Guest blogger Laura here! About to share the joy of yet another brilliant MONSTER story. But this is not your average big, hairy, claws, jaws, stomp stomp, yum yum, bones for my bread etc etc. Oh no, it’s far greater than that. A MONSTER CALLS by (pretty darn good author) Patrick Ness is the book [...]
Category > Illustrations!
Some things I’ll do this weekend (an illustrator’s perspective).
Try again to get rid of the stubborn cupboard poltergeist. If successful, welcome in a new tenant. Go for walks. Draw the local wildlife. Observe their natural behaviour… …and maybe discover previously unknown habits Then later, reflect on all I have seen and heard, learn from it, and hope it makes me a better person. [...]
Drawing in Dublin
Well, I’ve just got back from my trip to Dublin where I was involved in an evening of Illustration at Easons bookshop. A big thankyou to Dave O’Callaghan for inviting me over and to Siobhan Tierney from Hachette for looking after me during my stay and for making sure I had a regular supply of [...]
David and Niamh Hit Dublin
TBM authors Niamh Sharkey and David Melling part of an Illustration Evening in Easons in Dublin, Ireland.
Gateway To Amazing
On Saturday UK national newspaper The Guardian published this fantastic article, in which a host of awesome authors picked out some of their very favourite SF. Personal highlights for me included Stephen Baxter writing about the thoroughly astonishing Hothouse by Brian Aldiss, Liz Jensen writing about Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham, China Mieville [...]
The Happy Couple!
I dedicate this image to the happy couple on their Big Day, and our future King and Queen. May your lives together be full of joy, wisdom and strategically placed snails.
More Tree Please!
Due to popular demand I’m posting a few more tree sketches…um… (fidget)…well, okay then, no one asked me…I just find myself sitting here thinking what to post so I grabbed my sketchbook and thought, yep, more trees! And, in an effort to link this post to the whole Trapped By Monsters theme – here’s a [...]
