tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55676545607299054242024-03-05T04:57:51.881+00:00Mark A ChambersmarkAchambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01200442023527270297noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-69549296956240917112014-06-19T14:01:00.003+01:002014-06-19T14:01:58.754+01:00Sorry Everyone!Apologies for the radio silence for about….wow….a year! I've found I'm updating my Facebook page much more regularly at the moment so if you're still reading feel free to pop over to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/chambersillustration" target="_blank">Mark A Chambers</a> for constant updates, photos and random ramblings :)<br />
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Toodlepip!markAchambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01200442023527270297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-83994233600217489692013-06-02T12:22:00.001+01:002013-06-02T12:24:00.246+01:00Bear With MeRight, firstly, apologies again for the radio silence regarding my blog. I've been silly busy and I'm finding myself updating my Twitter and my Facebook fan page so much that this gets left behind a little bit *slaps wrist*. Still it's my turn with the 'Bear With Me' book this week so I have to post something about it as it's such a fab-tastic project to be involved in and there's only a few more Illustrators to do their page before the big auction :)<br />
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Over on my fan page and my Twitter page I'll be posting all sorts from photos to sneak peeks etc.. so keep checking for little updates. As well as that I've obviously got to come up with a page myself *wets pants slightly*.....here's hoping the ideas flow into my head!!<br />
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Other than that what have I been doing recently. Well I've just been sent a nice new picture book from Oz to do, I'll be starting the roughs to a picture book written by the great Charlie Higson (The Fast Show, Young James Bond, all-round comedy legend!) I've done the new cover to the next Stinky & Jinks book and I've been working on a new style. So all in all very very busy, I also popped over to France for a much needed holiday and soaked up some sun along with some wine and cheese! :)<br />
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That is where I am at this very moment in time.........I'll try and post some Bear With Me stuff on here this week when I can but there'll be all sorts going up on my fan page, Twitter and Instagram account :)<br />
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Mark, over and out!!<br />
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<br />markAchambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01200442023527270297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-36635739735240157572013-04-21T16:10:00.001+01:002013-04-21T16:15:29.981+01:00Busy Couple of Months......Well.....*takes deep breath*......how busy have I been recently!? Silly crazy busy is the answer. I've been doing all sorts of stuff for many different publishers and now that the Book Fairs are over it's time to relax (a bit) and look back on what I've been doing.<br />
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Below is a montage of a few pieces/styles I've been doing and as you can see, it's been pretty varied! I think I may have covered all bases, even having to draw a tiger on an operating table having its teeth extracted! No....I'm not making that up!!<br />
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So have a quick peek at the below image and apologies for the slight radio silence! My holiday is in a week and I am seriously looking forward to it!<br />
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<br />markAchambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01200442023527270297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-65947385075019065952013-02-24T13:16:00.001+00:002013-04-21T16:16:19.670+01:00Great Week!It's been just over a month or so since I last posted so apologies for the slight radio silence but it has been crazy silly busy in the studio! So much work on at the moment with the upcoming Book Fairs in Bologna and London that time just seems to fly....every year it's like this for book illustrators and every year it's always the same! :)<br />
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So what's new?! I'm currently working on all sorts and I'm trying my best not to get all my illustrations mixed up, wouldn't want pirates and dinosaurs in a Football crowd now would we? Although *starts to imagine one crazy scene*. This past week has been very cool however as in and out of scribbling tigers, doodling Hamsters and sketching giants, I had the FAB news that two of my books have been shortlisted for an award later in the year. 'Pigeon Poo', with Little Tiger, has been shortlisted in the Picture Book category for the Sheffield Children's Book Award and 'My Hamster is a Genius' in the Stinky & Jinks series has been shortlisted in the Shorter Novel category for the same award. Stinky & Pidge are up against some strong opposition so fingers crossed! If all else fails, Pidge can poop on the rest of the competition and Stinky can nibble a few toes!<br />
