I've been so inactive!

I'm so sorry I've been so quiet and not posting anything for weeks! I realised that the last time I posted a picture was back in September, how lazy of me. I have been busy too...not just lazy! Uni has almost come to a close for the year and I've been kept busy with assignments and planning for the graduation exhibition. I've got one more class to attend and 2 assignments to hand in, eek! I'm feeling a little overwhelmed lately there's so much going through my head about what to do for uni, what happens after uni, will I get illustration jobs, will I have to take on a crappy ordinary job so I'll have money, will my business venture of selling my crafts work out...the list is endless really and I am a huge worry wart. Anything you can think of, I'll worry about it. I'm trying not to and keep talking to myself to stay optimistic but sometimes it's hard. Like today, I got notified that I didn't get into one of the markets I applied for and I feel real bummed about that. I was put onto a shortlist for future events but it's still not a guarantee.

Anyways, enough of the depressing talk! I have a nice illustration to share with you :)


I did it for a uni assignment, it's used for the front of a self-promotional postcard that I can send out to potential clients (also to be used as my Xmas card this year hehe). I really love how the wombat came out! He's so fat and roly poly and I think I got the balance of the body just perfect. I would love to create a little story for him...maybe one day :)

I'll post pictures of the actual postcard (I got it printed!) another day. Today was too overcast and rainy to take any good photos :P And I promise to update a little more often! I have more illustrations to share I just need to resize them for posting so please check back soon!

Fabric patterns

I went to China as part of one of my units and for the unit I had to do a project reflecting upon my experience in China. I decided to create 3 fabric patterns. I saw a bunch of white pigeons in one of the gardens and I was also really enamoured by the lotus leaves and flowers there. The colours also came from China, they had an odd usage of these bright colours.



This blue one is my favourite, I can imagine it on a scarf.


I really liked working on these, it must be fun to create fabric patterns for a living :)

I'm pooped!

Finally finished my assignments for tomorrow!! My wrists are a little achy now from all the painting and colouring in, maybe this is how RSI begins haha.

So I did the first 3 pages of Little Red Riding Hood. I think they came out pretty well, there's a few nit picky things I don't like about them, but overall I'm quite pleased :)





And here's another assignment. The brief was to have an illustration to accompany a magazine article called "I predict a riot" about children having tantrums. I had fun with this one :D



I have another assignment to show as well but I'm so tired now I'll save it for another day :) I feel like all I do are assignments I really should do Illustration Friday or something one day as a break from my routine. Or even do some sewing! I ave a bunch of cushions that need sewing up - I'm making them for a market later in the year. Also some, might I say quite awesome, badges featuring my illustrations :) So look forward to those posts in the future!

WIP

Sorry for the lack of updates! I've been busy with my assignments as usual. Yesterday and today I worked on more of my Little Red Riding Hood booklet, painting the finals. I've managed two so far, but here's a shot of one of them in progress to give you something to look at :)

Little Red Riding Hood

In another assignment I'm doing (over the whole semester) is to illustrate the story of "Little Red Riding Hood" into a 13 page booklet I can use as a promotional thing to give to clients once uni ends. It's going to wordless so I have to make sure all the illustrations speak for themselves! So far I have completed the character sheets and am currently sketching out all the pages (almost done!). It's going to be hard work to complete it all but it should be well worth it!

Personal Logo

So another assignment I did was to create a logo for your personal identity. My identity is a childrens illustrator so my logo had to reflect that. This is the final one I decided to use:

Initially I was going to use this one when I was coming up with ideas:

But as I progressed further in my development I felt the elephant one had more life and a childrens illustrator feel to it :)
Here is another one that I came up with but decided not to use (although my teacher liked it the best - only because I could do hand written type when I apply the logo to business cards, letterheads, etc)

First Post Yay!

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog!

I'm an Illustration major and I'm in my last semester of uni and will be graduating at the end of the year, how exciting! I've created this blog to be able to follow my last semester and into the future where hopefully I will be a successful children's illustrator ;)

I also enjoying sewing, making things and then selling them so the blog will also chronicle the small steps I take to create a business out of my crafty endeavours.

To save you from more boring type, here is a look at my first assignment I did for the semester for one of my classes. The brief was to create a quilt cover set aimed at 3-4 year old boys. The theme was insects and I chose to challenge myself with ants!





I'll be posting more of my assignments over the next few days, so please check back :)