2009 in the Big Smoke

How long can one go without posting? Two months, it seems. Still, it's 2009, I'm still alive, so here's something new- a teenage wasteland.

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How Embarrassing!

These were all for Sugar magazine's 'How Embarrassing!' feature and are based on true life cringe-inducing stories sent in by their teenage readers.

Pull!

Pinch!

Strum!

Sparkle!

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The three witches. There's a 20's witch, a 70's one and the youngest is a 00's Battle Royale schoolgirl type. I gave each witch their own familiar too. Probably the most fun to draw, but they don't have that much 'screen time' really.

Well, that's it for 'the Scottish Play'. After all that manga monochromatic madness, I think I'll post something nice and colourful next! Cheerio the noo!

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Banquo, an alternate Banquo and lastly, Banquo's ghost.

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Lady Mac...

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A while back I was asked to supply some character sketches for the Manga Shakespeare line, with a view to doing a graphic novel based on 'the Scottish play'. Like so many pitches, it was all for nothing, but at least i have some unseen art I can show you. First up is the man himself. The rest of the cast to follow this week...

Big Meow!

Not Happy

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Comics! The panda strip was all my own work, for the Best New Manga anthology. The other two colour pieces were for Mary Glasgow magazines.

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I've done a lot of work for the teenage market, most notably for Mary Glasgow Magazines (a division of Scholastic) and Sugar, which may or may not still be the UK's number one magazine for teenage girls. For a while I drew many 'embarrassing moment' illos for Sugar, (I will post more of these in the future, they were a lot of fun to do) in case you are wondering where I got the idea to draw the girl farting in the boy's face. It's a true story!