Hey there!

I'm Darren, a human who likes to draw, write, animate, design, come up with creative ideas for brands and just generally make things.

I've been passionate about storytelling and drawing forever. I followed my passion for art and writing through school and into university, eventually studying animation and illustration in London, with the grand plans of making my own feature films like Nick Park. One day at uni, a random discovery of Tim Burton’s Oyster Boy book inspired me to start creating my own. From then on I realise that writing and illustrating my own books was the way to go.

Almost 20 years down the line and, so far, I've managed to self-publish three rhyming picture books, completed a few animation projects for bands, painted a couple of murals for brands, printed and sold a bunch of illustrations and co-founded a small, but beautifully formed, creative agency.

My books and art have found their way into independent bookshops, a couple of places online AND in one very lovely school library.

I'm constantly on a journey to take my creative work to the next level, developing my ideas and craft and more specifically finding a lovely agent who will help me develop my books and share my stories with the big wide world.

BIG THANKS FOR READING!