Now I’m back from camping and freshly sunburnt, it’s daily doodle time. More ‘life is Story’ artwork is on the way…various camping related exploits.

Now I’m back from camping and freshly sunburnt, it’s daily doodle time. More ‘life is Story’ artwork is on the way…various camping related exploits.

Hey there, It’s been a while. How are you?
Really? Damn.
Anyway, I thought I’d share something cool with you. Early this year, along with fellow story artist Ashley Boddy at Aardman, I floated the idea of a comic anthology done by Aardman artists. That project is now trundling inexorably toward deadline time [yikes]- but it’s in super shape with got some fantastic artists on board: Kris Pearn, head of story on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Matt Jones, arch sketchtraveller extraordinaire and now pixar guy, plus a raft of talent from Aardman’s directors and crew. It’s going to be a peach.
Of course, I’m scarily behind schedule on my piece, a retelling of the story of Queen Boudica. I thought I’d show you some character development art. I hope to post more as we trundle to crunch time.
And here’s the old girl herself:
I’m trying to crank out this picture book by committing an hour each day to it until it’s done. So, fair warning; there may be a lot of toucans around the place. I was drawing with Noah earlier today and he was showing me his Angler Fish skills. Got me thinking, could I base a story on a character as unsympathetic as an Angler fish? It’s worth a shot.
Anyway, back to toucans:
