Rachael Smart Illustration

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Gecko!

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The mystical burning goat - just for a little fun! (Original pen can be found here)

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An image I made for a competition but it never made it through! (A cover for Jimi Hendrix’s castles made of sand.)

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Mr. Skull - messing around as usual.

If anyone is interested in seeing some wip’s of this I have some on my instagram page!

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An oldie (now) I never did squat with!

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Arapaima Gigas! I first saw one in Artis Aquarium, huge copper like fish. I’ve been meaning to draw one for a while.

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I realised this morning I never posted this image I did a while ago! This was just another exercise in typography I never fully completed - so I’ve decided to just post it as it is (as why not!)

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Splish-splash! I’ve been enjoying blue planet lately so here is a little squid.

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Archaeopteryx or Urvogel (meaning “first bird”) - my contribution to the upcoming Bat Butt group show at No Contemporary Art Gallery, Johannesburg Nov 1st. Prints will be on sale during the exhibition (of all works from contributors) - anyone in the area please do check it out!

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My contribution to Bat Butt issue 5! Back on sale the 18th September from BatButt.com

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So after buying Bat Butt I’ve now ended up in the next issue! Very weird how these things turn out.

Bat Butt is a Lo-Fi zine with 29 other artists contributing to this issue (the real cool cats here, all listed in linky) and all the money from sales goes into making the next.

Pre-orders sold out but it’s back on sale from the 18th of September from Batbutt.com!

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I realised I hadn’t posted in a while so I thought I’d just show a wip I’ve been working on on and off - again a lot bigger than I normally do so it’s taking me way longer than it should (also hoping this will look better once I get some colour on it.) Apologises for the inactivity! In the process of moving house and slightly side tracked with other guitar and neon sign related making projects.

I’m a bit more active on my instagram these days if anyone is interested!

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Finished this piece a good month or so ago but sometimes it takes me a while to post stuff - it’s like I have to warm to it and let it sit for a bit.

“Dearg-Due” whiskey - meaning “red-blood sucker” in gaelic. This was just some typography practice, as it’s something I’ve always struggled with! I hope to do more typography in the future to keep improving. Any typography tips please do send them my way.

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I ordered a great zine (Bat Butt! Full of loads of great artists!) not too long ago, and the envelope print by Paul Rentler inspired me to create this in the same style. Might have to frame that envelope..

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Working 2x bigger than normal which weirdly.. is taking 2x longer.

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I wish I had something cool and new to upload but I’ve been struggling to find time to draw recently! So here is a quick image I did a few weeks ago for fun, little opossum king inspired by “Queen of Spring” by a great artist Cloe Ashton - a fellow RLM fan! I believe she has opened a Redbubble shop recently so please do check out her stuff! (Linky belowy) -

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Do you sale your art. Like for phones, coffee mugs, wall art etc? If so do you have a link or a site I can purchase? Also do you have an Instagram?

Hello! Yes to both. I am on Instagram and Twitter, but I have more personal stuff on these as well as just art (just to warn you!) unlike my Tumblr. I’ll pop the links below -

Redbubble

Instagram

Twitter