Lockdown

Here is my cover art for the brand new book in the Lucy Wilson Mysteries series, Lockdown.

Here’s the blurb from publisher Candy Jar books….

Earth is in lockdown. But for Lucy Wilson, staying home doesn’t mean staying safe.

Dinosaurs, killer plants, even Meme Lords – some enemies just don’t respect social distancing. So Lucy and her brainbox sidekick Hobo have no choice but to come to Earth’s defence again – although never forgetting to stay two metres away from each other!

In this collection of short stories, Lucy finds herself contending with the challenges of a pandemic, while continuing to rise to the mantle of her legendary grandfather, Brigadier Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart. 

The Lucy Wilson Mysteries is a Lethbridge-Stewart spin-off adventure inspired by characters created for Doctor Who by Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln. 

The royalties from this book will be donated to NHS charities. Whatever is raised Candy Jar will double. This book is available exclusively through Candy Jar and will not be available via any other retailers.

Lockdown is available to purchase here

I’m back!

Wow! It’s been a ridiculously long time since I updated this blog!

Well I’m happy to say that despite the lack of updates there hasn’t been a lack of work!
I’ve been very busy since my last post, continuing my work for Beano. You can see my work in the comic most weeks as I continue illustrating puzzles and features! I will also be returning to the pages of the Beano annual drawing the adventures of a proper classic character. My work will appear in next years book dated 2021! More on that soon.

I’ve also been working as an illustrator in the tabletop games industry! I’ll do a separate post all about my ongoing work for the miniature war-game Mortal Gods! FOR SPARTA!!!

Also I have been illustrating some book covers and children’s novels! Again a separate blog post on that coming very soon!

But for now I’ll leave you with an advert for commissions. If you fancy having a relative immortalised in ink alongside a Beano fave in time for Christmas, drop my a message!

Watch this space, I’ve got so much to tell you!

 

I’ve been Time Trekking!

Crikey! It seems my last blog post was back in January! Where does the time go?

Well time plays a part in the absence of updates on this page, in fact time travel.

Since being back at the drawing board after the Christmas break I have been very busy illustrating a brand new 8 book series for Badger Learning, TIME TREK.

Time Trek is written by Scream Street author Tommy Donbavand and follows the adventures of two children, Spike and Mia as they chase Spike’s uncle Dr Darius Dire through time as he seeks to steal famous historical artefacts for his museum.

The books are bright, bold, colourful and loads of fun and are designed to get reluctant readers reading!

Spike and Mia chase Dr Dire and his grumpy cat Igor through lot’s of exciting time periods, and include encounters with Julius Caesar, Vincent Van Gogh, Cleopatra and William Shakespeare.

Working as the illustrator on these books was immense fun, I had a blast designing the cast of characters and drawing cartoon versions on the famous historical figures. I particularly enjoyed drawing War Over Waterloo featuring of course Emperor Napoleon Boneparte.

Napoleon loses his temper with Dr Dire!

We also deviated slightly from being entirely historically accurate, when Dr Dire attempts to steal Excalibur!

Spike and Mia meet the Knights of the Round Table.

All the artwork for the series was pencilled, inked and coloured using iPad pro and an apple pencil. Above you can see the process in 3 stages. Working this way really does streamline the whole process and particularly helps when working to a tight deadline.

I really enjoy working on the Badger titles, this one being my 3rd book series for them. I hope they prove popular and I am able to do some more.

As well as the illustrations I also designed the masthead for the title. Those graphic design skills still come in handy!

Here is a preview of all the book covers, they will be available soon so I hope you will check them out!

Watch this space for some news about another time travel related project I’ve been working on too!

Night of the WereWilf!

Quite often I am commissioned to illustrate puzzles to accompany a particular story that is due to appear in an upcoming issue of everyone’s favourite weekly kids comic, The Beano. Recently though I pitched a few ideas of my own including a spooky Bash Street Kids maze called, Night of the WereWilf!

Now with a certain spooky night fast approaching I’m pleased to say that my WereWilf character has made an appearance in the current issue. Not only on the puzzle page but also growling on the polythene gift bag and most surprisingly to me, starring in this weeks Bash Street Kids strip, written by Andy Fanton with art by Mychalio Krazybird and Bambos Georgio. So this is the first time one of my puzzles has become a comic strip story.

There is still time to grab a copy NOOOOOOOOOOW!

WereWilf growling on this issues gift bag.

WereWilf appears in this weeks Bash Street Kids story.

Night of the WereWilf puzzle page

The Time Lord and Toots!

The current issue of The Beano features the Doctor looking for a new companion to join him on his time travelling escapades. Is Toots interested in joining him? You still have TIME to grab a copy and find out…

Artwork © DC Thomson & Co Ltd.

Where are my Pants?

In this weeks Beano, Dennis’s dad searches for his missing pants, and Toots shows us what little girls are really made of!

Those sum up my contributions but there’s loads more fun to check out so go grab a copy now!

Enjoy!

Artwork © DC Thomson & Co ltd.

One, Two, Flea!

For this weeks issue of The Beano, I drew a puzzle page to accompany the Gnasher and Gnipper story. Walter is being attacked by piratical fleas, but how many can you spot in the picture? Grab the comic and have a go!

Here’s a clip, enjoy!

Artwork © DC Thomson & Co Ltd.

 

General Blight-a-likes!

This weeks Beano comic features a brand new Bananaman story drawn by original Bananaman creator, Steve Bright. I was pleased to be asked to draw an accompanying puzzle page showing the streets of Beanotown crawling with General Blight-a-likes!

Here’s a clip!

You can check out the story and puzzle page in full in this weeks issue out now! Available at all good newsagents and supermarkets.

Enjoy!

Artwork © DC Thomson & Co Ltd

Can Dogs Fly?

Here are my contributions to the Beano this week. We ask “Can Dogs Fly?” Well Gnasher and Gnipper are having a go! And Toots teaches the rest of the class 2B some manners.

The Beano is packed with funnies and out now for a paltry £2.50. Go treat yourself!

Artwork © DC Thomson & Co Ltd 2016.

Danger Mouse!

Here’s quick sketch of Danger Mouse and his sidekick Penfold.

Enjoy!