04/01/2020
02/01/2020
30/12/2019
top nine
Here's my top nine 2019! It's been an up and down year work wise. I worked on my own author/illustratrated pic book, but no joy with another book idea after months of waiting (so hopefully can reshuzz it for next year) ....
29/12/2019
22/12/2019
The Rise of Skywalker-My edit
Had to scribble out the ending that's in my head canon for #kychlo. #TheRiseOfSkywalker would have been a very different film if I'd been let at it
17/12/2019
character
I thought this character was going to be a full size winged lion, but he's giving much more sass as a little fella
Winged Lion deploying deceptive cat cuteness before chewing your hand off for daring to give ear scratches
Scrolling through social media and trying to avoid Star Wars spoilers. UGH!!
12/12/2019
GO VOTE
The last December election was in 1923. If I was alive then I wouldn't have been able to vote!
10/12/2019
09/12/2019
sneak peak!
Little screenshot of possibly the most xmassy thing I've ever illustrated, for the lovely courtyard arts in Hereford
03/12/2019
02/12/2019
draw this in your own style
Bit late to the #ThisIsGus #drawthisinyourstyle :D Nice way to warm up the drawing earlier this morning!
29/11/2019
goth girl sketch
Found this goth gal in my sketchbook looking like she's waiting patiently
The weekends nearly here love, hang in there!
The weekends nearly here love, hang in there!
20/11/2019
Lyra sketches
Anyone else massively loving the Dark Material adaptation!? I can't wait to see Lyra in the north on the next episode, so did some rough sketches instead of the tasks I should be doing today
13/11/2019
Ru Paul cards!
Everyone ready for tonight's UK Drag Race final?! #TeamDivina I've some seasonal Drag Race cards for sale at Love Art in Tooting Market! Pop down to come see those and my other designs :)
08/11/2019
Folktale week
#folktaleweek day 5! This is the Mermaid of Marden.
There's a church in the Herefordshire village of Marden and it lost its bell once upon a time thanks to an enthusiastic priest ringing it so hard the rope eventually frayed and it fell into the river and a mermaid made her home in it. She refused to give it back as the priest would wake her up everyday with its loud ringing. The villagers came up with an idea to use rowan tethers to tie 12 ox and yew goads to drive them to pull out the bell. They had to do it all in utter silence. They used hooks to silently locate the bell, rope to tie the hook to the oxen to heave the bell out. They did and they saw the mermaid fast asleep inside. The priest shouted out in excitement waking her up. She went into a fury breaking the rope from the bell and in fell the bell again followed by the mermaid, she retorted how shed have dragged the ox too if it wasn't for the fact they were tethered with rowan and the villagers had yew rods. In 1848 the village pond was cleared in Marden and they found an ancient bell that was used by the Celtic church. Was this the one from the legend? You can see it for yourself in the Hereford Museum. (I drew a more modern bell as it looked nicer for the illo!)
There's a church in the Herefordshire village of Marden and it lost its bell once upon a time thanks to an enthusiastic priest ringing it so hard the rope eventually frayed and it fell into the river and a mermaid made her home in it. She refused to give it back as the priest would wake her up everyday with its loud ringing. The villagers came up with an idea to use rowan tethers to tie 12 ox and yew goads to drive them to pull out the bell. They had to do it all in utter silence. They used hooks to silently locate the bell, rope to tie the hook to the oxen to heave the bell out. They did and they saw the mermaid fast asleep inside. The priest shouted out in excitement waking her up. She went into a fury breaking the rope from the bell and in fell the bell again followed by the mermaid, she retorted how shed have dragged the ox too if it wasn't for the fact they were tethered with rowan and the villagers had yew rods. In 1848 the village pond was cleared in Marden and they found an ancient bell that was used by the Celtic church. Was this the one from the legend? You can see it for yourself in the Hereford Museum. (I drew a more modern bell as it looked nicer for the illo!)
07/11/2019
Folktale week
#folktaleweek day 4! I think it's pretty common knowledge, bit just incase make sure when you're out for autumnal walks and you come across a ring of mushrooms, do not go inside them or walk around three times (especially at dawn or dusk or at all hallows eve!) These are fairy rings, and gateways to the otherworld they live in. Once through there's no coming back! So be careful out there on walks!
