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Prompt Party! December 2018 assignment
Prompt Party! December 2018 assignment

As many of you know, I run the Prompt Party account over on instagram. It’s a year old as of last month! It started out as weekly prompts, but a week isn’t always enough time to do portfolio-ready work, especially if you’re busy. It was always my intention to create something that you can jump in and out of from week to week, but after running a poll in my instagram stories, it seems that what’s best for people is fewer, more thoughtful assignments.

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The 2018 Global Talent Search
The 2018 Global Talent Search

If you’re reading this, you probably know that I was one of the winners of the Lilla Rogers Studio 2018 Global Talent Search. My life has been an absolute whirlwind since then, but I thought I’d share my thoughts on the competition—what it was like to compete, and what it takes to win—while it’s still reasonably fresh in my mind.

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Bologna Children's Book Fair - What to bring
Bologna Children's Book Fair - What to bring

It's been just about a month since I attended the Bologna Children's Book Fair, and my head is still spinning from all the inspiration. It was my first trip to the fair, and I already want to go back!

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Here's my best nine...I think. It's hard to decide. I could've easily swapped a few out. As it turns out, I made a whole bunch of art this year! And what a year it's been! 🙊 . Some highlights (in no particular order): . 🎨Winning the #globaltalentsearch2018 and getting signed with @lillarogers. She and her team are THE BEST, and I count myself lucky every day! . 🏡 Going to the Lilla Rogers Studio Artist Retreat and meeting the legend and her team in person, as well as more artists I respect and admire, including quite a few I'd gotten to know through classes. . ✈️ Spending a whole month in Italy, going to the Bologna Children's Book Fair. . 💵 Licensing my first illustrations. . 📚 Getting my first ever book deals! Plural! 🙊 . 💯 Hitting 10k. . 🐺 Co-founding #folktaleweek! . 👩‍👩‍👧‍👧 Meeting and getting to know a bunch of incredible artists I admire and respect (many IRL) and feeling like part of a real community. . I'm not sure how 2019 will be able to stack up to all that, but I'm going to continue to work hard and chase my dreams and be grateful for every victory, no matter how small. . I wish you all a ton of success and happiness in 2019. Thank you so much for all the support! . . . . #bestnine2018 #bestnine #2018bestnine #topnine #topnine2018 #lillarogers #illo #illustrate #illustrated #childrensbookillustration #kidlitart #picturebook #illustratorsoninstagram #illustratorsofinstagram #digitalpainting #watercolour #aquarelle #gouache #coloredpencil #procreate #photoshop #mixedmedia #bolognachildrensbookfair #folktaleweek2018
Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you're having a super awesome day filled with good cheer! #christmasillustration #christmascard #christmasart #xmascard #fox #illustrated #illo #womenwhodraw #procreate #lillarogers @procreate
Here's a piece for @alexandradikaia's Winter Secrets challenge. It's a fun and interactive challenge and everyone's prompts are different. For this one I got "conjured the starry sky" which made me think of the scene in The Phantom Tollbooth where Milo tries to conduct the sunrise and messes everything up. Here, he's not doing such a bad job. And yes that's Tock right there with him. ⌚️🐕 Swipe to see the video. 👉 I'm seriously the worst at picking colors, so I did a few versions. Do you have a preference between the blue, orange, or mixed? If there's interest, I'll make prints but I don't know which one to choose. 🙈 I did this piece using some of the gouache, ink, and spatter brushes I'm working on for @procreate. They make it really easy to do a sky like this! #alexandradikaia_ws #lillarogers #thephantomtollbooth #childrensbookillustration #illo #kidlitart #illustrate #procreate #digitalpainting #processsvideo
