Phil Littler Illustration

2011-11-03T03:26:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's been so long since my last post. I have been VERY busy on different projects and stuff. I usually post more frequently so if you're new to my blog pop by regularly and there will be more posted more often.

I've actually been working on this illustration for about 6 months now.I've dabbled then left it. Added something and taken other bits away. It's odd because it looks like a really simple illustration and shouldn't have taken anything like the time it did. It's simple but I still liked the idea of finishing it.

2011-09-02T06:24:00.000-07:00

And this is the coloured up version. She definitely looks older........Gooooooood.

2011-09-02T05:27:00.000-07:00

This one might be better. I'm going to colour it up and see. She looks over 16 doesn't she?

2011-09-02T05:02:00.000-07:00

Is this Emma too young for Assassin School. maybe. I'll have to do a few more I think. I wouldn't want to be arrested.

2011-08-20T04:26:00.000-07:00

Eating outside in the summer with friends and family. That has to be one of the great things in life

2011-08-10T02:13:00.000-07:00

Aaahh. This would be so warm and cuddly if you could do it. It's SO CUDDLY!

2011-08-08T06:10:00.000-07:00

It's a fairy and a.........?
Anyway, she's about to kiss the.........?
Flying thingy....Cupid?....Cherub?
make your own mind up.

2011-08-03T07:20:00.000-07:00

Emma Lee from 'Assassin School'. I've been thinking about starting the comic up again. I used to enjoy writing her stories.

2011-08-03T06:27:00.000-07:00

It's been some time since I put an image up on my blog. This is an idea I had that I wanted to show to some health magazines just as a promotional piece.

2011-07-13T07:56:00.000-07:00

This was an illustration done for a magazine here in the Uk. A typical day at the beach.

2011-06-21T03:04:00.001-07:00

This is a bit of a departure for me. The beastie is just trying to get rid of weeds....I hope.

2011-06-19T01:58:00.000-07:00

This is a new character for the webcomic, 'Red' that I am doing at

www.red.thecomicseries.com. I thought it would be interesting to have a blue character. She's a mechanic and fixer. I think she should work okay in the comic.

2011-06-13T11:31:00.000-07:00

This is page 3 of my latest web comic. They are uploaded every Monday. It's going to be a long adventure....I hope

2011-06-03T05:56:00.001-07:00

This is a small promotional piece form the new webcomic I am looking to upload from next week.

It's called Red.

2011-05-31T01:57:00.000-07:00

And this is Red being chased by one of her friends.

2011-05-31T01:53:00.000-07:00

I apologise for not putting up more drawings of late but I couldn't get onto my blog for ages. Anyway it's back now.

This is a new character called 'Red' from a webcomic of the same name. It will be released soon on the internet so watch out for that. A spunky, free thinking girl with some unusual friends.

2011-05-20T01:19:00.000-07:00

I hate gardening but I can imagine that for those who do it must be a great source of comfort and a challenge each weekend and Bank Holidays.

2011-05-19T07:49:00.000-07:00

The Alchemist. What people will do for a Coke. This illustration took a day to draw and colour up. It was fun to do though.

2011-05-18T08:11:00.000-07:00

I've never drawn construction workers before. Here's a motley crew.

2011-05-12T00:52:00.000-07:00

The Queen of Diamonds.
I never did finish that design for a deck of cards. I'll have to look into that again I think.

2011-05-09T03:11:00.000-07:00

This is to be used for something specific but I can't say what it is as yet.

2011-04-19T06:28:00.000-07:00

A tug of war. The elephant has now gone to a good home.

2011-04-13T06:00:00.000-07:00

This is one bad boy you should not mess with. The 'Gun toting Chicken'! I suppose it should be a bad 'girl' ? There aren't many chickens who are blokes.

2011-04-06T04:25:00.000-07:00

This could never happen but if it did. The girl would win every time.

2011-04-04T03:08:00.000-07:00

Here's my Monday image. I used to like cowboy films when I was a kid. It's such a shame that they went out of fashion. I thought it would be fun to do my idea of a cowboy with something on his mind....

2011-04-01T06:42:00.000-07:00

The Summer 'tis getting closer.

2011-03-30T05:48:00.000-07:00

He bites.

2011-03-29T06:51:00.000-07:00

Character illustration...My wife when I'm late!

