Lilla Rogers' Global Talent Search 2015 competition

What a surprise! I entered the Lilla Rogers' GTS and made the top 50. Really!? I'm still trying to get my head around it. I am really so thrilled to have made it so far and have just had so much fun doing these 2 assignments. Although I can't lie… it was a lot of work and swallowed up half of September's weekends. But I think it has been worth it. Definitely! As always the benefit of a deadline is amazing and Lilla's briefs are fantastic.

The first assignment was to illustrate and create a pair of trainers for a young woman called Antoinette. I decided to focus on Antoinette's love of all things horticultural and her location (Brooklyn, NY). This was my submission:

The second round of the competition was to illustrate a tin for Antoinette's shop… once again there was a very detailed brief and I ended up focusing on the unusual, vintage imagery that was mentioned. Somehow my 'brainstorm' ended up at an old fashioned magic show. I thought yes… that's what I use tins for: somewhere to store all those small, odd things that magically appear and disappear around me all the time.  Here was my submission:

So that's that! If you like what you see here please go and vote for me… there is a people's choice award but you have to be super quick because the voting closes at 5pm (UK time), Monday 21 September. All you have to do is click on this link and once on the page enter your e-mail address. Easy-peasy. And thank you!!

New work

It's been ages (years?) since I last posted anything on this completely neglected blog. But I have been rather busy (what's new). Without any further excuses here goes: I have been doing another Lilla Rogers Bootcamp for Make Art That Sells and have done 3 out of the 4 assignments so far. Here are 2 that I was really happy with. Between all this I also did an Adobe illustrator course and I have to say it's great to feel a bit more comfortable in that program now. Here is the poster I did for The Global Art Gathering. I really loved doing the hand lettering. The colour palette (given by Lilla) was also beautful. Very easy to work with and enjoy.

 

This one was for a plate design where we were asked to create a colour pattern and then overlay a dark silouette of a crustacean. I confess I got very attached to my pattern and couldn't bring myself to put anything over it. My husband suggests I just tell everyone it's on the other side of the plate :)