Mimi's Newsletter - So Much Illustrating! (Patreon)

Hello my lovely flowers!

I've been a little quiet here this week because I spent allll week illustrating for my second picture book and it took up literally all of my time. It was such a joy to illustrate though and I'm really excited to share you with it when it's published (which I think won't be until December but the cover will be shared sooner).

I took a slightly different approach this time, and did all of the base colours for all the illustrations first, and then went back and added the textures/shading to everything. For the first book I did all of the backgrounds fully coloured and textured and then added all of the characters fully. I think I preferred the second approach because the people are the hardest part for me and so leaving them until last wasn't such a great idea 😅So now that those illustrations are all finished I can get back to my normal schedule. I also need to do lots of stretching because I can really feel that spending all week sitting over my tablet drawing was not great for my body!

^ My new studio view for the next week. Very rainy at the moment!

Yesterday we flew up to Brisbane to spend the week here because there are a couple of birthdays to celebrate, so I'm back in the humid weather to relax a bit and catch up with friends and family.

I'll still be making a few pieces of content though, and this week I'm going to make a step-by-step post for Tiers 2 & 3 and will also be sharing week 3 of the Illustration Club (probably tomorrow or Tuesday).

I love that I can take my community on the road with my laptop and keep creating, but also get to spend time exploring or catching up with people.

So I hope you're doing well, I'm looking forward to sharing some more goodies with you this week ❤