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Year of The Dog
Happy Year of the Dog! I have recently worked on a new picture book celebrating dogs, the Chinese zodiac and explaining about some of the animal/personality traits. This weekend in Melbourne we are having a little party for the book and to celebrate the Year of the dog!
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A bit of a delayed review of 2017…
2017 was such a big year for my work – I wanted to make a note for myself for some of the new illustration projects that really made my year… Birds – I loved creating little watercolours for sale on Instagram, and this lead to new things like prints and bird pins (more on those…
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New Covers!
My poor bloggy has been a bit neglected, but not through me not having anything to write. IT’S BEEN A MANIC FEW MONTHS! But in a good way (although many colds and flus – not so good too). However… Two new book covers have been released, with the books coming out with Windy Hollow both…
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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Oh my poor bloggy, I used to write on you so much, but now you’ve been replaced by my daily Instagram postings!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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Erstwilder Summer Tiki
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Designing for Erstwilder is one of the best jobs in the world! They’ve just launched my new range of Tiki designs – pineapples and toucans, super fun and I’m enjoying wearing something that was a sketch to a digital file to a resin brooch so much!
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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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Cards
A small selection of new card designs that will soon be out with Nuovo – as usual I can’t stop painting birds!
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Erstwilder – silhouettes range
One of my favourites clients, Erstwilder have just released a nostalgic, family based range I did with them. You can see the full range here – including these guys! So fun to design… (Image from the Erstwilder Instagram).
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Card Designs
I’ve been working with my lovely agent at Astound on a couple of card ranges for the Spring Fair in the UK. A sneak peek of a couple from each range below. Fun putting these together!
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Illustrator Australia Awards
News just in! The work created for Jolla Baby’s Memoir Cards have earned a highly commended in the Illustrator Australia Awards – so happy to be among the talent there.