Hey all, my name is Claire and I am a freelance illustrator and designer from Tofino BC, Canada (end of the road on west coast Vancouver Island)! I work and live from my sailboat (which can provide its own unique challenges), and feel pretty lucky to be able to do what I do for a living.

One of my New Years resolutions "goals" this year is to listen to more Podcasts. I recently discovered 3 Point Perspective and LOVE it! I listened to the one about networking and realized that, due to my remote location, I don't really HAVE any friends or mentors in my industry in my area, and moving from here isn't possible as I LOVE where I live. Lots of artists here, but not really 'commercial illustrators'. Most of my network is via social media these days.

Since my other "goal" is to extend my network, I figured I would just dive into potential networks further afield! So that being said... here I am. Nice to see so many artists out there!

Cheers!

Claire

Just got back on here after a while and I see all the fun Inktober stuff going on!! Here is my last 3. I have been jumping between traditional ink and my iPad Pro.
#8 Frail (or Darwin meets Dali) and #7 Enchanted and #6 Husky...

INSTAGRAM: clairewatsonart
FACEBOOK: clairewatsonart

Thanks All! I was trying to go individual replies, but it won't let me post more than once in 120 seconds and I have dinner to make (and I'm a forum noob)! Looking forward to participating in the forums and challenges.

@Erin-Cortese Thanks!!

@xin-li Thank you!

Just got back on here after a while and I see all the fun Inktober stuff going on!! Here is my last 3. I have been jumping between traditional ink and my iPad Pro.
#8 Frail (or Darwin meets Dali) and #7 Enchanted and #6 Husky...

INSTAGRAM: clairewatsonart
FACEBOOK: clairewatsonart

Thanks All! I was trying to go individual replies, but it won't let me post more than once in 120 seconds and I have dinner to make (and I'm a forum noob)! Looking forward to participating in the forums and challenges.

Hey all, my name is Claire and I am a freelance illustrator and designer from Tofino BC, Canada (end of the road on west coast Vancouver Island)! I work and live from my sailboat (which can provide its own unique challenges), and feel pretty lucky to be able to do what I do for a living.

One of my New Years resolutions "goals" this year is to listen to more Podcasts. I recently discovered 3 Point Perspective and LOVE it! I listened to the one about networking and realized that, due to my remote location, I don't really HAVE any friends or mentors in my industry in my area, and moving from here isn't possible as I LOVE where I live. Lots of artists here, but not really 'commercial illustrators'. Most of my network is via social media these days.

Since my other "goal" is to extend my network, I figured I would just dive into potential networks further afield! So that being said... here I am. Nice to see so many artists out there!

Cheers!

Claire