Lucy Boden Illustration

Jungle Illo - Take 2!

2012-01-27T13:43:00.000-08:00

I spent a little time last week re-working an illustration for my portfolio (you can see the original if you scroll down a bit!), after some fab advice from Hannah at Plum Pudding. I think it's looking a lot better now, especially Tiger. I think I should write him his own little story.

Under the sea!

2012-01-27T13:29:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday everyone!

Here's a new sample that I've been working on today, partly inspired by Finding Nemo/The Little Mermaid! I've had the entire week off from my day job and have spent every day painting...bliss. I've got so much new work done!

Here are a few close ups:

(Illustration Friday link! - All the sea creatures followed starfish forward through the ocean on the search for adventure!)

I've got a few more posts lined up for the next couple of weeks, so keep an eye out for those! Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

If you go down to the woods today...

2012-01-15T09:47:00.000-08:00

A new sample for my portfolio, the Teddy Bears' Picnic! I've had the Teddy Bears' picnic song stuck in my head for the entire weekend, it's starting to drive me a little crazy so I'm glad I've finished this!

I'm also using this for this weeks Illustration Friday! This weeks word was 'prepare'. The bears were well-prepared for this years Teddy Bears' picnic, bringing fresh lemonade and a yummy jam sponge cake!

Jungle Illo!

2012-01-08T13:14:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!

Hope you've all had a good weekend! Just a quick post with some new work. I'm trying to get some different pieces painted for my portfolio, next challenge is painting children! Eeek!

Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012!

2012-01-02T02:57:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year to everyone!!

We have now said goodbye to 2011 and welcomed in the new year, 2012 I can't believe it!

2011 has been a good year for me, not one of the best though! My illustration work has suffered slightly due to me working full time, but I still managed to squeeze quite a bit of illustration related goodness in! My highlights include the 1st and 2nd GradGallery exhibitions in Cheltenham and Bristol, my work being including in Liberty's S/S 2011 Storybook Collection, small commissions for Scholastic and Bag of Badgers, the launch of my new, shiny website and lots of new portfolio pieces! I've got lots of plans for this new year and I'm really going to make this my year for illustration.

I hope everyone has a lovely year filled with happiness, luck, lots of tea and the odd chocolate brownie! :-)

Here are a couple of my photo highlights from 2011:

1 & 2: Photos from the Liberty London Promo Book, 3: My work in GradGallery's first ever exhibition in Cheltenham! 4: GradGallery's 2nd exhibition in Bristol, 5: Me and my work at BV Studios, Bristol.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

2011-12-27T10:58:00.000-08:00

I know it's a bit late for Christmas wishes, but I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas! Mine was lovely, even though I was quite ill for the entire weekend, spent lots of time with friends and family and ate too many chocolates as usual!

I just wanted to thank everyone for all your support and lovely comments this year, I really do appreciate every single one! I've got lots of hopes for 2012 and will be re-vamping my blog and posting much more regularly!

So all thats left to do is to wish you all a very Happy New Year! See you all in 2012 :) xx

My dog in her festive outfit!

November Update!

2011-11-27T10:30:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!

Hope you are all well. I just wanted to thank you all for following my blog even though posts have been a bit sparse recently! I'm still working full time at the moment so I only really have my weekends when I can paint. It does get pretty frustrating, I really wish I could illustrate all day everyday...maybe soon!

I've still been working on a few bits and pieces though, including my picture book which doesn't currently have a title! It's about a surprise party, here is another sample spread...

...and a little detail...

This picture book idea is one that has developed from a university project. My work has changed quite a bit over the last 2 years, thanks especially to my lovely agent Hannah at PP! Her advice has been invaluable!

Anyway, hopefully there will be less of a gap before I get the next post up! I'm thinking something christmassy! Enjoy the rest of the weekend! :)

A Pirate's Life For Ted!

