Cole Henley

Help! I've been asked by a school what my rate is for a one hour assembly talk... But I haven't charged before. Is there an industry standard I can go by?

I've donated two signed (by me) and sketched of my 2022 graphic novel collaboration with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social to raise vital funds for those affected by conflict in Sudan. Please consider bidding to help those most in need 🙏

#Creatives4Sudan

app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

I've donated two signed (by me) and sketched of my 2022 graphic novel collaboration with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social to raise vital funds for those affected by conflict in Sudan. Please consider bidding to help those most in need 🙏

#Creatives4Sudan

app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

A poster. The poster reads: 'Announcing "Creatives 4 Sudan". Auction now live! Raising life-saving funds for people escaping genocide in El-Fasher. Bid Today! galabid.com/creatives4sudan.'

Wow! So many amazing creative treats are available to bid for as part of the 'Creatives 4 Sudan' auction. And the money raised will be used to help people escaping the terrible situation in El-Fasher. See app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.

"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:

Open for commissions

So it's that time of year when you might be thinking about a unique gift for your loved ones. Well what could be more unique than a hand-sketched or painted picture of your pets, family, best friends and/or worst enemies?

Open for festive commissions with following prices:

Three (speedy) sketches from @earthsworld Instagram account

Daily sketches from @earthsworld

18.11.25

#illustration #portrait #portraiture #sketch #candid #sketchdaily #illustrator

💯 - the older I get the more I realise I’m somebody that likes certain tools for certain jobs. Ubiquity be damned I want dedicated peripheral ports!!!

Photo of the book Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Egypt surrounded by a festive Christmas wreath and satuettes of the baboon god Thoth and a cat.

A reminder that "Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Egypt" makes a great gift for the little history buffs in your life.

Over 200 pages of fun, educational comics, narrated by cartoon animals. Ask for it at your local bookshop and be the cool aunt/uncle etc. this Christmas! 🎁

When it's so cold outside that your dog decides to do its business indoors

Latest stats from Michael Rosen Day

Final registrations 10,984

Reg'd Pupils 382,785

Attnd'd Pupils 217,317

Many schools who registered, but didn’t attend on the day will be catching up on the recording which will be available soon

Thanks to @WalkerBooksUK

and @ReadforGoodUK

Five years after starting it, my new book "Travels through the Spanish Civil War" is published today by @hurstpublishers.bsky.social (5 Dec in the US). Available in bookshops and whereever you get your books online. hurstpublishers.com/book/travels...
Announcing Zoom presentation soon
Many thanks!

Inked or pencil sketches from £40 (A4)
Painted portraits from £200 (24x30cm)
Digital sketches also available from £20

Shout if you want some examples and please do share! 🙏

Open for commissions

So it's that time of year when you might be thinking about a unique gift for your loved ones. Well what could be more unique than a hand-sketched or painted picture of your pets, family, best friends and/or worst enemies?

Open for festive commissions with following prices:

Three sketched portraits from @earthsworld Instagram account

Daily sketches from @earthsworld

17.11.25

#illustration #portrait #portraiture #sketch #candid #sketchdaily #illustrator

Gorgeous work

Nervous

cic o’r smotyn… #cymmkd ⚽️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🙏

I keep thinking about the Raymond Williams line: "To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair convincing".

Hope is not easy. Despair seems obvious. But every howl of despair manifests as further malignance. Compliance with fascism is despair metastasising.

Last day to get yours!

Woot! Lovely to see Psycho Fox get a mention ❤️❤️❤️

Three sketched portrait from @earthsworld Instagram account

Daily sketches from
@earthsworld

14.11.25

#illustration #portrait #portraiture #sketch #candid #sketchdaily #illustrator

DAY 12 – ADVENT SALE ✨⚱️
Today’s item is a Roman diamond-cut jar. The Romans knew how to make everyday life beautiful, and modern research shows that viewing handcrafted art can lower stress and support wellbeing. A perfect mix of beauty and history.
Shop 👇
potted-history.co.uk/products/rom...

Three sketches

Daily sketches from
@earthsworld

13.11.25

#illustration #portrait #portraiture #sketch #candid #sketchdaily #illustrator

Terrific thread 👇

Three sketches

Daily sketches from
@earthsworld

12.11.25

#illustration #portrait #portraiture #sketch #candid #sketchdaily #illustrator

I love how it captures a time that is so of the past but also the future - the idea of “plugging in to cyberspace” where our ideas of what might be were so routed in what was physically possible at the time. Plus guns!

We trash their memory and the memory of millions of fascist victims by cowtailing to the delicate sensibilities of populist thugs.

✊

Spain

After fighting fascists in Spain he spent two years in French “transit” camps. Many of his friends and fellow anti-fascists did not survive.

It bears repeating but at what point of our timeline was being antifascist a bad thing??

My great-grandfather was an anti-fascist. He was lucky to escape Berlin with his family & his life.

Planning a heist to break into the Louvre just to hang up this Shadowrun piece by Larry Elmore. Truly one of mankind’s single greatest artistic achievements.