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10/02/2018

10/02/2018

So what is Blossom Haven you ask?! Well Shea and I were watching one of our fav subscriptions on YouTube and he did a DIY exercise book covering thing with full A4 size sicker paper and we thought it was a fab idea for next years books. Something one-of-a-kind, unique.

So I asked her what she wanted me to do for her books and she suggested that I do a bunch of chibi-like drawings, one for each book. Ok but that's a little boring if we don't have a theme. She then suggested that we should do fantasy creatures like mermaids, fairy, earth elements etc (we are both HUGE fans of such things.) and so with that suggestion I got quite excited about doing this for her.

She also came up with a little story to go along with the theme. They all live in a hidden away back garden of an old cottage out in the country. Daisy, comes to visit her grandparents in thier cottage and discovers

So we have now out laid 13 different little fantasy creatures -not including Daisy- which Shea said that seeing as they live in a garden they should all have flower names. I said, why not! :P I told her I'd like to do a test page to begin with, work out all the kinks and what now and that's how we got Daisy the human girl, who has come to stay with her grandparents for the holidays and she discovers a whole new world beyond the old wrought iron gate, down the garden path beside her grandparents cottage.

In someways this is quite a challenge for me as I have never really been any good and mimicking specific flowers and she has chosen some pretty but not common flowers for the names of these creatures.m and of course she wants the actual flower that the creatures are named after being a feature for each of their pages and on the back panel :O I guess the fact that this project is educating and pushing me is a good thing though :)

So here are the coming fantasy creatures: (yes, we chose creatures that have at least some human traits as she wanted the cute chibi heads :P)

Azalea - Dijinni - Bird feeders
Azami - Efreeti - BBQ Patio
Holly - Fawn - Bird Bath
Iris - Aasimar - Gazebo
Ivy - Dao - Shade Oak
Jacinta - Centaur - Watch Hill
Lilac - Fairy - Gated Path
Lily - Mermaid - Fountain Pond
Linnea - Kitsune - Flower Bed
Lotus - Marids - Stream
Petunia - Elf - Vege Patch
Poppy - Warecat - Herb Garden
Tulip - Dryad - Apple Tree
and of course
Daisy - Human - Grandparents Cottage

14/03/2017

Hi Everyone, Just a bit of an update.

I have 2 things on the go at the moment, another book that I'm illustrating and a personal project I'm working on that I will keep you guys updated with as I move through it.

Don't forget that I'm always up for commissions of portraits and, abstracts (the one below and others), but also more of my normal detailed fantasy scenes as well.

I have this piece for sale to try and generate a little extra cash I cash. Between having to take time off work because of illness for both me and my daughter and having to have the car fixed I'm a little lacking in funds for my art lol.

11/03/2017

Untitled Line Art (for the moment... suggestions?)

Materials:
A3 HP Watercolour paper
Micron Pigma Pens

10/03/2017

01/02/2017

A party invite that I have just completed.

31/10/2016

Well here is the last one guys. Inktober is complete for another year!
Day 31
Shea 8 years
Last night hehe
Black Micron Pens

30/10/2016

So I'm doing INKtober again this year and I was struggling to come up with a theme - I do better with month long challenges when I have one - and then my daughter and I sat down and did another page in her scrapbook album. This reminded me of the fact that I promised her I would do an ink drawing for each of the pages. So I guess now I have the motivation to get through some of these drawings with INKtober. Plus it will allow me to practice aging a 'chrarcter'.

Seeing as I only have 19 pages that need a drawing yet with her only being 8 at the moment, For the rest of the month, I'll be referencing some of my favorite photos of her over the last 8 years :)

I had already done the New Born Drawing but I will include that one anyway, just not hash tag it.

28/10/2016

Day 28
Shea 4 Months
Black Micron Pens

27/10/2016

Day 27
Shea 18 Months
Black Micron Pens