,
UKIP,
Union flag
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Dragon eating sandwich in bath
I was alerted to the fact it was British Sandwich Week (it's true, look here!) this week & this fella popped into my head & onto my paper.
NB As a cautionary tale, sandwiches & hot soapy water don't go together very well from bitter (& soapy) personal experience. Due to the ongoing horror of '70s school dinners, the 6 year old me begged my long suffering mum to allow me to take sandwiches to school instead. One day, whilst washing my hands I somehow managed to drop them into the sink, whereupon one of the more peculiarly sadistic dinner ladies insisted I eat them, thinking it was a ploy to avoid eating my dinner. Mmmm hot wet soapy corned beef! (not sure it'll ever catch on!)
NB As a cautionary tale, sandwiches & hot soapy water don't go together very well from bitter (& soapy) personal experience. Due to the ongoing horror of '70s school dinners, the 6 year old me begged my long suffering mum to allow me to take sandwiches to school instead. One day, whilst washing my hands I somehow managed to drop them into the sink, whereupon one of the more peculiarly sadistic dinner ladies insisted I eat them, thinking it was a ploy to avoid eating my dinner. Mmmm hot wet soapy corned beef! (not sure it'll ever catch on!)
Wednesday 4 May 2016
One that got away...
Rejected cover for a recent project (boo!) Some things are never meant to happen, often one party has a very specific idea of what they want but can't always articulate it which makes an illustrator's job harder. Equally, sometimes it's the wrong illustrator for the job which I think was the case for this one. Pity, I LOVE a dinosaur!
Thursday 21 April 2016
Wednesday 20 April 2016
Monster on budget shopping trip
In between doing monster-y things it's *always* good to grab a bargain, maybe a talking ice cream in this case?
You don't believe in such a thing?
You cynic, you!
You don't believe in such a thing?
You cynic, you!
Labels:
aldi,
ice cream,
illustration,
monster,
pen and ink,
shopping,
sketch,
steve may
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