Plague: A Cross on the Door

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I recently received copies of the above title, written by Ann Turnbull, and illustrated by me! This book will  be added to The National Archives and most likely the second one as well, which I am currently working on.

'Thunderbird' and 'History of Disaster'

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Here are some illustrations I did for two children's educational books for Triumph Learning. The top set titled: 'Thunderbird' and the second set, 'History of Disaster'

'Plague: A Cross on the Door'

Just finished some illustrations for an educational children’s fiction, here’s a few. It’s based on historical fact, so I had to be pretty accurate with the clothing and environment,  which was fun. The story is about a family living through plague in 16th century London.

Shadow Snatcher (Wired Up Series)

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Just received a few copies of Shadow Snatcher from the publisher. This particular one in the series is targeted at a slightly younger audience compared to Petrify, which was a bit more gorey. Shadow Snatcher is written by Lou Kuenzler.

I’ll be working on some colour illustrations hopefully in a few months on a girls classic tales series for QED Publishing, (fingers crossed!).

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

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Any excuse to draw animals.This was a book cover I did a while back. I don't know if I made a mistake by making it monochrome. Hmm.

Shadow Snatcher for A&C Black (Wired Up series)

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Just a commission I did for A&C Black. Here are my favourites.

Johnny and the Bomb - Educational Music Book

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I've been working on some black and white commissions for the past few months. This one was from A&C Black and required producing some illustrations for  a musical adaption of - Johnny and the Bomb, A novel by Terry Pratchett. This would be designed for kids between 10-13 so upper primary school or lower secondary school. I think there was a TV adaption of the novel too, I'm sure it's floating around on Youtube somewhere.

This was an interesting one as I had to draw lots of illustrations with a stage with various characters standing in position (stage left, stage right, down-stage centre, etc.) I had to remember that the directions were from the actors point of view...not the audience, so recalled those fun/nerve-racking school plays I did, so it wasn't too bad. Any way, my favourite pieces are the costume ideas and they liked the job I did, yay! Oh! and I got to draw people of various colours, which is always a bonus.

Petrify (Wired Up series)

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Just recieved a copy of Petrify (Wired Up series) from the publisher. I might be getting another commission from them for another in the series but for a slightly younger audience and with more illustrations! Petrify is written by Beth Chambers.


This series by A & C Black is designed for teens and younger children who struggle with literacy, encouraging them to read. I've also seen a few books at my library designed for dyslexic young readers. The paper was quite yellowy (easy on the eye?) and the page layout consisted of wide line-spacing or leading. We should have more of these at the library. Need to look into this.  

Dick Whittington Activity Book

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Oxford University Press is revamping a series of activity books entitled Incredible English. The activities are based on different fairytales from around the world. They’ve kindly commissioned me to do a spread for them. These books have been designed for those kids who are generally ahead of their class.  Apparently they’re popular in Turkey, Spain Argentina and Poland!

All the artworks were tiny panels of varying sizes; here are some of my favourites.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

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Received my copy of Snow White from the publisher. So that’s the two Classic Tales commissions done. They’re really hard to find on the net. Well they’re not even up on the publisher site yet, and they’re actually for schools. Bleh.

Goldilocks

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Received my own copy of Goldilocks from OUP. Can't wait for Snow White now! I don't think it's on sale yet...it's not up on the publisher site. It's a schooly, learning aid sorta book so you would buy it directly from the publishers.

Goldilocks update

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I'll be receiving a copy of Goldilocks and the Three Bears soon! I haven't got any photos I've taken myself, but heres a link to my agency blog: right here so you can get a glimpse. The snaps are a bit unfocused but what the heck, I'm chuffed.

More Snow White Stuff

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A few more illustrations of Snow White. I can't wait to get a hard copy. I can reveal that the publisher I've been working with is Oxford University Press. I haven't received any dates on when Goldilocks and Snow White will be published but it will be some time as it's part of a series entitled Classic Tales. They've commissioned various illustrators on various classic fairytales, so I imagine they are collating all the work first. They are small paperback educational books for school children with questions at the back designed to quiz the child's observational skills. I hope I get to work with them again, they were wonderful to work with.

Just bought a beautiful picture book yesterday - The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Night. Sumptuous colours and bold compositions. Will look out for more Paul Howard!

I might be getting a possible job on black and white work soon, but it's 50/50.

Snow White Stuff

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It's July but it's raining! Anyway here are some more Snow White illustrations.

:)

*Edit: the top illustration looks squished but looks fine when you click on it.*

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Final Artwork

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Just finsihed final artwork on Snow White a few days ago. Here are some of my faves, quite a few more than Goldilocks. Despite losing sleep and avoiding social contact I feel quite happy now. I can get back to a more healthier routine and get more active! I should be enjoying yoga tomorrow with Jen's mum. I miss yoga. Oh, and hopefully going to the Isle of Wight for roughly a week at the end of this month, can't wait to look at the stars.