2011-09-26T10:27:00.000-07:00

Just a quickie post to show you this illustration I painted over the weekend. I was feeling really stuck for inspiration for most of Saturday and then had the urge to draw some pirate bears and this is the result! Ted and his friend sailing the high seas, although they aren't the most ferocious looking pirates ever!

A Very Badger Breakfast!

2011-09-19T12:53:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration I've been working on for a children's book that's been forming in my head for a while. I'm trying to get my act together and finish up the final roughs for a dummy and a couple of finished colour spreads, which is a lengthy process when you also have a full time job! I am determined to do it though and have been working super hard! I keep meaning to do a step-by-step post of how I create my paintings too, but keep forgetting until I'm halfway through a painting! I will soon though, promise!!

Let me know what you think! What's everyone else working on at the moment? Hope you have a lovely evening :)

Sunday Sketch - 1

2011-09-04T11:23:00.000-07:00

Just a quick sketch to show you this Sunday eve!

Saturday update!

2011-09-03T07:44:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! Sorry for the long overdue blog update! I'm still working full time at the moment and squeezing illustration in the evenings and weekends. I'm still working on developing a book idea that I began working on in my 3rd year of uni. It's looking very different now! Here are a couple of snippets for you to look at, let me know what you think! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

New Website!

2011-07-14T09:00:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the complete lack of updates recently, I've been a very bad blogger! I am currently working on lots of new things for my portfolio, but it's all going very slow trying to fit it around my day job!

I have revamped my website though. My very clever sister, Becca Boden, has re-designed it all and it's looking fab! Let me know what you think by checking it out here.

I promise I will show you some new work soon!! Thank you to all my followers for sticking with me! :) xx

New work!

2011-06-16T11:55:00.000-07:00

Some new work in colour at last! This is just a speculative piece for a book idea I'm working on, it still needs a lot of work though!! I was going to do a blog post showing you step-by-step how I create my illustrations, but my camera battery ran out and I couldn't find the charger! So, unfortunately, I can only show you the finished image!! Maybe next time...

Sorry for the lack of posts recently! I've been really busy with my day job, but am still working very hard on my illustration!

Let me know what you think anyway, thank you for following! :)

Birthday Cake!

2011-05-29T12:34:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

Sorry for the lack of updates recently, my day job has taken over at the moment! I've been working really hard this week to finish a dummy book I've been working on. It's developed from one of my uni projects and it's going good at the moment! I've completed the dummy this afternoon (the sketch above is taken from one of the pages) and I'm hoping to get some of the spreads painted in colour in the next couple of weeks! Then I'll get it all printed and bound and send it out to some publishers!! I've got another story slowly being drawn out too, so hopefully I will have lots of work to show soon!

I've been thinking about joining childrensillustrators.com recently, is anyone with them? I would love to hear any good or bad experiences!

I have a new website on it's way too so watch this space..!! :)

Sunday sketches...

2011-05-08T13:43:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post to introduce a new character I've been working on recently for a picture book idea. This is Mr Mouse! He doesn't have a proper name yet, I'm thinking of just sticking with Mouse! Hopefully, I will be posting more illustrations of Mouse soon, he needs a bit of colour I think!

GradGallery Exhibition: BV Studios, Bristol

2011-04-25T04:25:00.001-07:00

The GradGallery exhibition in Bristol has now finished! It turned out to be a great exhibition and I spent a lovely weekend in Bristol! The private view on Friday evening was very busy and lots of fun. We had live drawing, amazing live jazz and a DJ, plus lovely artwork from Liz Clayton, Philip Matthews, Vicky Jones, Amberin Huq, Sophia Bloxham, Amy Brazier and myself!

Here are a few photos...

Amazing live drawing from Dave Bain and Henry St Leger, you can check out a time lapse video of this by clicking here!

If you want to find out more about the collective GradGallery, please check out our website by clicking here.

And the winner is...

2011-04-25T04:17:00.000-07:00

The winner of my illustration giveaway is (drum roll please) ...

