Rose and Thistle Buttonhole

Another thing that I needed to get done was this- it's a rose and thistle buttonhole illustration; I'm getting married in a week and a bit, and these are going to go on my wedding favour bags. I feel that I may have gone a little crazy with the ink, but I am rather happy with how it's turned out.

Wedding Invites

So I'm working on some wedding invitation designs in an attempt to find more work! I will be adding various styles to my collection, but this is the first. I find that simplicity is key- there are SO MANY  terrible examples of wedding stationary online that are obviously cheap cheap cheap! Why is it that someone can spend £30,000 on a wedding, and yet think it's ok to spend £10 on design?

Bridal hair

So I thought that I might as well blog about this :-) 

I created it last week, whilst expanding my knowledge of Adobe Illustrator. I taught myself to add textures, and well as working on my skills in fashion illustration. I found the bridal hair styles on Pintrest- which is a GREAT tool, I've come to find; and I created my illustrations inspired by them.

Bridal dress illustrations

So I'm continuing to work on my submissions. Freelancing is a tough gig, but one I feel confident that I will (eventually) crack!

Bridal stuff

Today I am working on submissions for bridal magazines. People have never been my strongest point, adult people even less so... I really hope that she doesn't look like I child bride. Also I'm trying to work more in digital with different brushes that I've created from scanning my mark making in.

Oh well. Wish me luck! (still tweeking this a wee bit, but here we are!)