I recently bought myself a copy of Making Comics by Lynda Barry and I've started working through the exercises, which begin with monsters. I was enjoying coming up with different ways to draw them, so decided to fill a spread with lots of different monsters, having no plan and making them up as I drew.
Not sure which is my favourite, maybe the alien looking thing with long spirally arms, on the left?! Although the fluffy one on the right hand page with big eyes keeps looking at me!
I thought I'd share some of my illustrations I've worked on recently for BBC Tiny Happy People. I've been working with this super special client for a few years now and I'm grateful that we have such a good relationship.
It's always fun to work with their bold colour palette and add humour and warmth to their parenting briefs. It's given me lots of practice for drawing lots of babies and toddlers too!
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| I was over the moon when this Father's Day post last year got such an amazing response! |
Last week was publishing day for Be Confident Be You! I absolutely loved illustrating this book for Becky Goddard Hill, published by Harper Collins.
The book is a sequel to Be Happy Be You, a book I also illustrated the spot illustrations for. It means a lot to me to work on wellbeing topics for children and young adults - the memorable tools and exercises in these books can make such a big difference and their effects can last a lifetime.
My ✨shiny new screenprint✨ is now live on my Etsy shop!
This is one I’ve thought about for a long time. I used to live right near it - a beautiful, vast, complicated view that seemed too intimidating to say I would draw one day. But finally, I did! Please say hello to my ‘Bolehills View’.
A limited edition of just 60 with four colours - each one printed by hand. Available to buy here.
It is 🎉PUBLISHING DAY🎉 for Step Up: My Anti-Bullying Activity Book!
This is the fourth in the series that I illustrated, by Upside Down Books at @welbeckpublish and on a topic that’s very close to my heart.
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