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Mid Century Masculine
Hello! I’ve been thinking about surface patterns and how not a lot of my art is very appealing to the proper gentleman. So I decided to have a go at designing something that would fit the bill. I discovered that … Continue reading
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Board Game In 7 Hours
Today my sister in law asked me to make her a board game. She’s studying for a PhD and her and some colleagues are doing this thing which sounds very literary and intellectual where they go and seclude themselves from … Continue reading
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NAEWYE Zine
There’s an exciting thing happening in Aberdeen. Europe’s oil capital is vying for the UK’s City of Culture accolade and in order to help it on its way, an underground army of art, craft, illustration and design personnel is gaining … Continue reading
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Octopus process
*Updated with a better scan. Hello peeps! Thought I’d do a wee process post this time. Although this isn’t the way I usually work (or it hasn’t been before although I really enjoyed it, so I might do more!), I … Continue reading
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Disney Natalie
Hello peoples! This instalment you are treated to me, as a Disney character! A project for college required us to pick a style from a box and then illustrate ourselves as a vector character. It was really good fun. The guys on … Continue reading
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Tagged aberdeen, aberdeenshire, art, character, design, disney, illustration, illustrator, natalie, personal, portrait, scotland, smillie, vector
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Personal Branding
Hallo! Got some new bits up on the etsy shop – here. I’ve been working on some personal branding to use for my business and I’ve come up with something I quite like. It’s a retro/vintage feel, which seems to … Continue reading
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Where there’s tea, there’s hope
Hello beautiful people, I’m going screen printing tomorrow. The lovely folks at Peacock Visual Arts are holding a workshop and a few of us are going along to have a try. In honour of this I’ve created a little illustration to screen print – I’m … Continue reading
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The Amazing Super Bean
Hello everyone! Today’s blog is about how seemingly innocuous conversations with people can spawn a cool idea or inspire you to do something you wouldn’t normally do. I’m sure we’ve all at some point had a conversation and someone’s turn … Continue reading
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The Diligent Squirrel
Hello everyone! First the big news, I have opened an Etsy shop –Here, full of chickeny goodness (perfect for mothers day!). More arty loveliness will be added soon, so keep checking back. Moving on to the squirrely reason for this … Continue reading
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The Cunning Fox
Hello! The fox is the next animal up. I think foxes have received a lot of bad press recently in the UK and while I don’t want to get into a debate on whether or not foxes are a good … Continue reading
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