ooops

Message from BBC History Magazine - it's the wrong Cromwell.
THOMAS not Oliver! Changed and fixed in time for copy deadline

Gloves off...

I resisted going ahead with this idea to show the battle between Mary Tudor and Cromwell. Thought the boxing/wrestling spoof poster might be a bit naff - but it seemed to work in the end!

BBC Homepage

Nice to be on the BBC homepage again this afternoon. See more on the Hands on History website

Fooood

A tasty selection of the 16 illustrations for the Wellcome Trust study guide on 'food'
1 - Apparently we sense food not only by taste but with our eyes and nose too.
2 - a Rhesus monkey (not sure why they want this yet)
3 & 4 cards from a series of 12 showing the pros and cons in the production of food

Blighty Wound

Soldiers in the WW2 trenches sometimes wished for a 'blighty wound'. A wound that was serious enough to be sent home to 'blighty'

Version 1 was the original which was deemed to be too offensive to older readers. Version 2 was redone to be muddy not bloody!

New website Live

My brand spanking new website has just gone live!

Minotaur

Sometimes a wee sketch gives as much as a final illo

Whale of a.....

An nice afternoon drawing whales and dolphins - getting progressively more 'cartoonlike' ooh I hate that word!

Eric stoneage

They've done another one nicking my style!

Hands on History -the Ancients

BBC Hands on History - have a look at the downloadable activity packs here

Fighting in Parliament

A Q&A for BBC History asking whether politicians have ever really come to blows in the House of Commons. I thought a comment of politics in general would be a good pic for this one....

Evacuee Eric

Animation 2 from the Hands on History series. At least this time they based the characters on some sketches I sent to the animators. Still the cheeky BBC are pushing the Terms and Conditions that I agreed to - but these animations are fun and may be leading to bigger things.........

(and they're voiced by the mad kid from 'Outnumbered' on the telly - brilliant!)

Cell Cell Cell

Wellcome Trust's Pig Picture guide on 'cells'. How do you make pics of cells fun?!
Cells that clean up and redistribute dead cells, Cell ages, and Cell speeds

Eric the Norman

BBC 'Hands on History - see more at http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/handsonhistory/download.shtml

Darts Knight

Where did the game of darts come from? Some say medieval knights threw them at moving targets in jousting tournaments. Did they have the beer bellies though?

workload rising

A very quick turnaround for BMA News review but very pleased with the outcome!

Clogged up

In Lancashire the menfolk settled disputes by the means of clog fights (or 'purring' as it was known). This involved lots of drinking and the fighting and the gambling that went with it was highly illegal. By all accounts the fights were done in the nude apart from the said clogs. One version involved the two fighters sitting on the rim of a large barrel and hacking each others shins until one submitted. The winner was the best of 3! Sometimes I love my job!

Hamish returns

I've recently been given a link to a version of the Hamish game which I did for Crieff Hydro Hotel that I've not seen for a few years. Have a go!
http://www.crieffhydro.com/hamishBigAdventure.html

Macannibals

Scottish cannibal Sawney Bean who holed up in a cave with his wife and 6 daughters and 8 sons (the sons and daughters then produced 32 grandchildren). They story goes that they ambushed and robbed (and ate) hundreds of travellers.

inner space

Wellcome Trust Big Picture number 11 on genes, genomes and health. This one was to show the bugs we have in our intestines