Other stuff of mine...

Gablog! my blog. updated every once in a while with projects in progress, scrawls, odds, sods, etc

Long Barn Books Founded and run by the novelist Susan Hill, this is the company I'm illustrating a lovely series of reading books - out in about Feb 2008!

Gabby Grant at Simon & Schuster UK, official publisher's site These are the fine people who distribute Long Barn Books, and publish a few of their own as well...

Some of my friends' websites...

Alison Mulroy Ali specialises in portraiture and also does fab illustrations. In either case, her work is atmospheric and beautiful. She wins prizes at posh London art shows as well, so commission her while you can afford her!

Hazel Adams Hazel's great interest is in natural history, which doesn't stop her producing great illustrations for any subject! She's also great at experimenting with materials and computers, to make images with depth and intrigue.

Maria Nilsson Maria uses both hand-drawn and digital methods to create wonderful illustration and animation. Her illustrations are thoughtful, fun, stylish, quirky and spooky, to list a just a few possible adjectives.

Other stuff...

The AOI illustration related info, discussion, etc.

This is a really wonderful site - an updated daily blog of illustration inspiration: beautiful, quirky, intriguing stuff, from very traditional painterly images to the new(ish) crop of wonky-haircut-too-cool-for-school graphic artists.

Simpleviewer a brilliant download that I've used to make the portfolio pages

Illustration Friday a new topic to illustrate every Friday

The Shark Trust according to certain shark 'documentaries', anyone who paddles in the sea is lucky to come away with all their limbs and internal organs. In actual fact, sharks are fascinating, beautiful and endangered. Find out more.

Lileks.com Ephemera from the USA, ranging from the uber-patriotic to the really, really odd.

The Onion The Onion. Excellent American news site. What do you mean, it's just a mickey-take? The Onion AV Club is also a very good read for book, film & music reviews, eye-opening problem pages, fun pop-culture analysis and snarkiness.