This week I've been focusing on designing some scenery for the fairytale project. I've been drawing all sorts of things from gingerbread houses and wishing wells, to tree houses and princess palaces:
Saturday, 15 March 2014
Friday, 14 March 2014
4 Etsy shops I'm loving right now...
Its been quite a while since I shared any of my favourite Etsy stores on here, and I wanted to do something a little different to the old "Colour Inspiration & Etsy Love" posts as they often tied me down to sharing only shops selling illustrations, when there are so many other amazing shops out there too! So from now on, every now and then I will be sharing a small selection of my current favourite Etsy shops, selling all sorts of lovely items!
Today I'm sharing with you 3 new finds and 1 shop that I've liked for quite a while now...
I love these bowls by Marina Marinksi. The faces are really cute and of course I love the pattern detailing. If you fill them up then then the faces will be hidden until the food has all gone at which point the face will be revealed! They come in a great range of colours too and are all handmade to order so each one is truly unique.
I've spotted some of Kari Herer's work on Pinterest before but have only recently discovered her Etsy shop and the full range of images that she sells. These images are so unique and beautiful and nothing like anything i've seen anywhere else. There's some great detail in the drawings and the flowers really make them stand out. I can't decide which piece is my favourite as they're all so pretty, but I'm always a fan of giraffes so that one is definitely high up on my list!
Native Bear was one of the first Etsy shops I discovered and I've loved Leela Robinson's work ever since. There's a great variety of items in this shop, with everything from colourful art prints, to custom rubber stamps and hand-printed tea towels, all drawn in Leela's lovely illustrative style.
I love the characters on these cards by Victoria Scobbie, and the pretty pastel colours are lovely too. There are cards for every occasion in this fun shop, including Christmas, Valentines and Birthdays. My favourite item here has got to be that fox on a bicycle!
Snap Snap: 14/03/14
- I finished off my self promotion work for uni, and sent it off to some art directors at various children's book agencies.
- Whilst I sorted all of that out and found the addresses, Beabea laid next to me with her paw around my leg and didn't move for hours. That was a pretty good afternoon.
- I spent most of Sunday drawing trees for my project.
- We also took a little trip down to the Garden Centre and the Farmer's Market.
- In her all time favourite place: sat on the sofa staring out the window.
- Work in progress.
- Designing fairy tale tree houses. You can see lots more of these over at my uni blog.
- Speaking of which, I gave it a little makeover with a new header and font.
Me and Beabea also entered a little competition this week over at Miss Magpie Designs. The idea was to take a "pet selfie", and the one that gets the most likes on Facebook will win a lovely pet portrait by Emily (she is very talented, you should definitely check out her work).
I'd love it if you could vote for our photo right here and maybe we might just win that portrait!
It did take me quite a while to get Beabea to co-operate in taking a selfie with me, as she's not too keen on cameras (DSLRs are a definite no-no, she runs away form them!) but we managed to get a few good ones over the weekend:
Friday, 7 March 2014
Snap snap: 07/03/14
My week in photos:
- Planning my work schedule
- Lazy sunday playing board games with Jamie
- Multi-coloured nails
- Pancake day. Lemon & Sugar, of course.
- Sketching in the New Forest with Selina
- New Forest donkeys. These guys spent a lot of time rolling around on the floor
- The pretty view from my desk on wednesday evening
- Spending a long weekend cuddling this gorgeous thing (and making up for missing her birthday last week by bringing her lots of homemade dog biscuits!)
Thursday, 6 March 2014
In my Sketchbook: 06/03/14
The last 2 weeks have been spent doing lots of character designs for my Fairytale project. I've been combining animal heads (that symbolise something to do with the character) with costumes to draw all sorts of characters such as the Evil Sisters, Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood and the Evil Queen...
I've started to add a bit of colour to these images, which you can see right here.
I also mentioned in my post earlier this morning that I went to the New Forest yesterday and did a bit of quick sketching. Here's a few pages from the day:
What do you think? How many of the characters do you recognise?
Life: New Forest adventure
Yesterday me and Selina headed to the New Forest for some research for our uni projects. We spent the day wandering through the forest, over pretty streams, and watched donkeys walking around and rolling on the floor! We did a bit of sketching and took plenty of photos whilst we were there:
These pictures do not even begin to show how muddy it was, and the difficulty we had at a few points during our 4 hour walk (our shoes needed a bit of a clean afterwards and we looked a bit of a mess when we went to the pub for lunch!). But the sun was shining for most of the day and it definitely was an adventure!
I'll be using the photos and sketches from the trip to develop my own fairy-tale world for my project, which I'll share more of very soon!
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