I'm not sure if this is allowed, so just disregard it if it isn't, but I wanted to do some speculative book covers for my portfolio so tried to combine it with this month's theme and did a book cover for Peter Pan

Bit of a simple concept for my piece but to be honest I struggled with robots, not usually my thing haha!

Hi guys,

I just want to share the exciting news that I now have an agent! I’m maybe sharing this a bit pre-maturely as I still need to send over all my work and be put up on the website, but I am excited so feel like I have to share I’m now represented by T2 illustration agency. Thank you for everyone’s comments on my other post where I asked advice I don’t comment as often as I should here (I often think other people can sum up my thoughts better than I can!) but I am an avid lurker and feel like the past few months I have been an SVS member have kept me encouraged and inspired. I am looking forward to the next phase of my illustration journey

I've been a bit quiet here lately. I've been experimenting with combing traditional and digital media lately and made this today

Hi guys, I’m signing off for Christmas so here is my illustration

Here is mine! Not sure if I'm happy with it, but have to say that with everything going on at the minute I'm finding it really hard to be creative or want to do anything creative

I saw this going around on Twitter so thought it would be fun to post here! Pick a piece of artwork from 2009 (or as old a piece you can find if you don’t have one from 2009) and redraw it!
Here’s mine:

Well at least I stopped abusing the burn tool on Photoshop I was 14 when I drew the first picture! And a big fan of Harry Potter, I think that was my OC at the time

Here's a couple of my pieces

Are we allowed to post sequential illustrations?

Hi everyone, I thought for the first time I would tackle the monthly contest here. I wanted to tackle it in quite a light hearted way and make it Christmassy as it is December!
My idea is a naughty kid who overhears her parent talking (on the phone?) to Santa about how she will definitely be on the naughty list this year. I imagine it would be a spread from a picture book.
I’ve done some thumbnailing so far and choose one in particular to go into more detail and do a rough colour sketch. Id love to hear feedback on the composition and colours etc.

Is it obvious that she is hiding under the tree, trying to sneakily open a Christmas present early?
Is it obvious who her parent is talking to? I wanted to add a phone cord so show he was on the phone, but then realised that kids these days would not understand that haha!
Should I add more context of the living room to the background or will that become too cluttered?

Thank you so much ️

I have this problem too! I like to figure things out as I go along so it's a pain if I have to move something and then I struggle to match up the lineart and colour layers perfectly again

I love your ink fairy! It's so cute!

I prefer 1 and 3 where Ellie is looking at the fairy. Ellie's line of sight guides us across the page to the fairy, and towards the page turn of the book.

2 and 4 are a little confusing to me as Ellie is looking back instead of towards the fairy (and towards the page turn/flow of the reader, line of action in a picture book should be left to right in western picture books as this is the way we read!) so it feels to me almost like 2 separate spreads as the 2 elements (Ellie and the fairy) aren't engaging with each other. 2 also doesn't convey to me that Ellie is hidden

@Rachel-Horne I might just put 'Art department', however I'm less likely to send out a mailer in the post if I don't know the ADs name. Have you read the Children's Writers and Artists Yearbook? They release a new one each year and there is contact details for lots of publishers and agents in the back of it and you might find some names there. I have the 2017 one and it was helpful, though I probably should get the updated version!

I follow lots of editors and ADs on Twitter as I like to stay informed, and sometimes they will put out calls for artists on twitter. Once you find one, Twitter often recommends similar accounts to follow so you can find people that way!

I love your fairy ink splatters! I actually prefer your second composition. It has so much more life and energy, and there is more focus on the fairy exploding from the ink bottle, where as in your first composition it feels a bit less dynamic as the girl and the ink fairy are of a similar size and take up a similar amount of space and (in my opinion) is a little less interesting to look at

Linked In and Twitter are my go to's for finding art directors. I keep a spreadsheet of AD's names, emails, company, the last time I contacted them etc and just add to it when I stumble across someone new. Of course it's important to check that they're still at the same company before I send any new emails or mailers out as they tend to hop around a lot

@Lovsey ah I was in Ballymena at the weekend I’m from Bangor

@Lovsey ah awesome! I don’t see many other Illustrators from here where about are you from?

@Nyrryl-Cadiz Haha knew I wasn't the only one who did this

I have a folder on my computer fill of artworks and photos that inspire me. If I'm having issues with the colour scheme of a piece I will go through that folder and literally colour pick colours I like from pieces that I think fit the vibe of my piece. Maybe that is cheating but I know other illustrators which do this too

I'm from Northern Ireland! Near Belfast I did live in Cornwall, England for three years, but I'm back in NI again