• TOBY CARVERY MENU'S •

• TOBY CARVERY MENU'S •

Have you ever wondered who designed and illustrated those fun activity sheets for children, in various restaurants? Well I used to wonder about this, and now it's me that creates them! Well, at least for the Harvester and Toby restaurant chains.

I'm currently working on one right now and this is the previous version for the Toby chain earlier this summer.

Due to holidays and embargoed work I've not had chance to post anything on this blog for a whole month! Not very often that happens.

Any time now there'll be a bunch of work for a very famous cereal character, until then, please feel freee to click and enlarge these images but bear in mind that they are all strictly copyright. © 2015

• ONE THAT GOT AWAY •

• ONE THAT GOT AWAY •

Sometimes, for one reason or another, the illustration work I produce never finds it's way into print.

Schedules change, other ideas are brought to bear on a project and the emphasis shifts. Such changes occurred on my 3rd job for Harvester restaurants. I'd designed and illustrated the children's menu pages before and was getting stuck into this fun underwater scene depicting Harvey snorkelling.

Actually I'd just about finished the whole job when it was decided by the client that they really needed a sight seeing, travelling Harvey showing him on a tourist map of the UK.

So getting paid twice is obviously a great outcome, but it still feels like a lot of effort wasted and a great pity that this treasure chest crossword puzzle and the colouring in fish and seahorse game have not yet been seen by any eager kids.

Can YOU spot the one crab different from all the others?

The new job was also fun to do but this time had to be raced through to try and meet the sinking deadline. I'll post that outcome shortly.

Please feel free to click and enlarge these images but remember they are all strictly copyright. ©

• CHILDREN'S FUN & ACTIVITY SHEETS•

• CHILDREN'S FUN & ACTIVITY SHEETS•

Now this was a really fun job to work on. Commissioned by The Allotment Agency for the chain of Crown Carveries.

Double sided activity sheets for children, to help keep them occupied until the Smarties on the ice cream have had their sugar rush.

I think we managed to pack a lot of fun into these two A4 sides. Please click on the images to enlarge them and remember that they are strictly copyright. ©