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StudioNIB
- Sep 28, 2016
- 2 min
A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.5: Birds, 1977
Number 5 in the History of my Archive in 10 Objects, is this triple set of bird studies from early 1977. I was 17, I was about to leave school and start a foundation course at the now-gone and much lamented Bournville School of Art, I was full steam ahead for a career in illustration, the world of graphic art, experimentation and adventure awaited. But all that was in the future – in the meantime I was generating some income from selling these kinds of traditional studies in
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StudioNIB
- Jan 30, 2013
- 1 min
Working Catch-up
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 renaissance non-fiction The Stone Giant – Michelangelo’s David and How He Came to Be. It’s been an involving project in the pipeline for quite a while, with several interruptions (like an unforeseen house move!) but I’m happy to say the art work is now complete! Currently awaiting final approval before posting the art off, I’ll be able to share some i
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StudioNIB
- Apr 18, 2012
- 1 min
Jack and the Beanstalk again
…and here’s the first incomplete drawing I posted now it’s finished. I’ll upload some more spreads from the book after it’s been passed by the editor. Okey, right, onwards and upwards! #fukuinkanshoten #jackandthebeanstalk #picturebook #watercolour
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StudioNIB
- Jul 11, 2009
- 1 min
Illustration Friday: Hollow
Old exhibition piece illustrating the saying Fairy Folks are in Old Oaks. Seems to fit this week’s “Hollow” theme. Can you spot the hidden figure in the shadows? (I didn’t know it was there until after I’d completed the artwork). #childrensillustration #fairies #watercolour #illustrationfriday #fantasy
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StudioNIB
- May 22, 2009
- 1 min
Cracked
Another children’s book illustration that fits this weeks Illustration Friday theme “cracked”. This was from Hoppy no Atarashii Uchi (Hoppy’s New House), one of my own stories published by Fukuinkan Shoten in Japan. #picturebook #animals #anthropomorphic #watercolour #illustrationfriday #hoppysnewhouse
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StudioNIB
- May 8, 2009
- 1 min
Parade
Here’s something from the cupboard that matches this weeks Illustration Friday brief “Parade”. It’s from the picture book King Smelly Feet, written by Hiawyn Oram, released in the UK by Andersen Press a few years ago. #illustrationfriday #kingsmellyfeet #picturebook #watercolour
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StudioNIB
- Oct 29, 2007
- 1 min
No Tricks, but a Treat for Halloween
This image is so old I’m quite embarassed to post it, a portfolio piece right from the beginning of my career when I was fresh out of college. Nevertheless it seems to fit the occasion, and has never been seen before in public, so there’s the treat! Happy Halloween! #witches #childrensillustration #watercolour #halloween #illustrationfriday #fantasy
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StudioNIB
- Sep 22, 2007
- 1 min
Digging up old work (an occasional slot)
This is one example, an exhibition piece from several years ago which I’ve always had a soft spot for. The tree was actually in my local park, I did an on-the-spot sketch and developed it into this illustration. #childrensillustration #watercolour #character #exhibition #fox
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StudioNIB
- Sep 4, 2007
- 1 min
Thwarted Summer Greeting
Oh well! Had things worked out differently this summer, I’d intended to print it up as postcards and send it to publishers across the continents, but family circumstances intervened. I was hardly in a seasonal celebratory mood either of course. It seems this illustration is doomed forever to be hidden to the public. Well, not if I can help it, at least I can post it here on my blog! #FrontStreet #summer #MagicBeach #watercolour #greeting #CrockettJohnson
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StudioNIB
- Apr 14, 2007
- 1 min
A peek inside The Boat in the Tree
Here’s some spreads from The Boat in the Tree. It was a great story to work on, with a gentle tone that lended itself to dream-like fantasy episodes. As the story is narrated in first person by the boy, everything had to focus on him, so I tried to make the fantasy subtle rather than dominating the spreads. The biggest challenge was to maintain the flow from the reality of the boy’s actual situation with the escapism of his imagination, without confusing the reader. #mybooks
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StudioNIB
- Apr 12, 2007
- 1 min
The Elves and the Cobbler
Here’s a couple of images from the Grimm story The Elves and the Cobbler, which recently appeared in the Japanese children’s magazine Ooki-na Pocket. The magazine is produced by one of the biggest children’s presses in Japan, Fukuinkan Shoten, with which I released two picture books in the 1990’s. The editor is a lovely guy, but seems to have pigeonholed me as solely a “traditional” illustrator of fairy tales. This is despite all my work in advertising (in a very different st
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StudioNIB
- May 8, 2006
- 1 min
characters
#character #childrensillustration #Janome #watercolour
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StudioNIB
- May 8, 2006
- 1 min
Tree illustration
I’ve not posted much in the way of artwork, so here’s something you won’t find on my website. It’s the background image for a series of stitch pattern animals I made for sewing software company Janome. The actual characters were only ever released as stitching patterns so the original artwork has never been reproduced anywhere. Admittedly very “Rackham” in flavour, one reason I’ve not put it on my website! #childrensillustration #fantasy #Janome #watercolour
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