Tag: illustration
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More Than Half the World Votes in 2024
More than half the world votes in 2024. That is approximately 4.2 billion citizens in 65 countries. Eight of the world’s 10 most populous nations (Bangladesh, Brazil, India, United States, Indonesia, Pakistan, Russia, Mexico) are voting. While elections are no guarantee of democracy, it is true that democracy does not exist without elections. There is a…
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Live Events Online
The pandemic lockdowns made us rethink how we work, play, and learn. Authors and illustrators had to adjust, just like the schools and libraries which relied on them visiting in person. In the end, we learned what we like or don’t like about being more in charge of our work days. This change to hybrid…
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Scoop Magazine
Early in 2020, Scoop Magazine asked if was interested in illustrating some stories in a comic strip style. I have secretly wanted to do something like this for quite some time so jumped at the chance. Furthermore, the strips were to be activist or historical, which is a space that I follow regularly. In fact, many…
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Chicken Newspaper: The Food edition
Latest editorial design for the Food edition of Chicken Newspaper for Children’s digital edition. The issue examines food from an emotional point of view in that hope that it will stimulate discussion between children and their grown ups. Available to download on the iBookstore. Hit the link at the bottom of the page to see…
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Building a story
Sometimes ideas for stories come from the most unusual places. Other times things are more predictable and therefore ‘controllable’. I have been developing animal stories for the last year and a bit. The sketch above entered my head one morning, unprompted and decided to build a story around it.