If you follow me on Twitter (X) or Instagram you may have already seen some of these drawings. For NarniaWeb's We Love Narnia event the site encouraged fans of Narnia to share posts, drawings, and photos across social media. I decided to create illustrations based on...
Wood Mouse Sketches
In moving forward with a project I've found myself going back and doing more research. I've been doodling away but guessing at a lot of anatomy for mice, so last week I drew these wood mouse sketches from images found online.
Designing The Wait
As I look back at 2024 one of my regrets is failing to continue designing The Wait - and other personal projects. The Wait is a mini graphic novel I've been working at for a long while now. Back when Sputnik: Faith + Arts gave me a small grant to work on character...
Sidhe
The Fae Elders are desperate to restore the magic of the Sidhe. They think Owain and Eilidh can help … whether they want to or not. Click through the panels below, or scroll down to view the animatic (no sound). I've been working on Sidhe (Shee) as a portfolio piece....
Simple Character Design Exercise
Next week I'm running a Traditional Animation Workshop in Hawick, so I thought I'd share a little preview from the class. I've always found creating characters to be challenging. Where do I start? And I often find they all end up looking the same. Why is that? This...
Storyboard Planning
Over the last couple of weeks I've been working on a short storyboard sequence for my portfolio. It's still a work in progress, but I'd thought I'd share some of the early planning from it.I don't often share thumbnail storyboards because they're usually pretty...
Costume Design
I've been working on a mini graphic novel project for a while (you may remember this, this and this) and recently I've been doing a lot of research into clothing. It's set around 1300 but much of it falls into 'vaguely medieval'. There are very few source materials...
Sketching Morna
I first shared some sketches of Morna here, and I'm finally diving back in to developing her design. There are lots of things still to nail down but I'm pleased with how she's coming to life!
Kinsey’s Sword Sneak Peek
A young queen falls ill at the beginning of her reign. Initially unable to leave her bedroom, she fights against fear and hopelessness in her dreams. But as Kinsey grows strong she remains in the dream world, avoiding the kingdom she left behind …Take a peek inside:...







