Illustration Friday- Pink

Here's a quick (albeit late) scribble for Illustration Friday. I've been collecting textures and patterns that I can use in my work, trying to draw more, and thus improve.

Illustration Friday- Monkey

Last Friday's theme was/ is "monkey".
When we got married in February 2017 we went to Japan for our honeymoon. One of my dream destinations was the monkey hot springs to see the Japanese Macaques taking a bath, but we didn't make it. Maybe some day. I loved the Japanese mountains.

Illustration Friday- Snail

These are some sample snails from my children's stationery set. I thought that these would be perfect for this/ last week's Illustration Friday topic. It was a slightly quirky idea that I came up with in order to pitch to a Japanese sticker company that I had come across when we went to Japan last month (but unfortunately they have all their designs designed in house).

Illustration Friday- Yarn

So here's my Illustration Friday post for this week. Yarn. The "L" key on my computer seems to have broken, so I have to get it fixed :-(

Illustration Friday- Sparkle

I think that I've done this just in time. The topic this/ last week was sparkle- in this illustration, I chose to focus on the ironic diamond industry, that sparkly rock on your finger could be the reason why someone in Sierra Leon is missing their hands (and fingers).

It was one of the many reasons that I asked my fiance NOT to get me a diamond ring- the thought of it makes me feel a little sick.

All that glitters (or sparkles) is not gold.

Illustration Friday WIP

This weeks topic is/ was 'sparkle', and I don't know if I'm going to finish this before the  topic changes, so here's the WIP. Basically, when I thought 'sparkle' I thought 'diamonds' and the cruel irony that someone might be missing their hands so that you can have something sparkly on your finger. A bit dark, I know, but we in the west are so sheltered from the realities of our meagre luxuries. If I finish this before the topic changes I'll upload it to IF

Illustration Friday- Dragon (Welsh)

So this week's topic is dragon, which I thought was the perfect opportunity to make a design for a Welsh tote bag, as the dragon is the 'animal' of Wales (do mythical creatures count as animals?) Last summer I made a 'Sunny Scotland' tote bag, which seems to sell quite well, so I thought- why not do one for Wales? You can check my Sunny Scotland tote bag out (or purchase it) here.

Illustration Friday- Village- Cruden Bay

Sort of a quickish one (that ended up taking longer than I'd hoped....) Cruden Bay is a small village in Aberdeenshire (just south of Peterhead), a fishing village... so I drew a crab in the centre? I think that it added more of a contrast in colour to the image, but Cruden Bay is also famous (*cough*) for its golf, and being the place that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula (even though it was set in the good old Yorkshire town of Whitby)- so there you have it! Ink, texture, colour.

Quickish Illustration Friday- Soar

So I actually DID do the linework for this on the Friday, but I haven't had that much time lately, so it's a bit rushed. Hey ho, here it is.

Illustration Friday on a Wednesday

Just a quickie, because I realised that I hadn't done one on a while! The Statue of Liberty for the theme 'pointy', I initially thought of teeth (a shark, crocodile etc.), but I guessed that would be what everyone was doing, and I really miss New York! We never had the chance to go up the statue, but I did want to.

 Right now I'm working on my shop, and then I'd really love to try and get some jobs illustrating political cartoons- money is too tight right now! Luke and I are attending a Corbyn rally on Friday, so I'm HOPING to get some sneaky pictures of Jeremy for reference!

Pet

I did these screen-prints last year. I actually sold out of the ones that I wrapped at my illustration degree show... I really should have wrapped more. However, I do still have a few left over that I HOPE to move (somehow), for the time being, this week's Illustration Friday is on the theme "pet", so I might as well put it up there :-)

I really want to do some more screen printing.

Toucan do it

Illustration Friday-ish! It has triangles in it, I wanted to try a more whimsicalish loose pattern. Needs a bit more work, but we'll see to that in the morning. Good night!

Another Illustration Friday on a Monday!

Well... I started this on Sunday. I need to try and complete an IF on an actual Friday.

The topic is SLOW, and my interpretation is based on the tortoise and the hare. TORTOISE- on a side note, I detest people who get tortoises and 'turtles' mixed up, when the difference is EASY- seriously! I consider myself to be on the whole (with a few exceptions) a pacifist, but when people mix up turtles with tortoises (as one ex flatmate would frequently do) it rustles my jimmies! Anyway, I'm not crazy, I'm just having a Monday morning rant!

I hope you like my illustration :-)