A beautifully written children’s storybook illustrated by Jill McBride, a collaboration of creativity between a Mother and Daughter.
Style of drawings were an important feature fit to the character’s and storyline within the book, as well as finding the happy balance of what my mum’s illustration ideal is to my own. As everyone who creates will always have a different vision to the next person, like how every single being see’s colour differently - proven scientific fact. Modern meet’s nostalgia was the inspiration, wanting to contribute to my mum’s magical recipe for losing little people within the story.
As a child in the early 80’s there were a lot of reruns and creative children's programmes, without today's modern age of digital media - i.e. ipad draw, digital cameras, digital film etc programs were slightly more technically learnt mediums/ craft work, analogue was key, drawing skills with hand coordination was high on the list after imagination. However digital does have its time and place I believe.
Mediums used for originals are usually pencil, watercolour, black ink, sometimes soft pastels. Sketches tend to be pencil sketches alone or sometimes with ink or watercolour or even felt tip pens - anything close to hand that gives me the yeah factor.
