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Time for the alternative Easter bunny to make his annual appearance! Wishing you all a lovely weekend! 🐰🐣🌷 . . . . . . #easter #easterweekend #easter2019 #easterbunny #rabbitsofinstagram #rabbit #bunny #illustration_daily #illustration_best #kidlitart #illustrationforchildren #creativehappylife #illustrationwork #illustrationnow #illustree #illustrated #illustratorsofinstagram #illustration #makeartthatsells
Friends of the internets! Help! My creative brain is broken today and I cannot for the life of me pick a good greetings for this lil’ guy which I’m going to turn into a card... please help me out and leave your suggestions in the comments below! If I pick yours, I’ll send you a little bundle of my cards as a thank you! In the lead so far is “HANG IN THERE” but I know there must be something better! 😂🦜 . . . . . . #parakeet #parakeetsofinstagram #illustration_daily #illustration_best #kidlitart #illustrationforchildren #childrensillustration #greetingcards #greetingcarddesign #inspiredbynature #shoppingwithsoul #makeartthatsells #creativehappylife #illustrationwork #illustrationnow #illustratorsofinstagram #visitmexico #sayulita #sayulitalife
Another little Japanese instalment... a tea room (still no teapot emoji, boohoo) for @makeartthatsells bootcamp this month ✨🇯🇵 . . . . . #tea #teatime #chawan #chashitsu #茶碗 #茶室 #teabowl #wabisabi #makeartthatsells #matsbootcamp #matsbootcamp2019 #tealove #editorialillustration #tealovers #theydrawandtravel #illustratorsofinstagram #illustration #infographic #travelillustration #magazineillustration #illustration #japan #japeneseculture #visitjapan
Tea anyone? A little infographic of info discovered while researching Japanese tea bowls for @makeartthatsells bootcamp... ☕️ (the fact there is STILL no teapot emoji is a travesty btw) . . . . . . #tea #teatime #chawan #chawanmushi #茶碗 #teabowl #wabisabi #makeartthatsells #matsbootcamp #matsbootcamp2019 #editorialillustration #theydrawandtravel #illustratorsofinstagram #illustration #infographic #travelillustration #magazineillustration #illustration #japan #japeneseculture #visitjapan
Ah Scotland, the closest place to home for me... I do miss you, but not your weather! 🌦 I thought I’d follow my other map with this one (any excuse to draw a highland cow!) which is now available as a limited edition print in my store (link in profile) . . . . . . . #illustratedmap #mapart #travelillustration #illustration #artlicensing #artmap #makeartthatsells #editorialillustration #magazineillustration #editorialart #mapillustration #littlestoriesofmylife #scotspirit #hiddenscotland #visitscotland #unlockscotland #scotlandisnow #loves_scotland #explorescotland #instascotland #lovescotland #ilovescotland #theydrawandtravel #scotland #scotland_insta
The hairy moo cow of creativity wishes you a happy and fulfilled Sunday, and a fabulously productive week ahead! 🐮A little adaptation from a wee project I’m working on... . . P.s. If you’re having a bad day... just google “baby highland cow”. Actually, do that even if you’re not having a bad day, pretty sure you won’t regret it... . . . #highlandcow #illustration_daily #illustration_best #kidlitart #illustrationforchildren #childrensillustration #creativehappylife #illustrationwork #illustrationnow #illustratorsofinstagram #highlandcattle #scotland #visitscotland
If you randomly find yourself in the market for a ridiculous fairy tale salt and pepper set, I’m your gal! 🤪✨ . . Most recent work for @makeartthatsells Assignment Bootcamp... a fairy tale frog prince theme with a Mexican twist... my princess pepper grinder (!) is a Quinceañera or a girl celebrating her 15th birthday which is a BIG deal here in Mexico (google it, the dresses are amazing) but has unexpectedly come across a frog prince salt shaker who is very keen for a kiss 🐸💋🤣 . . . . . #quinceañera #frogprince #theprincessandthefrog #illustratedproducts #makeartthatsells #matsbootcamp2019 #matsbootcamp #weloveillustration #illustrateyourworld #artlicensing #illustration #illustratorsofinstagram #illustrationdesign #saltandpeppershakers #saltandpepper
Lisa Congdon... artist, illustrator, author, speaker, cat AND dog lover... Many moons ago (well, about six years ago) when I was still working full time as a lawyer in Edinburgh, stuck in my little corporate pen, I randomly stumbled across Lisa’s blog and it kinda blew my mind. Here was an artist, successfully working full time as an illustrator who had spent the first 15 years of her career in a completely different field. In fact, Lisa did not meaningfully pick up a paintbrush until her early 30s (at the time I was 29). GASP I thought, maybe it isn’t too late for me after all as proceeded to read her entire blog and absorb every interview, podcast and article ever published about her (probably when I should have been revising contracts). Fast forward to today, I’m working freelance as an illustrator (complemented with a bit of lawyering on the side) and living looking over the ocean on the Pacific coast of Mexico. If this Nicola had told that Nicola where she’d be in 6 years, she’d have fallen off her chair... Anyway, this is a long winded thank you to @lisacongdon for sharing her story and making me realise that it was all still to play for... my favourite quote from Lisa is “when you’re not making stuff, there’s this part of you that aches, but you don’t know that’s why it aches” which is exactly where I was at the time. #lisacongdon #portraitchallenge_2019 . . . . . . . . #illustration #freelanceillustrator #ignitetheskillwithin #artisticmoods #workingartist #makeartthatsells #artshare #artistsharing #weloveillustration #matsdrawingfaces #illustratorslife #illustrationartists #best_of_illustrations #aoimember #womenwhodraw #theaoi #illustratedportrait #editorialillustration #illustrationhowl #womenwithpencils #moreillustration #drawingfaces #illustrateyourworld #illustratorsoninstagram #portraitchallenge #illustratorsofinstagram