Showing posts with label bird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bird. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Mini Bird Book

 Shag

 Chough (caaig)

 Raven (feeagh)

 Guillemot (Stronnag)

 Cormorant

 Ringed Plover & Little Auk

 Oyster Catcher

 Razorbill

 Golden Plover

Artic Tern (Gant Arctagh) & Curlew (crottag)

some bird sketches  i drew whilst moseying around the Manx Museum (from Taxidermy) trying to keep warm. The book is an elastic bound one i made quickly with a note paper pad backing, and a handful of sheets of copier paper trimmed and folded.


Friday, 27 September 2013

Flamingos!

Another sketchdaily task - flamingos

which i then turned into a wee pattern

Available on spoonflower: http://www.spoonflower.com/designs/2484000

Friday, 26 March 2010

#30b another bird in hat and exhibition

i forgot a bird in hat! :(
Poor Bower bird, or Gardener bird - which for some reason i thought he was called, but Attenborough proved me wrong, again!.

Well, the Bower bird to a degree is the bird i thought best suited my personality, like the Bower i like to collect things, pretty things, i am aware that this is pretty common in those who deem themselves creative, but the other girls in my collective have obvious other bird-like traits.
Jane is very wise, so of course would be an Owl - probably wearing a beret, not because she's french, or a pretention arty painter type, or any other obvious stereotype, she just wears dresses in what she likes, (images will follow)
Jenny has to be a seagull, not because of their scavenger behaviour or anything like that - just because she seems to love them. Yes a seagull wearing a Top hat, perhaps an 'Ongina' Top hat.
Louise would be purple, perhaps a Blue Jay or a Purple Martin, but the bird would have to be innocent, bt also a bit energetic/mental, her hat would be probably something like a deer stalker? Something on-trend.
Jacqueline's hat would be something vintage, perhaps a floppy hat, or what i would call a 'Blousy Brown hat', the bird that would represent Jacqueline would have to be anything with a massive breast, like a Magnificent Friggate because in all honestly i dont know Jacqueline that well yet, but i have learnt alot over the last month or so, enough to realise i wish we'd been friends since the first year of uni - the same with all the girls in our collective actually. :)

All these Birds in hats will be visible at our forthcoming Exhibition, details on this lovely poster:

Image by Jennifer Burke, poster layout by me

can you tell i'm trying to write more?

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Thursday, 4 March 2010

#29 birds in hats

As Whirlygig we are doing our first collective piece - named Birds in Hats - it is a playful topic consisting of us drawing birds in hats. This was Jenny's Idea...

Everyone loves birds -
here are my first few contributions, there will be more to come, AND hopefully a little book for sale :) let me know if you might be interested!
Dartford Warbler in a fetching Baroque wig and Long tailed Bush-tit in that hat who's name i am unaware of :/
if you have any birds you would specifically like to see ina specific hat - let me know and i will give it a go.

Wednesday, 24 February 2010

#28 mum

Was my mums birthday yesterday, her present hadn't arrived, so i did some drawings...

They're nothing special - mum friendly. might see if i can turn them into mothers day cards.



i really want this book :/

Tuesday, 5 January 2010

#14 New year, Old work.

I know it's the New year, and everyones thinking about resolutions and the future, but, New year is when i back up my files... so i've unavoidably looked through my old work. (and feel a little ashamed)
here's some of my favourite stuff from the last year or so...






Self Portrait


Book cover Brief



Tattoo Design Commission



Shooting at Metal

Goats



Allotment watching


Jonny the Skin head Seagul, part of a book i did with LeGun illustration in a day workshop




Christmas card. Inside Joke including Pascan Illustration http://pascanillustration.blogspot.com/

I hope this give who ever you are a better understanding of what my work is like... and what i like to do.
i've collected a bit of a back log of work to blog at the moment as ive leant my scanner to someone for a while. but yeh, expect an influx soon.


Also, as its the new year i have started a little personal project that forces me to draw everyday. This is part of the 'Indie Visual Journal' Blog http://indievisualjournal.blogspot.com/2010/01/watermelonjanuary.html so far i've drawn every day (yay) also coming up in the new year is the 'explorer' side project which will be published, and more greetings cards.

I hope you all had an interesting christmas and new year.

Tuesday, 29 December 2009

#13 christmas gift

Secret Santa gift for my Boyfriends Sister,
Simon and i ended up working on it together, i designed it,using The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds of the World then, he vectored it up for me.

will be printed out large, on matt paper for going up in her new home.