06/11/2019
Folktale week
#folktaleweek day 3! If you find you've things going missing or being messed about in your house it could well be you've a Boggart taken residence. Be sure not to upset them or they can turn nasty. Your best bet in co existing with one is to leave it a glass of milk under your bed. It'll then start leaving out the things you've "misplaced" for you to find again.
05/11/2019
Folktale week
Have been tweaking this for a while so throwing it up and walking away!
#folktaleweek day 2! There's a few versions of this folktale, so look it up but in a nutshell in the Brecon Beacons there's a lake called Llyn y Fan Fach. (It's very beautiful up in the Black Mountains, you should go if you've not before)
Legend has it a young farmer who tended sheep and cattle in the mountains there was daydreaming gazing into the lake and out walks the most beautiful woman ever. Obviously he instantly fell in love and wanted to marry her. (Even though you'd be a bit like, she's clearly supernatural/fairy/elf/goddess etc, bound to be trouble) anyways, they get married under the condition he must never hit her and she would bring him wealth and wisdom. Eventually the story goes on that they have three sons, the farmer becomes ace at haggling at market, his flock and cattle are super healthy etc. He gets complacent with a his good fortune and loses touch with everyone and he gets angry at life. Cue three accidental times he taps his wife and she immediately ups and leaves and heads back to the lake leaving him with the kids. The kids go on to be great physicians and herbalists known as the Physicians of Myddfai.
#folktaleweek day 2! There's a few versions of this folktale, so look it up but in a nutshell in the Brecon Beacons there's a lake called Llyn y Fan Fach. (It's very beautiful up in the Black Mountains, you should go if you've not before)
Legend has it a young farmer who tended sheep and cattle in the mountains there was daydreaming gazing into the lake and out walks the most beautiful woman ever. Obviously he instantly fell in love and wanted to marry her. (Even though you'd be a bit like, she's clearly supernatural/fairy/elf/goddess etc, bound to be trouble) anyways, they get married under the condition he must never hit her and she would bring him wealth and wisdom. Eventually the story goes on that they have three sons, the farmer becomes ace at haggling at market, his flock and cattle are super healthy etc. He gets complacent with a his good fortune and loses touch with everyone and he gets angry at life. Cue three accidental times he taps his wife and she immediately ups and leaves and heads back to the lake leaving him with the kids. The kids go on to be great physicians and herbalists known as the Physicians of Myddfai.
04/11/2019
Folk tale week
It's #folktaleweek! Did you know Corgi's are believed to have been gifted to us from Welsh woodland fairies who used to ride them and have them pull their chariots?! If you look at a corgi you can see the markings on its coat left by fairy saddles and harnesses.To stop a fairy from stealing your corgi for a ride, it's recommended to have a collar with iron to it as it repels fairies.
31/10/2019
picture book
I *think* I've finished my pic book
Now it's time to double, triple check it with a scrutinising eye. But for now I'm going to order a celebratory takeaway! Here's some of my fave animal band pun album covers from the end pages...
Now it's time to double, triple check it with a scrutinising eye. But for now I'm going to order a celebratory takeaway! Here's some of my fave animal band pun album covers from the end pages...
28/10/2019
17/10/2019
Art vs Artist
Haven't done one of these #artvsartist in a while! So hello there anyone new here on my blog, and thanks for sticking around anyone not new to my blog! Do head to my social medias and website to see more illos :D
15/10/2019
11/10/2019
04/10/2019
03/10/2019
RuPauls drag race uk
So excited for RuPauls Uk drag race starting tonight! Condragulations to all the contestants who have made it onto the show! I sell a few Ru Paul cards at Love Art in Tooting Market (which are a bit different from my normal illo things!) why not sashay down&have a look?!
01/10/2019
Inktober and Plum Anniversary
Here's a scrappy #inktober (not sure I'll be doing many!) to celebrate that I've been with my agents
@plum_agency for 3 years this weekend just gone!
This year I am working on my own pic book which is super awesome and hope there's many more to come
@plum_agency for 3 years this weekend just gone!
This year I am working on my own pic book which is super awesome and hope there's many more to come
23/09/2019
Autumn is here
Autumn's properly arrived here in Tooting today. Keep an eye out for pesky oak sprites from now til winter!
18/09/2019
13/09/2019
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