#advent_challenge2018 day 3: This isn't exactly wintery but it's the first thing that came to me when I read the prompt about warm light and pie. And this could easily be a winter scene here in sunny San Francisco, so I'm just gonna roll with it. Guys I'm really excited about this piece. The fact is I've been working on a set of brushes for @procreate and this is my very first illustration using all my own brushes! I've still got some tweaking to do but I'm feeling pretty good about the result! For those of you who are interested, here's the info about the challenge: Repost @ema_malyauka ・・・ Ho-ho-ho, 🎄Winter days are coming with cozy music, hot chocolate, and beautiful fairytales. I and my friends are running the Christmas Advent challenge this year again. Join us if you want to get Christmas spirit☺️! The rules are simple👌🏻: 🖋1. Draw something nice with any technique or materials. 🖋2. Post it with hashtags #advent_challenge and #advent_challenge2018 🖋3. Repeat this 7 times. 🖋4. Get your Christmas spirit! That's it! In the end you will get 7 postcards that you can give to your friends or send to postcards companies😉. This is going to be wonderful, isn't it? Our dream team✌🏻: @ema_malyauka, @vvberger, @ladykbuzz, @kayla_stark, @anastasia_lavru, @cappuccinka_art, @laura_illustrator, @katya_tikhova, @housecatillustration Are you joining? #illustration #illustrator #procreate #childrensbookillustration #kidlitart #illo #lillarogers @procreate
#advent_challenge2018 day 2: Hot Chocolate Weather! I had a loose idea of how I wanted to frame this scene, but I couldn't decide how to crop it, so I drew the whole thing wider than necessary. 😆 Swipe to see it. Now I'm not sure which I like better! How about you? Wide or zoomed? Keep swiping to see the challenge prompts (as drawn by @ema_malyauka), and scroll to see the brilliant and talented hosts and learn how to participate. Repost @ema_malyauka ・・・ Ho-ho-ho, 🎄Winter days are coming with cozy music, hot chocolate, and beautiful fairytales. I and my friends are running the Christmas Advent challenge this year again. Join us if you want to get Christmas spirit☺️! The rules are simple👌🏻: 🖋1. Draw something nice with any technique or materials. 🖋2. Post it with hashtags #advent_challenge and #advent_challenge2018 🖋3. Repeat this 7 times. 🖋4. Get your Christmas spirit! That's it! In the end you will get 7 postcards that you can give to your friends or send to postcards companies😉. This is going to be wonderful, isn't it? Our dream team✌🏻: @ema_malyauka, @vvberger, @ladykbuzz, @kayla_stark, @anastasia_lavru, @cappuccinka_art, @laura_illustrator, @katya_tikhova, @housecatillustration Are you joining? #illustration #illustrator #procreate #childrensbookillustration #kidlitart #illo #lillarogers @procreate
Yay! Remember the Little Women pattern I designed for @littleskeinanne? It's finally out in the wild in the form of some awfully cute project bags. There's even a beautiful and thoughtfully designed Little Women shawl kit with custom died yarn. If you or someone you know is a reader and a knitter, you have to check it out. 💕 📸: @larkinsmallphotography #patternobserver #patterndesign #surfacepattern #knitting #knittingpattern #knittersofinstagram #yarn #littlewomen #pattern #lillarogers
Here are all my #folktaleweek pieces! Wow that was a lot of art! All said and done there were over 20,000 posts. When we set this challenge, we had no idea so many people would join us, but we're so glad you did! A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in and supported Folktale Week! . Swipe to see just a few of my all-time favorites, and tap to see the artists. It was sooo hard to narrow it down. . Folktale Week will be back this time next year. Meanwhile, we’re devising a brand new challenge for next spring, so keep an eye out for that! We’ll be dropping hints in the coming months. . Folktale Week was brought to you by artists from around the world. We appreciate your support, and hope to see you for our next challenge! Many thanks from: . @jennifermpotter, @devonholzwarth, @sinulee, @carolinebonnemuller, @sofiamoore_studio, @heycasshey, @rachaelschaferdesigns, @sandiesonke, @debrastyer, @laure_illustrations @louve.draws, @matejalukezic @shelly_laslo @tanja_stephani @juliachristiansde @thebrotherskent . . . . . #illo #illustration #illustrator #illustrationartists #artchallenge #childrensbookillustration #folktaleweek2018 #procreate #lillarogers
