Showing posts with label steve may. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steve may. Show all posts
Wednesday 22 April 2020
The Bookmark project
Here's this years offering for Sharon Hattersley's Bookmark Project which runs every year to raise as much money as possible for Katiyo Primary School in Zimbabwe!
This year I thought 'Who doesn't LOVE an acrobatic farting dacshshund?'
Labels:
book mark,
bookmark project,
charity,
dachshund,
illustration,
sausage dog,
steve may,
Zimbabwe
Tuesday 21 April 2020
National Tea Day
Of course on #National Tea Day the ONLY question being asked is which is the best dunking biscuit?*
*obviously a jammy dodger is a stupid choice but what do you expect from a cat?
Labels:
animals,
biscuits,
cat,
cats,
dunking,
illustration,
jammie dodgers,
national tea day,
steve may,
tea
Tuesday 25 February 2020
New Viking series with Francesca Simon!
I'm very excited to announce that I'll be teaming up with best-selling 'Horrid Henry' author Francesca Simon for a new series for Faber & Faber which "features a marauding band of terrible Vikings, led by terror twins Hack and Whack, who are adored by their parents for being the worst Vikings in the village"
I'm very excited to be working with Francesca, I've already caught myself laughing out loud at the text which is ALWAYS the best sign and I'm relishing the chance of bringing Hack and Whack's terrible exploits to life. (Getting to draw a baby wolf called Bitey Bitey is also a magnificent bonus too!)
Here's a link the the article at The Bookseller
I'm very excited to be working with Francesca, I've already caught myself laughing out loud at the text which is ALWAYS the best sign and I'm relishing the chance of bringing Hack and Whack's terrible exploits to life. (Getting to draw a baby wolf called Bitey Bitey is also a magnificent bonus too!)
Here's a link the the article at The Bookseller
Tuesday 17 December 2019
Yule Cat says "BÖO!"
Jólakötturin, the Icelandic Yule Cat is 'a vicious cat who lurks about the snowy countryside during Christmas time and eats people who have not received any new clothes to wear before Christmas Eve.'(!)
Praying you ALL get new socks this year!
Praying you ALL get new socks this year!
Labels:
Christmas,
Iceland,
illustration,
Jólakötturin,
snow,
steve may,
yule,
yule cat
Thursday 31 October 2019
The Knückle Crüshers
Celebrating Halloween & the 'unnëcessary hëavy mëtal ümlaut'!
(from an idea by Rachel Delahay Lefever)
(from an idea by Rachel Delahay Lefever)
Diana Ditch (Boris Johnson's drag name)
(from an original tweet by Mark Gatiss)
Labels:
Boris Johnson,
Diana Ditch,
ditch,
drag,
Halloween,
steve may
Thursday 3 October 2019
Thursday 11 July 2019
A Bestiary of (dimly remembered) Literary Terms
I was following a thread by @katemond on Twitter about 7 year olds being forced to learn about 'fronted adverbials' at school & after looking the term up realised the reality was a hell of a lot duller than my original idea of what a Fronted Adverbial looked like.
I proceeded to draw some more dimly remembered terms from studying English literature back in the mists of time.
I proceeded to draw some more dimly remembered terms from studying English literature back in the mists of time.
Labels:
anapest,
animals,
bestiary,
fronted adverbial,
illustration,
literature,
monsters,
pen & ink,
sketch,
spondee,
steve may,
trochee
Wednesday 15 May 2019
The Unlucky Eleven - publication day!
The Unlucky Eleven which is published today is my second collaboration with author Phil Earle for Barrington Stoke as part of their Little Gems series.
I really enjoyed illustrating this funny action packed story about a rather shambolic & comical football team with a supposedly cursed football kit! It's a very nicely produced & designed book & you can either by it online or even better head down to your nearest independent bookshop & ask for it.
"The action flows, both on the pitch and in the dressing room, and the story feels as real and authentic as a pair of muddy football boots. Steve May’s illustrations are bang on...A winner!"
I really enjoyed illustrating this funny action packed story about a rather shambolic & comical football team with a supposedly cursed football kit! It's a very nicely produced & designed book & you can either by it online or even better head down to your nearest independent bookshop & ask for it.
"The action flows, both on the pitch and in the dressing room, and the story feels as real and authentic as a pair of muddy football boots. Steve May’s illustrations are bang on...A winner!"
Wednesday 8 May 2019
Wednesday 1 May 2019
Sir Henry Rawlinson...
A fine quote from an eminently quotable movie 'Sir Henry At Rawlinsons End' written by the late great ginger geezer himself Viv Stanshall.
