Thoughts & Feelings

Many of us will be putting off using the heating this winter for as long as possible, finding other ways to keep ourselves and our families warm. As I hate being cold at night, one of the ways I like to do this is to take a hot water bottle...

Stickers are a great product that can get your illustrations out there. They’re low-cost, fun and versatile, meaning that they’re great both to sell and to purchase. Below I’m going to go through my five top things to consider when creating your designs.

As I sit and write this (the intro at least), my head is pounding, my eyes hurt, I’m a touch sweaty and have been experiencing nausea on and off all day. None of this is unfamiliar to me, as I live with chronic migraine, and have since I roughly 13...

In this repeating pattern tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a pattern that seamlessly repeats in a grid fashion. This guide is suitable for people who already have a basic understanding of how Adobe Illustrator works and how to create artwork. It’s quite straightforward to make an illustrated pattern...

Copyright is a simple term in that it means exactly what it says: the right to copy. The concept, however, can cause some confusion about what is and isn’t allowed, what clients have and haven’t paid for and what constitutes a breach. This fogginess can lead to some clients demanding...

We’ve all been there. ‘This isn’t anything like what I asked for!’ ‘I’m not paying for this.’ ‘Why is it going to take so long?!’ Unfortunately, some clients just don’t get it. Things take time. Illustration costs money. I have bills to pay too. I do know what I’m doing. It’s...