Inspired by...

Things I'm liking lately...

Sources: 1. Hot chocolate with marshmellows 2. Listening to Florence&the Machine 3. Snoods 4. Seeing advanced screening of new Twilight film 5. Artful lyrics from Flo&the M 6. Red lips 7. Gems 8. Green nails 9. Florals



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Ballad Of... Horror!

My submission for Ballad of Petra doe unfortunately didn't make it into its final publication. But the good news is I can share it with you now as a belated halloween treat!!

EDIT Interview!!

Edit is a collective of artists who regularly contribute to online magazines and other editorial publications. An idea thought up by the wonderful Faye West who wanted to organize a group exhibit. "So instead of all of this lovely work sat unseen in portfolios and computer desktops we aim to show the best work we have produced over the past year." It is based in London and hopefully will be an annual show and its ever so exciting. I'm honoured that my work will be shown next to some rather amazing illustrators. Eep!!



Check out my interview here!!!




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We All Live in A Yellow Submarine!

And they were all yellow ...

1. 80s Playsuit 2.Satchel         

3.Elle R lookbook  4.Cat print blouse

5.Yellow dress and owl 6.Lacey blouse

7.Lace 8.I want this elephant

9.Beaut 10.The clothes horse

11.Blazer 12.Bright

Hello November.

And it's November.. how did that happen??!!!

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Happy Hall'ween

Halloween 2010

Hope you're all having a spooktacular halloween!!

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Hallo'ween Ideas!

Some really great ideas for Halloween.. some are even homemade..which is kinda cool..

1.Halloween "freakshow" 2.Snow White 3.Red Riding Hood 4.Native Indian

5.Clockwork Orange 6.Peter Pan 7.Winnie 8.Up

9.Tuesday 10.Clown 11.Zebra 12.Birds

13.Margot Tenenbaum 14.Teatime 15.Black swan 16.Reindeer

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A lovely interview with Design Juices

If you get a chance you should check out a lovely little interview that my collective Pencils Paper Scissors have done with Design Juices' Jared Thompson. Some really great questions and interesting answers.... Thank you!

Read it here...

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french connection

topshop

asos

asos

asos

primark

h! henry holland

french connection

h&m

kurt geiger

kurt geiger

kurt geiger

mango

miss selfridge

miss selfridge

miss selfridge

primark

red herring

river island

river island

topshop

kurt geiger

A few of my favourite things

Sources of these beauties I really like recently:
1. Heart tattoos  2. Floral headpiece  3.Postcards  4. Garden illustration by Brooke Weeber  5. "I am tired of this" illustration 6. Framed illo by Brooke weeber  7. Peppermint tea  8. Lists  9. Collage by Liesl Pfeffer



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New Empress illustration.

New Empress magazine is a new quarterly publication set up by Helen Cox. Its a wonderful magazine about all things cinema: the history, the experience, the names you know and the names you don’t. "It’s a celebration; an exultation; a merry medley of motion picture musings."

I was commissioned by Helen who is also editor of the mag to do an illustration for the movie review of Super 8.

Embracing change.

"Change is good even though it doesn’t always feel that way. Sometimes we get scared when we step out of our comfort zone, but take that first step anyway. You can’t be happy until you make your peace with change.When you embrace change you open yourself to real freedom; real living. Be open to new people, new experiences, and new ways of looking at things. Be open to new adventures".

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Illustrations for AfricaFashionGuide!

Wow time flies! About time I showed you my illustrations I was commissioned to do by Jacqueline Shaw for her wonderful book Fashion Africa.

My brief was to illustrate a drawing which represented each of the design companies I was assigned. This could be black and white, colour, pencil, paint etc whichever medium I felt fitted in with the overall brand. I researched their websites and designs then selected the piece to illustrate. It was difficult to choose which piece and in some cases I chose two of each. My illustrations for the book were created using collage, patterns I made myself and a whole lot of colour (one of my favourite things about African fashion design).

First up is my illustration for Lalesso... a beautiful bold colourful fashion brand. I wanted to emphasis its colourful, fun aspect and I also managed to incorporate the Lalesso logo into the illustration.

My Illustrations for Oliberte Shoes... was important that the shoes stood out above all else.

Fashion by Mia illustration...streetstyle casual wear mixing African fabric with secondhand clothing. I wanted to keep hold of the handmade, put together feel of the clothes and the fabrics.

and Kluk CGDT a high end fashion brand focusing on sharp feminine designs. I fell in love with this dress when I seen it, I liked the shapes and colours and the elegance and tried to recreate this in the final piece.

Africa Fashion Guide.

My illustrations were published in the Africa Fashion Guide. Its a beautiful book put together by Jacqueline Shaw and I can't wait to get a copy! Available to buy here. Read a lovely review over at Illustration rally.