Charlotte Cooke

Congrats Charlotte! I hope you and the little one like the print! If you could message me your address details then I will get the goodies in the post to you! :-)

Mini Giveaway!

2011-04-11T10:44:00.000-07:00

Hello! Hope everyone has had a lovely Monday. I've decided to do a mini giveaway this week! It's just a bit of fun to say thank you to all my lovely followers for following me!

I'm giving away a signed print (I think it's 8 x 10, but I will double check that!) of one of my original paintings and a collection of greetings cards, postcards, stickers and some other bits and pieces!

All you need to do to enter is to be a follower of my blog and leave a comment under this post. The giveaway ends at midday on Monday 25th April.

Good luck to everyone!

:-)

BV Studios Exhibition 21st April – 24th April 2011

2011-04-10T03:43:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Sorry about the lack of updates recently. I've been really busy with the day job and it's kind of taking over at the moment. I'm working on some new things though and I'm writing a new picture book story so I will hopefully have some new illustrations to post soon.

Coming up in a couple of weeks I am taking part in another GradGallery exhibition, this time in Bristol! The exhibition is taking place at Motorcade/Flash Parade, BV Studios from Thursday 21st April to Sunday 24th April. Please come along if you live locally, it's going to be a great show! If you want to find out more about the GradGallery collective please click here.

That's all for now! Hope you are enjoying the sunny weather! :-)

New illustrations...

2011-03-22T11:33:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Hope everyone's having a good week so far and enjoying the lovely sunshine we've been getting. I spent this past weekend working on some spec work for my portfolio and for my agents at Plum Pud to take to Bologna. I've been working on this project for a while and am so glad I finally got round to finishing some illustrations!

Here's a "before and after" of the second spread...

(P.S. Please check out my Folksy store! Free postcards and stickers to be included on the first few orders!)

Folksy Makeover!

2011-03-17T12:29:00.001-07:00

I've finally got round to updating my Folksy shop! My cards, postcards and prints sold really well at the recent GradGallery exhibition, which gave me the kick I needed to makeover my Folksy. I've added new cards, postcards and magnets and taken lots of pretty photos of them (I experimented with lots of different backgrounds, but the blue spotted fabric won in the end!) I'm going to add some 8x10 Limited Edition prints of various illos soon as well. Please check out my newly made-over shop here.

GradGallery's first exhibition!

2011-03-08T11:34:00.001-08:00

Here are a few photos from the recent GradGallery exhibition in Cheltenham, which I was a part of! There were six illustrators exhibiting in total and everyone who came in (we counted over 500!) were so positive about our work. Lot's of people commented that they loved how different the exhibition was and that it was a refreshing change to a fine art show!

This is some of my work:

Work by Sophia Bloxham:

Work by Liz Clayton (check out her blog here):

Work by Rachel Wilson:

Work by Philip Matthews:

And finally a photo from our private view! The yummy cakes and pencil biscuits were made by Liz!

Tea party time!

2011-02-28T11:57:00.000-08:00

This is the most recent illustration that I have been working on. It's so nice to have time off from the day job and be able to spend a whole day painting! Let me know what you think!

PS. Don't forget to come and check out the GradGallery exhibition in Cheltenham this week! It runs from Wednesday 2nd March - Tuesday 8th March (10am - 5pm) and everyone is welcome. Check out the Facebook event page here.

New Illustration Sample...

2011-02-25T10:01:00.000-08:00

Happy Friday! I've had a busy day today painting and finished off the above illustration! I'm hoping to get it mounted and framed so I can hang it in the GradGallery exhibition, which starts on March 2nd! I'm going to try and get another illustration finished off over the weekend too, fingers crossed. Still got lots to sort out, need to organise my prints and cards and price them up!

I just took a short break from painting to make some chocolate brownies! They are currently cooling in the kitchen and smell yummy! Hope you have a lovely weekend :)

Watch this!

2011-02-25T09:57:00.000-08:00

The Making of "The Gruffalo" animation! Absolutely love this book and these guys did a fantastic job!

