February 11 - iTunes release

Katie is an ordinary girl but there is one thing that is rather unusual about her. She's a witch and can do magic spells... The new "Katie and the Witch's Swap" audio story app for iPhone and iPad with my illustrations is now available on iTunes!

One scene in Katie's cluttered mystical hallway is partly inspired by my friend Isabel's house. She's all grown-up and married now, but I'll always remember the homeliness of a house that was very much "lived in"!

Another of my favorite places to draw was Katie's bedroom. This is her little haven and you can tell she's a bit of a hippy, but also a bookworm. The band "Incidental Myth" was a real band that my friends James and Toby were in a long time ago, I thought their sound was the sort of music that Katie would be into.

To check out Katie's magical kitchen you can buy the app here! (sorry, shameless). Here are some screenshots from iPhone and iPad.......

To give you a bit of a behind the scenes look, I've also taken a screenshot from my computer of the illustrations when they were in progress. I drew and redrew them all in pencil, then inked them up and scanned them in before playing with all the colours together for unity. I used warm earthy tones for Katie's house, and later gave Isis' house an icier palette to show the different atmospheres.

In the mean time more of Katie's adventures with original illustrations are already available on audio podcast on storynory.com (thanks to the writer extraordinaire, Hugh Fraser):

What on earth is Katie's sneaky teacher Miss Vile up to?

Find out in the free audio story Katie and the Invisible Umbrella

Katie turns detective when strange things start happening at school in The Witch who Lost her Spells

"In fact, if there was any boy in the class who was ok, it was Paul. He was so nice that he was almost like a girl, only he was a boy." The Wizard who stole Katie's Spells

Sometimes you really should be careful what you wish for: Katie and the Cat who Talked

It's all very strange indeed: Katie and the Nose who Ran Away

July 10 - Katie the Ordinary Witch

10 handdrawn illustrations commissioned by

Storynory Audio Stories for Kids

All stories copyright Hugh Fraser. For more see storynory.com

October 09 - Mr Majik's Toy Shop

1 of 3 children's illustrations commissioned by Porcupine Prints, watercolour and pencil

October 09 - Olivia Rose Millinery & Haberdashery

2 of 3 children's illustrations commissioned by Porcupine Prints, watercolour and pencil

October 09 - The Sweetheart Bakery

1 of 3 children's illustrations commissioned by Porcupine Prints, watercolour and pencil

September 09 - Family Tree

commissioned by Charlotte Ohri

July 09 - In the garden of Carlo Scarpa, (pencil illustration on Medioevalis Fabriano paper dipped in blue ink)

The courtyard garden of the Fondazione Querini Stampalia museum in Venice was designed by architect Carlo Scarpa in the early 60s, and like his other work is sensitive to materials and the changes of time. Aside from its usual connotations of romance and mystery the significance of the city of Venice here is its seasonal flooding - indeed part of Scarpa's design deliberately allowed water to periodically come into the lobby space of the main building.

The landscape of the garden forms the backdrop to a quiet scene where a boy is sleeping, his head just under the dipped blue ink line of consciousness, unaware of the girl's awareness of her own emotions. The stone lion watches the scene quietly.

May 09 - "Foundations" exhibition: Celia at William Anchor Associates,

Handbound storybook, diorama boxset, digital surface design and 3D office installation
Best in Show Award!

Take fate into your own hands with this Choose Your Own Adventure book. Follow the instructions step into Celia’s shoes and navigate through her world of digital reality and fantasy.

See a couple of the illustrations from the book below:

May 09 - Singing in the Rain, Pencil illustration with collage

May 09 - Cowboys and Indians, Pencil illustration with collage

May 09 - Office Daydream wallpaper

April 09 - Mad Hatter's Tea Party boxwork, made for Agent Provocateur

Alice finds herself literally falling into a reverie of sensual fantasy. Behind the laden table stand the Mad Hatter and March Hare, the glittering clock bearing the perpetual state of "tea o’clock".

"King Jeff" March 08, illuminated title credits for medieval film

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