About me: The basics
I'm a writer, cartoonist, linguist, bad driver, cynic, wannabe flaneuse and lover of peanut butter flavoured chocolate bars. Hello! Like practically every cartoonist who writes things like this, I've been drawing on and off for as long as I can remember - I don't know if it's in my blood or in my brain, but nevertheless, I can't seem to quit. In July 2006 I finished my seven-year career in Children's publishing to become a full-time comic artist and illustrator.
If you care about such things, I was born in 1976 and currently live in Birmingham, UK.

Credentials
My client list includes DC Thomson Ltd (The Beano), MAD Magazine, Ilex Publishing, Harvard University, BBC West Midlands, Accent Press UK, Carroll & Graf Publishing, and The Prince's Trust (through Hi8us Midlands Ltd), as well as several privately-commissioned pieces. In November 2006 I won first prize in the Comic category of the International Manga and Anime Festival. I'm also the current chair of the Midlands Comics Collective, and co-edited their 2006 comic anthology "MC2" (96pp, published by Knockabout).

Commissions
If you would like me to be involved in a project you have planned, please drop me a line using the Contact link above and we can get talking.

The Art
I work in a wide variety of media, ranging from watercolours to digital tools such as Photoshop and, as you can see from the Gallery, my style is extremely flexible. My fields of particular expertise are character design and funny, cute or bizarre illustrations. I draw fast and, having worked in publishing, know exactly what deadlines are...

Influences
I used to have a list of artists and such whose work has impacted on me over the years, but in actual fact I'm influenced by more or less everything I see and learn. If you look at something of mine and think "Ooh, that reminds me of so-and-so", you're probably right.