I have blown away all the dust and cobwebs off my website, and feel an enormous sense of relief. It still has a little way to go, but basically I have:

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Henri's Walk to Paris - the children's book written by Leonore Klein and illustrated by celebrated American graphic designer and filmmaker Saul Bass - has been reissued.

I'm a frequent contributor to Leif Peng's "Today's Inspiration" site. This week I look at the the box-art of Airfix and Matchbox model planes and vehicles, comparing two of the most dramatic illustrators the industry produced- The two Roys - Cross and Huxley. Read it here.

That's how you do it. Children's book illustrator Quentin Blake demonstrates his illustration process.

Step-by-step video of a personal project by Jesse Campbell Brown

I've been invited to give a talk to the illustration students at Ballyfermot College of Further Education

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Disney have teamed up with Irish clothing company Hairy Baby to create a 'Design a Muppet tee' competition with an Irish theme. Full details here.

Relax from The Station on Vimeo. A short sting I designed and directed.

Over the past 2 years I have found that I’m doing more and more sequential illustration based upon a piece of music or script for album covers and storyboards .

If I were to give myself advice several years ago on how to work in sequential illustration this would be it:
Always work out the story in thumbnails first before you even consider doing a final illustration.

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Artist’s Talk from 6 – 7:30 pm, Thursday 8 December 2011 at The Cooper House Gallery off Synge Street, Dublin 8. After the Revolution Illustration Competition, Fire is organising a talk with winner Steve Simpson, runner-up Kevin McSherry and finalist Mario Sughi. Not to be missed.