Wednesday 20 July 2016
Thursday 14 July 2016
Johnny Danger - Spyborg
I recently completed the cover for the 3rd Johnny Danger book 'Spy Borg' written by Peter Millett published by Penguin Books. (Any excuse to draw big robots is a 'very good thing' in my book!)
It's available for pre-order in Australia here
It's available for pre-order in Australia here
Friday 8 July 2016
Sniffer dogs, cheese, sausages & class A drugs.
This article was begging to be illustrated (no pun intended) It's from an article in The Daily Telegraph headlined ‘Manchester Airport Sniffer Dogs Find Cheese & Sausages - But No Class A Drugs’ in which they found the sniffer dogs were more interested in cheese & sausages than cocaine et al. Now, at this juncture I'm tempted to interject 'who'd have thought?' but I feel resorting to low sarcasm for comic effect is below me.
You can read the article here
You can read the article here
Labels:
animals,
cannabis,
cheese,
cocaine,
Daily Telegraph,
dogs,
drugs,
editorial illustration,
illustration,
sausage,
sausages,
smugglers,
steve may
Thursday 7 July 2016
Filth Tray™
#WorldChocolateDay - save that old 'not the coffee cream'* argument by choosing Filth Tray™ - "all of them horrors!"
*Psst! I actually like the coffee cream & the orange cream but I'm a bit funny like that...
*Psst! I actually like the coffee cream & the orange cream but I'm a bit funny like that...
Labels:
cat,
chocolate,
demon,
Devil,
filth tray,
illustration,
steve may,
sweets,
World Chocolate Day
Tuesday 5 July 2016
Cat burglar (plus dog)
Another illustration for 'Burglar Trade Secrets' from Which? magazine (apparently dogs & cameras aren't too popular with the burglar community - let alone dogs WITH cameras!)
See previous 'burglar' post
See previous 'burglar' post
Labels:
animals,
burglar,
cat burglar,
cats,
CCTV,
consumer,
dogs,
editorial illustration,
illustration,
pearl necklace,
steve may,
swag bag,
Which Magazine
Friday 1 July 2016
Fat Batman With Balloons
After a rather bleak confusing week I thought I'd draw a fat Batman with some balloons to cheer you all up!
Tuesday 28 June 2016
Cat burglar
Cat burglar for an article in Which? magazine called 'Burglar Trade Secrets' detailing the top five items burglars are most interested in stealing.
Thursday 23 June 2016
In, out, shake it all about!
In a week of vicious political divisions let's all remember we're all BRITISH! In that spirit, here's a picture of some people tutting in a passive aggressive manner up to their waists in shit & mud at Glastonbury.
Labels:
BREMAIN,
British,
EU,
EU Referendum,
Glastonbury,
hipster,
illustration,
mud,
Passive aggressive,
rain,
tut,
tutting
Wednesday 22 June 2016
United Kingdom of UKIP?
I drew this in response to an article by Marina Hyde in The Guardian. The absolute nonsense & outright lies involved in the both sides of the EU Referendum have been pretty lousy throughout but I find Nigel Farage & his pandering to lowest common denominator racism & his 'ordinary bloke' schtick particularly odious
Read the article here
Read the article here
Labels:
beer,
BREMAIN,
BREXIT,
cigarettes,
editorial illustration,
EU Referendum,
illustration,
Nigel Farage,
pint,
politics,
racist,
steve may,
the Guardian,
UK,
UKIP,
Union flag
Monday 6 June 2016
A dalek, a feline Bond, & a fat Captain America...
I drew this in response to an article called 'Fandom is Broken' by Devin Faraci dealing with fans' sometimes obsessive & aggressive proprietorial stance with the characters / stories they purport to love. (& a great excuse to draw a dalek & a fat Captain America into the bargain of course!)
Labels:
Apple,
Captain America,
comics,
dalek,
Doctor Who,
Fandom,
James Bond,
Jar Jar Binks,
Spock,
Star Trek,
Star Wars,
Stormtrooper,
Tom Baker
Friday 13 May 2016
Happy Superhero Day!
Yes! There is such a thing!
(This is a clip from my film X&Y from a few years back - you can see it in its full glory here!)
(This is a clip from my film X&Y from a few years back - you can see it in its full glory here!)
Labels:
animated gif,
animation,
Batman,
comics,
pow,
steve may,
superhero,
superheroes,
X&Y
Wednesday 11 May 2016
Dragon eating sandwich in bath
I was alerted to the fact it was British Sandwich Week (it's true, look here!) this week & this fella popped into my head & onto my paper.
NB As a cautionary tale, sandwiches & hot soapy water don't go together very well from bitter (& soapy) personal experience. Due to the ongoing horror of '70s school dinners, the 6 year old me begged my long suffering mum to allow me to take sandwiches to school instead. One day, whilst washing my hands I somehow managed to drop them into the sink, whereupon one of the more peculiarly sadistic dinner ladies insisted I eat them, thinking it was a ploy to avoid eating my dinner. Mmmm hot wet soapy corned beef! (not sure it'll ever catch on!)
NB As a cautionary tale, sandwiches & hot soapy water don't go together very well from bitter (& soapy) personal experience. Due to the ongoing horror of '70s school dinners, the 6 year old me begged my long suffering mum to allow me to take sandwiches to school instead. One day, whilst washing my hands I somehow managed to drop them into the sink, whereupon one of the more peculiarly sadistic dinner ladies insisted I eat them, thinking it was a ploy to avoid eating my dinner. Mmmm hot wet soapy corned beef! (not sure it'll ever catch on!)
