Finally. Finished. Maybe a few tweaky changes, but the book, as a whole, is finished. The first image is a test illustration for the author and the second image is a finished page from the book. I decided to change the image style to be more 'punchy' and vibrant. As much as I liked my creation first off, the niggling feeling it didn't suit the feel of the book wouldn't leave me alone. It felt too wishy-washy, and although the book is about a mermaid and wishy-washy water is

Having someone walk up to me in my studio and ask for a commission was pretty exciting. Even more exciting was it being a theme I'd never worked on before. Simon was collecting lots of Peacock themed christmas gifts for his wife and asked for a variation on a piece he saw in my studio. I've always loved peacocks and their very majestic mating dance. The colours of their plummage really takes my breath away, so when I created this piece, I was intent on capturing the magic tha