The Art of Being a Nomad

Drawing (quite literally) on life as I travel the globe, one place at a time

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End of the bank holiday... Brighton. #nofilter #brighton #westpier #seetheworld #travel #travelgram #ig_travelers #instatraveling #silhouette #sunset #sunsetsofinstagram

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‘Follow the yellow brick road,’ we used to sing, as we skipped through this concrete landscape, Barbican-bound. These were the (slightly altered) instructions given by our dad to help us find our way from the station to the Barbican Centre, where he worked at the time. The yellow brick road in question, was a painted yellow line that weaves its way through the Brutalist and futuristic/ visionary architecture of the Barbican Estate. Trips to London were always magical, but these adventures in this surreal landscape - which was unlike anything we saw regularly in our seaside home town of Brighton - were always a little like being swept up by a tornado and dumped unceremoniously in a faraway land, on a mission to find (in our case, unlike Dorothy’s) fun. Even now, when I visit, I think of this mantra on these funny little day trips that have been scored into my memory... Although I don’t slide down the brass banisters inside the Barbican Centre any more, visits here are still always an adventure. 

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Back to business. Escape for the weekend... . . . . . #brighton #bythesea #goandvisit #stayandwander #archictecture #architecturaldetails #architecturalillustration #illustration #illo #dragonscales #motif #drawing #digitaldrawing #wip #photoshopcc #inkdrawing #illustrationage #travel #travelillustration #illustratedtravels #travelsisters

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Question is, where to next? #future #horizons #travelsisters #travelillustration #sketch #mixedmedia #sketchoftheday #illo #texture #illustratorsofinstagram @fabuloustravelguide

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I claimed I could animate my last illustration. I’m used to stop-motion animating, but even so, this first attempt seems incredibly juddery... I think it adds to the train vibes. Ahem. Think I may move programmes and give AfterEffects a shot. 

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Travel companions... well, ish. #travel #travelswithmysketchbook #sketchbook #inktober #scribbles #inkdrawing #illustration #illustrator #traintravel

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Once you crack the ink out, kinda addictive #sketching #sketchbook #illustration #illustratedtravels #londonbridge #seenonthestreet #drawing #inktober #inktober2go #inktober2015 #traveladdict #travelista #homewards

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Following on from yesterday's post: be brave, be BOLD, do things dilfferently... and someone may even tell you they like your crazy shorts (both clothing and films!) #artist #gallery #creatives #designer #different #bebold #bestshortsever #differentbydesign

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My travel sis @aliadey gave me this four years ago. She knew. I know. My great uncle who used to call me a 'bold girl' knew. It's true. Sometimes we need a reminder #bebold #dare #jfdi #boldgirl #go

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Train naps. #sleeping #sketchbook #sketch #artist_sharing #illustration #illustratedtravels #illustrator #urbansketching #urbansketchers #instadraw

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Story hour (aka daily commute) #sketchbook #urbansketching #urbansketchers #traintravel #travel #journey #illustration Tribute to @hotdudesreading!

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And before that, I may have been drawing people on the train... got caught out by a Suit, who watched me surreptitiously trying to draw a couple of other commuters #stagefright #sketchoftheday #sketchbook #illustratedtravels #drawingonthego #illustration #inkdrawing

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Doodles. #thejourney #notthedestination #light #shadow #biro #sketching #metaphors #id #ego #superego

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'I'm gonna count to three...' #bricklane #eastlondon #sketchbook #illustration #ink #eatsleepdrawrepeat

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On #bricklane...let me count the ways to draw it. #illustration #artist_sharing #sketchbook #eatsleepdraw #urbansketching #inkyfingers #ink #illustratedtravels

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Sitting on Liverpool Street, sketching, a lot of people stopped to chat. #London feels friendly today. #illustration #illustratedtravels #sketchbook #artist_sharing #eatsleepdraw #ink #inkyfingers #drawing #urbansketching

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#peoplewatching #urbansketching #urbansketchers #illustration #eastlondon #spitalfieldslife #gentrificationatwork #cleanupinprogress #hmmmm