It has been ages of fiddling around so here it is. And here is where I put the illustration aside to start the next one!
Moving on...
New Births on the Edge of Winter
5 years ago
Thursday 26 May 2011
One Month One Illustration Final Piece II
It has been ages of fiddling around so here it is. And here is where I put the illustration aside to start the next one!
Moving on...
Monday 23 May 2011
Friday 20 May 2011
Thursday 19 May 2011
Wednesday 18 May 2011
Tuesday 17 May 2011
Monday 16 May 2011
Sunday 15 May 2011
Chocolate Week - Sunday
While I am busy trying to figure out how to finish the current illustration I'll leave you with a weeks worth of little chocolate illustrations.
Enjoy!
I will post the final stage of One Illustration One Month soon!
Enjoy!
I will post the final stage of One Illustration One Month soon!
Wednesday 11 May 2011
Frustration and Inspiration
Sometimes it feels like pushing that huge stone up the very same mountain again and again. And it never comes out like it was in your mind.
The trick must be not to dwell on it and to move on constantly. Next, next, next…just do and don’t judge too much. Next drawing, next scene, next tale.
In between sessions on the current work it seems to be a good idea to do something completely different, just for fun and step back. I don’t mean walking off do go shopping or lazing around, no, more like having another project but in a very different technique and for a different purpose.
Somehow it makes things stay fresh! Less worrying if this works or that. More doing!
To get away from my fiddling around with minute details I started collages. So much fun! Sources are everywhere, and colours are suddenly easy to come by, no frowning necessary :o)
Tuesday 10 May 2011
Monday 9 May 2011
Tuesday 3 May 2011
Sunday 1 May 2011
Thursday 28 April 2011
Monday 25 April 2011
Tuesday 19 April 2011
Monday 4 April 2011
One Month One Illustration - Day 20
Wednesday 23 March 2011
Tuesday 15 March 2011
Sunday 6 March 2011
One Illustration One Month - Finished piece!!!
Yey!
First colour illustration!
Or at least I have reached the "know when to stop"-point. Knowing myself, I will have to finish this hair and that tiny dot whenever I take out the illustration again...but I know this is the point to move on to the next piece! Can't wait! There will be a lot more blue in the next spread!
Stay tuned
Thursday 3 March 2011
Monday 28 February 2011
Thursday 24 February 2011
Consume VS Create
You can either consume or create.
So true, so true…
Damn…I love consuming! Books are like candy to me. Browsing through favourite book shops and coming out with a new stacks of books must be one of the greatest pleasures of all!
I practically eat them…reading books in your PJ in one un-brushed weekend sitting, only interrupted by the occasional snack...sigh*
Or reading holidays…wandering from coffee shop to coffee shop to park benches to hotel lounges to fluffy hotel beds, reading all the while (this is how I read all Harry Potter Books, saving them for the summer holidays)
There are so many ways of consuming…not only books but movies, comics, theatre, museums, food, tv, games…etc etc Whatever you do most of it is consuming someone else’s work/ideas.
Consuming is so fast and easy and lovely – But isn’t it amazing how long it takes to create?!
Mindboggling!
All the gathering, the doing and most of all the finishing!
I don’t get it. So unfair! But it’s good to keep in mind when you’re waiting for someone – a favourite writer or musician – to finish something new. It takes soooooooo long and is devoured in a matter of minutes/hours or days at the most.
Wednesday 23 February 2011
Monday 21 February 2011
Thursday 17 February 2011
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Tuesday 15 February 2011
Sunday 13 February 2011
Thursday 10 February 2011
Wednesday 9 February 2011
One Illustration One Month - Day 7
I feel like I have to point out that I have finished the foot! And added structure to the fur, since someone was moaning there was no difference between day 4 and 5, snarl! The title of this blog is no accident LOL
Tuesday 8 February 2011
Monday 7 February 2011
Sunday 6 February 2011
Saturday 5 February 2011
Friday 4 February 2011
Thursday 3 February 2011
One Illustration One Month - Day 1
Day 1
which I spend mostly digging out my supplies and sharpening pencils. Nevertheless, I made a start!
Wednesday 12 January 2011
Illustrators illustrate
Yes, it came as a shock to me too!
I first realized it when reading Laini Taylors blog…and she mentioned the day when it finally hit her that”writer’s write”.
That to be a writer she would actually have to sit down and start writing, seriously.
Not just doodle a bit when the dishes have been done, you’ve taken a nap, are not hungry, there’s nothing on TV and the muse is kissing you (dare I say a rare concurrence of events).
With that in mind and with others voices I’ve heard, telling me that it takes 3 – 5 years of seriously working, every day, to see an improvement in your skills I hereby launch * taadaaaaaa *: the 1 colour illustration in 1 month project!
The most scary thing for me still is to have to do an illustration twice – shriiieeek!!! – this obviously stems from having limited time (i.e. having a day job) and the time consuming way of working I love (lots of details etc).
I had to trash my last attempt of working in colour, sniff sniff, but it really was terrible! Colour is waaaay less forgiving than black and white. So here I go again!
I will take a picture of my current illustration every day and finish it in 30 days! Ha!
That should leave me with a finished picture book dummy AND a nice portfolio of work to take to the Bologna Children’s Book fair in 2012.
And not to forget, a new habit of working EVERY day!
I first realized it when reading Laini Taylors blog…and she mentioned the day when it finally hit her that”writer’s write”.
That to be a writer she would actually have to sit down and start writing, seriously.
Not just doodle a bit when the dishes have been done, you’ve taken a nap, are not hungry, there’s nothing on TV and the muse is kissing you (dare I say a rare concurrence of events).
With that in mind and with others voices I’ve heard, telling me that it takes 3 – 5 years of seriously working, every day, to see an improvement in your skills I hereby launch * taadaaaaaa *: the 1 colour illustration in 1 month project!
The most scary thing for me still is to have to do an illustration twice – shriiieeek!!! – this obviously stems from having limited time (i.e. having a day job) and the time consuming way of working I love (lots of details etc).
I had to trash my last attempt of working in colour, sniff sniff, but it really was terrible! Colour is waaaay less forgiving than black and white. So here I go again!
I will take a picture of my current illustration every day and finish it in 30 days! Ha!
That should leave me with a finished picture book dummy AND a nice portfolio of work to take to the Bologna Children’s Book fair in 2012.
And not to forget, a new habit of working EVERY day!
Monday 10 January 2011
Visioning 2011
I meant to post this at the beginning of January but with moving to a new place and settling in I got a bit delayed…
Here are my intentions for 2011, inspired by the wonderful Jamie Ridler!
They are little collages of what is important to me this year and what I want to focus on.
It would be fun to take pictures of throughout the year and then do a post at year end with the vision cards and actual happenings beside them. * make mental note *
Here are my intentions for 2011, inspired by the wonderful Jamie Ridler!
They are little collages of what is important to me this year and what I want to focus on.
It would be fun to take pictures of throughout the year and then do a post at year end with the vision cards and actual happenings beside them. * make mental note *
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