Peter Cross
Encyclopedia
Peter Cross is a British
illustrator
.
He first worked as a technical illustrator for Hawker Siddeley.
His style features lifelike drawing
s of British wildlife
, in cartoon
-like situations. Ostensibly produced for children, they include sufficient visual pun
s to be of interest to adults.
He has also illustrated album sleeve
s, not least for guitar
ist Anthony Phillips
, and over 200 designs in the popular Harbottle Hamster range of greetings cards for Gordon Fraser
.
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United Kingdom
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illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
.
He first worked as a technical illustrator for Hawker Siddeley.
His style features lifelike drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
s of British wildlife
Wildlife
Wildlife includes all non-domesticated plants, animals and other organisms. Domesticating wild plant and animal species for human benefit has occurred many times all over the planet, and has a major impact on the environment, both positive and negative....
, in cartoon
Cartoon
A cartoon is a form of two-dimensional illustrated visual art. While the specific definition has changed over time, modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or humor, or to the artistic style of such works...
-like situations. Ostensibly produced for children, they include sufficient visual pun
Visual pun
A visual pun is a pun involving an image or images .Visual puns in which the image is at odds with the inscription are common in Dutch gable stones as well as in cartoons such as Lost Consonants or The Far Side...
s to be of interest to adults.
He has also illustrated album sleeve
Album cover
An album cover is the front of the packaging of a commercially released audio recording product, or album. The term can refer to either the printed cardboard covers typically used to package sets of 10" and 12" 78 rpm records, single and sets of 12" LPs, sets of 45 rpm records , or the front-facing...
s, not least for guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
ist Anthony Phillips
Anthony Phillips
Anthony Edwin "Ant" Phillips is an English multi instrumentalist, best known as a founding member of the band Genesis. He played guitar and sang backing vocals until leaving in 1970, following the recording of their second album, Trespass...
, and over 200 designs in the popular Harbottle Hamster range of greetings cards for Gordon Fraser
Gordon Fraser
Gordon Fraser was a British publisher and literary editor. He was educated at Cambridge. A student of F.R. Leavis, he founded, while still an undergraduate, The Minority Press which published chiefly essays of Leavis and works of other Cambridge students from 1930 to 1933...
.
Dinosaur Days series
(1985 unless shown, story by David LloydDavid Lloyd (comic artist)
David Lloyd is a British comics artist best known as the illustrator of the story V for Vendetta, written by Alan Moore.-Career:...
)
- Early Morning , ISBN 0394873793
- Breakfast , ISBN 0394873785
- The Terrible Thing, ISBN 0394873815
- Silly Games, ISBN 0394873807
- Little So-And-So and the Dinosaurs (1993; compilation of the whole series), ISBN 0744520290
Dudley Dormouse series
(1986 unless shown, Walker Books, text Judy Taylor)- Dudley Goes Flying, ISBN 0744504589
- Dudley and the Monster, ISBN 0399213295
- Dudley and the Strawberry Shake, ISBN 0399213309
- Dudley in a Jam, ISBN 0399213317
- Dudley Bakes A Cake (1988), ISBN 039921450X
- The Adventures of Dudley Dormouse (1990; compilation of the whole series), ISBN 0744517273
Contributions
- Henry Williamson; A Clear Water Stream (1976; cover and line illustrations by Cross)ISBN 0356082024
- The New Happy Families (Methuen, 1992; book and card game (made by Waddingtons Games); Cross illustrated the Camp family)
Anthony Phillips album artwork
- The Geese & The GhostThe Geese and the GhostThe Geese and the Ghost is the debut solo album from former Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips Featuring Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins. It was released in 1977 on Passport Records in the US and Hit & Run Music in the UK.-Production:...
(1977) - Wise After the EventWise After the EventWise After the Event is the second solo album from former Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips. It was released in 1978 by Passport Records. It marks the only time Phillips sang lead vocals on an entire album....
(1978) - SidesSides (album)Sides is officially the third solo album from former Genesis guitarist Anthony Phillips. It was released in 1979 by Passport Records. For a limited period it was sold bundled with a complimentary copy of his Private Parts and Pieces album.This album was produced by Rupert Hine and intended for a...
(1979) - Private Parts & PiecesPrivate Parts and PiecesPrivate Parts and Pieces is officially the fourth solo album from guitarist Anthony Phillips. Unlike his previous releases, this one was assembled as a collection of instrumental music, rather than as an explicit attempt at a commercial album. It was first released in the U.S. in November 1978...
(1979) - Private Parts & Pieces II: Back to the PavilionPrivate Parts and Pieces II: Back to the PavilionPrivate Parts and Pieces II: Back to the Pavilion is the second "generic" album by Anthony Phillips. The album is composed of previously recorded pieces that had been parts of or intended for other projects. The album was released at a time when Phillips was between his Arista Records and RCA...
(1980) - Private Parts & Pieces III: Antiques (1982)
- Private Parts & Pieces V: Twelve (1985)
- Harvest of the Heart (1985)
- Private Parts & Pieces VI: Ivory MoonPrivate Parts and Pieces VI: Ivory MoonPrivate Parts and Pieces VI: Ivory Moon is an album by Anthony Phillips, released by Passport Records in 1986. The album collects several of his pieces written for solo piano from 1971-1985...
(1986) - Private Parts & Pieces VIII: New England (1992)
- Anthology (1995)
- Radio Clyde (2003)
- Archive Collection Volume Two (2004)