Post Tagged with: "Monday Inspiration"

Hilda and the Mountain King - Illustration by Luke Pearson

Monday Inspiration – Hilda!

I end up in some wonderful nostalgic conversations around the influences on my artwork, there’s no denying that I was fascinated by the clear line style used in all sorts of stories… from graphic novels and comics to animated cartoons. In fact I named several big childhood favourites in amongst […]

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Monday Inspiration – Metropolis

I stumbled across this beautiful book at the weekend, ‘Metropolis: Mapping the City’ by Jeremy Black, all about the history and process of mapping urban spaces from a human perspective. Like many creatives, I simply adore maps and would happily spend time poring over the line detail. And this book […]

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Porthcothan Escape - Illustration by Jonathan Chapman

Monday Inspiration – Porthcothan

Almost every year we make a family trip down to Cornwall. It’s a chance to unwind a little (children permitting) and embrace some truly magnificent landscape. Here’s a few snapshots of the area we were in, around Porthcothan Bay, which gets wonderful sunsets and reveals a glorious stretch of sand […]

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Eye Test Colours

A short post for your Monday inspiration this week. Nicky recently discovered this wonderful eye test book, full of colour plates designed as an analog test for colour blindness. There’s a wide variety of greens, oranges, greys… each plate a fascinating study in colour tones. I particularly like those ever […]

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Monday Inspiration - Shell Posters

Monday Inspiration: Shell Posters

We stumbled upon this week’s Monday inspiration completely by accident, having made a last minute decision to call in at Mottisfont House in Hampshire to see the roses in full bloom. We certainly enjoyed the riot of petal colours in the Walled Garden but we were also pleasantly surprised to […]

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