
Deadlock
It’s been years since I’ve drawn this guy. In 2000 (with my first computer) I made an animation based on the …
It’s been years since I’ve drawn this guy. In 2000 (with my first computer) I made an animation based on the …
I decided to return to Nevermoor (or Jackalfax in this case) as a break from my poetry-illustrating gig. I also wanted to …
Whilst I’m really enjoying Hollowpox, as I’m doing these largely for Instagram, I’m finding it tricky to choose scenes that are fairly …
Jocasta again, this time at a pivotal moment in the story…
She sat in a cage made from the bones of the previous occupant. She’d lost track of how long she’d been there …
It’s been one of those evenings where the planned drawing just didn’t work and so I just ended up drawing whatever came …
Another illustration from Malamander. The reclusive Lady Kraken using her Cameraluna to spy on the town of Eerie-on-Sea.
The Boathook Man from Malamander by Thomas Taylor. I posted this on Instagram and got a thumbs up from the author which …
Starting off another Nevermoor piece – this one from Wundersmith. Morrigan waits in the Elders’ hall surrounded by some very strange statues. …
Morrigan Crow following her leap from the Deucalion roof. Still in progress – my initial draft is below. I really wanted to …
A work in progress, as on the dawn of the new age, guests at the Hotel Deucalion leap from the roof, umbrellas …
Another tragic death in the Crow family. Morrigan didn’t kill Kitchen Cat, not that this fact stopped everyone blaming her.
Bluffing their way into the free state. This scene gave me an opportunity to properly draw the arachnipod. I’m currently taking advantage …
Jupiter North introduces himself at Crow Manor, after giving suitable warning as to his outstanding gingerness.
Morrigan rides Fenestra in the chase trial, and Cadence takes a tumble… I’m going to continue working with limited colours on these …
One of my favourite scenes from Nevermoor – when Morrigan first arrives at the Hotel Deucalion and is greeted by Fenestra the …
My earlier take on this scene was ‘Confronting the Hunt’ (link below). I’ve been playing around with styles and this is my …
“I’m… gonna make…” Hawthorne said, his tongue sticking out the side of his mouth as he bent his fingers into a complicated, …
A sneak preview of the artwork for the 2020 Tower Hamlets Creative Writing Competition that will be used as a poster design …
I should stop referring to this sword as ‘Excalibur’ as the majority of the re-tellings feature Arthur breaking this sword in his …
This was one of a pair for another SCBWI competition. I didn’t win but I enjoyed revisiting Arthur’s Britain for a little …
I seem to be inventing a fantasy world that I should give a name to so that I can properly link all …
Partly inspired by Dune, and partly by wanting to draw a desert scene.
I’m not sure why I got the inspiration to draw mermaids – I was doodling before a training session at work …
Worn out by too many battles and hopeless quests…
I’m not entirely sure what to call this creature. I’d imagined it to be a bit like Philip Reeve’s traction cities, just …
I fancied a change, so I went back to monsters – I may have been inspired by the cats I was drawing. …
Morrigan finds that life in the Wundrous Society isn’t all fun and games, facing off against bullies. With throwing stars.
I decided to draw this after the launch party for the paperback of ‘Wundersmith’ by Jess Townsend (thank you Hachette Children’s books …
A return to Nilanjana Roy’s ‘The Wildings’. The author very kindly sent me some source material to base illustrations on after seeing …
One of Dan Abnett’s very memorable villains, and a really great variation on the usual Chaos Astartes archetype.
My first Warhammer 40K inspired illustration for a very long time. I’ve been re-reading Dan Abnett’s Inquisition novels and felt like giving …
The Green Knight invites himself to Arthur’s new year’s feast.
This was a return to a more symbolic piece rather than a literal scene similar to the ones I’ve been working on …
Arthur is given a much-needed lesson in humility by King Pellinore. This was quite a tricky composition – I had considered drawing …
I had intended to take a break from the Arthurian drawings, but here we are again. I think I’ll just keep going …
A colour re-working of an earlier silhouette piece in the style of my digital watercolours using Rebelle3. This composition translated well – …
“No one shall wield Excalibur… But me.” The scene from Boorman’s Excalibur where Uther – wounded and dying – thrusts the sword …
I’m in two minds whether this is the onset of winter, or a bleak spring at the beginning of Arthur’s tale. The …
Fairly bleak autumnal overtones going on here, though it’s about this time that Nimue betrays the wizard. The mist reminds me …
Not intended to be the The King in Yellow – I’m working my way through the colour wheel in Rebelle3 and reached …
High King Uther, in his prime, but close to his fall. This was another digital sketch that inspired me to create another …
A ghostly knight from mythology.
Binding design for Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, for the House of illustration Competition 2019. This was my third concept …
He swung out an arm and his black sleeve disturbed several hundred blue butterflies feasting on a bush of yellow roses. Howl’s …
But almost as Michael and Sophie arrived, the clot of magic took on the shape of a misty bundle of fighting snakes. …
The bright shape was coming down slowly now, and it looked as if Michael might catch it. Howl’s Moving Castle. For the …
“Morrigan felt panic creep in. it had all felt so right, just a moment ago. She was holding Wunder in the …