A group of Scots sit on a London Underground train. Illustration.

Charity illustration

Wraparound charity illustration for London-based ScotsCare. An evolving brief to illustrate the cover of their Annual Review publication led to a representation of a group of Scots using the London Underground. There are various symbols in the image which suggest Scottish identity, such as a scots terrier, a book by Irvine Welsh and a character …

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Santa and Rudolf selfie. Christmas card by Roger Mason

Christmas cartoons

It’s the time of year when I’m often asked to create business Christmas cartoons. Sometimes they are sent digitally only, and sometimes I hire a printer who posts cards and envelopes out to clients. Cards can be tailored to whatever the business’s needs are or I can be left to come up with something funny. …

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Page from The Mice book 3, an alien is attacked by the humans. Black and white indie comic art by Roger Mason

New page from The Mice comic

I’ve been going through the bitmap scans and filling in the blacks, meaning that pages drawn over a year ago are finally seen how they are intended to look. A page from The Mice book three, still in production, showing the humans attempting to hijack a giant alien forklift truck. An alien is about to …

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Cartoon drawing as a teaching aid by Roger Mason

Illustration as a teaching aid

My brother George, who is a paramedic in Sheffield, commissioned me to draw a cartoon about some of the stressful encounters met by the ambulance service. It was specifically intended to show how noisy and chaotic some scenes can be, and in all this, the medic is trying to think clearly and responsibly. I am …

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