Bit of tweaking

A week or so has gone by and the ambition I had for this project has run a little dry. With Jess being so young and needed so much of my time, grabbing the odd hour here and there has been trying. I have the ideas, my brain is buzzing - but its connecting those thoughts to my hand which has been the tricky part. On Wednesday I was given a couple of hours in the afternoon to do some work, but the pressure to use them wisely was too much and everything I did was, to but it nicely, rubbish.

A couple of days have gone by, and its the weekend. We are breakfasted, showered, the sun is shining through the window and my head is in my sketchbook. I do tend to work a lot better during the day - I would imagine most artists are the same. Time is tight so I better crack on - but first, here is where the poster image has got to since the last post. Little further on, but a while to go. Hopefully Jess will give me time today to get on!

Finished cutting.

This will feature on the new website, quite pleased with the Photoshop skills which have been collecting stoor for the past 9 months.

More to come...

Latest doodlings

Hello there,

Few weeks since the last post, but I though I better bite the bullet and start uploading some work!

With the pressure for me to return to work looming, I have put down the remote and picked up a pencil. Tiredness is no longer an excuse if I am to reach my new target - to be my own boss by 30. Gives me a good 3 and a half years to get cracking, which seems like a lot, but my gorgeous little bundle is already 6 months and it feels like only yesterday we were bringing her home from the hospital.

I have started sketching for the children's book I have started and stopped 6 times over - these will follow (It's amazing how scary a blank piece of paper can be after hiding from your sketchbook for a few months!)

The stuff I am working on just now is for the latest addition to my Aunt's famous Mexican restaurant, Viva Mexico, in Edinburgh. An exciting venture is taking place in the basement and I have been honored with the task of deigning the marketing material. It was all very rushed, so the initial flyers etc didn't include my vision, but I have a bit longer for the poster, so I have let my imagination run riot. Two initial doodles for now, finished articles to follow in a couple of days. So watch this space...

Time to start

http://instagr.am/p/VObiMSBggg/
Having spent the last five months breastfeeding, changing bums, bathing, entertaining, calming, kissing, cuddling, sterilizing, carrying, singing to, reading to, photographing and worrying about jess, I finally feel confident and awake enough to start posting the work I/we have been doing over the past few weeks. Also helps that I've finally worked out the benefits of my phone - through which I can update on the move! How convenient!
So to start of the next stage, here's some wonderful flowers jess' dad sent me, while I've been staying at my mums.
I also have a couple of things that me and jess have made, that were very easy to make, and fantastic keepsakes.