tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88662805717770879372024-03-14T07:24:13.977-07:00disguise yourself as yourselfILLUSTRATIONJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-80545045825327092792014-08-31T08:37:00.001-07:002016-01-17T07:46:05.281-08:00Latest screenprinting fun..!<br />
Latest screenprinted offerings...! I've been having fun drawing animals again lately. :) All these items are currently available from the <a href="http://www.folksy.com/shops/whirlygig" target="_blank">Whirly Collective Folksy Shop</a>. I'm especially pleased with how the Rhino & Small Rhino notebooks turned out..!<br />
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<br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-48170735823259173932014-04-29T12:11:00.001-07:002014-04-29T12:11:42.278-07:00Bright OwlBeen working on a few ideas for some one-colour print designs, for possible use on cards, tote bags 'n' things. :) This one's dedicated to all those who I've played at a certain app-based word game, where brightowl is my username. I don't always win, unfortunately, but I thought it'd be a cute idea for a picture.<br />
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A drawing to celebrate spring. :) As well as being a developmental piece for a story I'm working on, this drawing was also an opportunity to experiment more in Adobe Illustrator. Fun stuff!<br /><br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-5219730077047996092013-10-14T07:35:00.002-07:002013-10-14T07:41:02.441-07:00Little Valkyrie - screen print<br />
I've completed a new screen-print..! It's inspired by
fantasy, the love of books, and Norse legend. :) It features the sun,
moon and stars, ravens, the branches of the legendary ash-tree
Yggdrasil, a book featuring a serpent on the back cover, and a little
Valkyrie with a fantastic hat. <br />
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If you'd like your own Valkyrie to hang on your wall, take a quick look at the <a href="http://folksy.com/shops/whirlygig" target="_blank">Whirlygig folksy shop</a>. :)<br />
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Next up: making more books and probably some Christmas cards! If you haven't already, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/janelikesyou" target="_blank">try following my twitter account</a> for more updates. Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-79688104103399684802013-08-20T01:22:00.000-07:002013-08-20T01:22:40.015-07:00Update - fairs I'll be attending..!<br />
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After much preparation (fingers ache from trimming books, argh - see picture above for only a fraction of the huge heap of offcuts!), I'm off to Edinburgh. :) Looking forward to a few days' fun and relaxation before Stripped Mini Comic Fair.<br />
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I'll take this opportunity to post the current list of some upcoming events:<br />
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<b>24th-25th August, 11:00am - 18:00pm<br /><a href="http://strippedbookfest.co.uk/" target="_blank">Stripped Mini Comic Fair</a> </b>(part of Edinburgh International Book Festival)<b><br /></b><br />
5 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4DR<br />
<u><b>Twitter:</b></u> <a href="https://twitter.com/StrippedFest" target="_blank">@StrippedFest</a><br />
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<b>7th September, 11am to to 5pm (open at 9.30am for Advance ticket holders) </b><br />
<a href="http://www.mcmcomiccon.com/scotland/" target="_blank"><b>MCM Scotland Comic Con</b></a> (exhibiting in Comic Village)<br />
The SECC, Glasgow, G3 8YW <br />
<u><b>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MCMExpo" target="_blank">@MCMExpo</a></b></u><br />
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<b>23th-24th November</b><br />
<b><a href="http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/" target="_blank">Thought Bubble Festival </a></b>(Allied London Hall)<b></b><br />
Armouries Drive, Leeds, LS10 1LT<br />
<u><b>Twitter:</b></u> <a href="https://twitter.com/thoughtbubbleuk" target="_blank">@thoughtbubbleuk</a><br />
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<b>6th-7th December</b><br />
<a href="http://www.capsule.org.uk/project/library-of-birmingham-opening-season/" target="_blank"><b>Volume: Birmingham's Art, Book and Print Fair</b></a><br />
The Library of Birmingham, Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1<br />
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If you should come to any of these events, do come and say hello. :) I'm excited about all of them and looking forward to meeting people..! I just need to carry on working on new things to bring to them... in the meantime, wish me a safe trip up to the Festival city. :DJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-43728162706753026752013-08-14T10:45:00.002-07:002013-08-14T10:56:03.778-07:00New Book: Twa Corbies<br />
After having it in my mind for ages whilst juggling other projects and commissions, I've had a little chunk of time recently to complete my latest personal project, <i>Twa Corbies</i>, <a href="http://janelikesyou.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/twa-corbies-initial-scribblings.html" target="_blank">which I posted initial doodles for back in February</a>. It's based on a folk song from the Scottish Borders and takes a wry look at mortality, with the narrator in my own adaptation arriving in the form of a hare. I've more copies to stitch together in the next week, but here are the first few, fresh from being bound, trimmed and pressed. :)<br />
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<i>Twa Corbies </i>will, appropriately, be making its debut in Scotland at the Edinburgh International Book Festival "Stripped" mini comic fair on 24/25 August. :) Expect an update in the next day or so about more summer/autumn 2013 events I'll be attending!Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-69669583443687145822013-08-03T12:33:00.003-07:002013-08-03T12:33:38.907-07:00Summer bloggin' ... Part One: IndietracksHello all! A bit of a life-y blog-post, this, but why not?<br />
