Spooky Bear

Hello,

It's been a few days already since I posted stuff so it's time to give you an update!
I spent the day in the screen print studio today printing my bear... my spooky bear :D hehe
Because it's not much time until Christmas anymore and I have to speed up a bit with my working pace! These days have been so grey and rainy that I just wanted to sleep... anyhow here comes the BEAR grrrrrr ;op

Amended sketch for my pastiche

Hello :)

The deadline was rushing up for the pastiche and because I was looking and reading about my chosen artist Utagawa Hiroshige I realised that he used the vertical format much more for his work especially in the last decades of his life. So naturally I changed my image from horizontal to vertical in order to fit it better to his style.

The last two days I tried without luck to print my final piece via the lithography print technique thought the person was sick and therefore I was stranded and could not do anything really. After a chat to my tutor we agreed that I'll colour it in Photoshop so that people will get an idea of how it will look like.

So the last hours I spent colouring my drawing and copying and pasting and so on. Below you can see now the sketch and the coloured drawing. It's not yet finished but to be honest I'll go to bed now and finish tomorrow :D

I hope you like it!
Check back to see the finished piece and hopefully next week the litho print!

They're finished!!

I just finished my 'Cuddly Bears' and thought I should share it with you! I hope you like them!
And of course they are also available in my Society6 shop check it out HERE! ... and on Etsy!

Final sketch for my pastiche on Utagawa Hiroshige

Hello!

Finally I finished the sketch for my final piece today. I tried to draw a British landscape in Hiroshige's Japanese style. Wasn't quite easy but I guess it's not supposed to be as I wouldn't learn anything otherwise. I do enjoy the process a lot and on Monday I'm in the litho department the whole day to print my final piece. I'm already super excited about it as I'll produce one litho plate per colour and I hope it'll work out as I hope it does!!

Cuddly Bears

Hello again :)

Do you know this situation when you have a project to work on but you always have other stuff you'd like to draw more. Well of course this is what happened to me yesterday and I had to draw this bears and a pattern which I had in mind... would you like to see... there we go, enjoy! :)

Ok... I couldn't resist and worked on it today too... of course! 

What do you think?

Time to get your hands on my christmas cards :)

Hello!

It's already the middle of November, time is rushing and christmas will be here soon.
So get your hands on some of my lovely 'Merry Christmas Deer' and 'Merry Christmas Tree' cards on Etsy and you'll get one of my limited edition 'Spooky Owl' cards as goody with your order! :)

Spooky Owl

My spooky owl and more from my pastiche!

Hello everybody :)

Today we had a screen printing workshop and I immediately knew this would be the perfect time for my spooky owl which I just sketched last night :) Below you'll see my sketches from the owl and the print and after the print I did in the etching workshop last week for my pastiche and some new sketches!

I hope you like them and would also like to use this opportunity to invite you into my Society6 shop where you can get your hands on this spooky owl :) or get an original screen print on my Draw a Line shop. There are only 4 available so hurry :)

Thank you for looking!!

A little insight in my pocket sketchbook

Hello you bunch of privileged people ;)

With this post I shall give you a little insight in my tiny sketchbook. Not a lot of people have seen this one yet but I thought it might be interesting to give you a glance :)
Enjoy the journey!

My little raven

 this was actually the first sketch what then became Natural Instinct

Did I ever tell you about my 'Circle City' 'Square Village' 'Star Town' and 'Triangle Valley' idea..?

Moon Light

 My 1st and so far only lonely potato character

His legs are a little too short... I know

Sketching in London

This is a sketch of one of the Maya panels in the British Museum

A new design in my Society6 shop

Hello people,

I'm totally excited to announce a new design in my S6 shop which you can purchase as a print, iPhone case or Laptop sleeve. Have a look and let me know your thoughts!! :)
I hope you like it!

Thanks for looking!

Preparation for my pastiche on Hiroshige

Hello!

So since the deadline for my pastiche comes closer and closer I did some preparatory drawing and painting. Also I did 1 etching and 4 woodblocks in order to try the traditional japanese technique of woodblock print which means that I had to do one block for each colour. I did not do the actual print yet but will do that the next days :)
I hope you enjoy the images and thanks for looking!

Merry Christmas Tree :)

Hello lovely people,

I thought I show you my 2nd Christmas Card design which is available in two languages: English and German. Its a limited edition of 50 oversized cards with a measurement of 216mm x 139mm and a high-gloss finish.  It has a collage style look and even though I put it together on PS it still has a handmade feeling which I really like.
I hope you like it too!! If you want to get your hands on one or more of these cards please visit my shop here or drop me an email with your requests to gabrielasillustrations@gmail.com

Thank you for looking! :)

A lovely illustrated animation from a 1975 Russian tale

A lovely video for you to watch! Enjoy!

My 'Merry Christmas Deer' Card!

Hello lovely reader,

I know it's only the beginning of November but for christmas cards it's surely not too early :D

So I'm very proud to present you my 2011 Christmas Card!! I hope you like it!!

My lovely design is now available to be purchased at Society6 and as a actual card of course. If you'd want to get one please just drop me an email to gabrielasillustrations@gmail.com 

I'd be honoured to send you one or two or five :D 

This is a limited edition print of 100 high-gloss coated cards so make sure you get yours :)) 

Graciously yours!

xx

The making of Demeter

I have to say so far I quite like it but I still have a long way to go until the final draft. Sorry for the bad quality, it's because I work in layers and it gets a bit blurry the more there are :)
For all of you who might not be so familiar with Greek Mythology, Demeter is the goddess of agriculture hence the wheat and all the other details you might associate with growth, fields and summer :)
Even though it's just a sketch (my sketches mostly look quite neat) I think it would only lack a few more details if I wanted to finish it just like that.... I'm tempted. I might just quickly colour it on the PC once I traced the whole composition for a colour check :)