I was doing some monster characters for a billboard campaign today and this friendly chap was part of my sketches but he didn't make the final cut. I love him though, I think he's my fave. He looks like a Yannick.
Homage (Illustration Friday)
A nod to my father-in-law, Victor, who provided us with the most useful of catchphrases. He doesn't have a beard. Or wear a tall hat. Yup.
Mustachioed Fromage
Cheese + tache = glee
This is a snippet of what I've been working on recently. Its part of the healthy living stuff that I'm working on for our classroom resource site which we'll hopefully be launching soon. I'm having the best time doodling all day. Will post with a big fat link once the site is up and running ...
Garden (Illustration Friday)
This exotic lady doodle bloomed after a day of painting for a book I'm working on.
Birdses
I made some felt birds for mother's day. They're a little bit useless and hang a bit wonkily but the mothers enjoyed them and I got an excuse to be crafty.
My Lovely Bag
Look! My gorgeous Alli bag arrived in the post yesterday. Pete commissioned it for me for Christmas from our lovely chum Alli. I've been looking forward to this for a long time. Alli designed it specifically to carry my Powerbook which is great because its super soft on the straps which helps my tired shoulders and its super big and woolly so when I set it on my lap in the car it keeps my legs warm!
Alli and her hubbie Shane moved to Canada last year and we miss them muchly. Check out her blog and her Etsy site for brilliant present ideas.
Theory (Illustration Friday)
Woo! My first Illustration Friday in a very very long time. Its a doodle while I was waiting for work to upload to Basecamp. Things have been so busy since November with work I've almost felt guilty even doodling. Good things are happening though and I'll hopefully post some Atto/WeCanFly work up in a wee while.
Grow (Illustration Friday)
Things have been so busy the past couple of weeks I haven't had time to do my IF posts. I was so chuffed to get the Pick of the Week for Juggle though :)
This was a commission I did for a lovely chap whom I greatly admire. He helped me have confidence in my abilities and has done so much to help me realise the dream of creating the company I always wanted. He even became a client of ours which was the biggest seal of approval we could have. This illustration was a present to his expecting partner.
Juggle (Illustration Friday)
These are a couple of quick doodles for IF. Without input from from Karys and Pete I would have tentatively settled for the obvious answer. Small jugs should be called juggles from now on I think.
I thought I would put the obvious answer up anyway, she looked lonely.
Wedding (Illustration Friday)
I think weddings are great, especially if they're your own. This was our wedding invite from one and a half years ago. I still love it because it brings back so many fond memories. We had so much fun designing our wedding. I used our pattern to paint huge banners to hang at the front of the church and we plastered the place with candles and lanterns. Everyone we knew helped us decorate the church the night before.
These are a couple of invites we've done for friends. 
Karys and I did so much wedding stationary design for friends that one day we decided to go for it and form Henry Pancake.
Mojizu
Ralph was the weekend special at the wonderful Mojizu. Please swing by and give him a vote and help him get into the war :)
Momentum
A quickie for Illustration Friday taken from a part of an animation about an overworked robot that I did in art college.
Alphabet
A monster for Illustration Friday, inspired by alphabet chips and the insanely catchy Yo Gabba Gabba song
Bird Love
Karys had a locket with nothing in it. People kept asking to see the contents which caused much disappointment when they peered inside. So I drew her beloved budgies (Smuggler and Bandit) for her and now they stay close to her heart at all times. Aww.
Visitors
Two submissions for Illustration Friday, the wine and flowers pair look strangely like my mum and dad :/
Captain
We Can Fly
Have I told you about WeCanFly? There's a story behind the name I might tell some time. We got a super fancy new camera and I think it may be the best thing ever (this hour).
Special things
I've been working on a book project for a while now. It's pretty exciting. Here's a little glimpse of things to come ...
Toot!
Another commission from Usborne. These were for a children's music book. Unfortunately they weren't used.
Funday
Our friend Jenni is a primary school teacher. She needed to cheer up her classroom so I got to do a quick and fun wall display for her. I like Wednesday the best I think.