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 with, October proved a pretty hectic month all around. I wasn’t sure it was wise to attempt another daily drawing activity like #Inktober straight on the back of the September House of Illustration challenge, but pen and ink is my favourite medium, how could I not? I love the challenge,  even though time was limited and I didn’t have chance

Well here we are at the third week of #Inktober 2018, I’m surprised I’m still able to keep up… just about! It is getting ever tougher though – with so much going on for me at the moment (house move preparation, deadlines etc),  it doesn’t take much to fill the day’s schedule, a lot of these drawings have been squeezed in right at the end of the day. But still hanging in there! The final week’s drawings ahead…. if I can make it! Please follow me on Instagram and Twitter @Studi

Here are my daily drawings for the second week of Inktober 2018. It’s been a very hectic week, as I’m moving house in a short time and have been busy with preparation, and with a work-load of deadlines I’m trying to clear up before the move. I’m beginning to regret taking on Inktober this year, but hanging in, just about! All of these drawings have been created on the day with my usual choice of Pilot Hi-Tec-C pens, no special theme, just my immediate response to the official

My, October already! I can hardly believe it. These last few months have been focused on buying/selling my house and preparation for a move into Norwich, punctuated with regular illustration deadlines for clients in Japan this summer – virtually all of my commissioned work this year has been outside the world of children’s publishing. Because of that, I leapt at the chance to have a go at the House of Illustration’s 1-inch drawing a day challenge last month, it was exactly th