Illustration Friday: Layer

2011-02-20T08:04:00.000-08:00

This is my illustration for this weeks IF prompt "Layer". You can't beat a many layered sponge cake with pink icing! Yum.

Also with optional green background...

Illustration Friday: Sweater

2011-02-13T10:28:00.000-08:00

Here's my take on this weeks IF. I've been having trouble with the white background, which is frustrating me! The badgers head doesn't look right on the white background, he just blends in too much. I've tried dropping in various colour backgrounds, but nothing seems to be working. Grumble.

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend!

A few cute photos...

2011-02-12T08:27:00.000-08:00

Just couldn't resist posting these cuties! Our naughty Jack Russell and cat playing in the snow before Christmas last year! They get up to such mischief together, always causing trouble! I should probably write a children's book about them...!

Nursery Education Plus

2011-02-12T07:51:00.001-08:00

I received a copy of Scholastic's magazine Nursery Education Plus in the post today with my illustrations inside! Exciting!! I only had a teeny tiny feature, but it's a start!

I've also been busy framing up some of my illustrations for the Gradgallery exhibition in March! I spent a small fortune on prints and mounts today and had to get 2 bespoke frames made up for my awkwardly proportioned illustrations! I had the frames for less then an hour before breaking the glass in one of them! I'm so clumsy...clever me. Here's a couple of my framed images that I managed not to break!

Illustration Exhibition: 2nd - 8th March

2011-02-01T12:47:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! Just a quick post to let you know about an upcoming exhibition I'm involved with! The exhibition is taking place in Cheltenham from the 2nd - 8th March 2011. Take a look at our Facebook event page here. Everyone is welcome to come along, it's going to be a great show!

There will be 5 main illustrators exhibiting from the gradgallery collective, including:

Sophia Bloxham
Liz Clayton
Rachael Wilson
Philip Rhys Matthews
...and myself!

There will be a variety of illustration exhibited and prints/greetings cards etc for sale! Please pop along if you live locally, it would be lovely to see you!

New stuff...yay!

2011-01-22T09:41:00.000-08:00

I received a lovely package in the post today from the guys over at Moo. So exciting!! I'd ordered some more greetings cards for my upcoming exhibition (first photo), which I will hopefully be eventually listing on my Folksy shop. Each card is printed on lovely thick card and comes with a white envelope and a sticker to seal everything! I have also had some postcards printed ( second and third photos) and think I will list them as a set of 4. Each postcard features an illustration of Ted doing various things! Hopefully, people will like them!

Next job is to get some illustrations printed and framed for the exhibition! Only problem is, I have no idea which of my illos to pick. I'm definitely going to exhibit my Owl and the Pussycat image because it's my fave, but apart from that I'm not sure. Suggestions would be very very welcome! :o)

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend.

Gardener Ted!

2011-01-16T05:49:00.000-08:00

My second quick illo of the weekend! Ted doing a bit of gardening and getting very muddy! I really want some frog wellies now too.

I've re-done my blog layout again today! I've gone for a much simpler theme, it felt too cluttered before. Let me know what you think!

Tea & Cake

2011-01-15T09:13:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone! Hope you are all having a lovely weekend. I've spent the weekend planning and painting so far. I have a small exhibition coming up in March with some of my friends/illustrators from the gradgallery collective (check the link to the right to find out more about that) which will be taking place in Cheltenham. If anyone lives locally I'll post more details soon so that you can come and check it out! So I've been planning what to do for the exhibition and which paintings I want to show. I'm trying to get some new card designs painted and printed too, which I can sell at the exhibition and on my Folksy shop!

These two illustrations above are quite different from what I would normally paint, but I hope they are still recognisable as my style! You may also noticed that I have used the yummy cupcake to brighten up the background of my blog a bit! Hope you like! :o)

New season Liberty fabrics!

2011-01-05T11:22:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!

