Drawn Chorus at E17!

Here are some black and white brooches and pendants that I made for the E17 fair in Walthamstow. Each one is hand printed, varnished and signed on the back and is based some traditional toys. 

Pop on down to take a look at these (plus my reindeer decorations) and other fab wares from the wonderful members of Drawn Chorus... just what you need for that special christmas gift!

Battersea dogs home sketchbook.

Sorry for the distinct lack of regular updates. I've been slightly manic recently (Interning at Penguin Children's books, illustration stuff and more) which I will in time... hopefully soon... update this blog with.

For now, here is some older work which I don't think I ever got round to posting. A few select pages from when I went to Battersea dogs home for  a few days for reportage drawing. The final result of the project is here.

Book of Nasty Endings.

One of the four projects from the beginning of the year. Black and white lino illustrations for the The Oxford Book of Nasty Endings. I actually enjoyed illustrating horror/scary stories a lot more than I thought I would (even if they were just for kids)! Who knew I had such a dark side!

Hey, you down there! By Harold Rothseth

Call First by Ramsey Campbell

The Landlady by Roald Dahl

Such a sweet little girl by Lance Salway

The Statuette by Kenneth Ireland

Those Three wishes by Robert Scott

Battersea dogs home!

One of my four projects (along with the Spike Milligan stuff) was to create postcards advertising Battersea dogs home in lino.
The idea I had was based on a conversation with someone in which they said that they wouldn't want a dog from Battersea as "they wouldn't know what the dog had done to be put there."
I felt people lump rescue dogs with 'problem' dogs when in reality this isn't always the case! My strap line on the back of the cards was: We are not Criminals!