Dog illustration...

I was lucky enough to be commissioned by the very lovely Hannah Greenwood recently (@Hannahpianna on twitter. If you haven't seen her work, go and take a look now, it's stunning - lots of beautiful paper cuts and designs).

After seeing some of my (newly ventured into) pet portraits on twitter, she asked me to illustrate her dog, Mr Socks. He's beautiful and I was so excited to take on my first pet commission. I love that people have such faith in my abilities! (Thank you!!) Anyway, I'm so happy with the way he turned out and she loved it too.

All nicely printed up and framed. (I send all my prints in beautiful board backed frame mounts. The framed picture at the bottom was for display/photograph purposes only). I really loved how it printed. I'm even using this guy for advertising purposes. What do you think of the advert below. The 'woof' was a bit of a joke, but I've been told it adds charm, fun and accessibility... Do you agree?

Now to get back to some new limited edition prints I am working on and start work on a lovely  Father's Day illustration commission!

Abby x

Promo Flyers!

 So my promotional flyers and business cards arrived today! I always find opening the box such an excitable and scary moment... What if I made a spelling mistake? What if they're too dark? (If I was doing my English GCSE's I'd be getting a few marks for rhetorical questions right there.. )

Well thankfully there are no issues! None at all. I'm really happy with how they have come out. They feel beautiful and look just as I imagined they would :)

Such a giant and beautiful pile of postcard sized flyers! Now it's time to send them around and put them in arty/independent shops for customers to take (that's part of the plan anyway...) If you can think of any suitably brilliant places, please do let me know! Or, of course, if you know anybody who may be interested in commissioning a piece I can send you a couple in the post or have them email me at: abbywrightillustration@hotmail.com

Have a lovely weekend and enjoy this gorgeous weather :)

A goodbye & thank you gift...

Well yesterday was my last day working at Gorvett and Stone, the best chocolate shop you can imagine. It's been an absolute pleasure to work there and I will miss everybody (not forgetting, of course, the chocolate) there. I wanted to give them a parting gift as a thank you for making my time there so wonderful, and thought something unique and personal was the best idea. I illustrated some of their chocolates, as well as one of their many vintage teapots, even incorporating their chocolate mouse and exploding chocolate frog into the picture. They seemed to really love it and it's one of my favourite things about a talent like this, creating unique gifts for people I love :)

Although I am sad to be leaving (chocolate adviser was my favourite job title to date), this makes way for more time to spend on my illustrations and start on a new adventure.