Well, I know it has been a while! The last year really has been manic. Juggling work and children (don't actually juggle children, it's very frowned on).
In order to escape a little from all the various pressures I have forced myself to get creative!
I was finding it so hard to find time to just do. So in order to try to retain what little sanity I had left (not a lot!) I got making and I thought you, or at least those that are still around to read my musings, would like to see what I have been up to!
So I have been working on a lot of illustrating projects recently and it reminded me that I had a book I had written but I wasn't at all happy with the illustrations. I have drawn and redrawn this little character so many times and this is the latest version. she has gone from a baby to a preschooler! Why? Well, apparently , you should use characters the same age as the audience you are targeting. Makes a lot of sense, I mean no preschooler wants to be outdone by a baby do they!
This little girl is called Pigley. (we used to call my second little one Pigley when she was little). Pigley is the perfect age to explore the world an in the first book she is learning all about apples and how trees grow.
Here you can see various different versions I have tried in the past.
Once I had settled on a illustration for her I decided to give modelling a go. Now this is not something I will be repeating, at least not commercially. I have never been able to model very well but I have to say I am rather pleased with her. What do you think?
I have also been working on a colouring book for children. Once these are released they will actually be personlised to the child so they can in effect colour themselves in lots of different environments! I will also be doing a generic one which will be cheaper. More about this in the new year but until then I thought you might like a sneaky peek at one of the illustrations.
In other illustration news I have nearly finished a really exciting project for a local poet! This image is for a poem all about the torture of car journeys with siblings!I really love this illustration and the whole book is coming along amazingly! This book of nonsense poems will be available to buy after Christmas so I will keep you posted!
Lastly, for now! (don't want to bore you!) I have been brushing up on my illustrating skill with an online course and this is one of my pieces of homework! I'm so thrilled with this one! I wonder if I should make him into a greeting card?
So, for now, I will say byeeeeee.
I will be stopping by Handmade Monday to say hi as it really is my fav bloggy place to hang out on a Monday!
Hope you have a fantastic week and fingers crossed I will have new and exciting things to sho you next time! Maybe a tutorial of how I did the model?
Jen xx
