Mark Draisey Cartoons

New venture…

Mark — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 08:32:36 +0000

Whilst there’s been an absence of paid work these last few months, I’ve been writing a non-fiction book aimed at 9-12 year olds on the history of British schools and education. Okay, it doesn’t sound that interesting, until you look into how old our schools really are, as well as how deplorable the living conditions, food, bullying and punishments were. I;’m giving it a similar treatment to the successful Horrible Histories series, only this will be heavily illustrated with cartoons and some of my unique library of public school photos that I took in the 80′s.

Right now, I’m looking for a publisher, so keep watching this space.

Kinder toys.

Mark — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:29:15 +0000

A new job came through over the weekend, to illustrate the packaging of the bodies of two cuddly toys for a Christmas promotion for Kinder eggs. It was a bit odd just doing the bodies and limbs but no heads, but needs must. I’ll add an image once I get one back from the client Pemberton and Whitefoord design agency, London.

Ian Thorpe – The Week cover

Mark — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 08:47:17 +0000

Here is last month’s cover artwork for The Week featuring swimmer Ian Thorpe who has failed to get into the Aussie Olympic team…

The Week

Mark — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:28:13 +0000

It’s February, so here’s this month’s cover artwork for the Australian The Week magazine. Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is making a bit of a come back, so “I’ll be baaack…”

The week cover, Jan., 2012

Mark — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:40:13 +0000

Here is my second cover artwork for Australia’s the week magazine…

Feb’s edition already booked!

2 new jobs completed.

Mark — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:16:17 +0000

I have now finished the final two stories in the Fallon Core Readers series for Oxford Designers & Illustrators. The Legend of Spud Murphy was a tale of an evil library worker who shot at noisy school children with her spud-gun.

Whereas, The New Heroes, a story about teenage superheroes, meant I had to adopt a more comic book style using heavy black shadows. It was an enjoyable challenge as you really have to think about where to place them. The temptation is to minimise the amount of black, but I found I had to let go, and add far more than I felt comfortable with. I’d like to try my hand at a graphic novel one day, so here’s hoping.

A bit xenophobic but pretty accurate…

Mark — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:57:03 +0000

The Week finished product…

Mark — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:07:30 +0000

As promised, here is the final A/W in place on the cover of this week’s The Week Magazine for Australia.

The Week in Oz.

Mark — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:22:29 +0000

At last, I’ve started working on my first caricatured front cover for The Week magazine in Australia. Because of the time difference, it does mean me working through the night which is a bit of a strain on the system, but worth it for the prestige as well as the money.

I’ve just sent off my rough sketch for approval which hopefully should come back fairly soon without too many changes.

I’ll post the finished product tomorrow at some point, assuming I’m still awake!

More mutt humour…

Mark — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:02:40 +0000