Submission to Mail Me Art

I bought a copy of the Mail Me Art - Short & Sweet book about a year ago. The "Mail Me Art" project is co-ordinated by Darren Di Lieto, the brains behind The Little Chimp Society and Hire An Illustrator, and involves illustrators the world over posting postcards they've illustrated which will then be published in book form. Short & Sweet was the third such Mail Me Art project, and the current one is "Open All Hours" - not that the illustration has to be on that theme at all. 

I've been meaning to get round to submitting an image ever since, but I was a bit daunted by the one-shot nature of it - each submission must be on an official card, and must be hand drawn or painted rather than printed. Not much room for mistakes! I finally committed myself to it this week though, and the above image is the result. 

Below are the cover of the MMA Short & Sweet book, and the required photo of my postcard being posted. Here's hoping it arrives in a reasonable state!

New screenprint - Cassette Hounds

So, here's my new limited edition 3 colour screenprint - Cassette Hounds.

Remember cassette tapes? Of course you do. Remember how they needed walking twice a day? Probably not, everyone conveniently forgets that detail. This little baby comes in two bright colourways and is a very limited edition of 6 prints in each. It's the first completely new screenprint I've done in a while, as I spent a lot of last year reprinting the open editions of my "No Underground. Get Over It" series.

For those interested in the technicals, it measures a handy 30x40cm, is printed on lovely 300gsm Fabriano 5 Liscia paper. Each print is signed and is available to buy from my little old online shop.

Late Night Visitor - A comic strip

The second of three one-pager comic strips I recently created. I'm pleased with the simplicity and colours in this one, and the premise is simple but nicely surreal I think. Click the image to view larger, natch.