Since its release Astro Girl has been winning fans and praise around the world. The book would be less inspiring without the mention of the women astronauts. We could only fit a handful of names in in the finished book, even though I planned to make many more illustrations. I found more than 40 women…… Continue reading Astro Girl’s Women in Space
Category: illustration
And Now, Something Different…
I’ve been illustrating a story for the last few issues of Scoop Magazine, a publication for children in the UK. These short stories are told Graphic/comic strip style, something I’ve been itching to try for quite some time now. Here’s the latest, the story of John Blanke, an African in the court of Henry VIII.…… Continue reading And Now, Something Different…
She’s a Winner
Astro Girl has just won an award- The STEAM Children’s Book Prize- a science award. While I have been fairly consistent through the years I haven’t won many awards. That isn’t my aim, so perhaps that’s why. It always seemed way too obscure, and hard work, to come up with an award-winning idea. Just seeing…… Continue reading She’s a Winner
Shop open
After many years of illustrating books, editorials, information graphics and posters, I’ve accumulated a large body work. I admire those who arrange exhibitions of their work because I never had the time nor the inclination. But after months in lockdown allowed me to catch up with an endless to-do list, the last thing on it…… Continue reading Shop open
Empathy beats Racism
Recent events have got everyone thinking, talking, shouting, but no longer avoiding the issue of racism. Learning to empathise is certainly going to help.
Lenny Books
Some empathy is necessary, for sure, but it’s usually a combination what you observe from the young children in your environment combined with your own memories that make a good story…
The Illustrationist 