Ink and Thread

http://www.inkandthread.co.uk
British made design: we are very proud to say that everything we sell at our Derby shop & online has been made in Britain by small creative companies and individual designer makers.

http://chasematt.com/filter/illustration
..Matt is a designer & illustrator living and working in Washington, DC.

Stamps

https://www.englishstamp.com

I have ordered the above! I have also ordered a red ink pad, so altogether comes to £20+
lets get the business cards printed!!

Search for a host site continues.....

After not having enough customisable elements on Foliodrop, I tried Wix, where it was like a playground! tasteful Clip art, fully customisable, so many layout options.... and then this:

I have to spend MORE MONEY?! I have already bought my domain name and to simply link it to their site i have to take out another payment plan.... it looked all so good.

My site before disaster ....

I will continue my search for a hosting site to attactch my domain name... I will keep Wix though.

Presentation

The feed back I had from my presentation included positive about my screen printed cat series, and I was recommended to follow up Tinsmiths, St Judes printmaker and show them my work. The printmakers within their realm include Mark Harald.

I intend to work on my website to suit me and make it more customisable - I am currently using Foliodrop but I’m looking at Wix as well.

Clever bagger to print on would also be good, a natural hemp fabric for the base.
https://thecleverbaggers.co.uk/natural-hemp-cotton-pencil-case-make-up-bag-21x16cm

pencil case, handy product as not only for pencils but loose items in your hand bag and makeup.

drawstring rucksack.

https://thecleverbaggers.co.uk/natural-canvas-8oz-shopper-47x35cm-handles \/

You can choose black, blue, pink or red handles. 

Draft business card

Series of screen prints, draft business cards and hand out. 

The designs in corner bottom right, I am looking into grey board to make them out of, to screen print and laser cut.

Instagram account

Instagram is an enormous social circle, Where I follow most of my favourite illustrators, artists and makers. I enjoy the updates as their websites show finished work, where as usually their Instagram (or Tumblr) shows the process behind it, sketches and their studio life. These insights draw us in.

Postcard posters

Using screen print, these small posters can be hung up on the fridge or used as a postcard. Using two colours, green and orange, they create a zingy image. I’m glad the texture of the graphite pencil has been carried well.

Rome

The journey there, and our first church. 

Domes, arches and sculptures

Figures and faces.

Interesting signs and a rubbing from a plate.

Floor patterns

Statue in the park, cats sit nearby.

Cats sit on a ruined building behind the enclosure. No attention payed to us tourists who are pulling out all stocks to get them to come over.

Arch by the colosseum. 

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tall trees surround the area 

Fountain of the four rivers. 

A woman basking in the sun, and an attractive man smoking a cigar.

Egyptian display in the Vatican museum and other sculptures.

A bit beaten up, front cover.

Website

I am currently working on my website, I'm using Folio drop, although I am not finding it easy to use.

http://naomipowell.foliodrop.com

I have bought my domain name but am struggling to link it to the hosting site.

cover page - shows a slide show of images that fade in and fade out.

about page, I will look into what other artists have included. I might add a timeline of experience or events i've been to.

Contact page - i have my email. 

'portfolio' 

Frog book for charity

I am working with Faiz Kermani, illustrating his story about a frog who doesn’t quite fit in.
I found this through a website called Pimp My Cause, where companies ask for help with their business, 
need it be a web banner, website design, posters etc.

I have created 26 inside story images. Currently I have sized it to the desired square format and am going 
to use pencil for the lines and colour it using gouache textures.

It is hard doing a book like this whist juggling my uni work, and the last book I illustrated was Caterina’s 
book, which took me around a year from start to finish.... I have a few months. 

Some quick sketches I sent off at the beginning.

I enjoyed the movement in the left picture, and will hopefuly bring this to the final product.

a rough narrative sketch.

a finalised rough, ready to begin rendering. page 1.

this is where the frogs start calling him names, I used sharp edges and shapes around the characters to convey loud noises and
uncomfortable nature. I will overlap the figures to make it seem busy and overwhelming.

Here, he is watching them have fun swimming, which he is not included in. Although, there is something
strange at the edge of the pond....

He works and live in France, near the border of Switzerland.

I have contacts in Switzerland and so I hope, if this project goes well, that I can keep in contact

with him for future projects.

Here is him showing my roughs to some school children in Switzerland.

they look captivated.

Tea party poster for Gloucestershire Young Carers.

From a website called Pimp My Cause, it helps companies look for new banners, web site designers and other little things needed for their company.
I was approached by GYC to produce a tea party poster for an event in June to celebrate the Queens 90th and raise money for funding at the potential site of Pittville pumprooms.
I worked from photographs that a young photographer took, and supported it with the running theme of Tea party.

Final image, using pencil, photoshop colour and texture from watercolour brushes.

A colour rough i sent, I was asked to alter the direction of his gaze lower to the cakes. I used pencil and coloured it in Photoshop.

rough character sketch, incorporating the reference from the photo as well as simplifying the features. 

A first colour sketch, unsure of what colours yet.

another colour rough. I was asked to send this to Jane, the organiser, as it features her son. I sent it to her for a small sum.

first pencil draft of the characters.

one of the photo references.