Star Mother- A Creative Writing Collaboration

Something a little bit different that I've been involved in this year at eca is a collaboration between the Illustration department and students on the creative writing course at Edinburgh University. Each pairing had to come up with an illustration and text to tie in with the number 1762. My partner, the very talented Beth Sample, and I both came up with the idea of a girl in a boat under the stars and we each took it from there independently. This is the illustration that I came up with...

You can see the story that accompanies my illustration, Star Mother, as well as the other collaborations here: http://sites.ace.ed.ac.uk/1762/category/z-introduction/

All of the collaborations will also be made into a book. Details of that later!

Some more Little Bird characters

I've been making good progress with 'Little Bird' recently, amongst everything else that needs to be done in the final couple of stressful months of 4th year! Here are some of the other characters from the book... These guys have been really fun to draw!

 

Garden Birds screenprints

I decided as an extra project to do some more realistic drawings because this is something else I really enjoy doing. I drew some garden birds and decided to make them into screenprints. I've made individual prints of each bird and also posters with them all together and with each bird's name next to it. (Pictures of those to come later.) Some have been left black and white and others with limited colours just because I liked the way they looked at that stage! 43 layers later and here they are...!

 Blue tit

 Robin

Bullfinch

 Blackbird

 Chaffinch

Sparrow

Wren

I plan on making a colouring-in book for children with the black and white images and a natural history information book with the full colour ones. The prints are also available to purchase with or without a plain white mount.

 

 

Finally...

At last, after months of planning and several dummy books, I'm making a start on finals for 'Little Bird'- my major project children's book for my Degree Show! I'm working mainly in watercolours with ink but also with some screenprinted elements. Each spread will be put together on Photoshop. Here is one of my favourite images of Little Bird so far. Hope you like her!

 

Illustration Friday: Fluid

I thought this week's Illustration Friday topic "Fluid" was a good opportunity to share this quick drawing of flamingos splashing around in the water I did a while ago. A scene like this will appear in the children's book I'm working on just now Little Bird.

Happy Valentines Day!

 

Happy Valentines Day, everyone!

This little mouse is taken from a card design that I think suits different occasions. Happy Birthday, Thank You, and...Valentines Day!

Rosie and Russell

These characters have had so many name changes since I first drew them but I've decided now to call them Rosie and Russell.

They are part of the brief I was given during a project where we were paired with someone from a different year group and had to write a brief for each other. I had to design characters who were influenced by the surroundings of the house in the documentary film 'Grey Gardens.'

The story I have come up with for Rosie and Russell is that their parents have bought the run-down house to renovate and they see the house as a playground. Here are the 3 illustrations I made: