I’m a bit excited about this! A famous person reading a book I illustrated, and getting dressed up for the occasion.
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I need to learn how to Play the Game, and I’m learning that that’s the only way to relate to being an artist and marketing your work. It’s a big game. I am thoroughly enjoying listening to the audio book of Seth Godin’s ‘Leap First‘. It’s about marketing your artwork. I just love the way…
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Mock-up Love
As with any profession, illustration is an endless journey of discovery and learning. Two years ago I discovered pattern design and adored it. Then, not long after that I found out about mock-ups and honestly I probably got a bit over enthusiastic. I just loved it. It gives patterns a context and a reason. Also,…
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Reading to Children
I can honestly say that some of my favourite memories of my children being small are the times when we sat down to read a book together, or two or three. Most nights I had to put a cap on it at three or four in case I fell asleep whilst reading to them. Our…
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Next Phase
A brief update of what I’ve been up to for the past three months. I’m very happy to be getting back to illustrating.
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That Drawing Project I did 100 Years Ago!
It’s hard to believe how quickly the past two months has disappeared. When I last wrote I was finishing up on my #100daysofanimalsinhats project with The 100 Day Project. I really got into the swing of it towards the end and stared getting to grips with using Adobe Illustrator and building my skills. I also…
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Learning new skills
I’ve recently published a Skillshare class on illustrating characters in Photoshop. You can get 2 months free Skillshare access with the referral code in this post.
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Black illustration
A blog post celebrating black illustrators and designers
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More sewing
Face masks with wire! So life is opening up again and it feels weird and worrying so this weekend I hid behind my sewing machine. That’s not strictly true, we did have drinks with a few friends and of course I ferried the kids around but I did spend a large amount of time sewing…
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More and more animals in hats!
Day 40 and counting. 40 days ago I had the ridiculous notion to start The 100 Day Project. As I love creating characters I set myself the challenge to create 100 animals in hats. Why? I don’t really know…it’s fun and we all need more silly nonsense in our lives. I’m contributing to the greater…
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