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I don't really know what I'm doing with this one, but plan on finishing off with coloured pencil touch ups ✍ Always fun in experimenting and finding new ways to make marks. #wreath #christmas #greetingcard #illustration #watercolour #drawing #xmas #festive #redgreen #traditional #finelines #wip #notsureyet #saturday #getintoit #circle #ideas
Somethin' a little bit festive 🎅🎄 #probschristmas #berries #ribbon #watercolour #pencil #wip #newstyle #red #christmas #xmas (at Malvern, Victoria, Australia)
This is so damn cute! 👨👩👧👧 #commission #wip #freelanceillustrator #polychromos #colouredpencil #progress #illustrator #drawing #gift #smallbusiness #daddy #father #holdinghands #baby #beach #jettywalks #saturday #family
Close up of some watercolour citrus #differentstyle #lemons #illustration #paint #watercolour #friday #beenabitslack #nearlytheweekend
I've been so caught up in life and work it was hard to gind time to post. So I thought I'd do a quick one of the cards I designed in house at my work #hendersongreetings It's been busy busy the last few weeks and I've been doing a lot more illustrative work at my fulltime job, itching to get back to my own stuff but I will in time. Also, thought I'd move house just because I decided I wasn't busy enough! #rolleyes #illustration #greetingcards #design #busy #draw #notenoughtimeintheday (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Kid Lit Vic 2017 + hope
Wow, what a day this was.
It was a few weeks ago now, but I remember one thing vividly: being exhausted by the end. Definitely not a bad thing. Such a busy day meeting like minded people, going from talk to talk and finding inspiration in other humans. It was daunting and scary and confronting. It takes guts, stamina, a friendly personality and a tiny bit of luck to make it in this industry, along with many other qualities. It isn’t as simple as one would think, and this day made me realise this.
I discovered I should maybe try pursuing YA novel covers, and work my style up to be something tangible for the publishers to work with.
One thing I learnt is persistence is key. Keep trying, keep drawing, you’ve GOT to be in it to win it. It won’t happen overnight, but keep on their radar, shout it from the rooftops, and someone is bound to listen eventually.
Next thing I’ll do is collect postcards and mail them out to most of the publishers that attended this event. I needed to have done this sooner, but it’s never too late to start now.
It’s tough, having your passion critiqued. That’s your blood, sweat and tears on that page. But they aren’t as scary as one first thought.
Close up of sultry minx 👄 a practice of faces as they're a tricky one to master. A few posts back I was working on this one and I was ready to move on to another part of it when I thought her face looked under done. Layer upon layerdrawmoremorelayersomuchdrawing #neverendsreally #fabercastelpolychromos #lipsfordays #faces #illustration #nose #freelanceillustrator #drawtime #colour #unfinished #wip (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Children's book illustration = workworkwork
Kid Lit Vic 2017 seminar in Melbourne on the 20th of May, this Saturday!! I think I’m just so new in the industry, I keep expecting to be brilliant at Children’s books first go, but in reality, the illustrators I now look up to have gone through some hard slog themselves to get where they are today, and they may not have known where their style was going either.
I managed to pretty much finish my portfolio a week early which I’m pretty happy with in the end. (Trying not to beat myself up). I ended on a few realistic works, and watercolour, but I mainly would love to do a book in the style that I did the girls in, darker and more rendered. I think I still need to figure out where my cutesy stuff should lead, and this seminar I’m attending should give me a lot of pointers, if not meet a few people whom I can learn a lot from.
But learning a lot about my abilities and where I’m currently at just by practising. A LOT of exciting things to come as well, so looking ahead.
Chat again soon x
Sunday sketch time 🕙✍ #characterdesign #freckles #draw #illustration #drawing #wink #sketch #wip #referenceincluded #hubbahubba #freelanceillustrator (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Still in Bali. Super hard being on holiday, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone 🙈 #justkidding #imjealousofme #hot #illustration #sketch #wip #bali #resortlyf #whereallmymoneyat #drawing (at Legian)
Been a bit quiet lately, as I'm currently lounging around in B A L I 🏝 just having a ridiculously good time with @ojhunt Working on this piece of a callous old woman called Noyman, who sells sarongs down at the beach and has the most amazing wrinkles in her face and hands. #sketch #bali #indonesia #illustration #draw #colouredpencil #relax #eatdrinkrepeat #art #pool #holiday #stillworking #barter (at Legian)
Trying out a new pencil on a wild Tuesday night. One of those retractable ones that cost me 8 cold hard aussie dollars. I gotta say, it's pretty smooth. As smooth as the lads on #suits 🕶 #pencil #lead #illustration #draw #selfportrait #pentel #wine #winetime #pout #pentel #wip #sketch #shading
Fashion awards: 🔹Flamingo 🏅 🔸Aleesha 🃏 Next up I will attempt a background 🏝 which has been my nemesis for a while now. (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
Little snip of the flamingo I've been developing 🌸 #illustration #drawing #kidlitartist #childrenbookillustration #characterdevelopment #lipstick #flamingo #mascara #kids #children #portfolio
Take two of a little drawing of Mocha - character development 🐶 #illustration #drawing #characterdesign #childrenbookillustration #characterdevelopment #kidsbook #kidlitart #kidlitvic2017 #dogs #aussieterrior #pup @bartonsteph
Quick sketch of my next character attempt. Trying a new quicker style, this one took my about 15 mins. I really love the loose styles of some children's book illustrators, but finding it tricky to grasp, it just ends up as a concept as I feel it's not 'finished.' 🐶 @bartonsteph #aussieterrior #puppy #dog #sketch #illustration #characterdesign #kidsbook #kidlitartist #childrensliterature #colouredpencil
Ouch! 😣 #brushinghair #kidsbook #childrenbookillustration #illustration #mum #messyhair #characterdevelopment #kidlit #draw #colouredpencil #childrenart