How To Draw...Houdini

If you haven't been over to the Booksniffer's site then you absolutely should.  She sniffs out the best in children's books so be sure to take a look.  You can read her review of Life Is Magic here, but be sure to take a wander because there's loads more to see.  She kindly featured a How To Draw Houdini recently and I've recreated it here.  Thanks Sniffer!

Meet the bunnies

Life Is Magic is finally out, yay!  If you haven't seen it yet then allow me to introduce you to a few of the characters...

Book trailer magic

Here is the book trailer for Life Is Magic made by people far smarter than me.  Thanks to Jonathon Moore and any magical assistants he may have had.

Tadaaaaaa!

Sneaky peek of sketches and whatnots

Since Life Is Magic is finally almost out I thought I'd share a few sketches and pics of the book in progress.

Original back cover sketch

Final back image

Case cover planning page

Case cover drawing

Finished cover

Initial frames sketch

The frames in action

Title page sketch

For more sneak peeks check out The Booksniffer's blog

You can watch the amazing trailer HERE

Life Is Magic publishes March 3rd and can be bought in all the regular places, lovely bookshops especially.   You can read more about the book here.

Not long now...

December 1

So it turns out it's December already (no-one panic.)  That means that the lovely folks on twitter have started to #illo_advent again.  I won't have time for many but here's one for day one...

You may now panic.

Christmas cards are available here for those of you feeling festive and in need of cards.  

It's too soon I know, but Christmas cards!

This year's Christmas cards are ready and available to buy here  

All are printed in recycled card on the UK and are looking for good homes.

You could get your seasonal mitts on all of these:

Stocking Fillers

Meet Snug, Smirk, Slurp and Scrump, Santa's lesser known helpers. They may look like they're relaxing but due to an unforeseen stocking-filling shortage (someone forgot to order the tangerines...it was Gary) these four furry heroes have taken it upon themselves to fill the stockings themselves.

Lovebirds

Spread the love this Christmas with this lovebird wreath. These birds whistle Christmas carols all year round, come with their own stripy hats and are all house trained...except Mo, but he's pretty so we let it go.

Mouseltoe

These two lovebirds have been the talk of Santa's workshop, the will-they-won't-they couple of the season. All bets are off but no-one is safe with kissletoe about!

Mouse wreath

A mouse-infested wreath may not sound like an ideal gift but I guarantee these furry friends are the height of Christmas spirit. They knit their own hats, jingle their own bells and will only eat your cut price cheese, not the fancy stuff you reserved for guests.