Murder in the woods

This is a cover for a book about a popular but notorious childhood game. The object of the game was to trespass on the land belonging to and avoid the clutches of, a pair of wob-eyed inbred siblings that lived on the edge of the wood. The game gained notoriety after a number of children disappeared....

The Pope

The Mezzotint

I read a weird story the other night in bed called The Mezzotint. It is from a collection of ghost stories by M.R James. The next morning I woke up and this picture was beside me.....

The dark wood

Woods

This picture and map (next post) are part of The White Ghost story which can be found in the comics section on my website (ignore the font on the comic, I never could get it right)

The Thunderstorm

This is a vingette from a book that I haven't written yet. Thought I would share it nonetheless.

Happy New Year?

This idea has been gnawing at the back of my head for sometime and I have just got round to doing it. 

I have been reading some stuff lately that has confirmed what I knew already about the Nasty Party and thought it time I got this out. Happy New Year indeed. 

*If you're not sure what the volume reference is about look here. IDS is a tool. A grade one nasty tool.

The first post-test solo drive

John the Biscuit

John the biscuit blasts off into orbit to test the latest biscuit technology and makes a surprise visit to Ganymede, largest of the Jovian moons...

Commisioned work

Here is a piece I called disatopic. A cross between disaster and dystopic. 

Not for any particular reason other than it kind of goes with the pictures.

John the Biscuit

John the Biscuit searches the roof of the world for an elusive biscuit trail...

Lazy

Well, not really. My new years resolution went a bit wrong insofar that I read plenty of articles but just didn't do any drawings. But I have been busy illustrating a book for Harper Collins. It's called Colour (Actually Color - it's an American Title) Yourself Smart - Great Works of Art. The book is 52 line drawings of famous paintings, with colour reference at the back, and by colouring them in, you learn about the paintings and improve your memory by remembering the colours from the references. 

Anyway, Harper Collins have kindly allowed me to use two of the drawings on my blog. These are probably my favourites. So here is what I have been up to, I haven't been lazy...