Inktober

I'm managing to keep up with two versions of Inktober, but only just. Days go by and I miss doing the sketching and then do a whole load at once. So, as with many things, I'm hopelessly inconsistent. The sketches I'm accumilating though are leading to all sorts of ideas for patterns and collections, cards and prints. There's so much to do! It's a good space to be in. The Christmas holidays are coming up and instead of dwelling on everything that needs to organised, I've decided to be optimistic about getting some design work done during that time.

Just keep swimming

Ive been looking back on all the illustration work I've done over the past ten years. It's really helpful when I'm feeling like I'm not getting anywhere. There's an awful lot of work there and some of the 'passion projects' I've done along the way have been the best to keep me focussed. I wasn't sure if Inktober could give me a similar sense of satisfaction. Afterall it's just sketching everyday. But the body of work that's coming together is interesting and a lot of it will be really useful.

New collection started

This is just a start to a new collection incorporating ideas from our trip to Africa. I'm working on some guineafowl patterns at the moment as well. Completing the Spoonflower tea-towel competition was a good incentive.