Category Archives: What's going on

What's going on with the web­site or in my life.

Two new illustrations, I'm pleased with. What do you think?

Posted on 16/12/2014 by Miko

These 2 illus­tra­tions are of, yours truly, 'Moi!' Miko and my eld­er son, Toby, the pho­to­graph­er. I cre­ated them for our 'About Us' page on the brand new Miko greet­ings card and art print site.       Feel free to be … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Chris Packham and I go back a long way

Posted on 08/12/2014 by Miko

Sort­ing through some old work, I happened upon this 'real­ist­ic owl illus­tra­tion' I cre­ated  for the Asda Nature Watch magazine. I didn't real­ise that our Spring­watch friend Chris Pack­ham was present­ing nature pro­grammes back in the day. I will, how­ever, always remem­ber the … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

I Bring Great News, My Fine Feathered Friends

Posted on 26/11/2014 by Miko

My young­est daugh­ter Zoe, with a little help from Alex, has giv­en us and the rest of the world to share, one of these: Click on Hugo to enlarge Allow me to intro­duce Hugo, born on the 1st of Novem­ber 2014 … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Can't Draw? Can Draw!

Posted on 14/10/2014 by Miko

This post is addressed to Moms and Pops, Grans and Gramps etc etc or any­one who knows of a young eager artist who wants to learn more. Or per­haps a young eager artist with little con­fid­ence in their cre­at­ive achieve­ments. Well looky … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Award winning Dulwich Books

Posted on 14/05/2014 by Miko

It seems that my favour­ite book­shop, Dul­wich Books, is not only my favour­ite Inde­pend­ent Book­shop, it is also the favour­ite in the whole of the Great Bri­tain and Ire­land. Own­er Sheila O'Reilly and the team, went to the The Book­seller Industry … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Brilliant! Another year another Dulwich Open Studio! Welcome.

Posted on 08/05/2014 by Miko

Bril­liant!! Anoth­er year, anoth­er Open Stu­dio. If you are a neigh­bour, pop on round, just say Hi, you don't have to buy! But we don't mind if you do. If  you travel from dis­tant parts, pop on round, say 'Hi!' We … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Dulwich Books has done it again!!

Posted on 20/02/2014 by Miko

Gosh they are good!! I was cre­at­ing my socks off on yet anoth­er image of geni­us for anoth­er lucky cli­ent, when.….KERPLONK and P'CHING! My com­puter was alert­ing me to the arrival of an email. You would think that noise would get … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Dulwich Festival 2013: Miko's Open Studio and Cartoon Workshop

Posted on 31/05/2013 by Miko

We have just had a couple of exhaust­ing, but thor­oughly enjoy­able week­ends. As part of the pres­ti­gi­ous Dul­wich Fest­iv­al 20th Anniversary, I was asked to run a few car­toon work­shops, to which I agreed. While I was at it, would … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Anyone recognise this Red Nose Day Nose?

Posted on 08/02/2013 by Miko

Well, if you do.…… .……you are far too old to be read­ing Miko's hip, cool and groovy Mikob­logo! It is com­ing up for the great Red Nose Day. Don't for­get, it's March 15th, do some­thing silly and make silly money for … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

The Society of Authors 'Futures of Publishing' Event

Posted on 08/12/2012 by Miko

I have been a long time mem­ber of  the bril­liant, Soci­ety of Authors. For a start it's great to get out of our stu­di­os and writ­ing desks and get togeth­er with oth­er authors and illus­trat­ors, once we've remembered how to … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Mikoblogo is now our new Artworks Licensing Blog

Posted on 19/04/2011 by Miko

Hi all. Well after too many moons spent naff­ing around with a new blog, we have decided to use our cur­rent Mikob­logo as our new Art­works Licens­ing Blog.  Why com­plic­ate life? So, we'll be cre­at­ing gal­ler­ies full of images and ideas avail­able for … Con­tin­ue read­ing →