Portfolio Pieces - Day Three

Had a stab at colouring one of the Arcana frames! Colouring loose, light pencil lines is pretty tricky, while still showing the texture and feel of pencil.

Speaking of Arcana, another pages is up on the Arcana page!

The Beginning of the End

And here we are - our exhibition is early next month, after that I will no longer be a student. Perhaps I can call myself an illustrator.

Many things have happened - there will be a huge update and revamp of the site in time for the exhibition, along with lots of promotional work to try and get myself into the industry truly.

There is lots to do in between now and the 4th of June, when the exhibition starts (like printing the exhibition pieces!), an essay, a big presentation and fund-raising. But, the thing I want to concentrate on is creating some fun little promotional pieces to print as postcards etc to hand out to publishers and editors.

So - I've decided to give myself a bit of a challenge! A picture a day which can be used for promoting myself. It has to either be a new picture, or a revamp of an Arcana frame or page fully coloured that can be used as such. Tomorrow will be the first day - today I'm going to try and update this site a bit and get things ready and settled.

Big Updates

After a long Christmas break (which was, actually, mostly spent animating!) I have uploaded lots to the website. We have my Christmas card designs for the Spon End Building Preservation Trust as well as my Paper Princess Animation Project and even a new graphic novel in the works, called Arcana.

In other news, I have been emailing artists to ask for advice in making a name for myself in the illustration business and any information on the ever-changing competition and demands of the trade. Understandably, many haven't replied (it's a busy business), but I was surprised and delighted to have the legendary John Howe reply with advice - one of my illustration heroes who inspired me to learn to draw. As you can imagine, I'm pretty chuffed!