Tuesday 24 April 2012
Eyeball man
Spotted & drawn in pub in South London pub. I don't know if Eyeball is a band, but if it isn't, it bally well should be! Who wants to join?
Labels:
eyeball,
glasses,
portrait,
pub,
sketch,
sketchbook,
South London,
t-shirt
Rock star hair
Drawing somewhat inspired by Dave Hill of Slade's '70s haircut, A stunning (if rather unwise) barnet that of of late I've become become rather obsessed with for reasons beyond my understanding. There's a certain rather brilliant home-made quality to '70s British glam rockers which makes it all the more endearing...
Labels:
'70s,
electric guitar,
glam rock,
hair,
hairstyle,
illustration,
Noddy Holder,
platform shoes,
rock,
seventies,
sketch,
sketchbook,
Slade
Monday 23 April 2012
Happy St George's Day!
(I have contributed to suitable dragon-cruelty charities & will politely draw a veil over the fact that Saint George never actually set foot in England...shhhhhhh!)
Labels:
dragon,
England,
english,
ghost,
illustration,
monster,
Saint George,
steve may
Sunday 22 April 2012
Superheroes Exhibition launch party
Our hero with assorted superheroes
Our hero modelling a very fetching cape (photo Sarah McIntyre)
Photos © Tim Mitchell
Me with the Discover team (photo Sarah McIntyre)
Great launch party last week for the interactive Superheroes exhibition that I just finished working on with the lovely folk at the Discover Children's Story Centre in Stratford so here's a few photographs of the exhibition (& a couple of me looking silly too!)
Big thanks everybody at Discover for being delightful to work with & for all their brilliant work in making the exhibition work so well
Images courtesy of Tim Mitchell, Arena Illustration & also thanks to Sarah McIntyre, monster illustrator extraordinaire who has kindly let me nick some photos from her blog
More images here
Monday 16 April 2012
Welcome to Alphabet City!
Animated intro for the interactive Superheroes Exhibition at the Discover Children's Story Centre featuring square jaws, a surfeit of cape-ery & a glimpse of a Super-Villain to boot! See it here
(thanks to Sam Hooper for some great sound design)
Friday 13 April 2012
Hair gunk...
Love a bit of pomade me! (This is a tiny segment from a new book I've been drawing - but so tiny it won't make any difference if I show you but shhhhhhh!)
I used to have a hairdresser who suddenly overnight became allergic to all such 'product' (as they term it in the coiffeuring trade) very distressing all round - it'd be like me becoming allergic to pencils or something...
( see also 'Look mom, no hands' )
Labels:
children's books,
hair,
hairdresser,
hairstyle,
illustration,
steve may
Meet the Superheroes!
These are the finished comic strips that go with the children's Superheroes exhibition that I've just finished working on. They introduce the superheroes A,E,I,O & U in their battle against the evil vowel snatching villain Y. (all superheroes need a good origin story!)
The exhibition (which makes me wish I was 6 years old again!) is at the Discover Children's Story Centre in Stratford & is open until the 4th November - more details here
Friday 6 April 2012
ssssssnake...
Labels:
animals,
children's books,
satchel,
school,
sketch,
sketchbook,
snake,
steve may
Thursday 5 April 2012
Badges!
I visited the Superheroes exhibition this morning - it's all looking really great, the folks at the Discover Children's Story Centre have done an amazing job, photos to follow. Today I got to wear a cape, sit in a Super Car & got given badges & comics too - yay!
Monday 2 April 2012
Superheroes comic strips
Here's a selection of the comic strips I produced for the Superheroes exhibition at the Discover Children's Story Centre in Stratford, East London showing the origins of the main characters. The superheroes A, E, I, O & U are battling the dastardly villain Y who is stealing all the vowels from Alphabet City!
