*Beatrice the Dancing Bee Illustrations
I started work on this story about three years ago and was my first time illustrating one of my stories. This also was the first time I used photoshop and a scanner!
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| Beatrice Bee dancing with the hyacinths |
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| Beatrice prancing on a violet |
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| Queen Bee talking to Beatrice |
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| Beatrice Bee contemplating on a blue flower |
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| A jolly dance on a tulip |
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| An example of a spread for the book: Beatrice the Dancing Bee |
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| An example of a spread for the book: Beatrice the Dancing Bee |
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| An example of a spread for the book: Beatrice the Dancing Bee | | | |
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ALIEN GARDENERS
I had the idea five years ago that a lonely boy who loves making things grow is helped by a clan of loveable aliens who love gardening too!
All of the textures of the illustrations below were home made - they are the result of my first foray into making felt, doing a bit of needle stamping as well as growing my own courgettes!
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| 'Beep' - his skin was my first home-grown courgette! |
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| Fuzz - his material was a mixture of different needle punching! |
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| Thumpy - again, a mixure of materials from a needle punching session |
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| Bernard's skin is bubble wrap painted green |
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| Tina's fabric was the result of some ironing together of pretty materials |
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| Wanda's skin was my first attempt at felting |
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| These little 'Zip' dudes are different materials I used when needle punching to make a nice textured square of material (that ended up looking better on these guys!) |
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Sketches of Hand-made Characters
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| Drawing of Bert Bear singing in his favourite tree |
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| Bert Bear warming himself at the fire |
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| Happy summertime days with Bert |
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| More happy summertime days with Bert |
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| Little Peep & Pussy Cat Bleu sailing |
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| The chic Pussy Cat Bleu strolling around town |
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| Pussy Cat Bleu loves shopping! |
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Roaming Doodles
Some illustrations when I have been away on my holidays - being in different places always inspires me!
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Autumn Booklet
Here are selected pages from an autumn booklet I made for young children to enjoy and interact with this special season:
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Little Red
This character was also inspired by the autumn. After some illustration ideas, I played around with a 3D look using paper and cardboard - this is an ongoing project that will include colour - especially red!