2011-03-24T03:49:00.000-07:00

Showgirl. She must have just returned from a wedding.

2011-03-23T05:26:00.000-07:00

She's such a sweet girl. I called this illustration, 'Burlesque' although it isn't really. I was going to make it more outlandish before I started but I reined it in.

2011-03-14T00:37:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple of sketches drawn at the British Museum. Always a good source for subject matter.

2011-03-06T06:24:00.000-08:00

I like to go shooting. But if I dressed like this to shoot clays I might look a little silly.

2011-03-02T02:09:00.000-08:00

This is the only way to go on holiday...Roll on the Summer.

2011-03-01T23:37:00.000-08:00

2011-02-28T04:34:00.000-08:00

I wanted to design an odd mug. If I had a mug like this everyone would let me make my coffee first.

2011-02-25T20:45:00.000-08:00

This is the second page for a webcomic I am looking to produce on a twice a week basis. Please take a look if you like it at http://www.itscomplicated.thecomicseries.com/ . It's called, 'It's Complicated'.

2011-02-23T06:37:00.000-08:00

Sometimes a shepherd's crook just isn't enough.

2011-02-20T00:39:00.000-08:00

Degas it's not but it is nice to try different digital techniques.

2011-02-17T23:46:00.000-08:00

He was so cute when he was a baby

2011-02-17T00:25:00.000-08:00

2011-02-17T00:20:00.000-08:00

Another character design. A red neck Indiana Jones who's laid off the booze.

2011-02-15T03:18:00.000-08:00

Light the blue touchpaper...

2011-02-14T00:37:00.000-08:00

A character design I worked on over the weekend. They're nice to do, let your mind go mad for a while. Happy Valentine's day by the way!

2011-02-12T02:07:00.000-08:00

This is for a new card company. It's different to the cutsie stuff you usually see.

2011-02-09T03:14:00.000-08:00

It's how men deal with pain. And we all know men can take pain better than women.....don't we?

2011-02-08T07:26:00.000-08:00

The birthday party.

Wouldn't this be great.

2011-02-07T06:04:00.000-08:00

The Nightclub with the ever existant head to head confrontation. The guy at the front of the queue in a hoodie and jeans is never going to get in.

2011-01-29T01:08:00.000-08:00

I've started a new blog of cartoons at http://www.phil-inpassing.blogspot.com/ please take a look and let me know what you think. I'm also on twitter now so take a look there as well. There are plenty of new things being posted all the time.

Many thanks for your interest. I genuinely appreciate it.

2011-01-27T23:37:00.000-08:00

2011-01-27T07:43:00.000-08:00

2011-01-27T01:53:00.000-08:00

This is 'The Wedding party' and it follows the engagement party illustration I posted earlier. I like the crowd scenes as I've said before. You can show a few gags and it is something to look at. I've never been a fan of weddings. I don't like the ceremony and I'm not keen on the reception.

It's not that I'm a killjoy, or at least I don't think it is. I'm just not good on ceremonies of any kind. I'm always happy to hear that the right two people have got married and I enjoy being married, I'm just not that keen on the 'special day'.....doctor.

2011-01-24T08:04:00.000-08:00

Two in one day. That is a surprise.

2011-01-24T06:18:00.000-08:00

Sitting on a bench. How do some women manage to look so elegant doing everyday things. I guess that's why we love them so much?...

2011-01-21T06:29:00.000-08:00

You just know summer is getting closer when girls appear in bikini's. I know it's only January but I need the summer......Pretty please with cherries on top.

2011-01-19T01:16:00.000-08:00

The Engagement party... 'Don't you know that it's different for girls?' to quote Joe Jackson.

2010-12-13T07:47:00.000-08:00

I have also done a series of wedding card ideas. This is one of them. If I just relax with a theme in mind it's scary where your thoughts will take you. It made me smile though.

2010-12-10T02:48:00.000-08:00

'Tis the season to be jolly.....Merry.

2010-12-10T02:46:00.000-08:00

If anyone is trying to get on my website I have to tell you that it has a problem and I am finding it difficult to upload new material. I will be looking at it on Monday so more new stuff should go up soon after that.

Sorry about that.

2010-12-07T02:45:00.000-08:00

One of a set of four christmas card designs with snowmen. Merry Christmas everyone.

If you want to use it feel free to use it.

