I drew this intergalactic rock star monster (with a bit of a Bowie penchant) especially for the lovely folk at the Discover Children's Story Centre to hang on the wall as part of a collection of portraits by different illustrators to coincide with their recent refurbishment & relaunch.
I was first involved with Discover back in 2012, designing their Superheroes exhibition & am always so impressed by the place & with the dedication & love the whole team put into it. It's a brilliant place to visit!
Tuesday 9 August 2016
National Book Lovers Day!
Celebrate #NationalBookLoversDay! by treating yourself to an extra pair of eyes for even MORE book-y goodness!
Monday 8 August 2016
Friday 5 August 2016
Digital Detox
Drawn in response to various articles in the media about an Ofcom report about the time people spend on the internet (ironically read online) I'd write more but I need to go & troll on Twitter now...
Monday 1 August 2016
August, dinosaurs & ice cream
Dinosaurs AND ice cream!?!? What a combo! The August 2016 page for my agents Arena Illustration
Friday 29 July 2016
Tigers in lipstick
Well, when National Lipstick Day collides with International Tiger Day what's a guy going to do?
(many thanks to my lovely friend Alicia for suggesting this!)
(many thanks to my lovely friend Alicia for suggesting this!)
Labels:
animals,
children's illustration,
illustration,
lipstick,
make-up,
tiger,
tigers
Thursday 21 July 2016
Pigs in hot weather
I was rather delighted by a story in the paper about pigs being given ice lollies & having sun block rubbed into their ears during the recent hot weather.
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!
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