Mousey and the Red-Eyed Monster

I have been reworking my Mousey And the Scary Climate Monster story in the light of comments from others at SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers And Illustrators) - which has been very helpful. Here is the revised storyboard. The monster is less literal and more is left to the imagination with him. Also, there is more about Mousey at the beginning.

The Enormous Crocodile

Another double-page spread completed! Also more tweakings to mugglewump and background.

I have re-vamped my website, too, using iweb. This is very user-friendly, although the options are fewer than those in Dreamweaver, and the download time is longer than my previous website (although this may also be because I've put in larger images this time!).

The Fox the Crow & the Smelly Old Cheese

I have been working on a storyboard based on one of Aesop's Fables and have completed a colour double-page spread.

The Enormous Crocodile

Here's the latest revision. Croc is less scarey, Mugglewump is swinging from a branch and the log has been merged into the background a bit more. I'm going to leave this for a week or so and come back with fresher eyes...I'm not sure now whether to tone down Mugglewump's colour...

Plum Pudding childrens book agent

I joined Plum Pudding in August and am now up on their website at http://www.plumpuddingillustration.com/.

I am currently making some other images to go on their website, using text from Roahl Dahl's The Enormous Crocodile. Here are a couple of them. I am pleased with the movement in them & also the colour pallette. I prefer the one with the textured background and my children prefer it too, because it has more depth and interest.   However, there is a voice in my head that keeps saying, 'less is more', but I think too little can be sterile, in a children's book. I need to work on the monkey, Mugglewump, and make the croc a little less scary. I have been looking at the textures in Eric Carle's  and Catherine Rayner's (Augustus and His Smile) work, and combining ink and tissue.

Zaha Hadid

Amazing architectural acoustic installation at City art gallery where audience wrapped in what seemed like a very large ribbon.

MMU show June 09

I was impressed by a lot of the illustrations in the MMU show - especially Gemma Wood's textured inkwork.