2010-11-22T02:38:00.000-08:00

I've been working on an idea for children's television and this is one of the chatacters I'm looking at. It's an early rough but I think I should carry on developing it. I'll let you know if anything happens at a future date.

2010-11-18T01:17:00.001-08:00

I started a twitter account, @phillittler which seems to have taken a lot of my time. I must get back into my blog. Expect more illustrations very soon.

2010-09-27T01:26:00.000-07:00

It's the end of September and the knights are getting shorter...see what I did there? Oh well.

2010-09-23T23:39:00.000-07:00

I call this 'Fat Mucha' for obvious reasons. I am always impressed when I see Mucha's work; great design, great sense of colour and beautiful women. They always look great. This is just a bit of fun.

2010-09-16T00:39:00.000-07:00

Foxes everywhere... or it could be a wolf?

2010-08-31T07:30:00.000-07:00

My last post of August 2010.

This was a bit of a rough in many ways. I'd like to do something with a group of animals but it hasn't really gelled yet. Until it does I will carry on doing roughs of animals.

It feels like a summer picture to me so it seemed relevant this being the end of summer....August is the end of summer isn't it?...Nearly?...

2010-08-12T03:38:00.000-07:00

An elephant on a scooter. There's not much more to say about it than that.

2010-08-03T07:10:00.000-07:00

We went punting in Cambridge last week and although this didn't happen it reminded me that it DID happy to my son, Jamie with his then girlfriend, Lorna in Oxford. If you've ever punted you know how likely this is to occur in real life.

2010-08-02T07:11:00.000-07:00

Aaaaaaah, Summer and love is in the air, only in reality it's cloudy outside and just scraping by 20 degrees. That's why illustration is so much fun. You can just sink into your own little world.

2010-07-30T02:53:00.000-07:00

This is the first illustration I have completed....that I like....since completing the work for Scholastic I have done others but I liked this one. The title is, 'The Great Escape'.

2010-07-15T02:57:00.000-07:00

A happy party on a dinghy.

2010-07-14T02:45:00.000-07:00

This is my first posting for July and it's already halfway through the month. I've just finished a commission that has taken a few months. It was great fun and the publishers were really good.

I thought I put up this image of an elastic cat. I've had cats for 29 years and never had a gap but last year both of our cats died and we have decided for the first time not to replace them. My wife, family and I miss not having them around but we decided to have a break.

2010-06-21T00:46:00.000-07:00

I'm not very good at portraits but I felt that this one of a friend of mine really did him justice.

2010-06-02T06:45:00.000-07:00

Well, we're into June...Halfway through the year and heading for the longest day later this month. Where did the year go?

I have been very fortunate for the past month working with Scholastic books. They have given me a series of five books to illustrate which have been great fun and with an amazing picture researcher who is a joy to work for. It has kept me busy and on my toes.

I have also started work with a new agent who has submitted one of my children's book ideas for publication. I have no idea what will happen but I will keep my fingers crossed.

Because I have been busy I have no illustrations to post. I don't think it's good to upload images I have been drawing before they come out in print.

I will have some new ones soon and they will be uploaded as soon as they are done.

Enjoy June

2010-05-10T05:36:00.000-07:00

Two more cards for the series from the.......Suit of clubs. I know, its not even funny!!!

2010-05-02T02:03:00.000-07:00

A few watercolour illustrations. No reason...it's just the way the mind works...my mind.

2010-04-10T00:24:00.000-07:00

Summer's coming, the rain is getting warmer. What do we all have to do in summer? That's right swim in the pool. And if you haven't got a pool you can use the kid's pool. Aaaaahhhhhhh!

2010-03-26T00:53:00.000-07:00

Anyone that knows me knows I have a great interest in aircraft and WW2. This is a drawing I have done to try and capture a squadron scramble during WW2. The planes in the background should have been Spitfires but the discerning eye will be able to tell that they are Mustangs. On the other hand....who cares. I just enjoyed doing the drawing.

2010-03-18T00:55:00.000-07:00

I've recently started to design a new deck of cards. The roughs for the hearts suit is pretty much complete. I'm currently working on the Diamonds. I'll upload them as they get completed.

2010-02-26T01:41:00.000-08:00

The British tourist abroad. We all have to remember that we have a reputation to uphold. It is our remit to stand out against the crowd even if it does include socks with sandals....Oh well.....