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As it happens, my birthday occurred this year right before <a href="http://www.indietracks.co.uk/" target="_blank">Indietracks</a> festival in Derbyshire; after going for the first time last year I definitely wanted to go again; the fact it was over my birthday weekend this year made it extra good! :) It's a smallish festival, and as it's indiepop even the headliners are bands many people haven't heard of. But it is so relaxed and I left feeling tired but happy - and having heard lots of amazing music, some familiar and a lot that was completely new to me. I miss it already - can't wait for next year.<br />
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Because I want to clutch onto the memories that feel like both yesterday and months ago (but were actually a week ago now), I thought I'd post a few of my pics here - I didn't take many, but here's a few just for a taste (maybe I should post a few from last year?). And a few sketches of Indietracks-goers, too!<br />
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Did I mention one arrives at the festival via steam train? :)<br />
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...and what other festival has an eagle owl propping up the bar? :) Bet he went for one of the fancy real ales... the "Poet's Pippin" cider was my choice. Wonderfully tangy and appley.<br />
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<b>Anyway</b>, thanks for reading this far. A busy rest-of-the-summer (and probably autumn) is planned...! Had MCM Expo in Manchester on the 20th, which was wild and wonderful and very, very busy. More events lined up... keep an eye on my <a href="https://twitter.com/janelikesyou" target="_blank">Twitter </a>if you can, and I will post updates soon. :)Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-15623306973565124972013-07-12T03:37:00.000-07:002013-07-12T03:37:18.491-07:00Pastel Safari - more animals sighted!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-42305019894655798092013-04-10T10:27:00.001-07:002013-04-10T10:28:41.011-07:00Commission: 35% CanadianThis post features another commission for <a href="http://oldmaidenaunt.com/" target="_blank">Old Maiden Aunt Yarns</a>' yearly yarn subscription club! Lilith's theme this year was "35% Canadian" - named after the ratio of home-grown music that Canadian radio stations are obliged to play, with each new yarn colour inspired by the music of a Canadian artist. :) So, as the yarn club extra gift, a tote bag featuring typically Canadian animals rocking old-fashioned headphones was a great idea that I was happy to do! As all the club parcels have been sent out I can now freely post the finished work here, so I shouldn't be spoiling anybody's surprise...<br />
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"Sleep" is a three-colour screen print, inspired by that hazy, floating feeling one gets just at the edges of sleep, a few minutes before dropping off or waking up. The image size is roughly A4, and it's screen-printed onto A3 good-quality, thick watercolour paper. Due to a personal shortage of said good-quality watercolour paper, it comes in a limited edition of only twelve numbered and initialed prints. :) </div>
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Screen-printing bonanza! The first thing you need to do is design your print and separate it into a series of layers. Each layer corresponds to a different layer of ink, usually one different colour for each layer (including lineart). If a print has more than one colour, it's basically three different images printed on top of one another. </div>
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Depending on what sort of print you're doing, it can a good idea to take a reference, e.g. one coloured in Photoshop - gives you an image to work to and helps you get your colours right. Below is a pic of my photoshop mock-up, before I slathered a load of paint on it to check the colours...</div>
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<br />In order to get all the layers onto the screen, you first print or photocopy them onto acetate, all in black (ideally as true-black as possible).</div>
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You then get your screen, go into the darkroom and coat it in green, photosensitive goo. Below is a picture of my screen before it's had the emulsion applied.</div>
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The time while you're waiting for the emulsion to dry is a good opportunity to mix up any colours of ink that you need. :) For this you use either specific screen-printing colours, or you can use decent-quality acrylic paints and mix them with a special gloopy screen-printing medium.</div>
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When the emulsion has dried, you take your images on acetate and your screen and use the UV box (the giant machine thing in the pic below) to "burn" the image onto the mesh; that is, the light passes through the black areas and removes the emulsion accordingly; the area of mesh where your photoemulsion has been removed is your stencil.</div>
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You then take the hose and give your screen a bath, washing off the burned-off emulsion until your stencil appears! :) That hose on the right is a pressure washer, and is like a hardcore water gun. You don't need it all the time but when there is cause for using it you feel like Arnold Schwarzenegger (or the Simpsons parody of him at least). Take that, last traces of stubborn emulsion that won't come off!<br />
