Here are two recent pieces completed for the British Medical Journal. The first, “Aging Tsunami” accompanied a feature about pressures on...

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But what about the pictures? I hear you say. A lot of work on display was from my published books etc, especially my last two picture...

Daughter Seren and I are back in the chilly UK now after 3 wonderful weeks in Tokyo. My exhibition Kingdoms Curious at Pinpoint Gallery...

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Here’s some images for a recent Japanese job, a brochure on the development of “Eco-cars” (environmentally friendly low Co2 emission...

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation presents an illustrated lecture Artist in Residence: 20 years as an illustrator in Japan by John...

Thank god for Photoshop, that’s all I can say. Here’s a recent editorial job that required some quick fixing. I had to illustrate a rant...

Everything about this trip was a first for me – first trip to the Philippines, first time using Power Point, and first time running a...

I recently finished illustrating Volume 4 of Jenny Nimmo’s Charlie Bone series for it’s Japanese edition. “Charlie Bone and the Castle of...

Seeing the smooth transition of Dekune’s large expressive painted gallery works to the powerful images in her picture books made me...

It’ll soon be time to organise some new year greetings, as is the custom in Japan. Over the last few years I’ve tended to follow the...

Finally catching up with things after the exhibition. Here’s another illustration blog,ILLUSTRATION ART, a sharply observed insight on...

One thing I always have to be careful of in illustration is having line details swamped when it comes to adding colour. For example this...