"There's Some Days You Just Can't Get Rid Of A Bomb"

 As you might have noticed, Batman has become rather a theme in my work of late, but I think he's always been a recurring motif in my drawing since I was a kid. He's always there lurking under the surface somewhere! 

Pipe Smoker of the Month - August 2023

 (dip pen & wash on A5 300gsm watercolour paper)

Crocodile Dodgem Car.

 No deliberate bumping (or biting!)

Dragons In Their Pants (slight return)

 A lot of people* say to me... "Hey Steve May! Why haven't you posted a dragon in pants for a while man?!?"

I'm TOO good to you!

(*Statement *might* contain fibs)

Draw Along 'Dirty Ulf' from Two Terrible Vikings

Here's me showing you how to draw Dirty Ulf, the grubbiest Viking in the village from the second Two Terrible Vikings book Grunt the Beserker by Francesca Simon & me published by Faber & Faber you can order a copy here!

More draw-alongs here

Long Cat

Does what it says on the can.

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!

 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)

Dinosaur on a bus

Harry Hill presents Matt Millz at the Southbank this half term!

I'm very excited to be sharing the stage with Harry Hill & the Beano for this Matt Millz event on Saturday 17th February on the Southbank!
You can buy tickets here...

https://tinyurl.com/ybhafncv

Introducing Monsieur Mains de Merde!

Yesterday whilst wrestling with a particularly tricky piece of drawing which refused to turn out right, I'm convinced I was visited once again by my illustrational alter-ego & nemesis Monsieur Mains de Merde.

Fresh from an alternate dimension of 'crummy drawing' he occasionally* takes over & magically gives me a dubious fictional character based excuse for my own ineptitude.

*To some of my detractors & anyone else who's rejected / ignored my work I realise this may seem to be more than 'occasional' visitations, but as this is my blog, devoted to plugging my work let's draw a veil over them