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I also took on a great sounding new picture book written by a leading actor/comedian whom I've always liked so that should be a lot of fun to do! Now to just find some time in the schedules to do some of my own personal portfolio work....*ponders 48 hour days* :)<br />
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Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all (only two weeks late) I'm back in the studio, back to the scribbles and back to the busy schedule already planned out for me. Apologies for the slight radio silence but I was ill with flu over the holiday period, so I've been getting back into things verrryyyyyy sloooowwwlllyyyy since 2013 hit our shores. In fact.....I spent most of the first week back in the studio looking and feeling like this :</div>
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Very grumpy and tired! However, we've had some snow so all is right in the world *beams a smile* and I've just been drawing some Sumatran tigers......what's not to like about that!? :)markAchambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01200442023527270297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-139673205158354732012-11-26T17:20:00.000+00:002012-11-26T17:22:30.228+00:00Eric's Unusual Pets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<br />markAchambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01200442023527270297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-63047434599024949032012-10-15T20:08:00.002+01:002012-10-15T20:08:45.917+01:00'Feline Baumgartner'On Monday 14th October 2012, a man from Austria took a helium filled balloon up to a height of 128,000ft or 24 miles up into the earth's atmosphere. The door of the capsule opened, he stepped out, saluted to the world that stretched out before him and 'bunny hopped' off the platform *gulps*. His name is Felix Baumgartner, a guy who broke two records and pushed the boundaries of man. Any further up and I think he would have floated away, next stop, the International Space Station :)<br />
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Boldly going where no cat has gone before. He was obviously feeling 'claws-trophobic' in the capsule but let's hope he doesn't 'paws' too long before jumping and that he doesn't reach 'hy-purrrr' space on the way down so he can live to tell the 'tail' *blows trombone and goes for a lie-down*<br />
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Well done Feline (and Felix) :)markAchambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01200442023527270297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-68529105334116863672012-10-11T14:38:00.000+01:002012-10-11T14:54:21.266+01:00A Character is Born......So, I hear you all say....what goes into developing a character for a picture book?<br />
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This character is called 'Polly', from a recently published book called 'Pigeon Poo' by <a href="http://www.littletigerpress.com/" target="_blank">Little Tiger Press</a>. A rollicking rhyming story that's all about a pigeon that poos all over a lovely town that Mrs Bucket would be proud of. Polly is one of the main characters that feels sorry for Pidge and comes up with a great idea for her new feathered friend.........but what is she going to look like?<br />
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...tad-ahhhhh *blows loud trumpet*...this one! We felt it had much more personality than some of the others and plenty of 'cute factor'! As you can see the artwork starts with a black line and is then gradually filled in with some funky textures and rendered to make her come alive. I particularly like her hair in this one and she looks pretty fashionable in her dazzling spotty tights and Dorothy Gale red shoes!</div>
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.....the lesson here is, <i>'always leave the house with an umbrella, because you never know when a pigeon might poo on your head!'</i> :)</div>
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Here is where I come up with all those scribbles, sketches, squiggles and doodles! There's even a lobster and a Mogwai! :)markAchambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01200442023527270297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-9569540630104847052012-10-09T13:13:00.001+01:002012-10-09T13:16:29.778+01:00*HEAR YE, HEAR YE*I....am....back!<br />
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After two whole years away from updating it I thought I would jump back on the blog-bike and get peddling. I found myself updating my Facebook fan page more frequently so decided to have a break from the 'Blogosphere'. Still, there comes a time in an illustrators life where you have to carry on with something that you started way back in 2008 and bring it up to date......<br />
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....and to celebrate this momentous occasion, here's a monkey - :)<br />
