Merry Christmas to youuu!

I'm feeling all festive today! We've had lots of snow where I live (at least a foot!) so everything is looking very pretty and christmassy. I've got huuuge icicles hanging from my bedroom window too!

I didn't think I would get this illustration finished in time for christmas, I've been really busy at work and with christmas shopping (which I stupidly left to the last minute!). I managed to finish it this evening though just in time to wish everyone a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS! Thank you so much to everyone for following me on both my blog and my twitter this year, I really appreciate all your comments and support!!

Happy christmas and best wishes for 2011!!
























(Illustration Friday link...! Badger and Rabbit had received lots of lovely christmas presents in the mail!)

Some new work...

Hello!

So sorry I haven't posted for such a long time...over a month now! I have been busy busy, been working lots of extra shifts at my work to make some extra christmas money and I have now taken on a full time job until March. I will still be illustrating though! Typically, as soon as I accepted my full time job I received a couple of emails about commissions! So I think the next few weeks are going to be crazy busy and I won't be getting much sleep! I've been working on a small commission for Scholastic over the past week and have got another fun commission lined up for the next month or so, which I am really excited about! Hopefully 2011 will be a good year for me!

Here's a few bits and bobs I've been painting recently ^

Recent sketches...

Just a quick post to show you some characters/storyboards I've been working on for a development project. It's a story about two dogs Dig and Doug who are fighting over a yummy bone! Hopefully, I will get some of these done in colour soon!

Hope everyone has a good end to the week!

A sneaky peek...

Here is a quick preview of how Liberty Art Fabrics have used my "Owl and the Pussycat" illustration! I can't show more at the moment, but I have been included in their new Spring / Summer 2011 Storybook Collection! My work is included alongside some incredible illustrators including Mr Benn illustrator David Mckee, Lauren Child, Jane Ray (whose work I adore!), Emma Chichester Clark, Brian Wildsmith, and one of my heroes Quentin Blake! It's an exciting project to be included in and will share some more photos soon!

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend! :o)