Merrier Christmas!

Thought I could do a bit better in terms of festive posts than yesterday's rather sombre one, so here's an old old sketch of old saint Nick from the archives.

Merry Christmas!

Ave Maria

The most festive looking recent piece of work I could find (well it's got stars and a bit of snow on it) was this pretty grim cover for Graham Thomas' Western psycho-drama Maria & The Devil. Checkout the book's microsite for more details (and some really nice interior illustrations by the author).

Below: My original digital paintings for the front and rear of the book.

The Bear Who Loved Me

Another one from Misery Bear's Guide to Love & Heartbreak, published by Hodder & Stoughton.

This one's my love letter to the poster art of Frank McCarthy, Robert McGinnis, and Dan Goozee (along with anyone else I might have ripped-off along the way).

Art direction by Misery Bear (with some help from Chris Hayward and Nat Saunders).

Thanks to Misery Bear for putting my drawings in his book, and I hope he remembers me when he's a Hollywood superstar.

Bear with the Wind (after Terpning and Jung)

One of Misery Bear's Hollywood fantasies from his new book Misery Bear's Guide to Love & Heartbreak. On sale now!

Illustration by me, Art Direction by Misery Bear (as interpreted by Chris Hayward).

Misery Bear Unleashed

Yesterday saw the launch of Misery Bear's first book - Misery Bear's Guide to Love & Heartbreak. Having illustrated a couple of MB's escapist fantasies for the publication, I got to hang out at the launch party last night. Everyone was very friendly and seemed to be having a lot of fun... except the bear of course who spent the evening slouched in a corner, staring mournfully into plate of sausage rolls. What a loser!

I'll be posting some of my contributions for the book shortly, but if you can't wait for that (and who in their right mind could?) get down to your local bookshop and buy it yourself or at least have a quick flick through before returning home and ordering it from amazon.

Find out more about the bear here stalk him here, say things to him here.

Beat Boards - The Big Climactic Showdown!

The Second half of the beat boards for the sample cartoon episode I worked on. Here its Monsters versus Mad Scientist and Android Kids!

Beat Boards

Some more concept art for the Cartoon series being developed by Studio Cheese. This time some beat boards for a sample episode. Actually just half the episode here - thought I'd leave it on a cliffhanger.