Labels:
flies,
humour,
illustration,
monsters,
movie,
shit,
Sir Henry At Rawlinsons End,
steve may,
Viv Stanshall,
wheelbarrow
Monday 25 March 2019
Pigs & monkeys!
Labels:
animals,
dogs,
flying,
flying monkeys,
Flying pigs,
illustration,
steve may,
toto
Friday 15 March 2019
World Sleep Day
Labels:
animals,
cat,
character design,
dog,
illustration,
sleep,
steve may,
world sleep day
Thursday 7 March 2019
World Book Day 2019
Happy World Book Day 2019 !
(but spare a thought for some of the less popular days too World Cook Day, World Rook Day, World Crook Day)
Spread the love & happy reading!
(but spare a thought for some of the less popular days too World Cook Day, World Rook Day, World Crook Day)
Spread the love & happy reading!
Labels:
cat,
cat burglar,
chef,
children's illustration,
cook,
crook,
elephant,
rook,
steve may,
World Book Day
Monday 4 March 2019
Monster Facts #016
Monster negotiation is always best attempted AFTER lunchtime!
(preferably with SWAT team back up)
See also Monster Facts #03
(preferably with SWAT team back up)
See also Monster Facts #03
Labels:
dinner,
monster,
monster facts,
monsters,
negotiation,
steve may,
tentacles,
trunk
Thursday 28 February 2019
Newham Word Festival with Guy Bass
I had a great time with author Guy Bass at the Manor Park library with the the kids from Monega Primary School for the Newham Word Festival today. We covered everything from childhood vices, potato shaped children, dinosaurs, superheroes & not to forget our recent collaborations 'Noah Scape - Can't Stop Repeating Himself' & 'Laura Norder - Sheriff of Butts Canyon'.
Guy's exuberance & expert storytelling went down really well with the kids & the morning gave me plenty of scope for plenty of live drawing to prove I was definitely 'quick on the draw' (see what I did there?!?!)
Thanks to the staff at Manor Park library for making us so welcome!
Guy's exuberance & expert storytelling went down really well with the kids & the morning gave me plenty of scope for plenty of live drawing to prove I was definitely 'quick on the draw' (see what I did there?!?!)
Thanks to the staff at Manor Park library for making us so welcome!
Look at all our lovely books!
A meat pie, Tarzan & angry giraffe...
Noah Scape
Various superheroes (& Hulk's tiny trousers)
Ten Gun Ben (& startled horse)
Ten Gun Ben says "NO RULES!"
A wild west 'good morning' pussycat (& rogue TARDIS)
Potato shaped child & Guy's mum laying down the law
(NB I have never met Guy's mum so this is purely invented)
Noah Scape's favourite things!
Laura Norder & Duncan Disorderly drawn from life in double quick time
(see below)
(see below)
Monday 25 February 2019
Down To Earth
Here's a couple of pictures from a recent book I illustrated called Down to Earth by Carmel Reilly for Oxford University press which I can find no trace of but anyone who knows me will know I'm fond of drawing aliens etc. so here you go!
Labels:
aliens,
Carmel Reilly,
children's books,
Down to Earth,
illustration,
OUP,
outer space,
space,
steve may
Thursday 14 February 2019
Laura Norder - Sheriff of Butts Canyon PUBLICATION DAY!
Laura Norder - Sheriff of Butts Canyon, my third collaboration with author Guy Bass for Barrington Stoke is published today, Friday 15th February
In this pun-tastic & funny Western adventure Laura Norder lives her life by the Golden Rules and so should everybody else. But being Sheriff of Butts Canyon at the age of ten is a big job to handle, and when a no-good rule-breaking bandit causes chaos in the town, enough is enough! It's time for Laura to step up to the plate and catch the masked mischief-maker before he breaks any more of her rules!
This was a great fun book to work on & I particularly loved visualising all of the subsidiary characters like Tad Tipsy the drunk bartender, Walter Spitty the town scruff & Mort L. Coil the undertaker.
You can order it here or even better, pop into your local bookshop & pick up a copy
In this pun-tastic & funny Western adventure Laura Norder lives her life by the Golden Rules and so should everybody else. But being Sheriff of Butts Canyon at the age of ten is a big job to handle, and when a no-good rule-breaking bandit causes chaos in the town, enough is enough! It's time for Laura to step up to the plate and catch the masked mischief-maker before he breaks any more of her rules!
This was a great fun book to work on & I particularly loved visualising all of the subsidiary characters like Tad Tipsy the drunk bartender, Walter Spitty the town scruff & Mort L. Coil the undertaker.
You can order it here or even better, pop into your local bookshop & pick up a copy
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