Irregular Needless Randomness

This bird will become an even bigger bird if you click it!

Hey peoples - 20 now, I see! Been a while I know but I just wanted to touch base with the blogging world and post up some stuff that I have been working on. Had my head down in my studio lately and haven't spent much time on the interweb - especially since I let Facebook go. Abandoned Twitter some time ago too. Thought I would miss it all but... nah. I am quite prone (horribly so) to a distraction (pointless lists are are problem) so it feels good not to have another thing feeding off my poor defenceless brain. Anyway, ah yes... I've been fairly busy. In between books I have my regular School Magazine work. Above (click for bigger pic) is a School Magazine illustration for a story that involves, amongst other things, a giant sparrow. I don't get to draw giant sparrows that regularly (never) so it was a fun one.

Below are a couple of other School mag illos. It's a great magazine and I really enjoy the opportunity to try some different approaches, mediums and ideas that may transfer nicely to my book illustration work.

As I mentioned previously, I have been working on Tristan Bancks' fantastic new book 'My Life & Other Stuff I Made Up' published by Random House. Here's the cover I designed.

It's a very funny read about a boy called Tom Weekly. I spent a good deal of time in Tom's head, drawing (and list writing - good at those!) the odd things that sprout from his over-imaginative brain. Basically I channeled my 12 year old self. The one that spent days looking out classroom windows, writing lists about girls and doodling on pretty much anything that was in front of me. Good awkward memories. Here's a sample.

Good, squeamish, random fun. Well, that's my bit for the moment. Back soon with some other things...