I have some exciting news this evening! Check out this link to see a sneak preview of Liberty Art Fabrics new S/S 2011 Story Book Collection! It's currently avaliable in store now and will be avaliable online very soon! Some of the illustrators inspiring the collection include Lauren Child, Quentin Blake, Jane Ray, David Mckee, Emma Chichester Clark, Brian Wildsmith and me!! :o)

"From Lauren Child, the author behind the beloved ‘Charlie and Lola’ and ‘Clarice Bean’ books, to the first Children’s Laureate Quentin Blake, and with influences ranging from fairy tales and far-off lands to flower gardens, we’re sure you’ll love this magical collection – with each enchanting print telling its own story."

Here are some images from the "The Story Book Collection" booklet:

Happy 2011!

2011-01-01T08:19:00.001-08:00

Just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year! I hope 2011 is filled with happiness, luck and lots of lovely illustration! xx

Merry Christmas to youuu!

2010-12-21T10:01:00.000-08:00

I'm feeling all festive today! We've had lots of snow where I live (at least a foot!) so everything is looking very pretty and christmassy. I've got huuuge icicles hanging from my bedroom window too!

I didn't think I would get this illustration finished in time for christmas, I've been really busy at work and with christmas shopping (which I stupidly left to the last minute!). I managed to finish it this evening though just in time to wish everyone a very HAPPY CHRISTMAS! Thank you so much to everyone for following me on both my blog and my twitter this year, I really appreciate all your comments and support!!

Happy christmas and best wishes for 2011!!

(Illustration Friday link...! Badger and Rabbit had received lots of lovely christmas presents in the mail!)

Some new work...

2010-12-06T09:48:00.000-08:00

Hello!

So sorry I haven't posted for such a long time...over a month now! I have been busy busy, been working lots of extra shifts at my work to make some extra christmas money and I have now taken on a full time job until March. I will still be illustrating though! Typically, as soon as I accepted my full time job I received a couple of emails about commissions! So I think the next few weeks are going to be crazy busy and I won't be getting much sleep! I've been working on a small commission for Scholastic over the past week and have got another fun commission lined up for the next month or so, which I am really excited about! Hopefully 2011 will be a good year for me!

Here's a few bits and bobs I've been painting recently ^

Recent sketches...

2010-11-04T07:04:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post to show you some characters/storyboards I've been working on for a development project. It's a story about two dogs Dig and Doug who are fighting over a yummy bone! Hopefully, I will get some of these done in colour soon!

Hope everyone has a good end to the week!

A sneaky peek...

2010-10-24T13:44:00.000-07:00

Here is a quick preview of how Liberty Art Fabrics have used my "Owl and the Pussycat" illustration! I can't show more at the moment, but I have been included in their new Spring / Summer 2011 Storybook Collection! My work is included alongside some incredible illustrators including Mr Benn illustrator David Mckee, Lauren Child, Jane Ray (whose work I adore!), Emma Chichester Clark, Brian Wildsmith, and one of my heroes Quentin Blake! It's an exciting project to be included in and will share some more photos soon!

Hope everyone has had a lovely weekend! :o)

Illustration Friday: Transportation

2010-10-11T09:58:00.001-07:00

The best way to travel is by pea-green boat!

An illustration from my portfolio for this weeks IF, an oldie but a goodie! I painted this in my final year of uni and it is part of the Falmouth Book of Illustrated Quotes & Sayings (check out www.fcaillustration.co.uk for more fantastic Falmouth illustrators!). It is also being used by Liberty of London for a fabric collection, which I think will be avaliable in early 2011.

Have a great week everyone!

New thiiiings!

2010-10-05T07:28:00.000-07:00

There have been a few changes to my Folksy shop recently and I have listed lots more goodies (A3 + A4 prints/greetings cards/etc), which you can find here. This is a little sneak peek...

I have also ordered some shiny, new business cards from Moo, which look ace! I can highly recommend them, great quality and reasonable prices too!

Hope everyone is having a good week! :o)

Dog doodles!

