Comic Strip Experiment

I've been experimenting with a comic strip book for children recently & it's given me even more respect for the writers & illustrators of this format. There's so much that you have to be aware of - page layout alone is a bit of a headache. And then there's the actual pictures, writing, etc.

The strip is based on a story that I've been working on for the last few years & this is a trial picture to see if it works or not. I can't help wondering if I laid on the murky atmosphere a bit too much & perhaps a bit more colour would help. But, on the other hand, it does let me play around with lighting and shadows.

Aesop's Fable

30 degrees Centigrade and about a billion in Fahrenheit - is that spelt right? I'm too hot to care! Anyway, been busy looking at printing companies as I want to make my own cards. And also found a company that will print 3D models of things I build on my computer. So excited!

Mother Mouse

Piers Harper's News

This illustration is unpublished and I have just spent several minutes trying to remember if there was some kind of a story behind it. If there was, I honestly can't recall it. Mother Mouse is clearly sheltering her children from the wind but I can't help wondering if there is more going on. I'll have to put my thinking-cap on and see if I can come up with something.

Viking Mice at Sea

Here are the Viking Mice in glorious colour. I really can't remember what I had planned in this picture. Probably being swallowed by a giant whale, or something similar, and taken to strange and new lands.

Viking Mice at the Opera

This is a sketch of the Viking Mice at the Opera.

This is a story that I've never quite managed to get to work even though a lot of effort (and not just mine) has gone into it. Hopefully one day it will become a book. Stranger things have happened; Snow Bear was originally a cover picture for my CD portfolio.