Sneak peek!

Sneak peek at my current work in progress the constellation Aries.

New items for sale! & another big sale!

I've recently added two of my newer designs to my Society6! These being "Corvus" and "That come hither stare". They're both available as high quality prints, cards, t-shirts, tote bags, hoodies, iPhone and iPad cases... just about everything!
& just as a note for my non-american followers out there Shipping to the UK is only about £6.20. Not bad eh?

         Corvus                                   That come hither stare

What do you think? To have a loser look or to see all of the other lovely products available just click the links under the images.

In other news, I've also announced a massive sale on my Etsy, I'm doing my best to promote it and let as many people know as I can across all of my online presences, so I'm sorry if I've already nagged you about this! 

The sale is for 50% off!!! 

I know right? 

Just enter the code SUPERSALE50 at the checkout to receive your discounts!

Here's a link to my etsy but you cal also to there by clicking the images in the right hand bar!
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Sneak Peak.

My current work in progress... I have noticed that my favourite and (in my opinion) best executed illustrations happen when I'm avoiding doing something else that is probably more important. Is this the case for other artists and creatives? I usually get a craving to draw and it just seems to happen. I'm not the sort of person to endlessly rehearse a drawing. I'm a very fast drawer and with the majority of my ink drawings I don't sketch it out first I just dive straight in with indian ink.
... anyway!

Today's finds

I've recently gotten a pretty decent camera phone which means I'll be able to take photos of interesting things I find on my trips to antique shops and flea markets (even if I don't buy them!). I've decided to make this blog a bit more personal and upload some of the things I find pretty interesting and inspirational rather than just keeping it all about my work. Most of you will know, or have guessed, I'm a pretty big nature nerd. I love wildlife so I'll warn you now, it's going to pop up quite a lot.

So to start here's some pictures from Sutton Hoo and the house there that belonged to Mrs. Pretty, an archeologist, with furniture which was representative of when she actually lived there. The nice thing about this place is that you could sit on the furniture, read all the books, touch all the ornaments and such, not many museums let you do that.

Some of the old books that I enjoyed

I fell desperately in love with this chair, just look at that fabric!

It rained for most of the day, quite torrentially, but it was a thunder storm so I was quite happy. Thunderstorms are my favourite weather wise. 

Here's two books I bought from a second hand book shop. Yes, wildlife books, like my collection isn't big enough already but I just can't seem to help myself. The red one has an embellished leather cover and is called "Wonders of Nature" and only cost me 40p. The second "Towns and Gardens" cost a little more £1.50 but contains such beautiful illustrations of insects, plants and animals. 

This is "Towns and Gardens"

& this is... well... "The Wonders of Nature"

I don't know why but I really like this particular photo?

I hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Sneak peek.

Dogsbody dancing shoes, currently a work in progress but here's where I am so far! Enjoy!

Black Trumpet Lion - The works in progress

I've not updated for a while because I've wanted to save my "sneak peek" pictures for a long blog post that shows in order my works of progress and a hint to my process. This particular piece took a lot longer than I had hoped so this post has been a long time in the making. I'll start with the finished illustration, My black trumpet lion-

Now for the progress images and some nice detail shots-

Dandelion Badger

Just a look at something I've been working on recently. I'm really unsure about the colours but I've settled on these for now. I've been so busy these last few weeks, it's been so hectic. I finished my degree, put up my exhibition and now I've taken it back down again! I can't believe three years has passed, it only seems like yesterday that I was nervous about coming to Lincoln. Now I'm nervous about my future! It's so scary not knowing what's going to happen, where will I be living in a few months? Where will I be working? There's so much to think about, even the little stuff like changing doctors and throwing away old clothes seem like such a big deal. Anyway, at least drawing will be a permanent fixture in my life.