children’s illustration
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Hullo!
Oh my poor bloggy, I used to write on you so much, but now you’ve been replaced by my daily Instagram postings! Some of the recent posts… new book characters, more and more birds, art gifts from friends and more. If you are on there, come say hello – I’m @jessesmess xx OH and today,…
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The Portfolio Project… And my 2017 plans.
Over on Instagram, I’ve joined some wonderful artists in a Christmas celebration and been drawing away some themes for the month, from puddings to pine trees. (Check out @the_portfolio_project). Our last theme was polar bear, and I create this process video as a reminder to myself on my plans for next year… yes, there are…
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MATS Children’s Book Course
Over the past five weeks I’ve taken an intensive children’s course via the great team at Make Art That Sells. This course was my favourite topic – children’s books (!) and was taught by the lovely Lilla Rogers and very knowledgable art director Zoe Tucker. It was very exhausting but fantastic to be learning new skills…
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Mixed Updates
It’s been busy times here, I’m working on a kids book and other client projects, doing a children’s book course and as a result, the studio (and perhaps my mind) is a bit of a mess! Rather than break down project by project, here’s some images from projects and more updates can be read in…
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Goodnight Woods
So excited to receive foreign editions of this cute little board book and decal set I worked on, Goodnight Woods. Published by The Five Mile Press and out in Australia in August.
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Little Koala Lost
My third (and final for 2016) picture book is released this month, Little Koala Lost. It’s a sweet counting book for little ones by Blaze Kwaymullina, and published by Omnibus. I had so much fun drawing the different Australian critters and most especially the koala, especially since our little koala Billy was just about born when I…
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Violetta and the Vicunas
I am taking a MATS Bootcamp course and this month’s topic is Vicunas in children books! too much fun….
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The Midnight Possum
Also out in April is my second ever picture book, The Midnight Possum – published by Scholastic and written by the amazing Sally Morgan. Gosh I’m a lucky lady having my first two books released the same month! Can’t wait to see them on the shelves….
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Smile Cry
Excitement brewing as my very first picture book, written by the clever Tania McCartney and published by the fine folk at EK books, is released in under a month. Stay tuned for Melbourne launch details (April 9 at the Little Bookroom) but in the mean time here is our cover!
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The finale!
The final for my five weeks of home decor creating is themed around wood products – with a focus on textured and the baby world. It’s been a really great course and I’ve loved learning new ways of doing things, as well as seeing the incredible work my classmates have created.