My first book! Published by Macmillan and translated and sold internationally. I really wanted to do the illustrations and put so much work into it. In the end the illustrator used all of my concept ideas in her own style and I love it.
One of the first books I illustrated. I really like this cover and the idea of a big lumbering soul who puts off being discovered. Wonder where my inspiration comes from :)
First book written and illustrated by me! Born from a trip to the zoo to do some observational drawing. I noticed how awkwardly the penguins walked but then gracefully 'flew' through the water.
The second in the Not Yeti series, another character to include, a threat or love interest? I'll never tell.
Really nice bright colours to match the colouring of words. "The goat in a boat buttoned his coat right up to his throat."
Finally, The Not Yeti reluctantly gets discovered. But soon realises that humans just want to take advantage of him. Would he be better off alone in his cave? At least he'd be happy again.
The very first illustration job I got. It was a fast learning curve as the deadline for this and The Not Yeti was short. Learned a lot about layout from this.
A chance to scale down to the world of insects and look at the world from their perspective and to think differently compositionally.
This was a tough challenge and one that i relished as there is a lot of text. Designing around small spaces and framing the text was tricky.
Similar scenario, but the spider can dangle and crawl into small spaces as there was not a lot of room for illustrations.
Enjoyed this one as the chameleon is the guide through the book and changed colour depending on the scene.
The Oxpecker bird wasn't part of the story but I like to include additional characters just for the reader to look out for. They are seen on rhinos in the wild.
Another tricky solve. Lots of text, layout skills primed and ready.
Designed a whole cast of characters to launch this supermarkets 'online shopping scheme.' Yes, I was there at the start of that thinking, "This'll never catch on."
The last time I produced one of these as the contract stated ownership of my intellectual property rights. I felt it was morally wrong and that was the end of that.