Plush bulldog

Here are some plush designs and samples we made up that sadly never made it to the real world.

As usual I teamed up with my regular cuddly (toy) cohort A Little Stranger to design the plush's pattern and as usual she did an amazing job.

These are the final character sketches. You can see a final adjustment with a slight change to the dog's jowls to make them rounder. And below is what Holly created from those.

Grumpy - Your Super Deluxe Virtual Pet

Here's the app I spent most of this year working on. 'Grumpy - Your Super Deluxe Virtual Pet'. It's an amazing tamagotchi style game where you have to raise a nonplussed pet. I did all the art for this beauty and I'm dead proud of it. Download it and give it a try. You can get it here and it's free to play.

It's published by Koyoki which is a great place to work for. Have a look at their site and check out their other amazing titles.

More Ridiculous Dogs

Woof woof I found a few more dog doodles. These where all from a game concept I was working on which didn't go anywhere. One day..!

Ghost Pets

This was a rejected idea for a company working on a brilliant device. I'll explain more when it's out and I'm NDA free but it could have been so amazing. I'll be following it's progress with interest when it's out and see how their route goes. After presenting this I received the best email of my career (since the Greedy Ghost incident) :

"We asked for cute pets but instead you've sent over a load of dead animals." It's like they hadn't seen my oeuvre at all.

Chihuahua & Pug

I really am obsessed with chihuahuas & pugs at the moment. Well small, ugly dogs in general. These tiny breeds fascinate me. I really want to get one. I'd just be worried about it getting eaten by a bigger dog. Does this kind of thing happen when dogs get together or are they more amicable get togethers?

Ridiculous Dogs

A few more canines to round up my short tribute to man's best friend. Adorable.

Dog DNA

There are loads of different kinds of dogs about these days and that's all thanks to science and something I like to call DNA. I was trying to explain that to the readers of some scientific journal with this illustration. I think they all understand it now and are working on new and exciting dog breeds to take us into this modern age of wonders.