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Happy New Year 2020!
Inktober 2019 - the last 16 drawings
Inktober 2019 - The first 15 drawings
3
More Tokyo train travellers
1
More Train Snippets!
Tokyo Train sketches
2
Summer 2019
Happy New Year of the Pig!
Seasons Greetings!
Inktober Wrap-up
Week 3 of Inktober 2018
Week Two of Inktober 2018 - and a nomination!
3
The start of Inktober 2018
1
One-inch drawings - the final 12!
One-inch Drawings Part 2
Tiny pictures for September
3
Summer 2018
Bologna Book Fair 2018
5
Happy New Year!
Christmas 2017
Alt-Write: creative reactions to uncertain times
Inktober 2017 - the final week!
1
Inktober 2017 - Week 3
Inktober 2017 - Week 2
Inktober 2017 - the first week
At the Rijksmuseum, meeting Van Der Velde again
1
Getting in the Groove: daily sketching and writing
2
Best Wishes for Summer 2017!
New picture book release: "Magic For Sale"
Catching up with Spring
Sketches from Tokyo Part 2
Tokyo Sketchbook Part 1
2
30 years of Japan
1
Poster Competition to save Sutton Coldfeld Library
The Day I met Bob Dylan
3
New Book Release! 'The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus'
Facing up with the SCBWI Conference
Inktober Day 31: Into the Woods
Inktober Day 30: Maritime Mansion
Inktober Day 29: Housing Development
Inktober Day 28: Poor Children
Inktober Day 27: Ogre
Inktober Day 26: Split Ends
Inktober Day 25: Birds and Trees
Inktober Day 24: Aide-de-Cramp
Inktober Day 23: Tangled Relationship
Inktober Day 22: Tank Bike
Inktober Day 21: Ponderer
Inktober Day 20: Round the Neighbourhood
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Inktober Day 19: Suburban Slant
Inktober Day 18: Neighbour
Inktober Day 17: Autumn
Inktober Day 16: Tree
Inktober Day 15: Little Emperor
Inktober Day 14: Throng
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Inktober Day 13: Chairman
Inktober Day 12: Cosmic Carrier
Inktober 2016
A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.10: Tokyo Sketchbook, 1987
A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.9: Bag of Portfolio artwork, 1984
A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.8: The Blue Blanket, 1981-1982
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A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.7: college sketchbooks, 1978-1981
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A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.6: Old Man earthenware figure, 1978
A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.5: Birds, 1977
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A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.4: Corona 4 typewriter, 1924
A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.3: Toothless Old Man, 1976
A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.2: The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, 1975
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A History of my Archive in 10 Objects. No.1: Sketch from the back garden of Butlers Lane, 1976
The Museum of Me
More Peeping on People
Journeying through the Peaks and the Troughs
Sad News
In memory of my father Ken Shelley, who passed away 2nd August 2016
New Book Release - Will's Words
The Balance Between Deadlines and Doodles
1
Happy New Year of the Monkey!
Season's Greetings !
Why are children's book deadlines like buses?
2
Update
More work for Wingspan
Recent work for Wingspan Magazine
1
Crinkle, Crackle, Crack Released Today!
3
New Year Greetings 2015
Seasons Greetings!
1
Freelancing for Free?
4
Sketch: Shooting for the Stars
Iggy Pop and Rock n' Roll vs Children's Publishing
1
John Shelley Exhibition at NNUH
4
Tokyo Sketchbook Part 2
Tokyo Sketchbook Part 1
2
Tokyo Exhibition report: In the Shadow of Giants
3
'In the Shadow of Giants' Exhibition at Space Yui
Summer Dreaming
Big Splash for Summer
Tribute to my Dad on Father's Day
3
30 Years on: A Canoe in the Mist
3
Recent work for Wingspan Magazine
Mainichi Newspaper - News Without Words Part 2!
1
Stone Giant US Release
2
Happy Birthday Andrea Brown
Bearing up!
1
New Year Greeting
2
Seasons Greetings!
Ho.. ho.. oh?
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Under Siege by Sound
1
A Father's Diary
5
Stone Giant
5
News Without Words
4
Catching up!
5
Summer Greetings
2
The Grimm Road
2
Some more images of Yanesen in 1987-88
1
Memories of Yanesen
7
Recent Doodles
3
April Tokyo Train Sketches Part 2
2
Tokyo on the Train
2
What I Love about Old Books
10
When in doubt......
1
Doodles on the train
9
Train Sketches
Wingspan
Working Catch-up
New Year Greetings
2
Seasons Greetings
Nebula
Recent Doodles
John and the Beanstalk (feature for Ano Ne Magazine)
6
Halloween Forest - working process
13
Halloween Forest on general release!
