British artist who studied graphic design at Brighton Polytechnic, then earned a doctorate from Birmingham City University, where he specialized in "reconstructing history," something clearly reflected in his creativity across dozens of books. He became famous as the "Master of the Cross-Section," which characterizes many of his illustrations for children’s science books such as "Rome," "Egypt," and "Greece," published in Arabic by Dar El Shorouk. He did not use computers at all in his artwork, drawing only with paper and pencil, then ink and watercolor.