Pet Defenders - Attack of the Alien Dung written by the very funny Gareth P Jones with illustrations by me is published today (9th February) by Stripes. It's the first in a brand new series in which an unlikely pairing of pets Mitzy & Biskit protect Earth from an assortment of invading aliens.
'The planet is under attack and it’s up to Pet Defenders, Mitzy the cat and Biskit the dog, to save the world but first they are going to have to stop fighting like cat and dog long enough to do it! Secret agent Biskit is really not happy that his new partner Mitzy is a cat – everyone knows that the two don’t mix. But saving the Earth must come first when the planet is being invaded.'
In the words of the author "It's basically Men in Black meets Dogs & Cats meets Dempsey & Makepeace with a giant space beetle made out of cowpats." which was obviously music to my ears when it came to illustrating it, giving me the chance to draw lots animals & aliens which are some of my favourite things (& drawing poo is ALWAYS fun, right kids?)
You can buy it here or if you're lucky enough to have a good local book shop go & say hello to them & buy one there. There's also a theme tune performed by the great Mr Jones which you can listen to here!
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Thursday 9 February 2017
Wednesday 25 January 2017
Pet Defenders - Attack of the Alien Dung!
I just received my copy of the first in the series of the Pet Defenders books - 'Attack of the Alien Dung' written by the very funny Gareth P Jones & published by Stripes. It's out on the 9th February so will share more info & pictures then. It's been a lot of fun to illustrate & I've just finished working on book 2 so plenty more to come, I also get a PROPER credit which is very welcome!
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Person of the Year
Time magazine have just voted Donald Trump as 'Person of the Year' I think Mr G. Reaper was robbed!
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2016,
death,
Donald Trump,
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Person of the Year,
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steve may,
Time Magazine
Wednesday 30 November 2016
Meat fiver
Further to the #fivepoundnote-gate scandal (as nobody has called it yet) on other (made up) planets the currency is made from pure MEAT!
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aliens,
five pound note,
fiver,
illustration,
meat,
money,
sketch,
steve may
Friday 25 November 2016
Muppet horror dream!
My dream last night involved myself (in puppet form) & a muppet with no eyes, attempting to avoid capture from a malevolent Bert & Ernie from Sesame Street. Odd, & strangely scary
(answers on a postcard to the usual address...)
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sketchbook,
steve may
Saturday 19 November 2016
Tuesday 15 November 2016
Saturday 12 November 2016
Thursday 10 November 2016
President Trump
...I'm just leaving this here, drawn swiftly in a moment of extreme distaste yesterday morning.
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america,
Donald Trump,
editorial illustration,
illustration,
mysoginist,
President,
pussy,
steve may,
Trump,
USA
Tuesday 8 November 2016
Trump Fish!
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animals,
Donald Trump,
editorial illustration,
election,
fish,
illustration,
Trump,
USA
Friday 7 October 2016
Thursday 22 September 2016
Introducing Monsieur Mains de Merde!
Yesterday whilst wrestling with a particularly tricky piece of drawing which refused to turn out right, I'm convinced I was visited once again by my illustrational alter-ego & nemesis Monsieur Mains de Merde.
Fresh from an alternate dimension of 'crummy drawing' he occasionally* takes over & magically gives me a dubious fictional character based excuse for my own ineptitude.
*To some of my detractors & anyone else who's rejected / ignored my work I realise this may seem to be more than 'occasional' visitations, but as this is my blog, devoted to plugging my work let's draw a veil over them
Fresh from an alternate dimension of 'crummy drawing' he occasionally* takes over & magically gives me a dubious fictional character based excuse for my own ineptitude.
*To some of my detractors & anyone else who's rejected / ignored my work I realise this may seem to be more than 'occasional' visitations, but as this is my blog, devoted to plugging my work let's draw a veil over them
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alter ego,
draughtsmanship,
drawing,
illustration,
iluustrator,
pen & ink,
steve may
Monday 19 September 2016
Brian Blessed with wings, playing the drums!
I drew this while frothing at the mouth in response to ANOTHER depressing news article about residential property developers attempting to close down venues / clubs etc. which have operated for years due to noise, this time affecting the Curzon cinema in Mayfair.
My radical plan is next time property developers build flats next to long established clubs / cinemas & complain about noise, I propose crowdfunding & installing a continuous hologram of Brian Blessed with wings playing a f*** off drum kit!
My radical plan is next time property developers build flats next to long established clubs / cinemas & complain about noise, I propose crowdfunding & installing a continuous hologram of Brian Blessed with wings playing a f*** off drum kit!
In the words of Withnail - "Liven you stiffs up a bit!"
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Brian Blessed,
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Curzon Mayfair,
drums,
Flash Gordon,
illustration,
London,
noise,
property,
sketch,
steve may
Wednesday 14 September 2016
Adobe Software Update
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Adobe,
Apple,
CC2015,
comic,
comic strip,
illustration,
Photoshop,
software,
steve may,
upgrade
Thursday 8 September 2016
Wednesday 7 September 2016
Drank The Ink Water Again...
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drink,
illustration,
illustrator,
ink,
pen and ink,
steve may,
water
'Never Drive a Car When You're Dead'
(sage advice from Mr Tom Waits' 'Telephone Call From Istanbul' from Frank's Wild Years )
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car,
dead,
Frank's Wild Years,
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Istanbul,
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steve may,
Telephone Call From Istanbul,
tom waits
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Collective nouns...
The collective noun for cats is a 'clump' surely...?*
*Ok, ok, the correct term is a 'clowder', happy now?
*Ok, ok, the correct term is a 'clowder', happy now?
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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
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