The Boathouse - Apocalypse Party

The End is Nigh they tell us.  This Friday, in line with the Mayan predictions The Boathouse is throwing the party to end all...

Here's the poster I designed

Remember, Remember

Mr Guido, the original and still the best

Bill the Bard

Original artwork of England’s good friend Bill.  I’m doing a series of famous folk from our shores at the minute.  He’s the first in the line.

(He’s also available to purchase in my shop!)

Riding the Dodo

Why, it’s a Victorian girl riding an oversized Dodo of course.  More new original artwork produced with (shock horror!) real media.

Boy and Bear

Quite simply a boy (with obligatory antlers) and his black bear friend.  Original pen and ink drawing now available from my shop

Cornish Ale, Cider and Cheese Festival - The Boathouse

True to form The Boathouse is holding another night that I wish I could go to.  Ale, Cider and Cheese in one night sounds pretty idyllic.

Alas, I can't, I live too far away but here's the poster I designed for it.

A Wolf in Sheep's (Cable Knitted) Clothing

Another new original piece from this summer.  Probably best not to ask what’s in his bag there

Crow Boy

Another of the new pieces I’ve produced over summer. 
He is, of course, available in his original artworked state at my shop.

Foxy Nuggets

This summer I've been busy creating artwork without the help of the beloved Photoshop.  It makes a change having some actual finished artwork physically in the studio rather than the usual print outs. More soon to follow...

Diamond Jubilee

A little poster for the Jubilee Weekend's fun times at The Boathouse in Falmouth

Owl Have a Cup of Tea

Bear this in mind on your next hangover day, which I assume for most will be tomorrow

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Tom and Becky in the cave with the bats

Another piece from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer series. This time we have Tom and Becky Thatcher dealing with the bats in Injun Joe's cave.

The Grand National

It seems I only got halfway through posting this one last time round:

The Boathouse pub in Falmouth will of course be showing the Grand National this weekend.  I went for a horse jumping the iconic “Chair”

James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger - The Boston Globe

Following James Cameron's recent exploration of the abyss in his Deepsea Challenger sub The Boston Globe were discussing the importance of further deepsea exploration

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - "Dead Cat."

Going through Tom Sawyer I couldn't help but take a little bit of time to draw something up based on this exchange.  I'd like a bit more gore on the cat I must admit but I'm producing pieces at the minute for my portfolio to appeal to publishers hence the omission.  Here's the text:


Tom hailed the romantic outcast:

"Hello, Huckleberry!"

"Hello yourself, and see how you like it."

"What's that you got?"

"Dead cat."

"Lemme see him, Huck. My, he's pretty stiff. Where'd you get him ?"

"Bought him off'n a boy."

 "What did you give?"

"I give a blue ticket and a bladder that I got at the slaughter-house."

"Where'd you get the blue ticket?"

"Bought it off'n Ben Rogers two weeks ago for a hoop-stick."

"Say - what is dead cats good for, Huck?"

"Good for? Cure warts with."

As I'm making work for publishing I thought I'd do a Black and White version too

 

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Tom and Huck Witness a Grave-Robbing

Another in the series of Tom Sawyer pieces I'm working on at the minute, this time an interior.
Here Tom and Huck have gone down to the grave of Hoss Williams with Huck's newly acquired dead cat and bear witness to a grave robbing (and a whole lot more.)

The Evolution of Snow White - Florida Times-Union

With Snow White all the rage in Hollywood at the minute, the Florida Times-Union decided to do an article discussing her rise to fame.  I was happy to be able to oblige on the illustration for it.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain

I've been working on a lot of new work recently in time for London Book Fair.  Tom Sawyer was one of the classics I thought I'd take on and here's how his cover's turned out.  More B&W interior illustrations to come, but all in time.

Happy Bearthday

It was my sister's birthday recently so I drew her this.  She's a big fan of pink and teddy bears - notably the ridiculously expensive Steiff ones hence the design here.  I'd also just been watching a program on grizzlies.

N.B. The pun on Birthday only makes sense if you have a northern accent where Bear is pronounced "Bir"

The Six Nations

The Six Nations kicks off this weekend and my regular client The Boathouse, in Falmouth, will of course be showing all the games.

Riding Hrossvalr

A Cowboy…Riding a Walrus…On a T-Shirt.

Just what you’ve always wanted?

I thought so.


This design along with others is now available from www.Halu.co.uk

Are Governments Doing Enough to Save the Planet? - Diplomat Magazine

For the latest issue of Diplomat magazine I produced this piece to sit alongside and article that discussed the neglect that world governments were applying to green issues on the premise that there are more pressing issues at the minute.  The argument was that stalling things any longer could leave things too late to fix.