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This is where the pictures become less informative since I actually had to get to work printing. :) Once your screen has dried (there's a lot of waiting for screens to dry) you grab a squeegee (pictured below!), tape up bits of your screen that need taping up and fix it into the screen bed. The bed/table has a vacuum function that holds the paper underneath in place. <br />
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You then smear on some ink, pull it across the screen using the squeegee and back again, making sure enough ink is distributed on the screen (i.e. that it's "flooded"). This ensures even coverage and helps stop it drying out. <br />
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These pics are actually of my second/middle layer, that is the darker purple swirls. This is what my prints looked like after the first layer - the ones on wonky paper are test prints:</div>
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It's important to "register" your print to make sure the ink goes down where you want it. This is important for the first layer too, but it's especially important when you're doing an image with multiple layers; if you mess up, your lineart could be halfway across the page from your shading! So, first you print onto a largeish sheet of acetate taped to the screen bed. This means you can check exactly where your ink's going to go and position your sheet of paper accordingly.</div>
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When you've done a second layer out of three, chances are you'll have something like this! You then leave the prints to dry on a drying rack and go and thoroughly wash the ink off your screen.</div>
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If your third layer isn't already burned onto your screen, and you don't have it on another screen sitting ready to go, you'll need to remove all the emulsion from your screen using a chemical spray stuff (and, sometimes, the pressure washer), re-coat it with emulsion and burn your last stencil onto it. More waiting-to-dry/mixing colours/lunch/making tea time...!<br />
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Then you go through the whole printing process again with the final layer, hopefully not messing up too much, and you get your finished result. Voila! :)<br />
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While it may seem a long and convoluted process to print by hand, what can never come across fully in my amateur photos reproduced online is the visible difference in quality between my initial mock-up image and the finished print. My home printer is pretty good, but without some serious industrial/giclee technology it's incredibly hard to get something that looks as vivid and strong as a hand-pulled print. :) It's a quite physical and time-consuming process but it's enjoyable and very much worth it, and with every hand-pulled print you get something that is real and unique. :)<br />
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Hope this wee blogging session has been informative for at least a few readers..! Expect another post with my finished print soon....<br />
<br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-70789901631208422442013-03-06T09:44:00.002-08:002013-03-06T09:44:59.095-08:00Pastel Safari - screen prints<br />
To my delight, I've joined <a href="http://www.birminghamprintmakers.org/" target="_blank">Birmingham Printmakers</a>! This has enabled me to get back into a screen-printing studio for the first time since leaving uni. I'm hoping to make good use of it in coming months; as a starting project to refresh my printing memory, I've made these small animal prints. :) I thought they would look good in nurseries or children's rooms so have placed them in cute, simple white frames.<br />
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<br />The beginning of a new sketchbook and a new book project! Another folk song this time, from the Borders I believe. "Twa Corbies", or "The Two Ravens", is about - to put it in a way that sounds nice - the Circle of Life. Brilliant song. :)<br />
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In more productive news, this weekend just past I exhibited at my first ever <a href="http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/" target="_blank">Thought Bubble</a> festival. :) I'd never been, not even as a visitor, but I'd been told that I should go so I leapt at the opportunity to get a table this year. I had a really great time! The work being exhibited was a wonderfully varied and diverse lot - there seemed to be something for everybody - and I got to chat to some really cool people too! One highlight was meeting the fantastic <a href="http://harkavagrant.com/" target="_blank">Kate Beaton</a> and <a href="http://greatshowdowns.com/" target="_blank">Scott C.</a> in person. Was slightly starstruck but hopefully managed to seem at least a little bit not-deranged when I spoke to KB. :) I was lucky to get in early though, the queue after the signing really started was crazy. She really does seem to have a ton of fans.<br /><br />Anyway, on a much smaller scale (!) , my humble tableful of wares seemed to do alright too - I wasn't sure what to expect, but I had a really good fair. For anyone visiting who came back to my stall to get some Owl and Pussycat pins but found I'd sold out, keep an eye on this blog or on my <a href="https://twitter.com/janelikesyou" target="_blank">twitter</a> - I won't be able to make any more for a little while as I'm moving house, but I'll get some more shapes ordered and pins made ASAP, and I'll post as soon as I do. :)</div>
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Oh yeah, I also learned with these couple of events that I'm a wimp when it comes to after-parties at the moment. Maybe it's the fact that it feels like I've barely stopped moving lately, but I just keep chickening out of going to them even though I know they'll be enjoyable. Next time, I promise!</div>
