Benji Davies - Illustration

Who’s for dessert?

Benji — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:04:47 +0000

These gruesome fellows are from “Gruff’s Guide to Fairy Tale Land” which I have just put the finishing touches to. And boy, are they hungry!

I’d hide if I were you.

Thar she blows!

Benji — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:54:50 +0000

Ok, i’m a geek, but here is my new arrival, a Wacom 12WX. I thought I’d share her unpacking…

I broke a small bottle of best ink against her bows and dubbed her Betsy. She’s a beauty!

I also took the oppurtunity to test her out by doing a colour sketch of a crusty-looking fellow from the Gruff’s Guide books I’m working on. Let’s call him Old Prawn Face for now.

Le sketchbook

Benji — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:21:25 +0000

I recently returned from my summer hols in Venice and the South of France. Summer was doing well here when I left but seems to have taken a dip…

I took the opportunity to do some sketching. Was great to just sit and draw.. its been a while! Mainly beach-folk, and the odd parasol.

The results, edited:

Dragons on the loose!

Benji — Sun, 23 May 2010 20:50:18 +0000

My latest tome has hit the shelves of your local Waterstone’s… run for your lives!!

Its okay, these dragons are upstanding citizens, only the locals don’t know it yet.

When The Dragons Came is written by two primary school teachers, Naomi Kefford and Lynne Moore, and is published by Simon & Schuster.

If you’re too scared to go outside, you can get it online here and here

Branching out

Benji — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:03:26 +0000

Happy New Year to you! Heres a tree.

Palle det Prikne Pindsvin!

Benji — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:37:28 +0000

A nice surprise in the post this week… some danish editions of Hodge the Hedgehog.

Lamberth have done a lovely job on the cover re-design, in a tactile matt finish using a crop of one of the interior spreads. Adgang forbudt!

How to… get lost in a good book

Benji — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:36:54 +0000

As winter draws in with an icy tongue around the door, we must once again plot our escapes.

A new take on an old idea

Benji — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:03:41 +0000

I’ve had this one tucked away in a drawer for a long time now and after a trip to Whitstable, and a few lungfuls of salty sea air, was inspired to work up this concept image. Its loosely based on my graduation film from my days up in Hull - “A Bowl of Soup” it was called, about a boy and his dad who live by the sea, and what they find washed up on the shore. Maybe this evolution can take it somewhere else in the future…

Ink sketch also. Click to see bigger.

More sketching…

Benji — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:56:05 +0000

…this time from the comfort of my wacom.

Some holiday sketches

Benji — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:23:47 +0000