Drawing drawing drawing

Hello,

I have been working on a couple of new illustrations, all at the same time, and I'll be posting the finished pieces on my website very soon, but for now I have some shots of work in progress for you all to have a look at.

This self portrait was really fun to draw even thought it took ages, as for some reason I seem to constantly create extra work for myself and do things the longest way possible.. since I don't have a big scanner and I keep drawing things to scale, for some reason, I drew parts of the portrait on separate sheets of paper and then joined them together, luckily it all fit!..But seriously, it took twice as long to complete! I did like the effect it created though. I then added some colour.

This Illustration I did for a friend's blog competition, which still hasn't been held, but here's some previous of what it's like. I've had some funny guesses of who the guy on the left is.. it's definitely not the Prime Minister.. or Hugh Grant.. so i'll let you guess for a while as I find it amusing! :D

I have also been working on a commission for a friend, adding personal elements to her portrait which has been really fun! I've started adding colour to it with colouring pencils and I'm excited to see the finished piece, hope you are too! Here's some 'in progress' photos:

Oh and I have been doing a bit of cleaning/organising of my studio and came across some old drawings..this one made me laugh!

Thanks for reading!

:)

New Designers Exhibition!

Hello!

Yesterday was lovely! Met up with the girlies from Uni and went to the New Designers show. It was really inspiring, so many talented people! Had the pleasure of listening to 3 very talented illustrators talk about the industry, how to make it as a successful illustrator and their careers! Check them out,Gemma Correll, Dan Mumford and Sneaky Raccoon, all with completely different styles but all absolutely great!

The girls and I really loved this illustrator! Her name is Jessica Hogarth and her work is lovely! I really like her use of colour and quirky architecture designs, it's so bright and cheerful!

We went to grab some lunch in Angel. Found this really cute american diner which made cool milkshakes and ice cream sundays! I had a hotdog melt toasty, it was soo good!!

We all loved the freebies! :p

Last week after work I went to a 2 year old's birthday party where I got covered in paint, jumped on a trampoline for too long, gave way too many piggy backs and played a lot of hide and seek, but had a great time! I even got invited to this cutie's 7th birthday party!

I have been working on a few new projects all at the same time, so it's taken me a while to complete, I will be posting them soon, but here's a little preview of one of them!

I just wanted to show everyone what summer has been like in england..Today has been nice actually, even though it rained a lot it was really sunny! In bulgaria we say a bear is getting married!haha

Enjoy!