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Land and Sea – College Final Project
Here is the final (unless I decide to change it – which is ENTIRELY likely!) version of my college project. I’ve uploaded it here because it needs to be viewed nice and large to get all the detail. It’ll be … Continue reading
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Tagged art, bright, children, children's, illustration, natalie, natalie smillie, scotland, smillie
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The Princess and the Guinea Pig
…and then the guinea pig LEAPT off the ledge and plummeted toward the ground…
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Tagged adventure, castle, children, children's, escape, guinea pig, illustration, illustrator, mountains, natalie, princess, red, ribbon, seagull, smillie, tower
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Jungle Travel Pack
Here’s something I’ve been working on for college. I have to create a travel pack for children and I’ve chosen to do a jungle theme. This is the inside box art and the idea is that I create an activity … Continue reading
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Tagged chameleon, children, children's, design, illustration, illustrator, jungle, natalie, rocks, ruins, smillie, toucan, trees, vine, vines
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New Illustrations
So after a couple of months of using my bamboo, I’m really happy with it. It’s great fun to use and really easy – here are a few illustrations I’ve popped out recently; … Continue reading
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Tagged boy, camping, children, children's, design, diving, dog, fish, girl, illustration, illustrator, natalie, pheasant, plants, rocks, scuba, scubadiving, smillie, teapot, tent, trees, weeds
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Illustration Friday – Prehistoric
This weeks Illustration Friday is ‘Prehistoric’, so I doodled these two chaps; I’m shockingly bad at blogging so if you want to chat or catch up with what I’m doing, follow me on twitter – @natsmillie Toodlepip!
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Tagged art, children, design, dinosaurs, illustration, illustration friday, illustrator, kids, natalie, personal, prehistoric, smillie
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Tea and Biscuits – children’s illustration
Hallo! I’ve been at it with the pencils again and come up with this; Watecolour pencils and a bit of gouache. I’ve really enjoyed using this medium, it has a lovely organic, scribbly look to it which I think … Continue reading
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Tagged art, biscuit, bush, children, children's, design, dragon, flowers, girl, grass, illustration, illustrator, jammy dodger, natalie, picnic, smillie, tea, teacup, teapot, tree
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Experiments in Children’s Illustration
Hallo! I’ve been experimenting with different media for my illustrations. I wanted a softer, more painterly/drawn look rather than the clean, smooth, untextured finish of the gouache and watercolour paintings I’ve been doing (don’t get me wrong, watercolour is still … Continue reading
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Tagged aberdeen, art, bear, boy, chihuahua, children, children's, design, dog, girl, ice cream, icecream, illustration, illustration friday, illustrator, natalie, smillie, suitcase, travel
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Freak Weather Event in Scotland
Hello! I’ve been away for ages. I know. Slap my wrist. It’s beautiful up here in the highlands at the moment. The last two days have hit 30c! Which is a freak weather event for Scotland. It’s along the lines … Continue reading
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Tagged aberdeen, aberdeenshire, art, cat, children, children's illustration, color, colour, design, etsy, feminine, floral, flowers, geometric, highland, illustration, illustrator, natalie, palette, scotland, shop, smillie, tea, teapot, vector
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Father’s Day
Hallo! Father’s Day is fast approaching and what could be better than some magnets or badges to celebrate manliness?! See my etsy shop here – Click me! The end of year show for Aberdeen College’s second year Vis Comm HND … Continue reading
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Tagged aberdeen, aberdeen college, aberdeenshire, art, college, design, etsy, HND, illustration, illustrator, natalie, offset57, scotland, shop, smillie, vector, vis comm, visual communication
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