portrayal of creativity

I'm Lauren Amy and recently graduated with a BA in Illustration. Everything posted here is my own work, and in my spare time I enjoy reading and playing video games. • View my shop. View my portfolio. contact me: [email protected] • Please note: click on an image to view its proper quality, tumblr has a habit of scaling them to fit into the theme / your dashboard.

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Remember when I said I was done with book shelves and book stacks, guess I was wrong. Coloured versions will be around on a different day.

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Illustrations celebrating independent book shops in Sheffield

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An illustration to accompany an article on Choosing Happiness, join the little adventurer and choose to be happy too.

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Illustrating flowers and leaves is something I enjoy, this particular pattern was inspired by November.

If you’d like to purchase this pattern on an item please view my shop.

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These will be my last bookshelves for a while, enjoy Now if only I could find the time to read

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These little books were just too cute to revist.

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A bookshelf in Rhyme and Reason, with and without lines

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A stack of books on the floor in the Porter Book Shop, I tried out a new brush here and aimed to keep it a little on the messy side for a change.

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I decided to try my hand at some digital painting for a change. This piece was based on a quote from the Presumption stage show by Third Angel.

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Porter Book Shop and its progression.  I’m really digging the no lines version so I added that in as a little extra

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Bookshelf in the Rhyme and Reason bookshop

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Rhyme and Reason bookshop. Another illustration for my independent bookshop project.

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The Last Chapter bookshop. Another illustration for my independent bookshop project.

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Small book stack inside the Porter Book Shop.  Another illustration for my independent bookshop project. [click image for better resolution]

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The Porter Book Shop window. Another illustration for my independent bookshop project.

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I should tag this as w.i.p as I think I’ll return to it and add the books in the windows as I feel its a little empty and lacking the life of the store.

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One of many independent bookshops I'm currently illustrating for a project to encourage other to keep using their local ones.