Quick character sketches

just thought I would throw a few character sketches together and add a splash of color.

Odins Blood its Thor

a little explanation about this illustration.
A good friend of mine and a great illustrator Marcelo Baez felt the need to be restrained from buying up all the books he wanted on amazon, especially the Thor Omnibus by Stan Lee and jack Kirby. So I felt the need to illustrate his problem this way.

My latest Book available from Blake Publishing

Here are some images of page illustrations from my latest children's chapter book for Blake Publishing.

The book is in the Gigglers Blue 2 series and is titled Batty and it was written by Chris Bell.

all the illustration are in colour and it was a real fun book to work on, I was sorry to finish as I was having a ball.

If you want to see more of the interior pages or purchase this great story you can go to Blake Publishing.

Big Lou

      "don't make him angry, you wouldn't like him when he's angry"

At the Sydney Supa Nova I was lucky enough to meet and get an autograph and photo with Lou Ferrigno aka The Incredible Hulk from the late 70's TV series.

From a very young age I have followed Lou's career in bodybuilding magazines to spots in television shows and feature films and I was almost overwhelmed at meeting him in person. It was a definite fulfilment of a childhood fantasy to meet the man who would crash through walls on my TV set as the Hulk when I was a kid. and what a nice guy he was, so easy going and polite and always smiling for the fans. what a great experience it was to meet Big Lou Ferrigno I am still smiling like a little kid.

so I thought I should share my happy moment with you all.

                                                   Big Lou 58 and looking great

Robin the Boy Wonder

After doing the Batman illustration I felt the need to do Robin. so here is Robin the Boy Wonder in full flight. this turned out pretty much how I had hoped and the Bat Signal was a suggestion from my very arty youngest son Talin.

Kid Jumping

the "Two illustrations a Week Challenge"  is still going so here is my second illustration for the week.
just a quick pencil sketch, inked with a brush pen and colored in photoshop.
come on Marcelo 11.59 pm is looming.

The Challenge was given

A good friend and a great Illustrator Marcelo Baez has set a challenge for us to post at least two finished personal illustrations a week to keep us more creative and for a bit of fun.
So Marcelo here is my first one this week, the Challenge is on!
this is my take on Batman just in case you weren't sure who it was. Brush pen inks over a pencil sketch with photoshop colors.

My New book available from Blake Publishing

I just wanted to share with you the latest childrens chapter book I have illustrated for Blake Publishing which is now available.

The Book is in the Red Sparklers series and is titled Zara's Solution and is written by Sue Walker.

here is a look at the cover and some interior illustrations.

copies of the book are available from Blake Publishing, Here.

Superman over Metropolis

1978 an 11year old boys life was changed forever.

That was the first time I saw Christopher Reeve on the big screen and I believed a man could fly. He has stuck with me ever since.

here is my version of Superman I hope you like it.

Counting Sheep

here is an illustration created for Coast kids Magazine for a poem by a primary school boy by the name of Jack kyriakou.