2010-02-09T00:41:00.000-08:00

The Wedding. One of the happiest times of our lives...'We can pick our friends but we can't pick our relatives'. Isn't that how the saying goes? Just to let you know, this one ended happily ever after.

2010-01-27T02:32:00.000-08:00

Yeah.....another drawing for January....Yippee! It doesn't take much to make me happy.

2010-01-13T02:45:00.000-08:00

Aaaah, the New Year. Snow on the ground everywhere. Stuck inside, the family moaning, the dog doesn't want to go outside and is prepared to hold his bladder until the thaw.

I've been doing quite a few of these crowd scenes. I like illustrations where you look around and see new things all the time. Look for the Easter eggs under the pyramid in the background.....You didn't really look did you?

2009-12-22T00:04:00.000-08:00

This will be my last upload onto the blog for this year. I worked for around six months in a small ice cream company in Gloucester. The company was called Tartaglias and they produced some of the best ice-cream in the country. I don't know if it's still going but I hope so. Anyway, I sometimes took out the ice cream van. It was good fun. I used to insist that if they wanted a particular ice cream they asked for it by name. Ah, the Lollygobblechocbomb. I probably didn't sell many of these.

I've just heard that an old school friend of mine looks at the site at times so if you're looking this time, Hi Martin Collins, long time no see. Take care and have a great New Year. To everyone else, Merry Christmas, Thank you for taking the time to look at the site. Please leave me an occassional message and Have a Great 2010.

2009-12-16T01:18:00.000-08:00

Well, it's coming to the end of the year. It's been eventful. It didn't live up to its expectations but then again they seldom do. Still, those around me have done well. My kids continue to thrive and shine and that makes up for any other dissapointments I may have had.

I know I'm a lucky guy to be surrounded by a great family....what else could you want? Have a great Christmas and New Year.

2009-12-01T02:32:00.000-08:00

Another 'gathering' illustration. I like to do this type of illustration. I like looking at crowds of people. There's always something interesting going on somewhere. I like to put as much of that as I can in these illustrations. I have only personnaly been on a couple of camping forays but the idea of it appeals to me. My wife has never been one to rough it so the closest we have ever been to 'going camping' was to stay at a Travelodge hotel.

2009-11-25T07:15:00.000-08:00

A selection of characters

2009-11-10T08:23:00.000-08:00

The rat girl

She is supposed to be small. It's not a giant rat!

2009-10-29T02:56:00.000-07:00

I've just completed a few illustrations that I'm calling, Freak show. Here's a couple of them. I hope you like them. There are a series of six and the ideas are just silly.

2009-10-14T01:12:00.000-07:00

Two other roughs that I quite liked

2009-10-14T01:11:00.000-07:00

This scan is a bit light but I like the subject matter

2009-10-14T01:09:00.000-07:00

One of my watercolour illustrations.

I haven't been doing many of late when this is all I used to do. I'm going to upload some more.

2009-09-22T00:10:00.000-07:00

I like to do a spooky drawing now and again. This was inspired by an illustration my son had done. You should really check out his website at jamielittler.co.uk You will NOT be dissapointed

2009-09-16T01:35:00.000-07:00

Wouldn't it be great if something like this could actually happen. It wouldn't have to be Mickey, Daffy Duck would please me just as much....or maybe even Gertie the dinosaur?

2009-09-16T01:27:00.001-07:00

The runaway train

It goes with the old TV theme music of 'Casey Jones'. Remember?...If you do you are older than you think.

2009-08-25T00:13:00.000-07:00

Pirates....and pirate cats at that!....

2009-08-24T00:45:00.000-07:00

Ah, Summertime....

2009-08-24T00:38:00.000-07:00

August has been a slow month. I've still not fully recovered from my operation and as a result I haven't been able to work as much as I would like.

I hope to be back on form sooner rather than later

2009-08-06T03:33:00.000-07:00

Nuts

2009-08-06T03:08:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration I recently completed with a children's book in mind. I'm not sure if I'll go ahead with it but I quite liked the illustration.

2009-07-17T00:42:00.000-07:00

I have been negligent with my blog recently. There has been a lot going on. I will be away for a short time from next week as I have to have a small operation that needs a reasonable recovery time. I'll be on the case soon after that.