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markAchambershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01200442023527270297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-4157405127824512912010-11-10T17:04:00.002+00:002010-11-10T17:07:31.179+00:00BREAKING NEWS!!'I haven't updated my blog for a while!' :) <br /><br />Apologies for the lack of updates, but I have been so busy and I have found myself updating my facebook fan page more often which is currently acting as my alternative blog now. So for constant updates and news please pop on over to:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-A-Chambers/372677076828">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-A-Chambers/372677076828</a><br /><br />Where you will find an abundance of info and work. :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-29482444696634844812010-08-12T10:38:00.003+01:002010-08-12T10:41:14.835+01:00A month on.....Hi folks, sorry I've been quiet but I've been very busy working on these commissions and also doing some promotion for the Bloomsbury project coming up. I will update properly very soon but in the meantime here's a link to a recent article on the BBC website:<br /><a href="http://bit.ly/c9PZEv"><br />http://bit.ly/c9PZEv</a><br /><br />Hope you enjoy listening to it! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-84979308977554186732010-07-12T10:46:00.003+01:002010-07-12T10:51:36.347+01:00Great news...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaO_KUwxU1lNdSZvsKapmwuuHwcPGidg87qDZngsEwNQVHClGJSCdtfhnNCq1ewKA-hlbXSPssj1qjj2Ipbw1W4x22EXgZSCs9XvbAdMmjuRMn4YfuRgrgnCZFZPBePNnMheKNXjnZT3a/s1600/AnimalAdventure.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUaO_KUwxU1lNdSZvsKapmwuuHwcPGidg87qDZngsEwNQVHClGJSCdtfhnNCq1ewKA-hlbXSPssj1qjj2Ipbw1W4x22EXgZSCs9XvbAdMmjuRMn4YfuRgrgnCZFZPBePNnMheKNXjnZT3a/s320/AnimalAdventure.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492954830450050226" border="0" /></a><br />So a month has past since my last post (sorry folks) but I have been very busy with lots of commissions. Will do a full update very soon but in the meantime here is some very exciting news involving London Zoo and the publisher Bloomsbury :<br /><a href="http://saahub.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/mark-chambers-chosen-for-zsl-and-bloomsbury-collaboration/"><br />http://saahub.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/mark-chambers-chosen-for-zsl-and-bloomsbury-collaboration/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-41914711058289934762010-06-03T17:24:00.005+01:002010-06-03T17:27:17.777+01:00More piggys<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5TxU9d-zCMQx1d7pz25vC7ip-9tTQr1xlrQdWT-AcrLjAuJurQEhWmrlGdPMpeTwZEexXgGNJHW7XQQD9FVMl3VXzLtWkw_wxQm4rUTkmE402j4nNBd8WAAqX2_0gYBGDMD_1nhnJLdB/s1600/Piggys2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5TxU9d-zCMQx1d7pz25vC7ip-9tTQr1xlrQdWT-AcrLjAuJurQEhWmrlGdPMpeTwZEexXgGNJHW7XQQD9FVMl3VXzLtWkw_wxQm4rUTkmE402j4nNBd8WAAqX2_0gYBGDMD_1nhnJLdB/s320/Piggys2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478584315363643890" border="0" /></a>Here are a few more piggys from the sketches I did the other day :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-57911448316699470082010-05-19T12:41:00.005+01:002010-06-02T11:56:10.584+01:00Piggy!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0nMLdmnzMZXuGH90NBKnThVOBir03rFUtHQyoo0h_9NINK43iY3eXivbnrP5J7Kh9q8fgWlGKzrR5d9KGY7x_z3pHaZdv1kVnn2eWpK2XVxBIWFFx68mxic8LwfGARfQx4NR4Csn4t-h/s1600/Piggy2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0nMLdmnzMZXuGH90NBKnThVOBir03rFUtHQyoo0h_9NINK43iY3eXivbnrP5J7Kh9q8fgWlGKzrR5d9KGY7x_z3pHaZdv1kVnn2eWpK2XVxBIWFFx68mxic8LwfGARfQx4NR4Csn4t-h/s320/Piggy2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472945307417674994" border="0" /></a><br />Sat down and sketched out a few piggy character samples for my portfolio yesterday.... Here is what I came up with! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-45958000293030175462010-05-05T14:05:00.004+01:002010-06-03T17:33:07.990+01:00How the months fly by!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfgr-aY2ORu7PhzqCLgKQlj7utNPpy87NP6ZTYX2aQGzCkWfsKF81n0uF2axAfbHiet2ZM63i69uXWZSMvaGTlcHRSdQmjkQVt1w0vd_uifcxok-kZgD-ENNJM57xZ1k0BiYMU8vTOy1A/s1600/LittleRedSketch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIfgr-aY2ORu7PhzqCLgKQlj7utNPpy87NP6ZTYX2aQGzCkWfsKF81n0uF2axAfbHiet2ZM63i69uXWZSMvaGTlcHRSdQmjkQVt1w0vd_uifcxok-kZgD-ENNJM57xZ1k0BiYMU8vTOy1A/s320/LittleRedSketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467772738260381954" border="0" /></a><br />Well it's May already, the sun is trying to poke it's nose out of the clouds and work is busy busy busy! Managed to finish Frog Star for Tick Tock and they are all happy with the work. Cross Chick went down really well too so much so they have used it on the front cover of their 2010 trade catalogue :) I've been carrying on with the Froebel project sent over to me from Seoul in South Korea which is coming to the end now. Also sent a few samples to my agency this week including a brief from Muller to turn their 'Little Stars' characters into picture books and literally just this moment I have sent over a sample to Egmont for their Little Red Riding Hood story. Hope they all go down well with the clients :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-16873859460991104642010-03-22T12:50:00.004+00:002010-06-03T17:33:29.866+01:00'Run Rabbit,Run' published!Hi folks, it's only a few days until my next published book's out. I received my free copies this morning and it looks great! Click <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Run-Rabbit-First-Reading/dp/1409507114/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269260402&sr=1-8">here</a> to have a look! