Board Books - 'Ma Petite Forêt' - My Little Forest

Here is the second board book I illustrated. ’Ma Petite Forêt’ translates as My Little Forest and is about an owl who flys through the forest at night and invites all the animals to his birthday party. I really loved creating these characters - always love a good forest scene!

Written by Ellie Brough and original published by Quarto Publishing. This is the French Edition published by Kimane. I really enjoyed working on these books and working out how to create each animal model. I love that the models can be disassembled once you have finished playing with them and returned to their slots in the book.

I found this copy on Amazon but haven’t seen them anywhere else. I know there was a German edition also. If you see them in wild do let me know!

Board Books - 'Ma Petite Ferme' - My Little Farm

Excited to show two board books I illustrated. They are translated ‘My Little Farm’ and ‘My Little Forest’ and are written by Ellie Brough and published by Quarto Publishing. These are the French editions published by Kimane. They are 12 page counting books that rhyme from numbers 1-5. The extra special thing about them is they have models that pop out from each page which you can return to their slot once you have finished playing with them! I loved this idea and the challenge to work out how to create each animal model- especially challenging when there weren’t many animal parts present in the image.

The title ‘Ma Petite Ferme’ - My Little Farm is about a very loud rooster who rises as the sun comes up and goes around the farm waking all the animals.

I found these copies on Amazon but as yet have not found them anywhere else. I know they were published in German also. Let me know if you seen them in the wild. I’ll share more about the other title tomorrow.

Illustrations for the Silk - Baby Wipe & Toiletries Range

Delighted to be able to share a wonderful project I worked on with the talented crew at Unified Brands. I was tasked with creating new illustrations for the brand ‘Silk’ for their Baby Wet Wipes and Toiletries range. A combination of simple shaped characters and loads of textures made this a really fun project to work on! I hope they live happily out on supermarket shelves to be enjoyed by many families. Let me know if you see them out in the wild!

Luke Thompson - 'To Be Warm In This Great Winter' - Tour Poster

I had the great privilege to create this art work for my good friend and talented musician Luke Thompson who is about to be on tour throughout New Zealand. Luke is a master storyteller and so fun to see live in concert. He released his latest album ‘The Trials & Tribulations of Adam and his Seed’ and over lockdown made his own music video using a photocopier… so talented!
If you are in the neighbourhood you can get tickets at www.lukethompsonmusic.co.nz

Thanks to Luke Winslade for the lovely design!

Natureland Baby Food Packaging

So excited to share this lovely project I have been working on this past year. These are a few of the illustrations I created for the new range of Natureland baby food which is now gradually appearing on supermarket shelves. It was so fun working with the lovely Hannah Design Studio and challenging myself to come up with a range of compositions for the different ingredients. I treated them like little groups of children hanging out and having fun! Here are just a few of the different SKUs. I also got to create new artwork for their website pages and play with the characters even more. Check out their site to see more: www.naturelandbaby.co.nz