Sometimes the temptation to go out & affix a cat mask onto a dog is just too irresistable!

Does this make me a bad man?

Animated promo - 'Simple Life' by Sam Frank

I'm very excited about being able to put a link to my brand new animated promo that I just completed for Sam Frank's debut single Simple life - you can see it here http://vimeo.com/stevemay/sam-frank-simple-life

New animation

I've just finished a new animated short - you can see it here

Tea & fags (& more bowl cuts)

Some more sketchbook flotsam from my recent bowl cut explorations. Also seems to have a certain retro feel harking back to that '60s / '70s behind the scenes footage where everybody seems to be perma-smoking in the workplace. Even the tea lady usually has a pipe or similar

Bowl cuts we have loved...

Lest we forget - the role of the pudding basin in tonsorial culture - we salute you!

Dysnumria

This was drawn especially for a dear friend's brilliant party on 11/11/11 taking in numerology,the bible, the Pixies, Doctor Who & a few silly animals - very much like a slice of my life really...

Synchronised swimming & lycanthropy

Be honest, who hasn't always wanted to know what would happen if a synchronised swimmer was ravished by a werewolf? They missed a trick in the 2012 Olympics I tell ya!

Colonels & fish paste

Drawn in response to a 9 year old's poem about a Colonel that smells of fish paste(!)

spectacular beard

It's too rainy outside. On the bright side , I've just seen a spectacular beard!

Sausage dog of doom...

It's British Sausage Week apparently... there's a week for everything!

hungry...

this was my lunchtime...how about yours?

More bears & chairs

In new improved colour©*

(*color for my American followers)

RIP Steve Jobs

Here's one I posted earlier but quite prescient : (

forgot your pants!

...again!

public health warning...

...ever.

That's all.

Brick Lane market inventory

I like the little stalls off Brick Lane which just seem to stock desperate rubbish. Old TV remote anyone? F*** gentrification!

Espresso Toothpaste™

for that extra zizzz in the mornings...now with added amphetamine sulphate!™ to grind 'em clean!

Say 'NO' to bullying!

what ever happened to Betamax?

It's over here! Move along now...
(another unsuccessful pitch!)

how to make a devil sandwich

...well, you never know - tuck in!

placing a whale in a glass of water...

Always wondered how that's done?
a) Yes
b) No

(mostly 'a'- this is the blog for you!
mostly 'b' - move along, nothing to see here)

ones that got away...

Some characters I designed for a mooted animation series a while back - nothing happened as far as I know but they're probably being reproduced on low quality lunchboxes somewhere in the world as we speak...

impending hotdog accident...

Cheap meat products, wheels, unwise fringe growth...what could possibly go wrong?

Bears with chairs

...plus added ice cream!

Hercules (cross version)

I was rooting around old bits of artwork & found this picture of Hercules fighting the Nemean lion which was drawn for the cover of a book called 'Hercules The Hero' by Tony Bradman but rejected for being a bit too aggressive - I re drew it but quite like this version too - I love a bit of Greek mythology me!

That's the answer, what's your question?

Return of the meanest genie!

I just received a copy of the latest in the Jiggy McCue series by Micheal Lawrence - here's a genie from the back cover!

SPLANG!

(click to enlarge)
Sneak preview of something I'm working on...

Bears with chairs - redux

The tireless mystery & wonderment of the wooden chair

Bears with chairs - the revenge!

& it continues...

Bears with chairs (slight return)

Episode 2 of our exciting series, stay tuned ursine-furniture fans!

Bears with chairs...

an occasional series...

The Haunted Cagoule

Whilst anticipating English festival rain I was just reminded of the strange haunting oddness of the word 'cagoule' - surely a movie BEGGING to be made!*

*never ask me for movie investment advice huh?

slow news week...

As there's been very little in the news thought I might break the tedium with a couple of sketches from recent festival visit...

sinister birds...

Beasties!

operation

Always good to label one's limbs in case of surgical intervention huh?

Poo Birds in natural habitat #2

The festival toilet solution?
More poo birds? You damned fool! Go HERE!

OS X - Moggy

Hey Mac geeks! Forget your Lions & your Snow Leopards, what happens when apple run out of animal names... shoddy budget OS anybody?

Surreptitiousness...

Surreptitious monster with carrier bag...

Poo birds in natural habitat

Look lively! Some natural history for you silly people!

Ice Lolly Peril!

Be careful what you put in yer mouth kids...

How many elephants can you fit in a double decker?

...aahh you do the maths (math for my American readers)
Illustration from Cartoon Kid by Jeremy Strong which also features as July's calendar image for my agents Arena Illustration

Bank robbers & miner birds

Thieving swine!

My name's Johnny...

"an' tell all the commies, my name's Johnny, Johnny PISSOFF"

I'm in the process of throwing out old cassettes(!) which have been hanging around in boxes since a very long time ago & found a wonderful compilation which contained The Fugs delightfully titled 'Johnny Pissoff Meets The Red Angel'- this was drawn in response...

spotify:track:0frUOS4pvp2OxiXgbvJjea

insert band name here...

London Fields sketches - he walked by too quickly to clock what the t-shirt slogan was so I took the liberty of inventing it myself - probably some no-mark landfill indie band - I'd have remembered if they were called Cöck Spawn* or something like that.

* the unnecessary umlaut is important in the naming of metal bands don't you know?