Magical swan

Last weekend I shared this illustration on my social media accounts and got quite a few nice comments - I think people interested in children's book illustrations are a rather nice bunch. I started this illustration without a clear idea of where it was going, only with a swan and a shade of blue (because I was doing this for colour collective) as the base. In those cases I just follow my gut i.e I draw flowers and leaves and then add lots of coloured textures one on top of the other until I find a colour combination that I really like. 

I wish I could say that this was a quick illustration but it took me a rather long time to finish - how other illustrators do intricate designs as a warm up is beyond my understanding.
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Snow forest

Here's my design for this week's colour collective. I'm trying to use different colour palettes in my illustrations but it's difficult to break old habits! I'll try to keep on working on that. Have a nice weekend :)

Hot air balloons

Happy Friday everyone! It's colour collective time and this week's colour is Orange and it inspired me to create this colourful piece :)  

Colour collective - Thistle

Hello! I'm back from my summer holidays. I had a great time travelling around the world but I was really missing illustrating cute things. Here's my colour collective for this week :)

Sunflower garden

Hello! I know many of you are having a sad day so I hope this illustration helps you to cheer up a little bit :) 

Cat sleeping

I've been very busy this week working in my MATS home decor class plus a book that I only had time to do this lil cat for colour collective. I wish I could sleep like a cat, 15 -20 hours per day... Have a nice weekend :)