
Growing as an artist, exploring creativity. A newsletter blog about improving your art portfolio and attracting business opportunities, with a focus on surface pattern design and children's picture book illustration.
| Platform | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly | |
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| Issues | 95 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 4 months ago |
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Designing an illustration for a product is very different from creating a single artwork for a portfolio. When my agency sent me a brief from Educa Borras to illustrate a 1000-piece puzzle featuring historical women (non-fiction yaaay!), I...
I wanted to share a quick update with you. Because I’m having a baby very soon (maybe even today LOL), I won’t be charging paid subscribers until at least the end of May. These are already paused so the system allows me only to post to all...
An honest look behind the scenes
Before I go on maternity leave, I wanted to write one very transparent article for those of you who are trying to build a sustainable illustration career, not just a beautiful portfolio.
I mainly work digitally and most of my illustration work for children’s books happens on my iPad and in Affinity. So you might wonder why I still care about colored pencils at all. The short answer is: even though my final artwork is digita...
Celebrating winter!
Hello Creatives!
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Children’s book illustrator, surface pattern designer, and online educator based in Germany. Writes \ud83d\udc8c "The Art of Growth" for creative entrepreneurs.
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