Recommended Reading: "The Pirate Cruncher" by Jonny Duddle

Here at Cool Surface we're huge fans of the amazingly talented artist Jonny Duddle.    Jonny's painterly work exudes fun and is almost guaranteed to feature a monkey or two.  And lets face it, who doesn't love Monkeys?

We've just got our hands on a copy of Jonny's first ever storybook "The Pirate Cruncher" published by Templar and we're happy to say it's absolutely great.  The art is beautiful to look at and although we can't say anything about the story because we don't want to spoil its ending, it's very funny and well presented.  It's a great kids book and one a lot of adults will enjoy too so don't wait around, buy it now! 

Have fun,

David
www.twitter.com/DavidCousens

(Have an art book you'd like us to review?  Please get in touch and we'll see what we can do)

10 Kings and Queens; a preview

A slightly older image today; this is one of the illustrations which we provided for "Ten Kings and Queens who Changed the World". It seems like so long ago that we made this, but the book has only just been released!

Oh yeah, did we mention that you can buy it from Amazon by clicking on the book cover in the sidebar? We did? Oh ok...

10 Kings and Queens is Out Now!

Last week we received our complimentary copies of the 3rd installment in the "Ten" series of books which we illustrated for Kingfisher/ Macmillan Publishing.

Go to the sidebar and click the book cover to buy "10 Kings and Queens who Changed the World" from Amazon. We think it's the best one yet! ;)

Sarah

Buy our books!

For those of you who haven't snapped up your copy of 10 Explorers and 10 Leaders, well now's your chance. Our more observant followers may have noticed a few changes to the blog, including an exciting new carousel in the sidebar with highly recommended books. Simply click on the book of your choice to be taken to amazon.co.uk; we're very selective about which books we recommend, so you know it'll be a cracker. Go on, give it a whirl! (See what I did there?).

And if you still need some persuading, here's another sample image from 10 Leaders to whet your appetite...





10 Leaders who Changed the World
By Kingfisher, an imprint of Macmillan Children’s Books
www.panmacmillan.co.uk

Buy this book: “Fantasy Artist's Figure Drawing Bible” by Matt Dixon!

Not only is he one of the nicest guys in this business, Matt Dixon is just damned talented. Those 2 reasons are enough to pick up “The Fantasy Artist's Figure Drawing Bible” by Matt Dixon, but if you need more convincing, here's a quick rundown of the book.
It's 256 pages on fantasy character design, from the basics of drawing the figure through costume and prop design, characterisation and rendering. Containing 30 example characters which are included, each showing progression from first doodle to finished artwork.

Matt's characters are brilliant, and his artwork always shows through a great sense of humour, so what are you waiting for? Click on the link in our carousel in the sidebar and buy it now!

Out now in the UK through A&C Black. Published later this month in the USA through Barron's Educational.

Have fun,
David

PS. Come back Monday for another "10 Leaders..." Preview!