Saturday, October 30, 2010

My particular favourites:

I worked out the drawing style for these books with two illustrators as inspiration: Shirley Hughes and Freya Blackwood.


I love how modern and subtle Freya Blackwood's work is, and how people are half real half simplified. I later used her watercolour style as my guide to watercolouring—she's a lot better than me, but better trained and more devoted, so it's only fair. Oh, I wish I could draw like her.


I read some Shirley Hughes when I was little. I love how she fills her pages with childish details: grubby hands, frowns of concentration, pants falling down, wind-blown hair. She has a very unique style I have no hope of attempting!

I also used the photography on pumpkinpatch as a guide for little kid's proportions. By the way, they have a nice range of little girl clothes this summer with hardly any pink.

Coming soon: How I actually figured out my own style.

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