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!
Thursday, 7 March 2019
World Book Day 2019
Labels:
cat,
cat burglar,
chef,
children's illustration,
cook,
crook,
elephant,
rook,
steve may,
World Book Day
Monday, 4 March 2019
RIP Keith Flint
Incredibly sad news about the passing of Keith Flint from the Prodigy today so I drew a little Keith inspired doodle
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
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
Love Your Pet Day!
Surely Love Your Pet Day shouldn't really be necessary? Isn't that the WHOLE POINT of having a pet? Anyhow...
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
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)