Unleashed: The Best in the North

Hello everyone! I have just returned from London after going along with my uni to New Blood. As well as meeting some great people at the private view and catching up with Neil Bennett, editor of Digital Arts, I also had the privilege of having a portfolio session with two lovely ladies from The Artworks Illustration Agency. They were incredibly complimentary about my work (one said my fashion illustrations were the best she'd seen! Wow) and gave me that extra boost I needed to help me make my dream become a reality. I feel confident again, which is just what I need as I'm about to move miles away from home and be thrown out of my comfort zone (I'm moving to just outside of London in about two weeks!). I will post some New Blood photographs soon!

 

I am also delighted to share that this illustration has been one of 22 shortlisted for Unleashed: The Best in the North competition! 'Open to all the Northern Art Schools. This competition is designed to showcase the talents of the best emerging illustrators.' You can read more about it here. I feel so happy about it, and I'm looking forward to the awards night and auction. 

I can't imagine not doing illustration, I love it and I am passionate about it. I'm looking forward to doing some promotional pieces, entering competitions and being highly pro-active in my mission to have a career doing this! 

Degree Show: Framed Prints

So it's a mixture of sadness and excitement at the moment. I'm sad to be leaving university - more because I will no longer be able to stroll into the studio and see my friends whenever I fancy. And no more shared space to (hopefully) get some wok done and advise one another. I feel lucky to have the Tea & Crayons girls to talk to and get this advice from still. It's so exciting to be free from any restrictions and to begin to establish myself as an illustrator further. I'm really excited to be attending the D&AD New Blood at the end of this month too. I will be there on the private view night to promote myself and my course mates to my best ability!

To raise a bit of money for getting to/staying in London for New Blood I'm going to sell my degree show framed prints! They're all signed and framed in good quality white frames. I'm selling them for £20 each (bargain!) but if you would like more than one I can do you a deal :) (also - if you would like a print without a frame do not hesitate to ask! I can make that happen!) Just leave a comment here or email me if you'd like to buy anything! :)

Sorry the images are not the best quality - click on the images to see the original illustration.

I've also just set up a new site for my work. I love that it is clean and very image based. The simplicity allows my work to the talking (I hope!).