#folktaleweek Day 7: Animal 🐶🎻😸📯🐓🐎👒 (Work in progress) . You probably know this one. The Brementown Musicians is the story of how some old animals flee their respective homes instead of sticking around, waiting for a presumably unpleasant end. They decide to go the the city to become musicians, and on the way, they happen upon some robbers in their hideout. The animals end up inadvertently scaring the robbers away, so they're left with a cozy little home and the robbers' ill-gotten loot. I like it when the animals win. . This piece needs more work, but I really wanted to finish all of the Folktale Week prompts in the alloted time. I got it finished just under the wire (11:52 PM to be precise), but I decided to wait until Monday morning to post, because it was so late. And you know how the algorithm dings you if you can't respond to comments right away. 🙄⠀ . I hope you all enjoyed the challenge! It's been amazing seeing so many people get involved!⠀ . Many incredible artists came together to make this challenge possible. Be sure to check out their profiles for inspiration:⠀ . @jennifermpotter, @devonholzwarth, @sinulee, @carolinebonnemuller, @sofiamoore_studio, @heycasshey, @rachaelschaferdesigns, @sandiesonke, @debrastyer, @laure_illustrations @louve.draws, @matejalukezic @shelly_laslo @tanja_stephani @juliachristiansde @thebrotherskent⠀ . . . . . #folktaleweek2018 #fairytale #lillarogers #illo #illustration #procreate #grimm #illustrate #bookcover @procreate
#folktaleweek Day 6: Mirror ⠀ .⠀ This is a Japanese (and Chinese apparently) ghost story called The Mirror and the Bell. The priests of a small village wanted to create a great bell to put in their temple, so they asked all the women in town to donate their bronze mirrors so they could be melted. One women did not want to give up her mirror because it was a family heirloom, passed down for centuries, but she did so anyway. But because the mirror had not been given with her whole heart, it would not melt. So she did what any good citizen would do, she walked into the river and drowned herself. The link was broken, the mirror melted, and the bell was made. But there was a rumor that if anyone broke the bell, her ghost would reward them. So people tried and tried, but it was made too well. Eventually the priests got annoyed, and they put the bell in a crate and dropped it in the river. Since the bell could not be broken, legend has it that if you break a substitute for the bell, a smaller bell or a bronze bowl, she will still reward you.⠀ .⠀ Want to join Folktale Week? It’s not too late! Simply follow the prompt list and post art inspired by folktales. Use any medium you like, and interpret them any way you wish. Tag your posts with #folktaleweek and #folktaleweek2018. All are welcome!⠀ .⠀ Prompts:⠀ Monday 11/12: Forest⠀ Tuesday 11/13: Magic⠀ Wednesday 11/14: Witch⠀ Thursday 11/15: Ghost⠀ Friday 11/16: Insect⠀ Saturday 11/17: Mirror⠀ Sunday 11/18: Animal⠀ .⠀ Many incredible artists came together to make this challenge possible. Be sure to check out their profiles for inspiration:⠀ .⠀ @jennifermpotter, @devonholzwarth, @sinulee, @carolinebonnemuller, @sofiamoore_studio, @heycasshey, @rachaelschaferdesigns, @sandiesonke, @debrastyer, @laure_illustrations @louve.draws, @matejalukezic @shelly_laslo @tanja_stephani @juliachristiansde @thebrotherskent⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #fairytale #lillarogers #illo #illustration #procreate #best_of_illustrations #illustrate @procreate
#folktaleweek Day 4: Insect 🦋⠀ .⠀ This piece is inspired by the Japanese folktale, The Fire Quest. A poet sits, reading by his lit candle, and is saddened by the little moths and other insects who fly too close to the flame and burn their wings, He tries to stop them by telling them of the Firefly Queen, most beautiful and wicked of insects, who sends her many suitors on a fool's errand to bring back fire. All while they are searching and burning, and dying, and being swept away without a thought, she remains cozy in her lotus flower with her lover, the Lord of the Fireflies, who doesn't need to get fire, for he already carries it with him.⠀ .⠀ I decided to try designing this piece like a book cover. My final Folktale Week post will be one, too!⠀ .⠀ Want to join Folktale Week? It’s not too late! Simply follow the prompt list and post art inspired by folktales. Use any medium you like, and interpret them any way you wish. Tag your posts with #folktaleweek and #folktaleweek2018. All are welcome!⠀ .⠀ Prompts:⠀ Monday 11/12: Forest⠀ Tuesday 11/13: Magic⠀ Wednesday 11/14: Witch⠀ Thursday 11/15: Ghost⠀ Friday 11/16: Insect⠀ Saturday 11/17: Mirror⠀ Sunday 11/18: Animal⠀ .⠀ Many incredible artists came together to make this challenge possible. Be sure to check out their profiles for inspiration:⠀ .⠀ @jennifermpotter, @devonholzwarth, @sinulee, @carolinebonnemuller, @sofiamoore_studio, @heycasshey, @rachaelschaferdesigns, @sandiesonke, @debrastyer, @laure_illustrations @louve.draws, @matejalukezic @shelly_laslo @tanja_stephani @juliachristiansde @thebrotherskent⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #folktale #fairytale #folklore #lillarogers #bookcover #bookdesign #goillo