Wednesday 14 May 2014
Tuesday 13 May 2014
Skelly-cycle
Out-take from a job I did a few months back.
I usually hate drawing bicycles*
This was more fun.
(*unless I can make them up!)
I usually hate drawing bicycles*
This was more fun.
(*unless I can make them up!)
Monday 12 May 2014
The Diary of Dennis the Menace - Beanotown Battle out now!
The second Diary of Dennis the Menace 'Beanotown Battle' written by Stephen Butler, illustrated by me & published by Puffin books is out now. In this one the boring Mayor has entered Beanotown in a flower comptetition, & you know what flowers attract? SOFTIES!
Dennis & Gnasher have to think of a brilliant emergency menacing plan to save Beanotown from the softy invasion! (warning some of these images may contain SPOILERS!)
In this book I got a chance to draw some of Dennis's friends who might look vaguely familiar & as with the previous book I've been thoroughly enjoying getting to reinterpret some iconic Beano characters again. Stephen Butler's writing is nicely funny & anarchic & great fun to illustrate & again a big nod to Mandy Norman the designer because the books look great!
You can order the book online but why not pop over to your nearest PROPER BOOKSHOP & buy it from there because that's a lot more fun than being hunched over a computer any day!
Dennis & Gnasher have to think of a brilliant emergency menacing plan to save Beanotown from the softy invasion! (warning some of these images may contain SPOILERS!)
In this book I got a chance to draw some of Dennis's friends who might look vaguely familiar & as with the previous book I've been thoroughly enjoying getting to reinterpret some iconic Beano characters again. Stephen Butler's writing is nicely funny & anarchic & great fun to illustrate & again a big nod to Mandy Norman the designer because the books look great!
You can order the book online but why not pop over to your nearest PROPER BOOKSHOP & buy it from there because that's a lot more fun than being hunched over a computer any day!
Friday 11 April 2014
Friday 4 April 2014
Epidemic of tuts
There's been a lot of talk about air pollution but this morning on my walk into the studio there appeared to be an epidemic of tutting in the London air (or maybe I'm just being super-annoying today & don't realise it?)
We really should make tutting an Olympic sport. The GB team would clean up!
We really should make tutting an Olympic sport. The GB team would clean up!
Thursday 20 March 2014
Tuesday 18 March 2014
Unruly eyebrows & earwax placement
I live in fear of the day my eyebrows take on a bristley unruly life of their own but who tangles them in the night huh?
Labels:
earwax,
eyebrows,
hair,
illustration,
sketch,
sketchbook,
unruly
Monday 17 March 2014
Sullen rock teen
Following on from the ageing rockers in a previous post...
Labels:
hair,
Heavy Metal,
illustration,
rock,
rock & roll,
sketch,
skull,
tattoo,
teen
Dinner time (with octopus)
Labels:
dinner,
illustration,
monster,
octopus,
sauce,
sketch,
sketchbook,
tuxedo
Tuesday 11 March 2014
Mind that seagull!
Labels:
character design,
colour,
creatures,
illustration,
monster,
monsters,
pencil,
seagulls,
sketch,
sketchbook,
steve may
Monday 10 March 2014
Old rockers never die (they just appear in more documentaries)
I love a good rockumentary, was watching various '70s survivors in varied stages of 'ageing pantomime dame mode' telling their stories on TV the other night...
'Spurious Gack Anecdote', really ought to be a name of a band
Labels:
documentary,
glam rock,
Heavy Metal,
illustration,
Music,
pop music,
rock,
rock & roll,
rocker,
sketch,
TV
Thursday 6 March 2014
Tuesday 4 March 2014
Monday 3 March 2014
Happy birthday!
Labels:
balloon,
card,
creature,
Happy Birthday,
illustration,
monster,
pen & ink,
postcard,
sketch
Friday 28 February 2014
Werewolves, killer tomatoes & mummies...
A werewolf trying to find a job, a sad tomato & a mummy wrapped in pink toilet paper from 'Making Monsters Happy' by Susan Gates.
