Showing posts with label steve may. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steve may. Show all posts
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Then there were six!
I've illustrated six Diary of Dennis the Menace so far - nice to see them all lined up together!
Monday 20 July 2015
You can't do that sort of thing any more!
A Compendium of Unwise Pursuits.
NB Smoking & fighting is NOT big or clever kids!
(part of the 'Steve May rather hinders his career as a children's illustrator by drawing fighting & smoking' series - I may be a bit of an idiot! ; )
NB Smoking & fighting is NOT big or clever kids!
(part of the 'Steve May rather hinders his career as a children's illustrator by drawing fighting & smoking' series - I may be a bit of an idiot! ; )
Wednesday 15 July 2015
The Fine British Art of Queuing.
From the latest Diary of Dennis the Menace - Canine Carnage written by Steven Butler & published by Puffin
(see also 'passive aggressive tutting' & Britishness)
©DC Thomson and Co. Ltd
Wednesday 3 June 2015
Menace it Yourself!
Thought I'd share some brand new Illustrations from the new Diary of Dennis the Menace - Menace Yourself Scribble Journal published by Puffin - there's some skateboarding action & a glimpse of the Dennis & the Dinmakers - Dennis' rock band
(I'm wanting to know where I can get a 'Menace' amplifier for myself!)
Friday 22 May 2015
The Haunted Lunchbox
The Haunted Lunchbox or... when good foodstuffs go BAD!
With a little nod to Wagon Wheels (which even as a kid I thought were foul) & Um Bongo, which according to legend they drink in the DRC - except this doesn't rhyme / scan in quite the way it did in the slightly naive / racist '80s commercials!
I'm thinking this would be a great book title, I just haven't come up with the story yet, so here's the cover while you wait...
With a little nod to Wagon Wheels (which even as a kid I thought were foul) & Um Bongo, which according to legend they drink in the DRC - except this doesn't rhyme / scan in quite the way it did in the slightly naive / racist '80s commercials!
I'm thinking this would be a great book title, I just haven't come up with the story yet, so here's the cover while you wait...
Thursday 14 May 2015
Lapsed deities
Labels:
god,
gods,
hell-fire,
lapsed deities,
pen and ink,
sketch,
steve may,
thunderbolt
Tuesday 5 May 2015
Hastings Independent Artist Profile
I was extremely flattered (& blushing) by Kate Renwick's lovely artist's profile which was featured in issue 25 of the Hastings Independent.
As some of you might know, I was born in Hastings & spent my childhood & teenage years there & the article was published immediately prior to my band Das Fluff's incredibly enjoyable gig in Hastings on the 20th March.
It was the first time I've played back in Hastings for many years (we'll draw a veil over how many!) so was a particularly special gig to me.
As some of you might know, I was born in Hastings & spent my childhood & teenage years there & the article was published immediately prior to my band Das Fluff's incredibly enjoyable gig in Hastings on the 20th March.
It was the first time I've played back in Hastings for many years (we'll draw a veil over how many!) so was a particularly special gig to me.
Labels:
children's illustration,
Das Fluff,
electro,
gig,
Hastings,
Hastings Independent,
illustration,
Music,
press,
rock,
seaside,
steve may
Friday 17 April 2015
Tidal beard.
Labels:
beard,
illustration,
morning star,
pen & ink,
sketch,
sketchbook,
steve may,
vikings
Diary of Dennis the Menace - Canine Carnage cover
Sneak preview of the cover for 'Canine Carnage' the fifth in the very funny Diary of Dennis the Menace series written by Steven Butler & illustrated by me.
Publication date 2nd July 2015
(Wondering if I can swing a free Flying V or Explorer guitar from Gibson for my product placement...hmmm...)
Publication date 2nd July 2015
(Wondering if I can swing a free Flying V or Explorer guitar from Gibson for my product placement...hmmm...)
Tuesday 24 March 2015
Ding-dong!
I overheard a man in a café in Soho the other day referring to a 'ding-dong', not a phrase I'd heard in a long time & what with the word 'fracas' being rather prevalent in the news recently it got me thinking...
(nobody was hurt during the drawing of this sketchbook page)
(nobody was hurt during the drawing of this sketchbook page)
Labels:
ding-dong,
dust up,
fight,
flick knife,
fracas,
illustration,
language,
punch,
scrap,
sketch,
sketchbook,
slang,
steve may,
violence
Thursday 19 March 2015
Thursday monster time!
In a long tradition going back at least since I just drew this here's your Thursday monster!
Like monsters? Like facts? Go to here NOW!
Like monsters? Like facts? Go to here NOW!
Labels:
bubbles,
children's illustration,
illustration,
monster,
monsters,
pen & ink,
pen and ink,
sketch,
socks,
steve may,
wings
Wednesday 4 March 2015
World Menace (Book) Day 2015
I've been pleased to illustrate a special edition of Diary of Dennis the Menace written by the very funny Steven Butler especially for World Book Day (or World Menace Day as Dennis has decided to rebrand it!)
A few weeks ago I also took part in a Puffin Virtually Live event where the audience got two Stevens for the price of one, (myself & Mr Butler!) tips on dressing up as Dennis for school on World Book Day itself & I explain how to draw your very own Gnasher! Lots of fun!
Here's a sneak preview of Dennis' Blobzilla costume I drew for World Book (I mean Menace) Day...
(design by Mandy Norman)
Tuesday 17 February 2015
Fat Tuesday...
Labels:
creature,
fat,
Fat Tuesday,
frying pan,
illustration,
lard,
Lent,
Mardi Gras,
monster,
monsters,
pancake,
Shrove Tuesday,
steve may
Friday 13 February 2015
The Economist Feb 7th - An Investor Calls
I was commissioned to produce these illustrations for The Economist for an article called 'An Investor Calls' about the impact of certain hedge fund activists on businesses - you can read this far more eloquently in the original article
My idea of 'activist' was rather different to what the article was actually speaking about but once I'd been put onto the right track (no V for Vendetta masks et al!) I had decided to make the activist female in the original roughs but was informed that all the activists the journalist had researched & spoken to were men so this was duly amended in the final illustration - here's a before / after for your edification
My idea of 'activist' was rather different to what the article was actually speaking about but once I'd been put onto the right track (no V for Vendetta masks et al!) I had decided to make the activist female in the original roughs but was informed that all the activists the journalist had researched & spoken to were men so this was duly amended in the final illustration - here's a before / after for your edification
Labels:
activist,
america,
business,
editorial illustration,
financial,
illustration,
investor,
magazine,
shareholder,
steve may,
suit,
telephone,
The Economist
Thursday 5 February 2015
Dennis the Menace - Bash Street Bandit!
Somebody out there is OUT-MENACING THE PRANKMASTER GENERAL! Dennis the Menace has to use all his super secret agent detective skills to find this Bash Street Bandit & prove to everybody that he's the most menacing menace of all Beanotown!
The 4th book in the Diary of Dennis the Menace series 'Bash Street Bandit!' written by Steven Butler & illustrated by me is out today (Thursday 5th February)
There's some detective work...
...& a healthy dose of burping & farting
Tuesday 27 January 2015
Tiger pants
Labels:
animals,
children's illustration,
illustration,
jungle,
pants,
steve may,
tiger,
tigers,
underpants
Friday 23 January 2015
Tuesday 20 January 2015
Here be dragons...
Labels:
dragon,
kimono,
moleskin,
mythical,
pen and ink,
sketch,
sketchbook,
steve may
Thursday 18 December 2014
Wednesday 17 December 2014
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