I was commissioned to design the superhero & super villain characters & the the urban environment the exhibition is set in (including lots of fun with signs & animals! : )I also produced some animated clips for the interactive parts of the exhibition
The exhibition opened on Sunday 1st April & will run until 4th November - I haven't had a chance to see the finished piece yet, looking forward to it loads.
You can find out more details on the Discover website
Thursday 29 March 2012
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Superheroes Exhibition
The Superheroes exhibition I've been designing with the Discover Children's Story Centre in Stratford is opening this Sunday 1st April!
(To celebrate the opening of Superheroes on Sunday 1st of April the centre will be free all day. Book tickets on 020 8536 5555)
http://www.discover.org.uk/whatson/event/superheroes
Tuesday 27 March 2012
Friday 23 March 2012
Superheroes exhibition
Over the last few months I've been working with the lovely team at The Discover Children's Story Centre designing for an interactive Superheroes exhibition which opens on the 1st April through to the 4th November - I was at the centre yesterday & it's all looking great so here's taster of the display window...more to follow
Find out more here http://www.discover.org.uk/whatson/event/superheroes
Tuesday 13 March 2012
Economist Technology Quarterly
Had a lot of fun tackling this cover & insides for The Economist Technology Quarterly for an article called ‘Can The Scientists Keep Up’about drug testing in sport
(They also indulged my delving into the murky world of Inca coca leaf chewing, Viking psyllocybin abuse & other drug abuse in the ancient world which was alluded to in the article along with some gratuitous 'biros in lab coat' scientist clichés!)
For previous work for The Economist click here
Read the article here
http://www.economist.com/node/21548498
Labels:
Arena Illustration,
doping,
drugs,
editorial,
olympics,
science,
scientists,
sport,
technology,
The Economist
Tuesday 28 February 2012
Monday 27 February 2012
taptaptaptap...
It's Onomatopaeia Monday™ folks!*
(*this is a made up day, any resemblance to any other day living or dead is purely coincidental, don't all start going out to buy Hallmark cards for the occasion)
Labels:
character design,
onomatopaeia,
sketchbook,
steve may,
tap
Friday 17 February 2012
Mr F***-up.
Sunday 5 February 2012
Thursday 2 February 2012
dogs in jumpers
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A chihuaua, in a pink jumper? Aren't there organisations out there to stop this sort of thing?
(see also 'clothes for dogs')
A chihuaua, in a pink jumper? Aren't there organisations out there to stop this sort of thing?
(see also 'clothes for dogs')
Labels:
animal cruelty,
animals,
clothes,
dogs,
sketch,
sketchbook
Friday 27 January 2012
Happy 100th birthday!
THIS is what you'll get if you live to be 100. Gawd bless her & all who sail in her (who said 'off with his head'?)
(From 'Cartoon Kid Strikes Back' by Jeremy Strong with scrawls provided by my good self)
Labels:
Cartoon Kid,
children's books,
HRH,
illustration,
Jeremy Strong,
Queen,
steve may
Friday 20 January 2012
God's chewing gum & other stories...
Labels:
animals,
bears,
chewing gum,
god,
gravity,
moon,
physics,
sketchbook,
steve may
Thursday 5 January 2012
Cartoon Kid Strikes Back! OUT NOW!
'Cartoon Kid Strikes Back' the 3rd in the Cartoon Kid series written by Jeremy Strong & illustrated by myself is published today!
There's police elephants, hippo dinners,hamster family fun,cake chaos & much more!
Get out of your chair & take a walk to your local independent bookshop & buy one!
- or else be a lazy arse & you can get it on the interweb
Impending Hastings rumble (w/ added noise)
...there I am, busy drawing unsuitable sound effects when I'm suddenly distracted by determined teenage boys en route to an impending scrap in Hastings town centre - happily I haven't been personally involved in one of these for many years (as the great PaulMcCartney&MichaelJackson might've said - 'I'm a lover not a fighter')
Labels:
animals,
fight,
Michael Jackson,
noises,
Paul McCartney,
people,
sketch,
sketchbook
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