Awkward Ideas

I actually have quite a lot to show you lovely, loyal readers, but this will have to do to start it all off. This is a squirrel idea that I've had ever since my student days (I'm making it sound like I'm a wise old sage, whereas, infact, those halcyon student days were only two years ago...) which I just can't seem to let go, even though I've never found quite the right medium to fit it into. Children's books - the story is too mature...Older fiction - the older kids don't particularily like animal characters (except for the classics like Redwall et al)...so in my mind and sketchbooks this idea shall remain...for now. What can I say, I'm just a sucker for those tribal red squirrels and grey squirrels with swords.

I'll upload more stuff soon, and as always, thanks for looking!

Assassin

I don't know why, but I've had a really Arabian Nights, 'Prince of Persia' thing going on this week, and as it's my last week before things get really, really busy, I thought I'd put this illustration together. I quite like it, the atmosphere and all, but I kinda wish the characters were a bit bigger, simply because I feel a lot of their detail is lost in the composition...

Your future holds...a massively awesome powder wig.

I was thinking of doing a set of alternative tarot cards, the above being my version of 'The Tower', but I'm not sure 1) If they're working all that well and 2) If I will have the time and lastly 3) if I can be bothered.

I'm still in the rough phrase of my first ever children's book to be published which is still very exciting, and I am also currently re-doing my website, which will hopefully be bigger, better and updated more regularily. Until then...