Friday, February 28, 2014

Orla Kiely - Fashion Illustrations

Orla Kiely - Fashion Illustrations


After working on a little illustration for Amelia's Magazine for Jean-Pierre Braganza's AW14 fashion show at London Fashion Week, I had a chance to look through some of the other shows. 
Orla Kiely's in particular stood out to me as I loved pretty much every piece in the collection. 
A lot of them I would love to own in my wardrobe, so I sketched out a couple of my favourite outfits.

You can check out the full collection shown at London Fashion Week here.

What shows did you love?
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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Daily drawing 27/02/14

Daily drawing 27/02/14

27/02/14 - Fashion illustration

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Daily drawing 26/02/14

Daily drawing 26/02/14

26/02/14 - Space man


February Favourites

February Favourites


We're nearing the end of the month and with it comes a new monthly favourites illustration.

The things I have been loving for February are:
Firstly my Jurassic Park t-shirt, I picked this up from Primark for a mere £6 and I love it! The movie was shown in selected cinemas last year and I was gutted that I didn't get to see it in 3D (I was too young to see it in the cinema when it first came out) but finding this bargain was great.
Second is Propercorn Sweet and Salty, thanks to this little treat coming in small packs and included in meal deals I can often pick it up for a lunch time snack. Before this I had never tried the sweet and salty combination either and now it would be the type of choice. If you see the new Vanilla and Coconut flavour give it a try it's definitely worth it.
Third is my new Green satchel bag, bought as a gift for my birthday from Tom. He bought it from a Japanese sight and it came with Japanese newspapers on the inside. Super cute. 
Then the last thing in my February favourites is Once upon a time the TV show. Now I've got a lot of catching up to do with this series as I never watched it when it was shown on the TV, it's only since it caught my eye on Netflix. I'm now halfway through the second series and it's brilliant, I love how they have managed to intertwine all the fairytale characters lives in with one and other, there are some great dramatic plot twists and good goodies and some really good baddies. 

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Daily drawing 25/02/14

Daily drawing 25/02/14

25/02/14 - Surprised kitty

Monday, February 24, 2014

Daily drawing 24/02/14

Daily drawing 24/02/14

24 / 02 / 14 - Arcade Sona [league of legends]

Tigerprint Competition - The colour of love

Tigerprint Competition - The colour of love

Here are my entries for the February competition over on the Tigerprint Blog.

Competition - The Colour of Love

I created some little love bird romantic moments, making a rather bright colour scheme other than just the pink/red combination of usual Valentine's offerings.





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Sunday, February 23, 2014

Daily drawing 23/02/14

Daily drawing 23/02/14

Today's sketch as requested by Tom.

23 / 02 / 14 - Flamingo

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Daily drawing 22/02/14

Daily drawing 22/02/14

22 / 02 / 14 - Steve Irwin and a little princess.

Original photograph found on the front page of reddit. Couldn't resist sketching it for my daily challenge.

Friday, February 21, 2014

Daily drawing 21/02/14

Daily drawing 21/02/14

Whilst searching for what to draw for today's daily Tom suggested I look to reddit for inspiration. After clicking for a random thread a couple of times I was linked to www.reddit.com/r/shiba and was met with a really adorable of a puppy spending nap time with his best friend, so I had to have a little sketch.

21 / 02  / 14 - Best Friend Hugs(reddit)

Amelia's Magazine - fashion illustration

Amelia's Magazine - fashion illustration

Created to promote the fashion show of designer Jean-Pierre Braganza and his AW2014-15 show. 
You can see his full show and all the designs here.


I chose my favourite two outfits from the range, both are very formal outfits.



Both Illustrations are hand drawn and hand coloured using spectrum markers.
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

Daily drawing 20/02/14

Daily drawing 20/02/14

Today's daily drawing is based on the catwalk outfit of Saint Laurent from the S/S14 range.

20 / 02 / 14 - fashion sketch

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Daily drawing 19/02/14

Daily drawing 19/02/14

Daily drawing based on a fashion pose.

19 / 02 / 14 - Stylist Magazine

Hilda Folk by Luke Pearson

Hilda Folk by Luke Pearson


Hilda Folk has caught my eye on many occasions to the Travelling Man store, picked up and put down again but always wanting. I was drawn to the quirky look of this little character and her fox-like companion. On my last visit just before Christmas I had had some good news and as a little treat Tom bought it for me. Finally this little copy of Hilda Folk was coming home with me.



I love the style of the illustration for this book, and I wish I had the talent to create such a lovable little character such as Hilda. There is very little text in this book but the drawings manage to convey the scene and drama that there is no need for more language. 



I loved this book and will definitely be heading out the door to purchase the rest soon. 
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Daily drawing 18/02/14

Daily drawing 18/02/14

Daily drawing
18 / 02 / 14 - Just a little bit of Moby

Monday, February 17, 2014

Daily drawing 17/02/14

Daily drawing 17/02/14

Daily drawing
17 / 02 / 14 - Gragas (league of legends)

Inspiration - Oliver Bonas

Inspiration - Oliver Bonas

On a recent trip to London I saw this dress in the window of one of the stores at Kings Cross Station. 
I was rushing for the train and couldn't remember the name of the store but I took a mental note of what it looked like and had a google for it once I returned home.

This dress is gorgeous by Oliver Bonas, It's covered in cross stitched roses, and has inspired me to make my own version. You can purchase this dress online here!
This is a definite wish list item! 
Whilst browsing the site I found loads of other goodies I want to purchase. 

To view the full website Click Here.




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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Daily drawing 16/02/14

Daily drawing 16/02/14

More sketching from Wonderland.

16 / 02 / 14 - The march hare and the mad hatter (Alice in Wonderland)

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Daily drawing 15/02/14

Daily drawing 15/02/14

A little alice mad lately as I am currently reading Through the looking glass.

15 / 02 / 14 - Alice in Wonderland

Friday, February 14, 2014

Daily drawing 14/02/14

Daily drawing 14/02/14

Daily drawing 14 / 02 / 14 - Valentine's Bear with love.

Happy valentine's day!

Birthday fun times!!

Birthday fun times!!


Last week was my birthday. 
I was spoilt with the day off work, presents in bed and a lovely couple of meals out to celebrate.


Cat not included in the birthday haul : Satchel bag, copic and spectrum markers, bath bits, clothes, slippers and books among others.



I was also visited by these lovelies - The foxes and honorary fox



Laura made me this VERY chocolaty cake with kit kat wall and mini egg toppings. 



And I picked up the best t-shirt ever at Primark - Jurassic Park.
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Daily drawing 13/02/14

Daily drawing 13/02/14

Daily drawing 13 / 02 / 14 - stylist magazine model

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Daily Drawing 12/02/14

Daily Drawing 12/02/14

12 / 02 / 14 - Ahri (League of Legends)

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