Title Page: Moon Fairy

This is the title page for my picture book story Halo. The moon surrounding the fairy is symbolic, in that it forsees the fairy eventually gaining her halo.

Moon Fairy

This is the first illustration on the title page of my story Halo. It shows the fairy without her wings, after not being able to find anyone who deserves a granted wish, she has hung them up.

I will illustrate the moon and place it in front of her, which will surround her like a Halo, forseeing that she will eventually earn her halo, in time.

Dorothy in the Deadly Poppy Field

Here is a piece for a design creative group, whose brief involved composing and sending an illustration to be used alongside a piece of text from The Wizard of Oz.

Dorothy in Poppy Field Sketch

The Wizard of Oz

This is my initial character idea for Dorothy which I will use as reference before I pick a particular page in the story to illustrate. Its interesting to see how my work looks in pen and coloured, more traditional, like an etching or a graphic novel illustration.

"We Carry On" Sleeping Bee Illustration

This is the first illustration in the bee story, showing how the bees live whilst the world has been torn down around them from human destruction. The matchbox is symbolic, questioning where the fading sun has gone.

An Article on Milan Topalovic Illustration!

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The Boy New Illustration

I am currently working on a character sheet to send to publishers for the lead character in Piano and the Boy. Over the last few months the exact design and characteristic of the boy have slowly become more defined, this illustration is almost exactly how I want him to look throughout the story.

Character Study: Dakota Fanning

To re-capture the right details of a 7 year-old I researched character from films with children of this agegroup in, the more simplified, fresh features of a child this age were taken down and transferred into my fairy character, and I use this as an ongoig resource to make sure the central characters I create are relatable in both age and appearance to my target audience.

2nd completed commission

Following on from the bee story I am currently writing, I completed two commissioned pieces after a request to use these characters for a seperate piece.

2nd Valentines Design

Valentine's Card Ideas

2nd commisson piece complete- puzzle

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New piece commission

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Comissioned Set of 9 Illustrations

Resting Horizon piece

This is the first completed illustration for a set of two commssioned pieces I am currently working on. It will be coloured and finished in the next few days!

Theatre Show Piece

This is a commission I have just completed for a theatre group based in London for the show 'The Great Fire of London'. The show follows Billy the baker boy who worked in Faryner's Bakery. I have used him as the central character for this illustration and incorporated the Great Fire which is resting in his hands.

Sneak Peek of new piece

This is the first view of the piece I am working on, it shows the creatures in each others arms on a flower, their antennae entwined.

Sketches for commissioned pieces

These are my final roughs for a 2-piece commission I have begun work on. It is for an wedding anniversary gift and so the illustrations have the underlying messages of strength, longevity and unity.

The first piece shows two creatures sitting on a flower staring at a bright sunset, urrounded by the warm hues of nature- golden barley fields, a vivid sky and birds flying overhed into the sunset.

The second piece shows the creatures sewing together wings from leaves and twigs, soaring high above ground together.