@AndyCMarshall

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The Forest Harp – My Visual Dream Journal – Day 194

Every time I sell a piece of artwork it reminds me that the most interesting part is rarely the sale itself. The interesting part is that something which began as a private thought, a half remembered dream or a strange idea inside my own head somehow finds its way into the life of somebody I will probably never meet. That connection still feels remarkable to me no matter how many times it happens.

http://andycmarshall.com/2026/06/28/the-forest-harp-my-visual-dream-journal-day-194/

The Forest Harp – My Visual Dream Journal – Day 194

Every time I sell a piece of artwork it reminds me that the most interesting part is rarely the sale itself. The interesting part is that something which began as a private thought, a half remember…

Kids Book Illustrator Andy C Marshall

Crazy in the Coconut

My Visual Dream Journal - Day 4 Life seems to be made almost entirely of contradictions. How can I love handmade art and artificial intelligence at the same time? How can I create art that celebrates nature while using technology that consumes enormous amounts of energy and resources? How can I love animals and still eat them? I was vegetarian for seven years because I could not reconcile myself with the industrial farming system.

http://andycmarshall.com/2026/06/26/crazy-in-the-coconut/

Crazy in the Coconut

My Visual Dream Journal – Day 4 Life seems to be made almost entirely of contradictions. How can I love handmade art and artificial intelligence at the same time? How can I create art that ce…

Kids Book Illustrator Andy C Marshall

Snakes Alive – My Visual Dream Journal – Day 2

A collaboration between my private subconscious and the collective unconscious. I use AI as a tourist's camera, capturing fleeting images from my dreamworld before they vanish. Like Polaroids developing in reverse, they dissolve back into the noise of waking life. To collect this limited edition digital artwork please drop me your email and I’ll transfer ownership and send you some art.

http://andycmarshall.com/2026/06/24/snakes-alive-my-visual-dream-journal-day-2/

Snakes Alive – My Visual Dream Journal – Day 2

A collaboration between my private subconscious and the collective unconscious. I use AI as a tourist’s camera, capturing fleeting images from my dreamworld before they vanish. Like Polaroids…

Kids Book Illustrator Andy C Marshall

Fuck You – My Visual Dream Journal – Day 1 (again)

For the last four years I have been poking around in the NFT world like a bloke sticking his hand into hollow logs looking for treasure and mostly finding angry spiders. I started on VoiceHQ. It shut down. Then I moved to Revel. It shut down. Then Rodeo Club. That shut down too. Now I have been on ZeroOne. It has not technically shut down, but after enough crashes, glitches and getting locked out of my account, it…

http://andycmarshall.com/2026/06/21/fuck-you-my-visual-dream-journal-day-1-again/

Fuck You – My Visual Dream Journal – Day 1 (again)

For the last four years I have been poking around in the NFT world like a bloke sticking his hand into hollow logs looking for treasure and mostly finding angry spiders. I started on VoiceHQ. It sh…

Kids Book Illustrator Andy C Marshall
The Season of Possibility: Lessons From the Xantus Hummingbird

The Xantus hummingbird weighs only a few grams, yet somehow spends its life doing things that seem impossible. Its wings beat so fast they blur. Its heart races at a speed that would terrify most c…

Kids Book Illustrator Andy C Marshall

Meet the ragged toothed shark

With rows of long needle like teeth sticking out in every direction, the ragged toothed shark appears permanently grumpy and ready for trouble. Yet despite its fearsome appearance, it is surprisingly calm around humans and is considered one of the less aggressive large sharks in the ocean. One of its most amazing abilities is how it controls its buoyancy. Unlike many sharks that must keep swimming to avoid sinking, the ragged toothed shark…

http://andycmarshall.com/2026/06/10/meet-the-ragged-toothed-shark/

Meet the ragged toothed shark

With rows of long needle like teeth sticking out in every direction, the ragged toothed shark appears permanently grumpy and ready for trouble. Yet despite its fearsome appearance, it is surprising…

Kids Book Illustrator Andy C Marshall

I Share My Favourite Luxury With a Jumping Spider

The jumping spider does not build the classic spider web most of us picture stretched between branches waiting for prey. Instead, it creates a tiny silk retreat. A little sleeping chamber woven from fine white threads and tucked beneath a leaf, inside a curled piece of bark or hidden amongst grass stems. If you stumble across one in the garden it looks almost magical, like a miniature tent made from moonlight.

http://andycmarshall.com/2026/06/10/i-share-my-favourite-luxury-with-a-jumping-spider/

I Share My Favourite Luxury With a Jumping Spider

The jumping spider does not build the classic spider web most of us picture stretched between branches waiting for prey. Instead, it creates a tiny silk retreat. A little sleeping chamber woven fro…

Kids Book Illustrator Andy C Marshall
Live longer. Extend your life. Beat ageing. Outsmart death.

The immortal jellyfish found its way into my Uncommon Animals of the Alphabet project because it sounded less like a real animal and more like something from a 1950s science fiction movie. It is a …

Kids Book Illustrator Andy C Marshall
We are shaped by what surrounds us

I have never been much of a social butterfly. I am one of those artists who starts looking for the nearest exit at large gatherings. Small talk feels like trying to hand feed a crocodile. Possible,…

Kids Book Illustrator Andy C Marshall
Early influences for the Uncommon Animals of the Alphabet

Sometimes you can spend years creating something before realising the seeds were planted decades earlier. Looking back, I think the biggest influence was probably the Mr. Men and Little Miss books.…

Kids Book Illustrator Andy C Marshall