Friday 15 April 2011

7 blue birds














About a week ago I finished the spread for the colour blue. Blue birds, a symbol of hope from the ancient times!
When I visited the London Book Fair 2011 just a couple of days ago and showed my portfolio around, this was one of the pieces that stood out. It's one of my favourite too.

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Wednesday 6 April 2011

Katie and the Kite



































With all the sun these days what better than to take out the ol' kite?
I decided to revisit Katie and the Kite, since I'll be printing a portfolio soon. I didn't change anything drastically, but with a fresh eye I saw some things which I wanted to improve. I generally desaturated some parts and brightened up some colours too. I find it "breathes" a lot better now. The illustrations always come out considerably darker when you print them too, so that was also a concern.

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Sunday 3 April 2011

the fat bee


So I'm working on a storyboard for the "Just an Old Boot?!" tale, which is going great by the way, thanks for asking, but I felt like having a little brake from it, so I started playing with my digi-brushes and I came out with this little piece, the fat bee!

that was one long sentence!

Friday 1 April 2011

Just an Old Boot?!


So this is the first image for a story I'll start working on.
It should be a fun, short adventure of a boot who thinks it's an animal!
In vain the animals around the lake, where the boot has been dumped, try to convince it otherwise.
Maybe a boot is an animal...?

I'll keep you posted!