Henry is a little rebel winner!

I Am Henry Finch won the Little Rebels book award!  Go Henry!

Geis, Book One, Launching!

Come along if you are in town!  There will be drinks!

Questions on the subject of character design

Here are my answers to a series of questions on the subject of character design from one of my MA students... as usual, my answers are spoken not written.

Questions for Jo

Geis!

My first graphic novel, Geis (pronounced gesh like mesh), is now finished and will be out this summer!
As a small preview, here are a few pages from near the beginning of the story.  The speech bubbles are not included - you'll have to wait til summer for them!

me me me

Here I am talking, A LOT...

Ever have any questions about Jim's Lion?  Want to know why it's so weird?  Want to hear me jabbering on for minutes on end? Well, I've answered just about every question you can think of and it's all on film... right here

dissertation time

I have been answering questions for students on the MA in Children's Book Illustration... If you're finishing your essay this weekend and want to listen you can hear some of them here.

even a journey of a thousand miles...

...you know the rest.

I officially began artwork on my comic Geis today.  I managed two panels, uncoloured, in one day.  At that rate it will probably take me until 2020 to finish it.  Thankfully not all of the panels are full of wiggly trees...