2010-10-05T03:41:00.000-07:00

Just a quick peek at some sketchbook work from the past week. I'm working on a couple of development projects with my agent to get some new illustrations for my portfolio.

Blueberry Girl

2010-10-03T08:13:00.000-07:00

I bought a copy of Blueberry Girl by Neil Gaiman this weekend. Neil is my favourite author and I've been wanting a copy of this since it was published! The poem (a dedication to a friend's new baby daughter) is beautiful and the illustrations (by Charles Vess) are stunning...lovely and whimsical. I can highly recommend it!! Here's a short video of Neil Gaiman reading Blueberry Girl and a preview of the illustrations if you are interested...

Illustration Friday: Old Fashioned

2010-09-27T09:34:00.001-07:00

L-R: Mr Bear, Mrs Bear and Ted!

The Bear Family decided to have an old fashioned family portrait taken to frame on their wall. My quick attempt at IF this week...let me know what you think! Mr Bear looks very smart in his shirt and tie haha!

I've got a couple of development projects lined up to work on in the next couple of weeks to boost my portfolio. My agents have been wonderful with helping me to develop my work and really push myself. Hopefully, I will get some good images to add to my folio and send to some publishers!

I've also been trying to sort out getting lots of things printed/made for my Folksy shop. I've ordered some A4 and A3 prints and am planning to make some greetings cards/bookmarks/etc! Does anyone know of a good place/website to get greetings cards printed?

Hope everyone has a lovely week :o)

Website updates!

2010-09-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

I've updated my website with all my recent work and given it a slight makeover! Nothing too major though! Check it out here.

Lets go fly a kite!

2010-09-20T10:20:00.000-07:00

Ted rides a bicycle!

2010-09-18T04:16:00.000-07:00

Some more development work...I'm trying to get some more movement into my illustrations and characters. I have discovered that bicycles are really hard to draw!

Tweet Tweet!

2010-09-17T11:03:00.000-07:00

Well I finally got round to signing up to Twitter! I will hopefully be updating it with lots of exciting illustration news! Here's the link!

I've been working on some more new samples/character development so will hopefully be posting something a bit more interesting soon. :o)

Illustration Mundo - Spotlight!

2010-08-31T10:45:00.000-07:00

I've been blogged over at Illustration Mundo as a Spotlight illustrator...a real honour! Check out the post here.

Illustration Friday: Atmosphere

2010-08-26T06:04:00.000-07:00

My attempt at this weeks IF! I don't know what is wrong with the weather at the moment, it's meant to be August!! Here are a couple of close ups...it's a bit brighter than my usual work, not quite sure how I feel about it yet!

Hope everyone has a lovely bank holiday weekend! :o)

New sample...

2010-08-19T08:40:00.000-07:00

Just another image of Ted, this time playing with butterflies in the garden! Think I'm going to get stuck into something a little bigger next week and get lots more work done for my portfolio. I might try and create a narrative for little Ted and make a mini book... :o)

Singing in the rain!

2010-08-16T13:44:00.000-07:00

Just like the weather we've been having recently...this little guy is loving splashing in all the puddles!

Illustration Friday: Star Gazing

2010-08-16T13:32:00.000-07:00

A quick illustration for IF this week. Let me know what you think! :o)

New Character Designs!

2010-08-11T07:15:00.000-07:00

I have been working on my characters recently and have been drawing lots of bears, which resulted in this little guy! He hasn't got a name yet so any suggestions would be welcome!

Illustration Friday: Trail

2010-06-08T09:38:00.000-07:00

This is a nature trail map I've just finished working on for a charity event in my hometown of Cirencester. Hopefully they will get a lovely sunny day and the kids won't get lost whilst using my map!! If you are in the area on Sunday 20th June head to Cirencester Park!

I loved doing this, think I'll be working on some more maps in the future! Let me know what you think... :-)

Fairytale Book Cover

2010-04-22T10:29:00.000-07:00

Just working on a few more bits and pieces for my portfolio. This is obviously a book jacket for a children's fairtytale treasury. I will probably work on a few spot illustrations for inside at some point soon! Let me know what you think!

