Christmas Cartoon

"Well, it is his birthday, as well as being Christmas!"

Being born during the festive season, I can not help but be inspired to do this cartoon. If I had a pound every time someone asked me if I get separate presents for Christmas, and my birthday, then I would be very well off:). This will appear as a greeting card very soon!

Greeting Cards

I have just got a selection of my cartoons printed as greeting cards. Although I do have a website with the cards on, the website is based in the US, so I wanted to print, and promote them here. So far so good! Blackwells Bookshop have taken up 4 of my designs, and I sold a nice batch last night during a Tree House Meeting. Next up is the Totterdown Art Trail, where I will be based in Totterdown Baptist on the 17th-18th November. If you would like to pop over to say hi, that would be great!:)

Illustration in progress

I very rarely go into much detail into the background on my cartoons. I thought I would push myself a bit with this latest project. This is what I achieved today, and I will post each significant stage as it progresses.

Just adding blocks of colour at the moment. The original building is grey, so I am going to keep a version of this one saved, but I will later add a bit more colour to the finished piece.

Apart from a bit of tidying up here, and there, this is the first completed version of this illustration of Bitton railway station. There are other things I am going to do with this, but these things will be revealed in stages as I progress.

Another stage of the illustration.

Fussy Vampire

"Im sorry, but the comfort of our coffins has never been an issue before!"

Upfest 2012

I attended Upfest for the first time today, and there are some incredible artists that attend this festival. It was really interesting seeing them at work. I really had a great time.

I was recognised when I got to the Tobacco Factory, and was asked if I would make a contribution to a collaborative work that was being created. It did not seem to matter when I explained I was a cartoonist and not  graffiti artist, so I had a go. Since I did not know that I would be drawing, and I have never really had much experience with the Posca pens, I did not think I did too badly. Two people asked me to sign my autograph, and do a small illustration in their book. That was very sweet of them to ask. Fame at last!:)  

Oxford University Press Commission

I was very glad to receive a cartoon commission from Oxford University Press, to do a cartoon for one of their EFL publications (English File Pre-Intermediate). Very pleased, as the illustration was received without any changes:)

Pasty Tax

"Wow, this pasty is so hot, I will have to charge you VAT!"

The 'Pasty Tax' thing is such a farce, I could not resist coming up with this cartoon:)

Zombie Cartoon

"Who ordered the braaains?"

This idea was rattling around my mind for a while:) You can purchase a greeting card with this design by going pressing on this link:- ZOMBIE

Stone-paper-scissors cartoon

"For goodness sake. let's stop this madness!"

A stone, paper and a pair of scissors, begin to see the folly of their continual fighting:) You can purchase a greeting card with this design by going pressing on this link:- STONE PAPER SCISSORS

Owl and the Pussycat cartoon

"What a horrid little pussy you are, you are. What a horrid little pussy you are!"

Here is my take on this famous nonsense poem, 'The Owl and the Pussycat'. It all comes from watching too much 'Tom and Jerry', and 'Sylvester and Tweetie Pie', when I was a kid:)

You can purchase a greeting card with this design by going pressing on this link:- OWL & THE PUSSYCAT

New shop coming on fine!

I am slowly up-loading my designs onto cards, and hopefully other products soon:- You can purchase the cards by clicking on the following LINK

First design on the new shop:)

Here is my Space Bunny design that I did a while ago, but I thought would be a great greeting card design. Just click on the design to go to the shop.

Space Bunny Card by friendsinmyhead
See other Rabbit Cards