Wednesday 4 May 2016
One that got away...
Rejected cover for a recent project (boo!) Some things are never meant to happen, often one party has a very specific idea of what they want but can't always articulate it which makes an illustrator's job harder. Equally, sometimes it's the wrong illustrator for the job which I think was the case for this one. Pity, I LOVE a dinosaur!
Thursday 28 April 2016
Thursday 21 April 2016
Wednesday 20 April 2016
Monster on budget shopping trip
In between doing monster-y things it's *always* good to grab a bargain, maybe a talking ice cream in this case?
You don't believe in such a thing?
You cynic, you!
You don't believe in such a thing?
You cynic, you!
Labels:
aldi,
ice cream,
illustration,
monster,
pen and ink,
shopping,
sketch,
steve may
Monday 11 April 2016
Monday 4 April 2016
...& the devil in a black dress watches over...
I'm rather fond of a devil & a recent conversation reminded me of the line from Temple of Love by The Sisters of Mercy mentioning the 'devil in a black dress' so I thought it'd be a shame not to depict one.
More devils?
Go here!
More devils?
Go here!
Labels:
black dress,
cat,
character design,
demon,
Devil,
goth,
illustration,
Sisters of Mercy,
steve may,
tattoo,
tattoos,
Temple of Love
Tuesday 22 March 2016
Let's wrestle!
Labels:
antlers,
arm wrestle,
Batman,
cat,
cigarettes,
dunce,
eight ball,
fifties,
hot dog,
HP Sauce,
illustration,
pomade,
quiff,
retro,
smoking,
steve may,
tattoo,
tattoos
Friday 4 March 2016
Colectivo cover art
I drew this recently for the cover of a new literary magazine called Colectivo.
The image takes a little bit of artistic licence from several experiences of shared 'bush taxi' journeys a friend of mine & I experienced while traveling around in Gambia, Senegal & Mauritania a few years ago. Whilst travelling around West Africa on the cheap one becomes more & more aware of the myriad workings of what I came to call 'Bush Taxi Top Trumps'
Here's a couple of the original sketches.
For more exhaustive & often far better written & funny musings on 'different' travel experiences I heartily recommend my friend Graham Askey's Inside Other Places blog
The image takes a little bit of artistic licence from several experiences of shared 'bush taxi' journeys a friend of mine & I experienced while traveling around in Gambia, Senegal & Mauritania a few years ago. Whilst travelling around West Africa on the cheap one becomes more & more aware of the myriad workings of what I came to call 'Bush Taxi Top Trumps'
Here's a couple of the original sketches.
For more exhaustive & often far better written & funny musings on 'different' travel experiences I heartily recommend my friend Graham Askey's Inside Other Places blog
Labels:
Africa,
bush taxi,
car,
chicken,
Colectivo,
electric guitar,
Gambia,
goat,
illustration,
Mauritania,
overcrowded,
Senegal,
sketch,
travel,
Tuareg,
watermelon
Thursday 3 March 2016
Tuesday 16 February 2016
Friday 12 February 2016
Monday 8 February 2016
Thursday 4 February 2016
Diary of Dennis The Menace - The Great Escape published TODAY!
It's publication day for the 6th Diary of Dennis the Menace book - The Great Escape written by Steven Butler with illustrations by me.
In this story, Dennis the Menace - Prankmaster General and feared enemy of softies everywhere - has been sent to Posh Street, an elite boarding school run by the terrifying Mrs Snoot. Help! Dennis is surrounded by bookish boffins, can't hang out with the Bash Street Kids and is nearly starving as the school dining room only serves super-healthy food. What he needs is a plan. With a little help from his menacing buddies on the outside, some fart pellets and Gran on a Charley Davison bike, it's time for Dennis to make his great escape . . .
Very sadly I recently found out that this is going to be the last Dennis the Menace book I'll be drawing. It's been a huge amount of fun & I've absolutely loved the chance to be able to reinterpret a childhood hero of mine in the books. I've also thoroughly enjoyed working with the lovely Steven Butler (any author who can make me laugh out loud with the manuscript is ALWAYS a good sign!) & lots of thanks to all the people at Puffin & The Beano.
In this story, Dennis the Menace - Prankmaster General and feared enemy of softies everywhere - has been sent to Posh Street, an elite boarding school run by the terrifying Mrs Snoot. Help! Dennis is surrounded by bookish boffins, can't hang out with the Bash Street Kids and is nearly starving as the school dining room only serves super-healthy food. What he needs is a plan. With a little help from his menacing buddies on the outside, some fart pellets and Gran on a Charley Davison bike, it's time for Dennis to make his great escape . . .
Very sadly I recently found out that this is going to be the last Dennis the Menace book I'll be drawing. It's been a huge amount of fun & I've absolutely loved the chance to be able to reinterpret a childhood hero of mine in the books. I've also thoroughly enjoyed working with the lovely Steven Butler (any author who can make me laugh out loud with the manuscript is ALWAYS a good sign!) & lots of thanks to all the people at Puffin & The Beano.
Tuesday 2 February 2016
Kimono Dragon (slight return)
A return to the 'kimono dragon' from an original pun by a friend & drawn as a birthday present for another.
Monday 1 February 2016
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