Shoebill.

All quiet on the work front at the moment - plus lots going on in real life - so I've been relaxing by sketching Rho's new obsession, The Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), also known as the whale-headed stork, whalebill and shoe-billed stork.

 

Frightfest 2026.

 The complete lineup - and in screening order too - plus guest portraits - for this years festival. 

 

Aleksandar Radivojevic

Adam O'Brien

Victoria Tate

Ian Whyte

Lynsey Beauchamp

Craig Conway

Neil Marshall

Glenn McQuaid

Declan Reynolds

Chris Colfer

Alice Krige

Sophia Eleni

Sarah T. Cohen

Sarah Alexandra Marks

Danny Rahim

Louis James

Tyler Winchcombe

Tiffany Hannam-Danies

Howard Ford

Connor Marsden

And for those guests it was way too difficult (or too near my deadline) to source reference pics of...

Poor Things/Lanark.

For Gray Day 2026 a wee peek at a work in progress.

A set of illustrations exploring Alasdair Gray's work through an Autistic lens. 

The Poor Things cigarette cards are based on the idea of the book being filmed by RKO/Universal in the 30s with a cast including Charles Laughton as Goodwin Baxter, Colin Clive as Archibald McCandless and Kathleen Burke as Bella (it's the same fictional film universe where I imagine Orson Welles making a Batman film in 1973 starring John Cassavetes as Bruce Wayne and Malcolm McDowell fresh off A Clockwork Orange as The Joker, it's a hobby I guess). 

Poor Things (Inspired by Bride of Frankenstein) with a Letraset and Tippex title card.

 

Whereas the Lanark illustrations are a take on the original art for Book III and it's inspiration.

 

Frightfest 2026 Publicity Art.

 An old friend - with a fresh new look - makes a return this year.

Title card/online art/flyers/T-shirt designs/schedule leaflets and sticker collection for this years festival.