Thank YOU for such kind words! Honestly - I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed Arkspire as well, that really is amazing to hear!
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Thank YOU for such kind words! Honestly - I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed Arkspire as well, that really is amazing to hear!
Here - have a patchwork of colour variants I did whilst working out the cover for Arkspire 3: Revenge of the Misfits.
I always find these really satisfying to look at, and to imagine what might have been.
Arkspire 3:Revenge of the Misfits is out now:
www.penguin.co.uk/books/451892...
This warms my heart SO much (and also I'm secretly super glad he loves the illustrations too as they take me aaaaages, haha!). But the fact you read them together is so perfect, I'm so happy to hear it! Long may it last!
Wow - this is SO lovely! Thank you so much for your kind words - they really do mean a lot! I'm completely honoured to be included in your son's top five - I couldn't ask for greater praise! Please say a massive hello to him from me (and let him know he obviously has excellent taste 😎)
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I was genuinely sad to say goodbye to the gang too, but in a bittersweet kind of way. It's always strange knowing I now need to try and get to know a whole new bunch of characters!
#sundaymorningbookchat this week is celebrating great series w/great endings that perhaps aren’t on many people’s radar. recently finished& blogged about this superb trilogy by Jamie Littler &I know lots of people haven’t read. Lets celebrate unsung heros tomsbookcorner.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/a...
Thank you so much for this - I really appreciate it!
ARKSPIRE 3: REVENGE OF THE MISFITS is OUT NOW!
Can the Bell sisters survive the fires of vengeance? Can Arkspire be saved from tyranny? Will we ever meet Thea's grangran?
All these questions and more will be answered in the final chapter of my Arkspire series, out in all good bookshops!
Thank you so much - I really hope you enjoy it!
Thank you so much! Happy pub day, everyone!
One day until ARKSPIRE 3 is released!
Can old friends still be trusted, or do new allegiances need to be made?
Preorder here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451892...
TWO DAYS BEFORE ARKSPIRE 3: REVENGE OF THE MISFITS IS RELEASED!
The dark, twisting streets of Arkspire hide many secrets. Some, perhaps, are better left undiscovered...
Preorder here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451892...
THREE DAYS UNTIL THE UK RELEASE OF ARKSPIRE 3!
Juniper has a talent for getting herself into trouble, but has she bitten off more than she can chew?
A broken mirror showing the angry reflection of Cinder - a strange, otherworldly creature wearing a red scarf around his neck.
ARKSPIRE: REVENGE OF THE MISFITS has quite the ominous back cover design.
Find out what's to become of Cinder in the third and final chapter of Arkpspire, coming 30th July 2025!
Preorder over here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451892...
A broken mirror showing the angry reflection of Cinder - a strange, otherworldly creature wearing a red scarf around his neck.
ARKSPIRE: REVENGE OF THE MISFITS has quite the ominous back cover design.
Find out what's to become of Cinder in the third and final chapter of Arkpspire, coming 30th July 2025!
Preorder over here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/451892...
Visual development art by Paul Felix for Lilo & Stitch (2002), dir. Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois
A headline from The Times, with Nick Clegg saying that requiring permission from copyright holders to train AI on their word would 'kill' the AI industry. Boo fecking hoo.
My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
Thank you so much! I really hope you enjoy it! Yeah...it was always going to go to some dark places, but I was quite surprised with what they allowed me to get away with!
I am thrilled to reveal the cover for ARKSPIRE 3: REVENGE OF THE MISFITS!
The third and final chapter in the Arkspire adventure - coming JULY 31st!
Preorder here: www.waterstones.com/book/arkspir...
The mugshots of two young twin sisters, Juniper and Elodie Bell, who look strikingly similar excpet for their differing hairstyles and expressions. Juniper is rough and angry, Elodie calm and neat.
What's that?
A big reveal involving these two suspicious characters later on this afternoon?!
I don't want to ruin the surprise, but it might rhyme with glover reseal...
#arkspire #bookcover #coverreveal
And also the other pilots are firing from that same angle and missing so…not really sure about that one, now. It always irked me, too!
Lil just said: ‘is it the force?’ and it’s the best explanation I’ve heard so far (even though Luke has only just barely got to grips with it at this point)
Just as I finish up the third Arkspire book - I receive the wonderful German edition of book 1, published by the awesome Crocu Buecher!
And it’s looking fantastic, including the original inner-cover artwork flaps the UK edition had.
Available to buy over here:
www.cross-cult.de/produkte/det...
GenAI is to me like designing a machine to eat doughnuts for you. Just fundamentally pointless and weird. Making art is eating the doughnut; it’s the good part, the whole thing. What are you gaining by denying yourself that?
Aaaaaaaaaand we're done!
Phew - that took aaaaaaaaages. But hey, another illustration for Arkspire 3 off the too-do list.
But I have another two to get done today, so I should probably get my skates on...
After a quick workout (gotta want it), still working my way through inking this.
It's taking ages (curse my obsession with junky, pieced together vehicles), which comes as surprise to no-one, but we're getting there!
Oh. My. Actual God.
Duuuuuude.
Driver drawn - we're ready to ride.
Now - time to ink!
I'm inking this puppy this morning (an illustration from an early part of Arkspire Book 3)! Join me, why don't you, as I keep you up-to-date as to how I'm doing?
I feel like the wagon could do with a driver, so I'm gonna add someone real quick to keep those horses company.