Here - have a patchwork of colour variants I did whilst working out the cover for Arkspire 3: Revenge of the Misfits. I always find these really satisfying to look at, and to imagine what might have been. Arkspire 3:Revenge of the Misfits is out now: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451892...

#sundaymorningbookchat this week is celebrating great series w/great endings that perhaps aren’t on many people’s radar. recently finished& blogged about this superb trilogy by Jamie Littler &I know lots of people haven’t read. Lets celebrate unsung heros tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/a...

ARKSPIRE 3: REVENGE OF THE MISFITS is OUT NOW! Can the Bell sisters survive the fires of vengeance? Can Arkspire be saved from tyranny? Will we ever meet Thea's grangran? All these questions and more will be answered in the final chapter of my Arkspire series, out in all good bookshops!

Happy Publication Week 🎉 🎉How to Save Your Granny From a Runaway Train @swapnahaddow.bsky.social @jessbradley.bsky.social 🎉Arkspire 3: Revenge of the Misfits @jamieillustrate.bsky.social 🎉Pablo and Splash: Roman Holiday @sheenadempsey.bsky.social 🎉The Spick and the Span by Pil Van Martin

One day until ARKSPIRE 3 is released! Can old friends still be trusted, or do new allegiances need to be made? Preorder here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451892...

TWO DAYS BEFORE ARKSPIRE 3: REVENGE OF THE MISFITS IS RELEASED! The dark, twisting streets of Arkspire hide many secrets. Some, perhaps, are better left undiscovered... Preorder here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451892...

THREE DAYS UNTIL THE UK RELEASE OF ARKSPIRE 3! Juniper has a talent for getting herself into trouble, but has she bitten off more than she can chew?

ARKSPIRE: REVENGE OF THE MISFITS has quite the ominous back cover design. Find out what's to become of Cinder in the third and final chapter of Arkpspire, coming 30th July 2025! Preorder over here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451892...

ARKSPIRE: REVENGE OF THE MISFITS has quite the ominous back cover design. Find out what's to become of Cinder in the third and final chapter of Arkpspire, coming 30th July 2025! Preorder over here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451892...

Visual development art by Paul Felix for Lilo & Stitch (2002), dir. Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.

I am thrilled to reveal the cover for ARKSPIRE 3: REVENGE OF THE MISFITS! The third and final chapter in the Arkspire adventure - coming JULY 31st! Preorder here: www.waterstones.com/book/arkspir...

What's that? A big reveal involving these two suspicious characters later on this afternoon?! I don't want to ruin the surprise, but it might rhyme with glover reseal... #arkspire #bookcover #coverreveal

Just as I finish up the third Arkspire book - I receive the wonderful German edition of book 1, published by the awesome Crocu Buecher! And it’s looking fantastic, including the original inner-cover artwork flaps the UK edition had. Available to buy over here: www.cross-cult.de/produkte/det...

GenAI is to me like designing a machine to eat doughnuts for you. Just fundamentally pointless and weird. Making art is eating the doughnut; it’s the good part, the whole thing. What are you gaining by denying yourself that?

Aaaaaaaaaand we're done! Phew - that took aaaaaaaaages. But hey, another illustration for Arkspire 3 off the too-do list. But I have another two to get done today, so I should probably get my skates on...

After a quick workout (gotta want it), still working my way through inking this. It's taking ages (curse my obsession with junky, pieced together vehicles), which comes as surprise to no-one, but we're getting there!

Oh. My. Actual God. Duuuuuude.

Driver drawn - we're ready to ride. Now - time to ink!

I'm inking this puppy this morning (an illustration from an early part of Arkspire Book 3)! Join me, why don't you, as I keep you up-to-date as to how I'm doing? I feel like the wagon could do with a driver, so I'm gonna add someone real quick to keep those horses company.

About to start what might be the hardest illustration in the entire Arkspire series yet...

Please boost this post, ESPECIALLY if you’re a UK based visual artist, author or creative. What our government is trying to do is predicated on GREED and nothing more. If you love the arts then join us in trying to protect the livelihoods of those who create it. SHARE SHARE SHARE!

FINAL FORM, the final Mega Robo Bros book, comes out next week! I feel I have never been very good at promoting stuff online, and since deleting half my social media accounts even less so. What DOES work? Friendly Bluesky Hivemind, I would be very grateful for any ideas / suggestions! #KidLitUK

Happy Together is out today! 🎶🥁🎺🎸🎵 It's currently only available on Amazon here in the UK, but hopefully your local bookshop will be able to order a copy or two today! 😊 #kidlituk

Very important things happening in Arkspire 3 at the moment #kidlitUK #childrensbooks #childrensbookillustration #middlegradebooks

The ONE THING the UK punches above its weight at is the creative industries. Every move either party has made in the last 15 years has been to wreck them.

Getting a sense of "ah fuck it" from the Kiribatan Town Naming Committee

Gen AI might help you write that paper/CV which might help you get that grade/job…but will any of that matter when the earth is no longer liveable? I honestly don’t get how people aren’t getting that this tech is absolutely fucking the future of the actual planet over.

You can add your name to the petition mentioned in the article here: www.aitrainingstatement.org

If you’re a creator or work in the creative industries or otherwise have a heart, then please add your voice to this UK Gov consultation on AI and Copyright. I said ‘freelance’ for company and ‘unsure’ for super-granular legal stuff but made my voice heard. You can too. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10

The Fira Stronghold - a suitably wintery scene! The most remote and northerly of the Strongholds in the great, expansive Snow Sea. Illustration from the first Frostheart book. #kidlit #kidlitUK #childrensbooks #illustration #childrensillustration

Just a classic moment of getting stuck in a potion cupboard whilst being pursued by a strange, irritable otherworldly being. Illustration from Arkspire! #kidslitUK #childrensbookillustration #middlegradebooks #fantasy

ICYMI: Middle-grade books to check out for the holidays, including titles by @anneursu.bsky.social, @joannelevy.bsky.social & Marisa Meyer, @jamieillustrate.bsky.social and MORE! #kidlit #middlegrade fromthemixedupfiles.com/seasonal-mid...

ITS A SCAM! Publishers DON’T charge YOU to make YOUR books, they PAY you. These guys aren’t tryna “Disrupt” anything, they’re depending on people who are desperately looking to be published to part with their money. It’s far cheaper to learn to write or self publish.

MY ONLINE SHOP IS OPEN!!! It’s that time of the year where I open my shop for a couple of weeks so folks can pick up some bits for the readers in their lives. Ive got pins, stickers and signed prints/picture books available. Shop closes December 9th. ☺️ dapsdraws.bigcartel.com?_gl=1*1jyn7p....

There’s no point denying it - I’ve had too much caffeine this morning. And I’d do it again.

A section of a recent illustration I did (I love drawing in long landscape, apparently, which isn't great for the square formatted socials...) - just playing around with some ideas. Parasaurolophus Gate Guardians

Thank you so much to Charlotte Eyre and The Bookseller for making Beastie Bros a 'One to Watch' in their February previews! A pre-order or two would be very welcome!

Today I'm sketching ideas trying to figure out a potential new thing! Enjoying trying to figure out what this thing is/isn't!

Just hanging out

Brought the gang with me.

I made the move! Here's to clearer skies...