The Black Rose

Exciting news! 

Last weekend I was delivered a copy of a book that I did some illustrations for months ago... here it is!
'The Black Rose' is the second part in the Seven Stars Trilogy by very talented (and young!) author James Bartholomeusz.  The books follow the adventures of teenagers Jack and Lucy as they are sucked into an inter-worldly war involving all manner of evil creatures and some Welsh sounding fairies... 

'The Black Rose' is published by Medallion Press and is the first of the trilogy that I illustrated.  This book and the first instalment 'The White Fox' can both be purchased on Amazon.

Below are some of the other images I created for the book:

Nimue and the frozen girl

The end of Faustus

The Goblin Priest

Deep Sea Discovery...

It's finally finished! Part 2 in the adventures of my as yet un-named intrepid explorer! Stay tuned for more exciting escapades... next stop the Wild West :D

Adventure Awaits...

Quick! Get away! Those men look like they're trying to steal that really important book that you haven't secured very well!

Trying something new, with much more detail, to become part of my new portfolio - exciting! :D This is the first of many (hopefully) Illustrations to feature this chap... he gets around...

Narcissism...

Part 2 in the series... the way I look on an average day! This time I think the colour is quite a lot better.  Working towards a slightly new style here, what do you think?

My Partner in Crime...

Starting to finish/ colour up some of the drawings I've done over the past 5 months - starting with my roommate and comrade Annalisa Hochstrasser.  Hopefully it won't be too long before we're on the Desperados again - good times! ;D

Thank You Geniuses!

Ahoy-hoy!

Some of you may have missed me over recent weeks and been disappointed at my lamentable lack of posting. This was due to my laptop finally deciding to give up altogether and frying my hard-drive (hence deleting all recent work. Damn.) I took it to the Mac store in Covent Garden, expecting the worst, but came away jovial! Not only did the helpful chap replace my hard-drive with a new one twice the size, he gave me a brand new charger and a new casing as well! It was like a particularly gleeful episode of Animal Hospital. My 'little fella' had, indeed, made it.
Well, I'm back now and on track! Never fear! And I have some exciting things on the go which you no doubt can't wait to see...

On second thoughts, most of you probably didn't even notice I was gone.

Oh well, here is a piece I did a little while ago for Capture:Cure, a fundraising organisation who raise money for the fight against breast cancer. I entered this illustration into the 'Support' category - think it raised about £70 in the end!

'Phone a Friend'

Unfortunately, I did lose most of the make-up box design I had been working on, but I might put the linework up for you soon...

Achilles and Ajax

As the title suggests, Achilles and Ajax sitting down to a nice refreshing Frappuccino whilst discussing their new business venture. Or looking at Youtube videos, it's your choice really...



A play on the traditional image of Achilles and Ajax playing chess under the walls of Troy.

If volcanic ash or car bombs weren't going to stop us, you could bet BA strikes would! Yep, we were supposed to be jetting off to New York this week, but it looks like trip 13 just wasn't meant to be... Instead, for your optical delights (and to maintain my sanity), here are some pictures what I did.



Number One: Odysseus tied to the mast, being tempted by three sirens - green tea, pomegranate and tangerine frappuccinos...