Illustration Friday - "Sneaky"

I have just finished reading Tolkein's The Hobbit: There & Back Again, again.

Here is Smaug the Dragon in his treasure-strewn lair beneath the Lonely Mountain.
I love the way this has turned out, the dragon and gold seems to glow against the dark of the mountain rock.

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Old Town - Waste Coat

A piece I have just done for the forthcoming issue of Old Town's Evening Star newspaper ( coming out at the start of the New Year I think). The subject is the social mobility and sartorial elegance afforded to the wearer of that must-have item of clothing, the Hi Viz jacket.

http://www.old-town.co.uk/eveningstar.htm

Restaurant magazine - Dec 2010

A piece about the latest trend in eating-out sweeping the Capital (and country as a whole), Fine-Casual - A hybrid of Fine Dining cuisine in more relaxed ( and cheaper) Casual Dining settings.

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Illustration Friday - "Burning"

The infamous moment in English history when Alfred the Great, whilst lost in thought over the fate of his people, absent-minded burned the cakes of a Swine-herd's Wife in whose cottage he had taken shelter, incognito.

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Spaghetti Alla Puttanesca

Whore's Sauce

Tomatoes, olives, anchovies, capers... yum.

A lovely link to my work on wonderful illustration website Drawn

Delft Tile -W.S.

A quick Delft tile I mocked up.

I think his name is William or possibly Walter Smudge, mill owner.

I would love to create a set of these. Perhaps I will.

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