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The Last Viking - front cover

Picture book illustrations

This is where I have the most fun. I've wanted to make picture books since I was a kid, and I'm very happy to be finally doing it. I've completed one children's book so far, called The Last Viking. It will be published in Australia by Fremantle Press in mid-2011. See below for some images from the ...
Alice

Freelance work

Freelance jobs make life interesting- I never know what I'll be asked to draw next. These examples come from personal sketches and a few freelance jobs: a textbook called 'Social Psychology and Everyday Life' published by Pan Macmillan in 2010, some human rights-themed e-cards for Caritas ...
Tank and Doopa, part 1

Comic book projects

I first got into Asterix comics in primary school, after months of chastising my classmates for not reading 'real books'. Now I make comics. Go figure. These samples are from two projects: 'Mega Mayhem', written by Jon Doust and Ken Spillman (unpublished), and 'Invasion', written by Callum Critch ...
baby monkey

Sculpture

I started mucking around with clay in 2008. I find it really useful for making 3D models of characters. It also helps me relax and stretch my creative brain. Plus it's fun to get your hands covered in mud.
call centre issue 665 Apr 30 2009

Quokka, 2003 - 2010

My main body of work to date has been cartoon illustrations of a small Western Australian marsupial. I drew close to 300 cover illustrations for the Quokka newspaper from June 2003 to August 2010.The Quokka goes all over the state of Western Australia- it was very strange to be drawing the cover in ...

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