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Speaking of next time, I should blog about some of my recent work in more depth, but I don't want to lump everything into one post. In the meantime, if you like you can go to <a href="http://folksy.com/shops/whirlygig" target="_blank">Folksy</a> to check out the current bits on offer. :)</div>
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Oh yeah, and if you're reading this because we chatted at TBF and/or you picked up one of my business cards, thanks so much for looking me up! Hope to speak to you soon.</div>
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Here are some developmental drawings for a commission I'm working on; the finished artwork will be a largish drawing featuring different sorts of fishes.<br />
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The finished piece will be in colour, but I thought I'd play with some indian ink and a black watercolour pencil and experiment a bit as I familiarised myself with the shapes of some different varieties of fishy creature. I rather like the drawings in their own right. :)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">More greetings cards! This time I had fun with coloured cards and Letraset. :)</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-12027978877500346362012-02-19T12:13:00.000-08:002012-02-19T12:19:17.805-08:00Birthday Ducks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUzENdIeY0__wKqhEpkZ1p5k6aTWcSC2iAqUG_ik7JmBBn3Q9hTf17EmXYnfinBbGSIhazf5wr7UU83Q5AqavBRBs95NiuP7jBa2f7DvynQCEQnMHhAOEY1FDXDjRYpUHnd6sYecgZF-2/s1600/birthdayducks.jpg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUzENdIeY0__wKqhEpkZ1p5k6aTWcSC2iAqUG_ik7JmBBn3Q9hTf17EmXYnfinBbGSIhazf5wr7UU83Q5AqavBRBs95NiuP7jBa2f7DvynQCEQnMHhAOEY1FDXDjRYpUHnd6sYecgZF-2/s320/birthdayducks.jpg.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV9qp5DOLeh_MP04zvZzoyZObxOQPGvpu4lxyEYmYtlfcWarxJe-NL2uUmgCyuhaGmpUml0WAdsHwTTTs2bi0eCRxoiKL7dqsN4KWdS9Bf7-6ffZiyXyV_96sFPgJTZhbSqY8hr7f6ujmR/s1600/webDSCF1579sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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Here's another mermaid drawing. I'm determined to make a lovely book out of all this; been enjoying adapting the story in my own words, too. I get the feeling that with other stuff going on all over the place it might take me a while to complete a whole book of fairytales, but I'm excited about it. :)Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-68788391910972446492011-12-14T03:51:00.000-08:002011-12-14T03:51:35.953-08:00Aladdin's RingA while ago I did some drawings as part of a collaboration with a Canadian friend of mine who writes (and who has also just started a rad new cookery blog, followable <a href="http://pastaparabola.blogspot.com/">here</a>); the story, titled <i>Aladdin's Ring</i>, which will hopefully soon be featured in a Canadian indie magazine called Highbrau, is a short and poetic exploration of objects that excite emotion in us or engage our memories. I had limited time to work on these, but I really identified with the themes in the piece so I had fun with it. :)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The book in question is <i>Socktopus</i> by Alice Yu. Alice is a big part of the craft/yarn/knitting scene in London, so although I could never knit to save my life, the rest of the book has been crafted by an expert. :) It is published by GMC and if you are a knitting or crafty person you can buy it here: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Socktopus-Alice-Yu/dp/1861088523/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319544406&sr=8-1">[Click!]</a> or here: <a href="http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/alice+yu/socktopus/8606976/">[click click!]</a> or here: <a href="http://www.whsmith.co.uk/CatalogAndSearch/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=9781861088529">[clickity click!]</a></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-73147699003141796942011-10-21T05:49:00.000-07:002011-10-21T05:49:45.640-07:00The Little MermaidLately I've been digging into one of my favourite old books living on my shelf, which is a copy of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales that I bought at an antique fair in Edinburgh. There's no publisher date on it, but the first gift inscription is 1928 (with a subsequent one, curiously enough, to an Alastair Campbell in 1970!).<br />
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Lovely and nostalgic though Disney's animated version is, nothing quite matches the original story, "Set forth in simple words for Young Children" though it may be! I decided to do a couple of drawings based on it. I may or may not carry on and make my own little book adaptation out of it.<br />
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<b>#5. Alpaca</b><br />
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<b>#6. Silkworms</b><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One thing I always like about illustration projects is how it makes you research things you might not have known very much about. Although I've always liked drawing animals, I'm sure that in doing this job I've learned a little something about every one of these creatures that I didn't know before. :)</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8866280571777087937.post-67297389318707207932011-05-16T12:54:00.000-07:002011-05-16T04:58:11.073-07:00(Part 2: Goats)Here's the next two illustrations from my latest commission. You'd think all six of the creatures I'd be drawing would be sheep, wouldn't you? In fact, only two were. These two chaps are goats. :)<br />
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<b>#3. Cashmere</b><br />
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<b>#1: Merino</b><br />
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Recent 4-5 hour train journeys up to Scotland provided some good inspiration for these...Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11622471958004901599noreply@blogger.com1