The Tote Bag Book
Thanks a millions to Jitesh Patel for including my Tote bag that I designed for Ben and Jerry's ice cream with Thinkhouse in his beautiful new book The Tote Bag Book which has just been published. The...
View ArticleBeastly Treasure Hunt in the IFI
The lovely folk in the IFI have invited me to take part in the IFI Family Festival 2011 this weekend. There's lots of amazing films and events on over the weekend.On Saturday I'll be doing a workshop...
View ArticleSeasonal Skills in The irish Times
This is the first of a series of fun illustrations I'll be working on over the course of the Summer with writer Conor Goodman and will be published every Thursday in the Irish Times. You can see this...
View ArticleThe Lonely Beast in New York Times
I was delighted and very surprised to have The Lonely Beast included in the New York Times Sunday Book Review in last Sunday's book review section ahead of its release on September 1st in the U.S....
View ArticleThe Beast at Edinburgh Book Festival
Very excited to be doing some book readings at the Edinburgh book festival tomorrow afternoon. Do drop in if you're in the vicinity! Click here for info.Any recommendations for shows on over the...
View ArticleThe Great Explorer Picture book
My second picture book 'The Great Explorer' is finally finished and winging it's way to the printers! It will be published on 2nd February 2012 by Andersen Press and is now available for pre-order on...
View ArticleESB Electric Picnic illustrations
If you're in Electric Picnic over the weekend keep an eye out for the Sparkhead illustrations etc that I did for ESB with the guys in IIBBDO. There's a big recharging area with swings, seesaws and...
View ArticleAlphabeast App!
Alphabeast from Pilcrow on Vimeo.Very excited to announce a great new project I am working on with Simon Judge and James Kelleher. We want to bring the world of The Lonely Beast to life on the iPad and...
View ArticleAmongst Inspiration
I was honoured to be asked to be the first contributor to James Coopers lovely Amongst Inspiration shorts that he has just started producing. Thanks James!From James: 'As an Australian creative based...
View ArticleEndless Summer Campaign
During the course of the Summer I worked on this great campaign with the lovely folks in Cawley Nea for Carphone Warehouse. They didn't want a dreary 'Back to School' campaign (I always hated seeing...
View ArticleThe Lonely Beast US edition
I just received some copies of the full HD Hardback version of the US edition of The Lonely Beast from the lovely folk in Andersen Press. With fancy dust jacket and everything! It's amazing to see it...
View ArticleIllustration course!
I'm delighted to announce a new illustration course that I have been invited to lecture at in Giddy Studios!After the great success of the last courses and all the great work produced, Giddy Studios...
View ArticleSharks!
The lovely book 100 Facts About Sharks by David O'Doherty, Claudia O'Doherty, Mike Ahern has recently been published and I was honoured to have been asked to supply artwork for two of it's 'facts'...
View ArticleThe Lonely Beast Gift Set
Looking for a (reasonably priced) gift for a loved one? Well look no further! The Lonely Beast Christmas Gift Set now available on my shop with free shipping for €20. The set includes signed Lonely...
View ArticleAlphabeast app is go!
So excited to announce that our iPad Alphabeast app is now available on iTunes! Thanks so much to everyone who helped make this happen through fundit.ie. The app was created by myself, James Kelleher...
View ArticleThe Great Explorer Trailer
My New Picture Book 'The Great Explorer' will be available in the shops on the 2nd of Feb. I'll post here during the week with the location for the launch which is taking place in Dublin on the 4th of...
View ArticleThe Great Explorer Book Launch
I am delighted to announce the launch of my brand new picture book 'The Great Explorer'.When: Saturday 4th of FebruaryTime: 2-6pmWhere: The Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin.I will be signing...
View ArticleBishops Stortford Book award 2012
I am so thrilled to have won the third annual Bishop’s Stortford Picture Book Award. It's a huge honour as The Lonely Beast was up against some of my favourite illustrators and Authors.The list...
View ArticleWebsite Update
I have recently added some new work and projects that I worked on over the last few months to my website. Click here for an oul look.
View ArticleGuided By Voices Project
I've had this idea to make poster type illustrations based on some of my favourite Guided By Voices songs and finally got around to starting them. The main reason behind the project is to experiment...
View ArticleThe Great Explorer Book Events
Some up-coming book events over the coming weeks and Months (some times have not yet been confirmed):Wednesday Feb 29th: DuBray in Bray with local school for World Book dayThursday 1st March: Easons...
View ArticleChris Judge and Chris Haughton in Easons
Myself and Chris Haughton will be in Easons on O'Connell street this Thursday 8th March from 6.30 for a fun illustration event. I will be reading from my new book The Great Explorer and Chris Haughton...
View ArticleNew Illustration Course!
After the great success of the last courses and all the great work produced, Giddy Studios are opening their doors again to another intensive four weeks of illustration madness.If the last course and...
View ArticleThe Book and Beyond
Really excited to be part of a great new illustration exhibition called The Book and Beyond which is curated by Tom Donegan in the lovely Riverbank arts center in Newbridge. The exhibition features...
View ArticleCHANGING BLOG!!
Hi All,Not sure how many people still check in here but I've been finding it difficult to find time to update here with news so I have decided to try Tumblr for a bit and see how that works out. I will...
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