To all my followers, Wishing you all the very best for a whale of a summer! #summer #illustration #Whale #greeting #summergreeting

Wishing all my friends and followers the very best for a fantastic Festive Season. #Christmas #greeting #illustration

Here’s the final batch of drawings I made for Inktober this year. What a month it was! With a pending house move and deadlines to contend...

This month the House of Illustration in London is running a daily art challenge to create a 1-inch (26mm) square piece of artwork every...

Here’s my illustration contribution to “Alt-Write: creative reactions to uncertain times”, a collection of new stories, poems and...

Magic For Sale is finally out! Written by Carrie Clickard Illustrated by John Shelley published by Holiday House Books ISBN:...

It’s been a while since I’ve posted to my blog, I’ve had a few things on my plate this spring which have kept me occupied, and when I do...

They always run over time and then three arrive at once. What is it with my local buses? Yesterday the bus into town was 15 minutes ...

While I’m on a hiatus due to deadlines, here’s some more work for Wingspan magazine…. Yes, that’s a self-portrait behind the turntables…...

My latest picture book is launched today! Released by Holiday House Publishers on 15th January, Crinkle, Crackle, CRACK, It’s Spring!, is...

There it lies in my inbox, another tantalising proposition for illustrators. Carefully written, brimming with enthusiasm and creative...

The recent speech given by Iggy Pop for the John Peel lecture on BBC Radio 6, Free Music in a Capitalist Society (the transcript is...

Thinking of making a big splash this summer! … here’s hoping your summer dreams come true! NEWS SPLASH! I’ll be in Tokyo from the end of...

It looks to be another hot summer, so here’s a splash of cold water – another recent illustration for ANA’s inflight magazine Wingspan....

Happy New Year of the Horse! Wishing all my friends and followers a joyous New Year, I hope 2014 be bountiful, jolly and successful to...

This year celebrates the 200th anniversary of the publication of the Grimm Brother’s Household Tales. To commemorate, here’s my latest...

In the meantime and in an altogether different vein, here are some more of the small regular monthly cuts I do for Japanese airline ANA’s...

I’ve been quiet on the blog of late, in fact all social media, largely due to work on my latest picture book, Jane Sutcliffe’s...

Want to know how I brewed up the creepy artwork for Halloween Forest? The dark secrets of the forest are about to be revealed! It’s a...

Alas! Calamity! Halloween deadlines held up my marathon of daily sketches and I’ve been having a rest from the blog for a while. I’ll...