mugs and coasters

The latest addition to my range - mugs and coasters featuring little sumos carrying biscuits ... or are they normal sized sumos carrying gigantic biscuits?! Get them this weekend at Big Brighton Christmas Fair. Also available soon on Etsy.

christmas markets

I'm selling at a couple of Brighton's Christmas Markets again this year. Look out for my stall at The Big Brighton Christmas Fair on Sunday 23 Nov at the Sallis Benney Theatre Gallery, Grand Parade. I'll be at Craftaganza the following weekend on Saturday 29 Nov at Fabrica Gallery (corner of Duke St & Ship St).

christmas cards now on sale

With Halloween and Bonfire Night over (just), it seems acceptable to start thinking about Christmas. I love this time of year and I'm starting to get ready for a couple of Christmas markets. I'll be at the Big Brighton Craft fair on Nov 23 and Craftaganza on Nov 29. I've got a few new additions to my product range including mugs and tea towels. I also have three new Christmas card designs. Here's one of them (you can see the rest in my Etsy shop):

graphic short story

Here's a panel from my entry to the Jonathan Cape/ Observer/ Comica Graphic Short Story Prize about the Victorian menagarist George Wombwell. 

tejaideja

While travelling around Slovenia earlier this month I discovered an illustrator/ designer going by the name of tejaideja (I don't know how you say it either!). Actually I first came across one of her postcards in Motovun during a day trip to Croatia and then later saw more designs in shops in Skofja Loka and Ljubljiana.

tejaideja has worked with design studios and brands but, a couple of years ago, decided to create her own products. Her postcards are eye-catching and make a refreshing change from the predictable ones usually on offer. The designs also feature on notebooks and breadboards (I bought one - a great souvenir of the trip).

Here's the Piran postcard, which will be the next addition to my kitchen wall gallery!

noble rot

I got back from holidaying in Slovenia a couple of days ago to find a delivery of the latest issue of wine, food and music magazine Noble Rot. The magazine is beautifully designed and packed with interesting articles, fab photography and great illustrations.
Issue 5 is particularly exciting for me as it features some of my work!! Here are some wine bottle waiters to accompany a piece on how palates develop with age. If you want to see my other illustration and all the other great stuff in the magazine go and buy it!

isabel greenberg's encyclopedia of early earth

I've been unwell this week and my lovely husband bought me Isabel Greenberg's graphic novel The Encyclopedia of Early Earth as a distraction for me while I was housebound.
I first came across Greenberg's work several years ago in the form of a daily diary comic called That's Well Art School, which is filled with hilarious scenarios, awkward moments and sharp observation.
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth, published last year, is a more polished work with a rich and quirky narrative, rendered in a wonderfully minimal colour palette. It's an absorbing tale of love, adventure, spirituality and storytelling itself. It is epic in scale and filled with myth and folklore. Oh, and I love the end papers.
I'll be honest - I haven't actually finished it yet, but it's just so good I wanted to share it with you now.

gangsters

My Gangsters A-Z is now available as an A3 print in my etsy shop 

sushi

A little while ago I was getting into animated gifs and I had this 'great' idea to set up another blog just showing gifs themed around food. Turns out that's quite a commitment and I only got as far as making one more before I had too much other stuff to do! Since the idea won't become a reality anytime soon I thought I'd share it with you!

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