There goes the Bride...

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I realised the other day that I've been so busy with picture books recently, I haven't kept my adult work up to date. So whilst waiting for things to save etc on other jobs this week, I did this for my editorial/ book cover portfolio.

This isn't a real book, I made it up. And Alice Stapleton was my lovely Irish grandmother. She never wrote any books, by my word could she tell a tale!

SWIM!

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Ask Angela: Pipe Problems

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I'm very inspired by the 1950s and 60s and try to give my illustrations a retro feel. Claude in particular is set in this time and I really enjoy looking through old photos and style books to get everything right.

A couple of months ago I went to an antique and vintage book fair and whilst a lot of it was waaaaaay out of my price range (£10,000 for a copy of a Famous Five book?!) a found a stall right at the back selling vintage fashion magazine and I bought a stack of them. It's been great going through them. I particularly love the problem pages ( Ask Angela) and decided to illustrate one of them. I think I might do some more in the future... there's a good question about gravy etiquette!

All Ears

Hello!

Well it's been a while but I've been extremely busy!

I've been asked to cover for another illustrator, Steve May, whilst he is on holiday, and illustrate The Guardian's All Ears column. I'm doing it for a month and the first illustration was published on Saturday.

Here's the article (with my picture at the bottom) :

A copy of the text can be read here: 

And here is a better version of the picture:

It's a fun job to do with a tight turn around. Keep your peepers peeled for this week's image!