Radiant

A lot of business up here lately! I've been having a lot of fun with Radiant Faces. I ran into this online event by accident and knew right away that it was exactly what I would love to participate in. So, since the start of October I'm having a lot of fun with all kinds of possible ways to draw and paint...FACES, yay! One of my FAVOURITE subjects! Some results so far:

Birthday Cards

Some time ago I decided to start participating in design contests every now and then. Not only because they're fun, but because it's a great possibility to build up a portfolio as well. The works above I made for a competition with the theme "cute characters". I just love to create these small fun characters! First I sketched them and then I painted them with acrylic paint, black pencil and charcoal. And I gave on a background in Photoshop. I'd love to get these printed, in fact, I'm going to! I'll show you the results soon!

True Beauty...

Tadaaa, here's the piece I made for the Global Talent Search I told you about in my latest post! It's also showcased in a gallery amongst the other 999 (!) entries of other artists. All amazing work! Check out Lilla's website for sure to see more great work made in this competition.
Although I didn't make it to the Top 50 that went to the semi final, I'm very happy I took part and experienced the whole thing. And I'm also excited about this piece of work and some other pieces I made!

The Spark

It's been a very busy week! Last week the Global Talent Search of Lilla Rogers Studio started. It's a design competition looking for the ultimate new illustration talent. From my Bootcamp experience I knew Lilla's assignments are super fun, so I thought it would be a great experience to enter. We got the assignment past week, a very exciting one: make a Wall Art piece, theme  'Little Terrariums'. I dived into the subject exploring terrarium shapes, succulent textures and colors. I've drawn and painted a lot and than some more. I loved it! Pictures?

The small sketch (top right) was the spark to the idea for my final piece...

Along the way I kept turning left, right, left, trying out several ideas that popped in my head. It resulted in my final piece and some other fun pieces. A very productive week for sure! What I was really happy with was that I didn't freeze up, just had fun and managed to submit a piece I'm pretty proud of. Rewarded myself with a pat on the back, feels like a great prize already!

Above two of the extra pieces I made. Although it wasn't what I was looking for as a final piece, I'm really happy with it
as a result!

We are asked not to show any final work until this Tuesday, when the gallery goes online with everyones work in it. So...I'll show you my final piece in a few days!

Just for Fun

Busy, busy, busy...

With drawing, drawing and some more drawing...Just what I love doing most! Have a great weekend too!

Book illustrations

When I was in Italy the past few weeks, the Zwarte Cross Festival launched the children's book that I made some illustrations for. I was really happy to receive two copies this weekend! When I see my drawings in the book I can't help but feel a little bit proud. And for some reason it feels odd as well!
Good news is that all 2000 copies got sold during the festival. So they're printing a new bunch of books right now. Isn't that just cool?

An example of what one of the illustrations looks like in "real life" and how they used it in 
the book.

And another piece I made, my favorite :-)