Friday 30 September 2011
Brick Lane market inventory
I like the little stalls off Brick Lane which just seem to stock desperate rubbish. Old TV remote anyone? F*** gentrification!
Labels:
Brick Lane,
East London,
gentrification,
market,
plimsoll,
sketchbook,
VHS Tapes
Tuesday 20 September 2011
placing a whale in a glass of water...
ones that got away...
Some characters I designed for a mooted animation series a while back - nothing happened as far as I know but they're probably being reproduced on low quality lunchboxes somewhere in the world as we speak...
Labels:
animation,
character design,
illustration,
retro,
steve may,
vintage
Monday 19 September 2011
impending hotdog accident...
Labels:
hair,
hairstyle,
hot dog,
hotdog,
illustration,
skate board,
skater,
t-shirt
Friday 9 September 2011
Hercules (cross version)
I was rooting around old bits of artwork & found this picture of Hercules fighting the Nemean lion which was drawn for the cover of a book called 'Hercules The Hero' by Tony Bradman but rejected for being a bit too aggressive - I re drew it but quite like this version too - I love a bit of Greek mythology me!
Labels:
animals,
children's books,
greek,
hercules,
hero,
lion,
mythology,
Nemean Lion
Thursday 8 September 2011
Return of the meanest genie!
I just received a copy of the latest in the Jiggy McCue series by Micheal Lawrence - here's a genie from the back cover!
Labels:
children's books,
genie,
Jiggy McCue,
Michael Lawrence,
monster
Wednesday 24 August 2011
Tuesday 23 August 2011
Friday 12 August 2011
The Haunted Cagoule
Whilst anticipating English festival rain I was just reminded of the strange haunting oddness of the word 'cagoule' - surely a movie BEGGING to be made!*
*never ask me for movie investment advice huh?
Wednesday 10 August 2011
slow news week...
Thursday 4 August 2011
Sunday 24 July 2011
Friday 22 July 2011
Thursday 21 July 2011
OS X - Moggy
Hey Mac geeks! Forget your Lions & your Snow Leopards, what happens when apple run out of animal names... shoddy budget OS anybody?
Labels:
animals,
Apple,
computer,
lion,
Mac,
OS X,
sketchbooks,
Snow Leopard,
software,
steve may
Wednesday 6 July 2011
Friday 1 July 2011
How many elephants can you fit in a double decker?
...aahh you do the maths (math for my American readers)
Illustration from Cartoon Kid by Jeremy Strong which also features as July's calendar image for my agents Arena Illustration
Labels:
animals,
Arena Illustration,
bus,
Cartoon Kid,
children's books,
elephant,
elephants,
Jeremy Strong
Monday 20 June 2011
Sunday 19 June 2011
My name's Johnny...
"an' tell all the commies, my name's Johnny, Johnny PISSOFF"
I'm in the process of throwing out old cassettes(!) which have been hanging around in boxes since a very long time ago & found a wonderful compilation which contained The Fugs delightfully titled 'Johnny Pissoff Meets The Red Angel'- this was drawn in response...
spotify:track:0frUOS4pvp2OxiXgbvJjea
Labels:
cassette,
commies,
Johnny Pissoff,
Music,
Red Angel,
sketchbook,
The Fugs
Monday 13 June 2011
insert band name here...
London Fields sketches - he walked by too quickly to clock what the t-shirt slogan was so I took the liberty of inventing it myself - probably some no-mark landfill indie band - I'd have remembered if they were called Cöck Spawn* or something like that.
* the unnecessary umlaut is important in the naming of metal bands don't you know?
Wednesday 8 June 2011
Plummeting Pants!
To further scientifically prove the age old popularity of falling underpants 'Boy Zero - Wannabe Hero - Mystery of the Plummeting Pants' written by Peter Millet published by Faber & illustrated by yours truly has been nominated for a junior fiction award in New Zealand
In celebration here's a picture of General Pandemonium the villain of the piece after his pants have fallen off! I'm too good to you all! : )You can see more here!
& you can buy a copy here
Labels:
boy zero,
children's books,
pants,
Peter Millett,
superhero
Tuesday 7 June 2011
Cartoon Kid - Supercharged! (& better scan!)
Here's the cover to the new Cartoon Kid book (scanned properly & not just filched off the interweb like before)In this one our hero Casper has to face the monstrous Mrs Cloddle or 'CLODZILLA' as she's known (couldn't resist a picture of Mrs Cloddle in full nose wiping action either!)
You can order a copy here
Labels:
children's books,
chocolate,
godzilla,
illustration,
Jeremy Strong,
steve may,
superhero
Monday 6 June 2011
Police elephant! (& a police kangaroo too!)
Couldn't resist posting the police animals arresting Masher & his gang from the new Cartoon Kid book - I love a police animal!
Labels:
animals,
Cartoon Kid,
children's books,
comic strip,
elephants,
Jeremy Strong,
kangaroo,
Police
Grannies wrestling tigers, plummeting rhinos & others...
Some more of my illustrations from the new Cartoon Kid book by Jeremy Strong featuring Grannies wrestling tigers, plummeting rhinos & superhero action among other treats!
You can buy your copy here
Labels:
animals,
Cartoon Kid,
children's books,
Jeremy Strong,
Puffin,
rhino,
superhero,
tigers
Cartoon Kid 2 - Supercharged!
The second in the series of Cartoon Kid books by Jeremy Strong has just been published by Puffin books featuring Casper who is secretly a superhero who among other things has to contend with a monstrous new teacher Mrs Cloddle or CLODZILLA!
You can buy it here
Labels:
Cartoon Kid,
children's books,
comics,
dinosaur,
Jeremy Strong,
Puffin,
supercharged,
superhero
Monday 30 May 2011
(contains sexual swearwords)
Somebody reminded of this piece I directed for the Monkeydust series many moons ago so thought I'd post it - the talk of government targets all sounds depressingly familiar (contains sexual swearwords)
Labels:
animation,
BBC,
department of education,
design,
fuck you,
Monkeydust,
school,
stevemay
Friday 27 May 2011
Lions & Tigers & Bears (oh my!)
Detail from previous post - am most perplexed why more people don't want Wizard of Oz tattoos theses days
Labels:
animals,
bears,
comics,
illustration,
lion,
oh my,
tattoo,
tigers,
Wizard of Oz,
zombies
Thursday 26 May 2011
Zombie Arcade (slight return)
Monday 23 May 2011
Thursday 19 May 2011
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