Illustration....

...for Total Guitar in '04. Something tells me I drew this at the same time...

Book cover...

...for the follow-up to Track Attack.

Come On, Pig...

Drew this for the mighty Profane Existence zine back in the day.

Track Attack

Here are the cover pics for 'Track Attack', written by Betty Hicks and illustrated by me. I've already posted numerous preparatory sketches and interior illustrations from it.Here it is on publisher Roaring Brook Press's website and for pre-order (it's not out until July) on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk. It's the fifth title in Betty's 'Gym Shorts' series. The first four were illustrated by Adam McCauley and I recommend his website.

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Spot the difference between penciled and finished art. I confess I thought that inkwell might be a little behind the times.
I do seem to be posting a lot of wholesome stuff at the moment, don't I? Not giving an accurate account of myself at all! I'm actually hard at work illustrating a graphic novel, but it's unannounced so I shouldn't post anything related to it yet. I will say that the script is ******* awesome though.

Wedding invite

Note that there was a last minute request to get the bride-to-be's cats in there. The up-hill struggle subtext was unintentional!

Here's a couple of those children's book pics inked

Serge Gainsbourg

Drew this for a new blog started by Jonathan Edwards cryptically titled Draw Serge!
He's posted some awesome pics already and unless you don't want to draw Serge, you should consider contributing yourself!

Another children's book rough

More sketches

Children's book sketches

A few in-progress pics.
I hadn't really settled on the Dad's face by this point, hence the slight discrepancy between the following two images that I'll rectify.The last was a quicker one, but I was pleased with her contented expression so decided to stick with it. I will improve him though, because now that I've erased their hungry cat, it's safe for him to lower the ice cream.

Black dress

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Two versions of a cover for a Punk/Breakcore release.

Some more children

Flatiron

I'm doing a bit of work with a fine publishing company based in New York's Flatiron building. I love this building so am fascinated by their location! Anyway, I'm afraid I'm using this as an excuse to post another Paris page. Hmm, and I guess I'm using that as an excuse to say that I sell these pages, so, should anyone be interested, do drop me a line for details (or perhaps to poke fun at my timing). Art size sometimes varies slightly but is approx. 21x31cms or a little less. It's Indian ink on cartridge paper. The above page is sold, incidentally.

Jesus Scythes

Two covers for CDs given away with Metal Hammer magazine. One from a few years ago, the latter for their current issue.

Picasso...

...drawn for fun. The line quality seems unintentionally Jonathan Edwards-esque - without wishing to do disservice to his ever-stylish work, of course!

Ambrose Bierce

2003's Graphic Classics: Ambrose Bierce has been recently revamped and re-released. It's a fine book. I drew this page for it. Being asked to do so kinda rekindled my passion for drawing comics after a period of concentrating on illustration, and I'm very glad it did. Right after this I drew a comic for a Subhumans CD and a story for Graphic Classics: Mark Twain and then started work on Paris, written by the blogging-again Andi Watson. Check out his recent sketches and upcoming projects!

Children's book illustration

Sketchbook pages

A few of the sketches I drew whilst staying in Andalucía. Line alone can't do justice to the countryside because it's all about the colours - the terracotta soil, the silvery olive leaves and warm blue sky, but still. The same can be said for the nearby hilltop town of Frigiliana. What really appealed to me were its white-washed buildings and its greenery - draped from as many ledges and in as many pots as possible - but I guess I had to try drawing it to realise that.