Higher Love

Top picture is referenced from Kris Atomic's photo from the Meadham Kirchhoff show at LFW

Top two are digital, drawn with a tablet and bottom two are traditional, painted with gouache.

I thought I'd show you all what I do in my spare time! I study graphic design at university but my true passion is illustration and I paint quite a lot! I've been designing my website for a long time and it finally went live last week! I'd love it if you could all check it out here :)
I want to get into traditional illustration again because I've recently been focusing on digital painting with my tablet, which I love but there is something lovely about holding a paintbrush. I've been drawing blog headers recently too, which is great and I'm happy to do commissions for anything blog related! I'm hoping to show and integrate more of my illustration in to my blog, so I hope you like them! <3

Come softly to me

There's something about old books that I am instantly drawn to. Perhaps it's the fact it's been loved before and there is so much history in it, with little notes written in the front in a calligraphic hand, or that lovely old musty smell, or maybe its the designer in me that find the covers so gorgeous. I picked up these three books, and an old map which has such lovely colours, for a few pounds at a local bookshop. I can only find the publishing dates on two of the books, of 1950 and 1971, but I'd love to know the date for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. There is an inscription in the front that says it was a christmas present in 1933. Perhaps I'll start writing in the front of my books when I'm older and give them to my grandchildren, and maybe a young girl can find it in a bookshop in the very far future and write a blog post. <3

Alot of stuffing

I'm not sure how many of you will recognise this lovely creature without being shown a link to the wonderful post it is based on, from Hyperbole and a Half.
My boyfriend mentioned the other week how much he loved this plushie of an Alot, and me, being foolish and having a bit of sewing knowledge, piped up and told him I could make one. And roughly ten hours of pattern drawing, pin stabbing, fur covering sewing I was done! I contacted Alix where we got the original idea and she helped me with a few sketches and points of how to do it. I have to say at first I was a rather worried it would look a bit rubbish but I am so pleased at how it's come out. My boyfriend absolutely loves it too so it was well worth the effort.

So thats my unconventional valentines gift, what's yours?

Great Heights

 

I wore this outfit to university the other day, and it's a style I wouldn't usually wear. I found this white cotton shirt in my wardrobe, a remnant of summer that is usually never worn. I bought it from Primark a few years ago now and always thought of it as a extra layer for on the beach, not buttoned but loose and casual. So after seeing a lot of bloggers wearing shirts and wondering if I could pull of this 'trend' I pulled it out in an attempt to revamp my wardrobe and create something different from my usual. I am really pleased with this look. I think it looks smart but not too formal, although my brother did say I looked like a secretary, and my boyfriend, a russian general. But hey, what do they know about fashion? ;)