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Calling all Jak and Daxter fans, big and ottsel-sized - we have a new zine in the works!!!

This will be a free digital zine themed entirely around The Precursor Legacy, set to release on its 25th anniversary! It will feature art, writing, crafts and cosplay, and any other creations that can fit into a digital PDF format. We'll also have digital merch ✨

Please fill out the Interest Check form 👇

JnD TPL 25th Anniversary Zine Interest Check

This form is to check interest for the Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy 25th Anniversary Zine! This is a free digital zine, featuring ar

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A commission for 'KeeperOfToast' of their Youtube channel mascot! A freelance locomotive partially based on a Frisco 1522, with a belpaire firebox and a unique livery.

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I recently re-illustrated the cover of Devil May Cry 3 for @radicalgator's We Love PS2 zine! DMC3 is one of my favourite games of all time, but would you believe this was my first time drawing Dante?! I couldn't resist tackling Lady and Vergil too 😁

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As a certified 90s™ gamer™ I've followed Penny Arcade from its early years. It was a treat seeing Games I Liked mentioned/parodied in the comic, and in time you covered them all - save the one that sits strongest in my childhood heart, Crash Bandicoot. Back then I felt quite left out that a property so precious to me wasn't worthy of this legendary gaming webcomic's attention. So it really tickles me that, decades later, Crash Bandicoot's first - and so far only - mention in the comic's entire history is a punchline about his dick and balls.

From Jerry/Tycho:

"Yeah, but that last panel bangs."

The Dickballs' Advocate - Penny Arcade

Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.

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A commission for for @rychillacases; an illustration of a scene from their novel! Fairy detectives Yaetherim and Naeliya meet in a tavern to discuss a case.

Was a fun opportunity to tackle some fantasy-style characters 🙂

You can find more information about the characters and the novels they appear in at https://rychilla.com!

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My entry for a LEGO contest to build 16x16 habitat for one of the new collectible minifigs. I chose to make an environment for 'BIONICLE cosplayer' (Toa Tahu)…

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I'm thrilled to say I've been called on to create poster art for a real steam railway! 😀

The Avon Valley Railway now has this on display at their main station.

(Any other heritage railways interested? Get in touch... 😉)

The artwork was wholly designed and created by me, with input from the Avon Valley Railway team. They were interested in a poster to display at their main Bitton station, advertising the scenic end of the line Avon Riverside. Keen-eyed viewers will spot some local wildlife.

@avrbitton is a heritage line near Bristol. It's special to me as I visited many times in childhood (and coupled with Thomas the Tank Engine videos likely laid the bedrock for my love of steam railways 😁) So I'm pleased and flattered to contribute to it in this way.

The artwork depicts the locomotive 'Edwin Hulse' crossing the Avon river bridge on departure from the riverside station. This 0-6-0 saddletank was, appropriately, built by Avonside Engine Company in Bristol and was the first locomotive purchased by the AVR Heritage Trust.

Despite being based in Bristol - the hub of the Great Western Railway - the line was actually a branch of the Midland Railway, resulting in an interesting mix of GWR and LMS stock in both heritage and heyday.

The decision was made to go with a faux-vintage style to emulate British Railways poster designs of the 50s. While strictly speaking it depicts the railway in the modern day, it's been kept historically vague enough that it could be mistaken for a scene from the past.

Again, I'm delighted to have been given this opportunity and I'm happy that the AVR (as all heritage sites should!) appreciate and support the work of real artists.

If you're able, please do give them a visit and consider supporting them. 🙂

Avon Valley Railway

Opened in 1869 by the Midland Railway as a through-route between Birmingham and the South Coast the Avon Valley Railway was later linked to

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Here is a piece I made for an art collab to celebrate Crash Bandicoot's 30th anniversary later this year; Crash Bandicoot in his classic look!

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I was commissioned to illustrate the variant cover for issue #10 of the fan comic BIONICLE: Inside War!😁 https://anotherbionicle.gumroad.com/

The mysterious Golden Being drags a vision of the future from Toa Gaaki's mind. Can she escape? Read the issue to find out!

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Happy 81st anniversary to The Railway Series! Here's my entry to an art collab celebrating the occasion.

In a previous year's collab I'd been assigned the book 'Branch Line Engines' and had illustrated for every story but the final - I decided to rectify that 😁

A video compilation of all entries is on Youtube now (with events in chronological order!)

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I've updated my Sodor prints infographic with the latest arrival! They can all be purchased at my shop!

I've tried to make it as clear and informative as possible, but if you have any questions don't be afraid to ask 🙂

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Happy 80th anniversary to the Railway Series!

Here's my entry for the #RWS80thCollab; an art collab I helped organise to celebrate the anniversary. Each artist was randomly assigned a RWS book to create an illustration for - mine was book 11, Percy the Small Engine.

I thought it would be fun to depict Duck in the BR black livery he canonically arrived in 😁

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I was commissioned to illustrate the variant cover for issue #10 of the fan comic BIONICLE: Inside War!😁 https://anotherbionicle.gumroad.com/

The mysterious Golden Being drags a vision of the future from Toa Gaaki's mind. Can she escape? Read the issue to find out!

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A commission for 'chow11' of a spacesuited Coco Bandicoot in peril as an airlock unexpectedly opens! 😮

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A vintage-style poster design commissioned by Lewis Bird, official LEGO Master and fellow member of the LUKR. He wanted a 'realified' depiction of a scene on his LEGO train layout!

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A commission for 'Thomas6Who' of Coco using the mech suit from Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex!

And an alternate version in which Coco finds herself in peril as an airlock to space suddenly opens...

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I was honoured to be asked to create artwork for The Unlucky Tug's latest Sodor's Finest video! 😀

For the credits he wanted RWS-styled illustrations of Emily's story segments, similar to The Adventure Begins. Here's the first of them!

Emily's 'RWS look' has a slight adjustment of proportions to more closely resemble the real Stirling Singles. I also thought that - being Scottish - it would be fun to give her bushy eyebrows to match Donald & Douglas in the RWS!

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The second artwork I created for The Unlucky Tug's Sodor's Finest on Emily is based on a scene from her debut episode.

As it's styled like a Railway Series illustration, I was able to slip in some cameos of RWS-only rolling stock! 😁

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The third artwork I created for The Unlucky Tug's Sodor's Finest on Emily is based on the episode "What's the Matter with Henry?"

I cut out the third running line to bring the track layout closer to real UK railways, in true RWS style 🙂

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The last artwork I made for The Unlucky Tug's Sodor's Finest on Emily has the most obvious translation from TV series to RWS as the engines chat at Tidmouth sheds.

I'm always glad of a reason to draw James, especially if he's cross 😁