Ro-but.

A little poster for you. It was inspired by the classic 'mecha and girl' anime that we all know and love, which is a bit of a departure for me...I tend to draw robots that are big and clunky and look like they are about to die of rust. Not that this robot isn't big and clunky. And I suspect that he suffers from the occasional rust. But you know. As for the girl...sometimes, it's just nice to draw a girl. You know how it is. You know.

Commission

A little commissioned piece I did last week. Aahh...halcyon days. Autumn afternoons. Luverly chillout music. Birds and bicycles. But enough about my walk home. I had a lot of fun doing this illustration, and it was a nice little break from my 'work' work. AND HOW.

In other news, I fixed the problems on my site, I know some of you were experiencing them, those damn gremlins. It's Flash's fault, I tells ya! Flash and I, we get on like...well...like...a shark and a prawn. A drunken prawn, at that. Still working hard on Lobo and an idea for some illustrated fiction, I will do my best to keep you posted!

Bad Machinery Guest Strip

Last week is was very happy to do a guest comic strip for the awesome 'Bad Machinery' web comic by John Allison. I've been a fan of this comic, and his previous 'Scary Go Round', for years, so it was a real privelage to add my pen strokes tosomething I'm such a big fan of.

If you haven't seen or read the webcomic, hop to it!

http://www.scarygoround.com/index.php

Trust me, you won't regret it. In other news, I totally nearly grew a beard the other day.

Black and White Ideas...

An illustration for an illustrated fiction idea I have. Just trying to get back into doing black and white illustrations...

Some More Early Concept Stuff...

Here's another picture of Lobo with his siblings. Still just trying to get the look right, again, this is quite an early piece, but it was a big leap for me in the direction I wanted to take the look of the book. On a side note, there is a massive, fat patridge sitting on a fence outside. He looks incredibly bored, but I could be wrong, he could just be really studying that one spot on the ground.

Site Update and Twitter

It was YOU!!!

Wahey, I've updated my site, which I would be hugely happy for you to visit. Why not even bring some friends, there's plenty of room for all...

www.jamielittler.co.uk

I have also joined the ever ellusive twitter, which will act as another blog/thought process/groovy batchelor pad (oh dear) as well as this one, but probably with more frequent musings and inane babble. Feel free to follow! Now if I could just figure out how it all works...

http://twitter.com/jamieillustrate

Thanks!

Debut Children's Book Concept Art

Well, here we go. I've been given the all clear to start showing some concept art for my debut children's book by Little Tiger Press (http://www.littletigerpress.com), the publishers who shall be publishing my little idea. I've been working on this for a long, long time, just trying to get the look just right, I want this to be a really cool book, and as good as I can make it at my current ability. I've done LOADS of experimentation and concept work, the pile of paper and sketchbook stuff I have for this project even surprised me when I brought it all together for a meeting last week. So I'll just show a few (don't want to give too much away right now...), until I get further on with the book. I'm having an amazing time doing this book, although it's a HUGE departure from what I usually do...using watercolour and pencils as the main medium being the obvious difference, but also not being allowed to draw monsters or other scary things I tend to like to draw. Aaaaanywho, incase you were wondering; the book is about a wolf cub. I hope you like them, and I'll post a few more as time goes by.

Your pal,

Jamie