Illustration Friday: Linked

2010-04-15T08:53:00.000-07:00

Twin sheep! Kind of linked...!? Not sure which one is the evil twin though? I need to try and get my IF done over the weekend instead of leaving it to the last minute everytime!! x

Neil Gaiman's "Instructions" - love this!

2010-04-09T08:26:00.000-07:00

My fave author, Neil Gaiman, has a new children's book out soon called Instructions. It is beautifully illustrated by Charles Vess and in this video you can see how his illustrations go from pencil roughs to final images. Neil also does a reading of the story, I love his voice it's so relaxing!
Check it out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWRvqO1MjIs qO1MjIs

Illustration Friday: Dip

2010-04-08T04:22:00.000-07:00

A really quick entry for IF this week. Mrs Rabbit having a lovely dip in the bath!

Some new work...finally!

2010-04-06T09:49:00.000-07:00

Well I haven't kept to my New Years Resolution to blog more often! I've been really slack recently, I don't know why, I seem to have lost all of my inspiration. I've been working on a few things over the last month or so...a couple of children's maps for an American educational publisher, and I started working on a picture book, which has unfortunately now been put on hold. I'm now trying to get lots of new work done for my portfolio, any suggestions are welcome! Just need to get the creative juices flowing again, I'm feeling rusty!

I'm trying to make my portfolio more diverse, I've been working on some human characters and think I will experiment with some images for an older audience. This is an image of the nativity:

Hopefully I will be posting a lot more from now on!

Illustration Friday: Clumsy

2010-01-27T03:17:00.001-08:00

My contribution to this weeks IF...

Ellie wasn't the most talented waitress ever. She was a very clumsy elephant!

Hey diddle diddle!

2010-01-20T07:14:00.000-08:00

New sample...

Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon,
The little dog laughed to see such fun,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

New Website!

2010-01-15T08:42:00.000-08:00

I have finally managed to finish the revamping of my website! It's got a slightly different look and I've added some new work. I'm very proud of myself for doing this (I'm not very clued up when it comes to computers!), with help from Becca (my sister), Phil and Vicki. Thank you guys! I've also set up my Etsy store, but at the moment there is nothing for sale!

Please take a look, I would love some feedback: http://www.lucyboden.com/

White Rabbit

2010-01-14T11:57:00.001-08:00

New sample:

Happy New Year!

2010-01-11T10:25:00.000-08:00

Happy new year to everybody! I haven't updated for weeks now, I've had too many other distractions! I've got some plans for this year though, which I hope to get into motion soon. I want to get into the habit of blogging more often and get more involved in Illustration Friday. I also want to set up an Etsy shop so I can sell some prints of my work.

I am currently working on revamping my website, not my favourite thing to do, but it's going quite well at the moment. Fingers crossed!

My Agency are having a charity auction of original illustrations later on this year, here's my contribution...

Something new!

2009-11-10T09:19:00.000-08:00

I'm trying out painting children this week. It's always something I've avoided doing, but as a first try I think this is ok! Hopefully, I will have some more interesting images soon!

Studio Assistants!

2009-11-03T02:48:00.000-08:00

Introducing my new studio assistants...

Their main jobs include stealing my paintbrushes, chewing my masking tape and leaving muddy pawprints on my sketchbooks.

Illustration Friday - Germs

2009-10-07T04:27:00.000-07:00

A quick painting for IF, a sick elephant in bed! Get well soon! :)

New sample and update!

2009-10-03T04:00:00.000-07:00

A new sample...

A small update, I have finally received my cheque from Liberty so I have now officially completed my first paid job! They have bought the copyright to my Owl and the Pussycat image to use in a new collection of fabrics inspired by illustration. There are some quite well known illustrators involved and I'm very excited to see the final outcome. Unfortunately, the collection is not available until February 2011!