Labels:
children's books,
children's illustration,
horror,
illustration,
killer tomato,
monsters,
mummy,
sheep,
steve may,
tomato,
treetops
Monday 24 February 2014
More people
Labels:
Brighton,
illustration,
pen and ink,
people,
portrait,
sketch,
sketchbook,
Soho,
steve may,
Wardour Street
Tuesday 18 February 2014
...is so bracing
Dreaming of the seaside - my drenched Soho homage to John Hassall's famous Skegness design
Labels:
beach,
bracing,
creatures,
illustration,
John Hassall,
pen and ink,
poster,
seaside,
Skegness,
sketch,
sketchbook,
steve may
Splashing into the streets
Wet night in Soho last night reminded me of the line 'The boys just dive right off the cars
And splash into the street' from Time by Tom Waits (very little relevance apart from that but it's always good to have context)
And splash into the street' from Time by Tom Waits (very little relevance apart from that but it's always good to have context)
Labels:
children's illustration,
creatures,
fishing,
illustration,
monsters,
pen and ink,
rain,
sketch,
sketchbook,
Soho,
steve may,
street,
streets,
tom waits
Monday 17 February 2014
Friday 14 February 2014
Happy V*lentines!
Labels:
city,
diversity,
godzilla,
heart,
illustration,
monster,
pen and ink,
steve may,
valentines
Tuesday 11 February 2014
Reward - a diamond dog
I always like to promise a nice reward to anyone who returns a lost sketchbook*
* the 'gold helicopter' I promised in another book hasn't tempted anyone to return my lost sketchbook from the summer last year : (
* the 'gold helicopter' I promised in another book hasn't tempted anyone to return my lost sketchbook from the summer last year : (
Labels:
David Bowie,
Diamond Dogs,
dog,
illustration,
moleskin,
sketcbook,
sketch,
sketchbook,
steve may
Cross robot/lizard hybrid
Labels:
bah,
hybrid,
illustration,
lizard,
monster,
pen and ink,
robot,
sketch,
sketchbook
Thursday 6 February 2014
Diary of Dennis the Menace - available now!
Some time in early May last year I was contacted by my agent to say that Puffin were looking for someone to give a 'new illustrative approach' to Dennis the Menace for a series of books written by award winning children's author of 'The Wrong Pong' Steven Butler.
I paused from sipping a large gold flecked martini on my yacht, waved away a palm frond bearing serving girl & thought '...hmmm, draw one of my childhood heroes...HELL YEAH!'
*montage of furious scribbling, various life events, getting an invite to the Beano 75th birthday party, uplifting music etc.*
...& so, the first book, The Diary Of Dennis The Menace is published today, it's very funny, keeping the right level of mischief & chaos (you bumfaces you!) nicely designed by Mandy Norman, & the pictures ain't too shabby either.
Has been an extremely enjoyable job, I dearly wish my mum was still around so I could proudly present her with a copy.
Here's a few of the pictures (I got to draw a few other old favourites too! : )
(Puffin Books, TM © DC Thomson & Co. Ltd.)
I paused from sipping a large gold flecked martini on my yacht, waved away a palm frond bearing serving girl & thought '...hmmm, draw one of my childhood heroes...HELL YEAH!'
*montage of furious scribbling, various life events, getting an invite to the Beano 75th birthday party, uplifting music etc.*
...& so, the first book, The Diary Of Dennis The Menace is published today, it's very funny, keeping the right level of mischief & chaos (you bumfaces you!) nicely designed by Mandy Norman, & the pictures ain't too shabby either.
Has been an extremely enjoyable job, I dearly wish my mum was still around so I could proudly present her with a copy.
Here's a few of the pictures (I got to draw a few other old favourites too! : )
(Puffin Books, TM © DC Thomson & Co. Ltd.)
Wednesday 5 February 2014
Gloombrella
Labels:
creatures,
gloombrella,
gloomy,
illustration,
pen and ink,
rain,
sketchbook,
umbrella
Tuesday 4 February 2014
Pensive monkey
I dreamed about lots of brilliant monkeys last night but was too slow to photograph them in the dream. I feel a bit sad about this today
Thursday 30 January 2014
I've just received my copies of Diary Of Dennis the Menace!
Very excited to have just received my copies of The Diary of Dennis The Menace written by the very funny Steven Butler , drawn by me & published by Puffin books. They look superb, congrats to Mandy Norman for a lovely design job - it's published on 6th February so I shouldn't really give you a peek but I'm very excited...this is how I feel... DING! DONG!* : )
*If you're a fan club member you'll KNOW what this means!
Friday 24 January 2014
Cyber Streetwise campaign
Here are a few of the posters I created for the government's Cyber Streetwise campaign.
Commissioned by the agency, M&C Saatchi, with Picasso Pictures I created illustrations for the interactive website, print and poster Cyber Streetwise campaign & I also designed & directed 6 short animated clips showing how people take risks with web security that they would never take in the real world. The work was written by Matt Beaumont and art directed by Phil Reedy & my producer was the brilliantly unflappable Melissa Venet at Picasso Pictures.
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