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Shark T-Shirt It’s new t-shirt day! I’m so glad to finally show you my new design – meet Great Iced Shark! This little guy turned up in my sketchbook one day when I was drawing, and as the funny t-shirt designs (like Pain au Chocolat and Say no to Knife Crime) have been some of the most popular designs, I

I was asked to draw this cute chubby fox as a commission as a mascot for a YouTube channel about gaming. I was sent a photo of the ‘real life’ chubby fox as reference, and I drew this cute character to use on the channel. If you’d like to ask about commissions, get in touch using my contact form… More

Colourful Watches Finally I can reveal a secret project I’ve been working on – Cakes with Faces watches! They’re going to be colourful, cute and funky, and you can help choose which designs get made! UPDATE: Voting has now closed – watches are available in the shop Shop now Original Designs I’ve been working on these for a long time to get

I’ve won two competitions with my artwork! Less Than Jake at Johnny Cupcakes London I won tickets to a Less Than Jake show at Johnny Cupcakes‘ London store. To enter,  you had to be as creative as possible and take a picture of yourself with your Less Than Jake tickets or CD. For me, being creative means drawing, so I drew

This is a design that’s been in my sketchbook for ages, so it’s good to finally scan it in and draw it up in vectors! Kokeshi dolls always have the same haircut and look identical, so I thought it would be fun to imagine them before they’re cut into shape, when they still have their individual personalities. I wanted it

To brighten up these dark winter days, here’s a super fun and colourful cake pattern, packed with cupcakes of all kinds! I love making hyper patterns with lots of my characters – this would make a great fabric, or a very crazy and busy wallpaper! If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can make cakes just like these

Ska-punk band Less Than Jake will be performing in Johnny Cupcake’s London store this weekend, and they’re running a competition to win tickets! I’m a big fan of both Less Than Jake and Johnny Cupcakes, so I’d love to win tickets! To enter, you have to post a photo of yourself with your Less Than Jake tickets or CD, being

Something a little different from usual Cakes with Faces style – an idea for an “I like you” Valentine’s card. I had this idea a couple of years ago when I was in a card shop just before Valentine’s day, surrounded by people desperately searching through cards. The person next to me was with a friend and wanted to buy

New t-shirts will be on the way very soon, including this dinosaur t-shirt! You can help choose which colourway gets printed, from these four yummy colour combinations. It’s a new design (with no faces on, whaaat?) packed with exciting dinosaur silhouettes! Choose from blue grey, cherry red, classic black and white or zingy orange on turquoise blue. Vote for your

Pastel rainbow Harajuku bubblegum cuteness! After the tentacle monster drawing yesterday I felt like drawing something cute and colourful today. She’s got extra fluffy bunches and lots of clips for a cute Tokyo decora look. See more of my designs in the Gallery. If you like my cute graphic art, please support Cakes with Faces with a share or two

Who’s at the door…? Watch out it’s a tentacle monster! Monsters are always fun to draw, especially when they have swirling tentacles. I’ve been liking pastel rainbows recently so went for a soft pastel colour scheme, but it’d also work in bright zingy neons. The door’s exactly the same as my living room door – I hope this doesn’t happen

How to fix anime figures when they get damaged.

National Popcorn Day 19th January is National Popcorn Day in the USA! Happy National Popcorn Day! Popcorn at Tokyo Disney These are some flavours of popcorn they have at Tokyo Disneyland: (The curry flavour was actually really good!) UPDATE: Watch my video about them here!

A new drawing, just for fun: Skater Tortoise! It’s boring for tortoises, being so slow-moving, so this speedster tortoise gets some excitement on his skateboard. He knows all the tricks – here he is enjoying some air-time!

At the end of the year it’s good to look back at what you’ve achieved. Thank you so much to everyone who’s supported Cakes with Faces this year – whether you’ve ordered online, come along to one of our stalls, or helped spread the CWF love online on Facebook or Twitter. It means a lot to me and I really

Christmas Cracker Spare a thought for crackers this Christmas – it may be all fun paper hats and jokes for you, but you’re not the one getting torn in half… More Cute Art Follow Cakes with Faces to see all my new artwork and designs: www.facebook.com/cakeswithfaces \ Twitter: @cakeswithfaces

To get the Christmas holiday off to a good start I decided to spend the day drawing instead of doing spreadsheets or anything useful. And it’s the time of year for Christmas drawings, so here’s my “I’ll give you pain au chocolat” croissant in festive mood, or as festive as he gets anyway (still pretty threatening). I’ve been meaning to

Christmas Cat It’s Bumblebee Cat’s cute cousin from Greenland: Christmas cat! He lives off mince pies and eggnog. To see all my new drawings, follow www.facebook.com/cakeswithfaces or Twitter: @cakeswithfaces! And if you don’t know who Bumblebee Cat is, follow this link… I’ve also made him into a pattern to use as a Christmassy Facebook cover photo:

Having worked on lots of animated gifs for graphic design work in the past, I’ve been wanting to create a Cakes with Faces animated gif for a while. And where better to start than a fun Christmas gif? My Christmas puds card design was perfect material, being a three-panel cartoon strip. It’s one of my older drawings (and actually an