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-75115474951153015172010-03-18T12:20:00.001+00:002010-03-18T12:22:32.598+00:00Fan page up and running!I've just created a fan page that will include updates and goings on in my world of illustration. So pop on over <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-A-Chambers/372677076828">here</a> to become a fan! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-7771668757290032432010-03-17T16:10:00.003+00:002010-03-17T16:14:42.915+00:00When I'm Bigger...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oaeWKbrV3QTE7m8qk0P5ReHduq7Ep-3aJ4n3BFrSwr_jXmC_F3pGPX1CRjGshHgykD24mt1muv7tZBujqUMxfck6betzpkFSrB_rj_A0CWAc-AdDiiYrCZ6Ue1A95ax4QioJahgZPHEp/s1600-h/CrocCover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9oaeWKbrV3QTE7m8qk0P5ReHduq7Ep-3aJ4n3BFrSwr_jXmC_F3pGPX1CRjGshHgykD24mt1muv7tZBujqUMxfck6betzpkFSrB_rj_A0CWAc-AdDiiYrCZ6Ue1A95ax4QioJahgZPHEp/s320/CrocCover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449636493953154530" border="0" /></a><br />This morning I finally finished this book for Stone Arch across the pond in Minneapolis. Here's the cover :)<br /><br />Bologna deadlines are eating my time up at the moment but I will try and post as many updates as possible for you good people!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-56087537471807099822010-03-12T16:35:00.004+00:002010-03-15T22:41:00.856+00:00Little Chick..!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkr0RJCmhftKdMGd2v8nEnwfK3v-lWOPML6mF5Kf7Y9cOTyjud48XMcNwYWdkrM9NN2OX8CUCLApMbfftVaDBbh_olRcZXhDzmt5zFCL8azDX0Uf_R_KzAmYHsFmaOOycRXdzJ2vvErXp/s1600-h/LittleChickCover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkr0RJCmhftKdMGd2v8nEnwfK3v-lWOPML6mF5Kf7Y9cOTyjud48XMcNwYWdkrM9NN2OX8CUCLApMbfftVaDBbh_olRcZXhDzmt5zFCL8azDX0Uf_R_KzAmYHsFmaOOycRXdzJ2vvErXp/s320/LittleChickCover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447787540789210066" border="0" /></a><br />The other book for Tick Tock is called 'Cross Chick'...here is the cover idea! Finished all the artwork for this book the other day and it went down a storm. So much so they are going to put it on the front and back cover of their trade catalogue for the upcoming Bologna Book Fair. How's about that then :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-28325208470129895052010-03-12T16:32:00.000+00:002010-03-12T16:33:17.192+00:00Frog Star..!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcnR_YlWE31ZB-mIXEsbhm6O50irdd1o_W9FzCDY5IZVWjbZ1FmkUJGCbT-ZP7qRthk9DEcXkGJS4EsjdqabIhv3ltnYW-SpH98_xg4TGIEBX_Hzu8yR1mI9xpwtBJZXDXTXK0TAr6YOz/s1600-h/FrogStarCover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUcnR_YlWE31ZB-mIXEsbhm6O50irdd1o_W9FzCDY5IZVWjbZ1FmkUJGCbT-ZP7qRthk9DEcXkGJS4EsjdqabIhv3ltnYW-SpH98_xg4TGIEBX_Hzu8yR1mI9xpwtBJZXDXTXK0TAr6YOz/s320/FrogStarCover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447786295242192562" border="0" /></a><br />The Tick Tock book called 'Frog Star' had it's cover designed today.....here it is! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-68744548365509077152010-03-12T15:55:00.010+00:002010-03-15T22:47:25.481+00:00Eco Apes over and out!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4L3YClQ30M1qL8uPyEuce_lEUumVjCGcdt0Ww9XRSl0PHtNNN_onaXxf8yx0Awwc8K5XETZ9YJLNCUjHZKR1ooNT9NArWT2001i19pB1nKcs3hjoZ7lMQuDnfSz0mHUTg8uYPdD9ARbd/s1600-h/EcoApeCovers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 110px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV4L3YClQ30M1qL8uPyEuce_lEUumVjCGcdt0Ww9XRSl0PHtNNN_onaXxf8yx0Awwc8K5XETZ9YJLNCUjHZKR1ooNT9NArWT2001i19pB1nKcs3hjoZ7lMQuDnfSz0mHUTg8uYPdD9ARbd/s320/EcoApeCovers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447784055993564018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This project has been going on a few months now but the final piece of artwork was finished the other day! Eco Apes is a three book series that teaches children about recycling using three apes. Each has their own characteristic; Ragbag is the brainy one, Dot is the dim one and Bob....well he's a Baboon!! :) The front covers for the books (above) have turned out well and I'm sure the books will teach everyone that you can't grow a pizza tree or a fish and chip plant! :PUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567654560729905424.post-70207807189744919092010-03-12T15:51:00.004+00:002010-03-12T16:44:59.709+00:00About time to update my blog...?I think so! Sorry folks, been a bit quiet recently as I have been uber busy with loads of different projects. I've been drawing little chicks, frogs, crocodiles, rabbits, kids blowing bubbles, pandas making a mess, apes and private commissions for multi millionaires! Yes that really is the life of an illustrator! :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0