Miranda Mary Piker

Here's another illustration I did for Ten Golden Years.
This one illustrates a typically non-PC poem by Roald Dahl.
I had a lot of fun with this one. It shows that I was very influenced by William Heath Robinson all those years ago. A museum dedicated to Heath Robinson is opening in June 2010 in Pinner. I shall have to make a pilgrimage to see it.
Roald Dahl already has a museum at Great Missenden in Buckinghamshire.

The Light Machine

I'm enjoying looking back at my very earliest illustration work.

Here is another one that also shows the influence of William Heath Robinson.

It shows that mischievous, and even cruel sense of humour that I occasionally let show through.

I could get away with it then as my technique was that bit more cartoonish.

I originally did this as a portfolio piece, but since then it has appeared in a calendar and on a book cover.

At some point I'd like to develop this kind of idea into a whole picture book. 

When will I ever fit it in?