ELT (English Language Teaching) illustrations

Various publishers, 2001-2017

I’ve created artworks for over 165 books!  Phew. And by the time you read this, I’ll probably have worked on a few more than that.

ELT and textbook drawings are often quite good fun as they’re just little snippets of a scene or a moment in time that really lend themselves to a humorous interpretation. That said, I’m sure I’ve drawn more than my lifetime quota of people washing the dishes or taking laundry out of the washing machine. However, I do get to learn lots of new and interesting things which I probably should have paid closer attention to whilst at school.

Here’s a selection of recent ELT artworks for various publishers around the world.

Rollercoaster madness!

Whack ‘im! Throw ‘im! Wallop ‘im! Etc.

The creative process can’t be interrupted – even when on the phone.

Witches.

Rollercoaster action!

Taking the plunge (with a little help from a ‘friend’).

Broken but smiling.

The expression I don when someone suggests camping in the UK.

Riding the innovation highway.

Make learning a mountain to climb. The best mountain at that.

How to generate ideas? Plant lightbulbs of course.

A giant microscope with scientists peering down it.

Model of atomic structure being built.

Desert scorpion.

Fly in amber.

Fish and chips.

Broken mirror.