@xin-li there an artist called Rita Tu
She’s on Instagram as qianwentu_rita
She does watercolour to digital, her works beautiful. I think you’d like it. I’ve been following her work for a while now but I’ve only seen snippets of her process.

@xin-li I know what you mean, I’m always in danger of getting carried away, especially if I’m enjoying myself.
I know of quite a few artists who mix up traditional and digital and end up with a very traditional feel, but I don’t know any who specifically start with watercolour then move it into digital.
If I find one I’ll let you know.

@Braden-Hallett that’s funny Braden
It’s actually brilliant.
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If I was being really annoying And picky which I guess I am, I’d tone down the saturated yellow Light streaks.
I do love the colours though it’s working brill

@xin-li I love it. I don’t know if I have anything useful to add.
I like the way the focus on the character is sharper than the plants.

@xin-li my 6 year old boy really likes rules of summer. He spends ages looking at the pictures and the text is just about right for him to read out loud.
I really love Shaun tans work too.

@demotlj thanks again for your answer. Based on what you said, and as I’m looking for more insight I thought I’d try and teach myself some simple tunes on the keyboard. Nothing serious, I thought it might help somehow and give me a wider understanding. Thanks again.

@Kasey-Snow same here I love reading everyone’s answers. Great question Kasey

As a kid or as an adult?
Benji Davies, Grandad’s island. Which I still struggle to read out loud, after loosing my grandad a few years ago. Beautifully written and illustrated.
The shrinking of treehorn which I read as a kid, is about a kid who is shrinking and tries to tell the adults around him but they’re all too busy with their own problems. Brilliant book illustrated by Edward Gorey.
Also recently Andy Stanton and David Lichfield’s, When I was a child. Which is about the magic and wonder of childhood told by grandma remembering how the world use to be when she was a child. It then switches as grandma gets sad about getting old and grey, the child takes grandma on a journey to show her how it is still full of wonder and magic. Again It’s so beautifully illustrated and written, while using Andy Stantons surreal and humorous take on the world.
Also the promise, by Nicola Davies and Laura Carlin, it reads out loud really well. It’s about a girl who lives in a hard mean city. She steals a bag off an old lady, while she’s stealing it the old lady makes her promise to plant what’s inside the bag. The prose and the illustrations go so well together. It’s a story that will stick with you.

@NessIllustration that’s a cool shop Ness, so well organised too.

@NessIllustration I will definitely have another look at Etsy, based on what you’ve said. I’d love to see your shop too, have you got a link to it.
I was thinking of doing smaller originals for Etsy but I never thought about offering commissions on there.