Mermay

 Late to the #mermay party, but here's my first overworked offering could have tinkered away forever. Don't think I'd ever drawn a #hippocampus for mermay before, so rectified that!

Character sketches

 She's a meanie more roughing characters today! .... Sketching out a character this evening

Band Together

Band Together is out today! Hooray!

Band Together

Two more days left to pre-order!
You'll get to meet Duck who is a solo act. He loves the peace and quiet of his beach side home, and would like some friends, but he's been on his own too long and finds it very overwhelming making new ones. But after helping a stranded band fix their broken down van he gets caught up in the fun playing together. Maybe he could ask them to play with him again? But that niggling overthinking voice gets in the way, why would they want to be friends with him?!
When Seagull gets sick just before the concert will Duck drum up the courage and accept Bear's invitation to join them to help out?!

Band Together

Only one more week to pre order Band Together! (Head online to your fave book shop!) Here's a few layouts that didn't make it into the final book. There are many versions of Band Together before it settled into the story it is, so there's quite a few roughs and thumbs that got cut! I thought they'd might like a chance to be seen as they're tucked away in a dark cupboard usually!

Band Together

As the sun sets here in Tooting I thought I'd share a sneak peek at half of one of the pages from Band Together and a couple early roughs of the band!! There's just under a fortnight to pre-order!

(Head online to your fave book shop!) Fox started out as a jazz flutist (possibly as this was easier to draw!) but I eventually came round to the logistics of there having to be a drummer to keep everyone in rhythm, and so Fox happily swapped his flute for drums. I think it suits him better :)

Band Together

It's the perfect day to hit the beach isn't it?! Last bit of summer sun!

Here's a peek at one of the spreads from Band Together which you can pre-order from all good and independent book shops until it's out 30th September in the UK!

Duck loves the solitude of his beach side home but he's been alone so long he's forgotten how easy it can be to make friends and finds it overwhelming! Until a band show up and change this!

Band Together

Head over to https://tinyurl.com/y3zmnxdy for a little Q+A I did with Magination Press about Band Together!

Band Together

The endpapers in Band Together are an eclectic collection of some of Ducks favourite bands and artists! All of them started out small, playing in little venues and clubs and many new acts rely on independent venues to be heard and seen.
They're crucial for the music industry. As you can imagine, it's never been tougher for these vital places to survive.
BBC 6 Music is shining a light on them today!

Bermondsey Social Club is particularly dear to me, so do head over to their twitter/Instagram, click on the crowd funding page to help out if you can afford to donate a little. We need to prevent the closure of so many of our little clubs!

#saveourvenues #StateOfIndependentsDay

Band Together!

Band Together is out this month! Head online or in store at your fave book shop to pre-order!

News!

Have officially started work on my first self penned picture book!! 🤩 Feeling a little bit like Duck here! 😂 Yikes!

The History Museum

So happy to see The History Museum in the flesh I was working on this time last year! My two fave passions in one project history and drawing!

Sneaky peeks

So within the book theres a crest that pops up now and then in the castle, that's what the Douglass one is! :D 

My favourite characters are this baby and the minstrel! I love his beard. 

Publisher Weekly

So this got tweeted! Just hope I can do it all justice in the tight timeframe I've put on myself getting married, moving flat and going away on Honeymoon! Ha!