Jill and Dragon

This is a little introduction to 'Jill and Dragon' a story with a sad dragon, a jealous dog, a small girl, a huge book and plenty of toast. I have been part of the Picture Hooks scheme this year and have been working with my brilliant mentor Ross Collins (and Hugo the chocolate lab) on this story for the past year. 

You can see 'Jill and Dragon' on display at The Scottish National Gallery until February 2014 as part of the Picture Hooks exhibition.

A huge thanks to Lucy Juckes, Linda MacClelland, Orchard Books and Vivian French.

Join Together!

To celebrate her wedding Meg Hunt is having a gallery show! She asked her illustrator friends and peers to make a small piece with "Join Together" as the unifying concept - love, friendship and all the things that connect us.

Above is my small contribution to the show...but there are over 50 artists taking part and I, for one, can't wait to see everyones!

Join Together opens at the Land Gallery in Portland, OR on August the 9th.

Unicorns

I've been gocco - ing again...this time unicorns!

Wishes for Mees

I recently contributed my lion to a  set of 24 feel good greetings cards that have been produced by The Mighty Pencil to raise funds for Mees Pieter Wennekes and his family, giving them the opportunity to travel to the USA for Mees' cancer treatment. Mees' father, Jan Wennekes is a member of The Mighty Pencil, and we really want to help Mees, please support this project and help a wonderful young boy get his cancer treatment. 

YOU CAN BUY A SET HERE

* 3rd June 2013 UPDATE * - Mees' family have recently reached a point where they have achieved the target required to enable them to take Mees to the USA for his cancer treatment. Isn't that wonderful! However this is only the beginning, Mees and his family will be travelling to the Florida Proton Institute in Jacksonville, USA later this month for his treatment and I'm sure we would all like to send our love to them all at this time. Mees' foundation has been set-up in a way that all money now raised will go to children and their families in similar situations, so we are able to continue selling the Wishes For Mees greetings card sets and raising more money for more children with cancer. Please support this most important cause and continue buying your card sets and helping more wonderful young children. 

The full retail price (£20) of each card set, plus all bonus donations will go directly to Mees' foundation. 

For more details on the 'For Mees' Foundation please visit 
ForMees.nl 

Fashion!

I worked on an amazing collaborative publication between WRAP magazine and a japanese fashion chain via bus stop. Myself and four other illustrators worked creating illustrations for the SS 2013 range, including womenswear, menswear, accessories and homeware. I was asked to illustrate the accessories which included lots of shoes byNicholas Kirkwood. My design was included in the final publication as a pull-out paper and it was also used to adorn the cover.

I was also chosen as one of the runners-up in the House of Holland Instagram competition!

The Big Draw!

I was asked by Urban Graphics to produce a postcrad for their charity auction in aid of The Big Draw .....so I created my first ever Gocco ...a hare!

Pick Me Up!

My fantastic agents Handsome Frank have a stand at this years Pick Me Up at Somerset House in London. It runs from the 18th - 28th of April. Handsome Frank have a whole host of activities to get involved in including

Friday 19th – Drawing with Indian Inks – hosted by Tim McDonagh

Sunday 21st – Painting with egg tempera – hosted by Joël Penkman

Wed 24th – Clay Modelling worskshop – hosted by Alexandra Bruel

Thur 25th – Introduction to paper craft – hosted by Helen Musselwhite

I produced two special prints for the occassion. Both are A3, signed and are only available from the HF emporium! They are £20 each.

NODE rugs

Myself (and 18 other designers and illustrators) were asked to collaberate with NODE to create a collection of beautiful rugs, handmade by a fair trade group of traditional Nepalese carpet makers. These exquisite rugs are exclusively available from the Design Museum Shop. Each rug will be produced in a limited edition of ten

                                           

            

LOVE

Glasgow Film Festival 2013

I was very proud to be asked to work on the trailer and artwork for this years Glasgow Film Festival. I worked with the amazing papercutting skills of Owen Gildersleeve to produce the illustration, which now covers posters, the brochure and all sorts of artwork now covering Glasgow!

I also directed the Film Festival trailer with the very talented Bruce Cameron and the musical skills of Chris and Sarah form Belle and Sebastian. Hope you enjoy!!

Wrap Up!

It's almost time to wrap up your presents and put them under the tree! Here's a picture of my Peacock Paper available from Wrap. It's styled with a white pompom form the amazing PomPom Factory.

Grain Edit Print Giveaway!

I'm delighted to be part of the amazing Grain Edit Holiday Giveaway Bash!

If you'd like to win a copy of my A3 Castle or Flags prints (below) plus a whole host of other amazing prizes then just head over to Grain Edit

You can also buy the prints from my shop and also from Soma

The Enchanted Forest

Welcome to The Enchanted Forest! This is an exhibition put together by the very lovely Emma Block celebrating 200 years of the Brother's Grimm Tales. It features seven female illustrators - myself, Emma Block, Emmeline Pidgeon, Laura Barratt, Natsuki Otani, Karolin Schnoor and Yelena Bryksenkova (The Grimm Girls) 

It's a FREE event in the famous Foyles Bookshop on Charing Cross Road so please come along and check it out! It runs from the 28th of November until the 8th of December.

The private view is on the 30th of November at 6:30 pm ...email me if you are interested!

Paper Collection Paris

I was asked by the V and A to come to Paris and take part in their GO FIGURE Friday late event at Wanderlust! I decided to run a collage workshop based on the amazing print designs of Mary Katrantzou.

I thought I would share with you all some of the fabulous paper creations that people came up with on the night!