Happy Birthday Noah!

A few illustrations to celebrate the birth of my little nephew Noah Henry an hour ago! This is the peachick, which Noah is as he is a Peacock like me.

A few other baby birds to be friends with the Peachick!

En Avril un soir

Just a couple of pics taken after a brief April shower. The garden was looking lush and verdant after the downpour, though the sheep looked a little unimpressed!

Alan Turing Year

I was so pleased and proud to be asked to produce illustrations for the Alan Turing Year celebrations, marking the centenary of his birth.  I have been fascinated by Turing for some time now and jumped at the chance to design the promotion poster (above, yellow) and a first day cover for the Bletchley Park Post Office (above, blue).  There was a great deal of press interest with the latter, resulting with my radio debut on Heather Stott's lunchtime show on Radio Manchester.  It was so much fun!

Nutcracking Christmas!

An illustration for the brilliant 26 Stories project, with one illustration and story for every day leading up to Christmas.  This one was based on a fantastic story by Tom Collins about the mysterious Nutcracker.  Great fun to do!

The Birds Are Ready

 

 ATTENTION RIOTERS

Stay in your homes.  The birds have been mobilised.

They have beaks and they're not afraid to use them.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Bad boy, naughty boy, in your bed!

Some illustrations for a Children's Book about a rather naughty border collie.  No animals were harmed in the making of this blog post.

Amelia's Magazine

A quickie illustration for the gorgeous Amelia's Magazine, and for a lovely cause too.  Do have a look at the article and youtube thingy, it's rather brilliant.

We're going to the Winchester

Done for, well, no good reason really.  Bit of a Photoshop exercise and homage to the fabulous Shaun of the Dead.  Oh, and by the way, you've got red on you.

Ducks and hens

 These were produced from some illustrations for a forthcoming book 'Hens, Ducks and Bees' for Spring Hill Publishing.  They were black and white illustrations that I thought deserved a splash of colour.  Since doing them, I have been unable to get 'The Ugly Duckling' out of my head.  So he went with a quack and a waddle and a quack, and a flurry of eiderdown...

Go Commando

 

A few cartoons done for a private commission, celebrating old school Action Man.  He is, after all, the greatest hero of them all.

It may be winter outside...

 

A few shots taken from my driveway as the snow cleared this afternoon.  Very proud of the surrounding landscape, extremely lucky to live in such a picturesque place.  Alas, the break in the snow did not last long and another few inches has fallen since.  Its a good job the fridge is well stocked...

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... it's... oh.

If you are in trouble with loan sharks, dangling off the side of a cliff, trapped in a car that's about to fall through a crack in a major American bridge, on a hi-jacked plane or in any other form of peril, you could call... The Rubbish Superheroes.  I wouldn't bother though, they'll probably just call the police for you.

Purely Skellington

Promotional illustration for the Derby-based PURELY DIGITAL printers.  Jolly good chaps and excellent quality prints.  Spooky.

Introducing Squidgy Bob..!

 

This is Squidgy Bob.  He loves you, but is too shy to say so.

 

The origins of Squidgy Bob

 

A finished first edition copy of 'Squidgy Bob and Friends'

 

A concertina compendium of Squidgy Bob's chums.

 

Corina, one of the chums.  Some would say the best.  I couldn't possibly comment.

Annnnd....ACTION!

Illustration for a director from an up coming project.  Keep your eyes peeled on fiirecatchercreative.blogspot.com for more details!

Gift Card designs for The City Cottage

 

Designs for gift cards to be used instore at The City Cottage.  If you buy a voucher, they will be wrapped in one of these!  Check out what the City Cottage do at www.citycottage.co.uk

Pieces of what?

Lovely plumage.

The Very Model of a Modern Illustrator General...

Promotional Poster design for yep, you've guessed it... The Mikado.



Only joking.

I ain't gettin' on no plane...

Green and pleasant land...

An old illustration given a bit of new life.