4
Autumn in the Air
Jack and the Beanstalk
1
Tokyo Wrap Up
1
Tokyo Exhibition
1
Adventures with a Pen
3
Tokyo Summer
1
Michelangelo in Monochrome
1
Dandelion Summer
1
Book release dates revison
Blue Blankets, Bored Brendas and Fat Bags
1
Punk rock, Manchester illustration and Nihilism
4
Queens and Anniversaries
6
Halloween Forest release date
1
Recent Sketch
2
Jack and the Beanstalk again
2
Jack and the Beanstalk
4
Bologna Book Fair 2012
7
More linework from Jack
7
Jack in Progress
11
Work in Progress
5
More 1980's Studio work
4
Early Work - political cartoons
3
New Year 2012
2
Seasons Greetings
4
Giving Thanks, to turkeys?
A Drawing a Day #48
20
A Drawing a Day #47
A Drawing a Day #46
2
A Drawing a Day #45
2
A Drawing a Day #44
9
A Drawing a Day #43
A Drawing a Day #42
A Drawing a Day #41
4
A Drawing a Day #40
A Drawing a Day #39
1
A Drawing a Day #38
1
A Drawing a Day #37
1
A Drawing a Day #36
A Drawing a Day #35
1
A Drawing a Day #34
1
A Drawing a Day #33
1
A Drawing a Day #32
A Drawing a Day #31
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A Drawing a Day #30
1
A Drawing a Day #29
3
A Drawing a Day #28
A Drawing a Day #27
1
A Drawing a Day #26
2
A Drawing a Day #25
A Drawing a Day #24
4
A Drawing a Day #23
A Drawing a Day #22
2
A Drawing a Day #21
1
A Drawing a Day #20
A Drawing a Day #19
A Drawing a Day #18
A Drawing a Day #17
A Drawing a Day #16
4
A Drawing a Day #15
1
A Drawing a Day #14
A Drawing a Day #13
6
A Drawing a Day #12
5
A Drawing a Day #11
A Drawing a Day #10
1
A Drawing a Day #9
A Drawing a Day #8
2
A Drawing a Day #7
A Drawing a Day #6
A Drawing a Day #5
A Drawing a Day #4
1
A Drawing a Day #3
A Drawing a Day #2
3
A Drawing a Day #1
1
Summer Greetings
4
Lost Jobs (an occasional series): Hooter's Island
3
Sketchbook reveries
3
JTB Ad Campaign
Scrawlcrawl in Norwich
5
ICBA presentation
2
Idea bashing
6
Happy Birthday Seren!
3
Sunrise Land
2
Happy New Year of the Bunny
5
Merry Christmas
3
Salon du Livre
1
Paris Conference From Idea To Book
Sketch Crawl
14
Vultures Pick my Bones
3
Flying High
4
Fear of the Wolf
3
new sketches
6
Summer in the City
1
Daily Sketch: Hat Trick
2
Daily Sketch: Spikey Sprite
4
Daily Sketch: Maternalism
3
Daily Sketch: Arborist
3
Daily Sketch: Fauna
1
Daily Sketch: Hairy Lion
6
Daily Sketch: Tree Bird
more sketches....
4
Spring Sketchbook
4
London Book Fair
7
Outside-In
4
Bologna - The Book Fair
8
Bologna 2010 - SCBWI Conference
2
Bologna 2010
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Little Princess
5
Castles in the Hair
2
Recent work
2
Snowed in and snowed under
1
Today's Weather
1
Year of the Tiger
1
Merry Christmas everyone!
Illustration Friday - entangled
11
Winchester Conference
Disney Collaboration Limited Edition print
9
"Imaginary Journeys" exhibition in Bucharest
Illustration Friday - Frozen
15
London Transport
Highlights High Five Award
6
Illustration Friday - Tango
12
Summer of Love
1
Illustration Friday: Hollow
17
Outside-In
2
Early Summer in Staffordshire
"Nasty" Interior art
2
Illustration Friday - Craving
4
Cracked
17
Nasty!
Parade
6
Escapism
3
St Georges Day
2
Doodling
Family Reminders images
6
Family Reminders
sketchbook fantasies
2
Nichiban artwork
1
Skylark
Children's books in the Recession
Doodle
3
Nutmeg Award
1
Exhibition images - original work
4
Exhibition images - The House of the World
2
Gallery visitors
More Gallery snapshots....
Exhibition report
4
Exhibition in Tokyo - Kingdoms Curious
Best Wishes for the New Year
Happy New Year of the Tiger!
Group Show in Crouch End, London
1
Illustration Friday - Repair
14
Illustration Friday - Late
7
Nichiban Campaign
Illustration Friday - Packed
8
Island
3
Eco Car
2
Daiwa Event photos
1
More on Bologna
1
Bologna Snapshots
No Tricks, but a Treat for Halloween
8
Exhibition piece - "Hope"
4
Monday morning sketch
2
today's doodle
1
couple of figures
Digging up old work (an occasional slot)
3
Tea Pot Torment
6
More machinery
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Machines
...and more faces
More Faces
Sketchbook doodles
Family Photos
3
Thwarted Summer Greeting
1
Before and after
3
Souvenirs of Mongolia
5
Workshop in Mongolia
4
Manila Report
1
Charlie Bone interiors
3
New Charlie Bone book
1
The Curse of Hackdom
3
Bologna Book Fair notes from 2004
5
A peek inside The Boat in the Tree
8
The Boat in the Tree
1
The Elves and the Cobbler
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