Del Thorpe

Del has been drawing ever since the time he ruined his mum's best tablecloth with crayons.

Most of his formative work can be found in the margins of his old school exercise books. His maths teacher described these misunderstood pieces as "wasting time".

‘Wasting time’ led him to study illustration at University and a career telling stories with pictures. His drawings burst with humour and adventure, his playful characters are often more surprised than anybody else by the unusual situations in which they find themselves.

Del has illustrated for books and magazines, designed music album covers and provided character designs for various animation projects.

He won a Blue Peter Book Award alongside author Tony Robinson for their work on Weird World of Wonders: World War II. Their book Weird World of Wonders: Inventions was a World Book Day book.

Illustration of six cartoon kids running down a beach to the sea.
Illustration of Dracula and Frankenstein character playing Connect 4.
Illustration of Daredevil Grandpa on a motorbike.
Illustration of Hansel and Gretel running away from the 'candy' house.
Illustration of six warriors 'We hate Romans!'
Illustration of ten historical characters.
Illustration of three kids and an ice cream van.
Illustration of a mouse on a bike and a mouse on a rocket.
Illustration of a space dog looking at the earth from the moon.
Illustration of pirate characters on the 'plank' trying to 'Catch that Parrot'
Four illustrations , chemist, girl/basketball. machine and Xray scene.
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Cover illustration of Tony Robinson's book 'Weird World of Wonders - 10 Years'.
Illustration of kids swinging from a tree with treehouse.
Cover of Tony Robinson's book 'Weird World of Numbers - World War 2'
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