Monday 8 August 2011

Illustration work!

Thought I'd show you a bit of what I've mostly been up to these past few weeks:




My Dad is currently writing his own book about leadership and has asked me to do some illustrations to go with it.
I'm really enjoying doing this work. It's been interesting working for someone and trying to get the drawing how they pictured it in their heads.

I've also learnt a lot with these drawings so in a way, it's a great sort of preparation for college which starts on the 5 September eepp!!

Above, are just a selection of the work I've been doing for my Dad. So far I've done over ten illustrations for him and the orders are still coming in. The most recent request involves me having to draw an Englishman and a Frenchman together. I'll show you how it turns out once I've drawn it shall I?

We've got a little system set up and everything! What usually happens is Dad's working downstairs and then it's me upstairs at my desk. Occasionally, he'll come up the stairs and hand me a post-it note with the next thing he wants me to draw. I then draw it up on my computer art tablet and then email him it. A reply email of thanks then completes the process. Job done! A slightly odd set up perhaps but it works!  

And no, my Dad isn't paying me to do this. But I have been promised a 10 percent cut of the profits if it ever gets published. 10 percent?? Yeah, I'll have to work on that figure!

Monday 1 August 2011

crochet spelling




Making some crocheted letters to go on Jenna's crate is one of those projects I've had in my mind for a while to do.
My thinking behind the idea was that if I have to have a big dog crate in my room then I can at least make it prettier to look at!!
The letters and colours came out just as I had envisaged them which is always very satisfying! The plan next in my new found career as a doggy interior designer is to make her a dog bed with the colours I used for the lettering. I haven't made Jenna one before now because she used to always chew up her bedding so there didn't seem to be much point. Now though, she's all grown up and doesn't do that sort of thing anymore.


I think Jenna likes her new lettering's. She just wasn't too happy at the time of taking these pictures because I shut her in the crate when it wasn't bedtime! I tried to make her look happy in the picture for you but she kept giving me the doggy evils. Yes, my dog actually does this!