The chordae tendineae, or heart strings…

The chordae tendineae, or heart strings, are cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart. This is another new illustration, based on a little gesture Nick did the other week. You see, he is quite susceptible to having his heart strings tugged by tv shows,…

La donna mascherata

A new piece (or, drainting! A drawing and a painting) for exhibiting, hopefully, if KILN still want me to participate in the Illustrators show coming up soon! I usually know I’m on the right track if a new piece scares the crap out of me, and this lady sure scared me on several occasions! Despite…

Back to basics

A line is all I need from Natalie Perkins on Vimeo. I decided I’d better start submitting drawings to things because I really ought to be promoting myself, and one of the first zines I wanted to submit to was the Underground Art School. The theme for the next issue is Simplicity/ Back to Basics,…

It’s nice to work together

Kirsten Becken approached me a few weeks ago and asked if I’d like to doodle all over her photographs. Upon seeing her impressive portfolio, and the bunches of delicious white space available for me to draw on, I took her up on her offer with much enthusiasm! The artists I know often work autonomously, and…

My Talented Friends – part 3

In this exciting installment I divulge five more names from my list of the world’s up and coming awesome folk. They dabble in writing, modelling, designing, entrepreneurship, art and being pretty cool. Heidi – writer and fat celebrity Heidi has to be one of the sweetest and most honest people I have ever met, even…

Adorable find: Kate Doodles

Ice cream head by Kate Doodles Ms Annarchy posted one of Kate Doodles‘ drawings on tumblr just before, and I was struck by the fabulous line work and shading so of course I followed the link and found an amazing collection of work on her flickr account! Bird bath by Kate Doodles A bird in…

If I had a cupcake shop…

If I had a cupcake shop, I would have so much fun designing the packaging. Actually, I don’t want to own a cupcake shop really… I just want to design fun stuff. So I guess I’m in the perfect job already. ha! I made some cupcakes for my friend Ellie’s birthday! I think that smug…