Christmas Terracotta #2

Part 2 of the christmas present.

I have started playing with type a bit ... more examples to come.

P.S.

Yes, this is an illustration of the bird decoration sitting in the flowerpot below ;0)

Christmas Terracotta #1

A christmas present for my Nannie.

Oh it's been fun to get the ol' paints out again.

Eagle-Tee Concept

Playing with ideas.

This is just a concept but I quite like it ^_^

SnowLeopard Revisited

I've actually tweaked this quite a few times in order to get it in suitable condition for a tShirt print and this is my latest attempt. Itruly believe that it's getting there ... slowly :0)

The top one uses the female colour palette and the bottom one is for the men.

Subtle but important differences I think.

Wolfie and the Hood

The tshirt version of the Little Red Riding Hood design.

http://www.swishswosh.com/design-vote/wolfie-and-the-hood

PLEASE VOTE FOR MY DESIGN ^_^

Pebble Snake

I had some brown card that needed de-blankifying!

Sketchbook Page of the Week #2

I decided to draw my outfit that I'm wearing under my graduation gown.

Marginally out of proportion but one of the best people I've drawn so far .... people are hard!!

Seashells #2 - Elephant

I asked my brother what I should draw and he said an elephant. So here it is!!

Seashells #1 - Butterfly

After collecting shells on Brancaster beach in Norfolk I needed something to do with them.

Being me, I had to draw on them of course ^_^

Poinsettia #1

Drawing for christmas cards - watch this space!!

Wolfie and the Hood

Stemming from the animal designs I am doing for Hantu tshirts, I took the wolf idea a little further and explored the RedRidingHood faerieTale a little.

Snow Leopard

Brief: Animals

Concept: Winter Animals / Animal Prints

Implementation: TShirt Design

Moonlight Dance <3 <3

An image partially inspired by Victoria Frances and partially by Hallowe'en and Witchcraft.

I thought this would make a really good tattoo actually.

I'm sooo happy with this one...and I thought I would ruin it when I added the swirls and then when I added the colour. Oh, how exciting that I didn't!!

Poster Illustration #3

The final 'illustration officiale' which is by far my favourite, not least becasue of the firemen!!

The tree came out so much better than I could have imagined.

Also, the little white cat is so cute ... Maow!!

Poster Illustration #2

The official illustrations that came out of the poster illustration.

Poster Illustration #1

A Degree Presentation poster I did illustrations for.

Heart from the Past

Something I found from my first year group project at University.
It was a promotional project for LoveBytes festival in Sheffield.
I think this was my favourite outcome from the project; not least because I created it!! ^_^

SwishSwosh - TShirt Design

I just signed up to SwishSwosh - a tshirt design site.

There's nothing submitted yet but WatchThisSpace!!

http://swishswosh.com/ReducedVisibility

Militant Cyborg Rats

The completion to the army gilet you saw a few days ago.

Just something random that Michael invented for me to draw!!

'Mail Me Art' appearance

My apperance on the "Mail Me Art 2" site - hooray! (1st column, 5 rows down as of 09/10/09)

If you get a chance you should look at the other work too - it's so good!! :0)

Sketchbook Page of the Week #1

I'm quite please with the way this is looking so far.

It's part of a bigger project but it's a secret for now...I think you'll like it ^_^

Butterflies - Final #1

The finished b&w version of Butterflies.

The next stage is to play with colours...to start with I'm thinking of REds to make it a bit gothic after my floral canvas looked really good with just the reds on.

Acquired Collective Blog Appearance

As usual, I have been excited that people use my work.

Please go and view the blog for other great work.

http://acquiredcollective.blogspot.com/2009/09/sarah-tompkins.html

Ivy Wedding Invites - Final Returns

Having sent off my illustration, I got the samples of the invitations back.

Thank you Alison! ^_^

New Sugar Publication

My New Sugar image was published online yesterday.

http://newsugar.co.uk/ ... Covers Issue; Page 42

Butterflies - Process Image #2

This one was a colour test although I'm not sure I want to use actual colours. I might play around with just one colour, red perhaps, and see what that looks like.

Butterflies - Process Image #1

I'm working on a new design involving butterflies and I thought I would put up some of the stages of the drawing because I'm resolving to document my process to a better degree in case I make a mistake or want to try different approaches with the colour ... and so on.

One From The Archives - Moo!

A TShirt design idea I submitted but actually drew quite a while ago now after a trip to Mull, Scotland.

I was playing around with Photoshop techniques at the time and this is what I came up with.

Love this to bits!!

Call Me

A previous idea for a TShirt design but this one needs improvement.

A good concept that needs refining.

Mermaid

A random drawing of an image I saw in a dream.
Splash!

Milk Milk Lemonade

This is a TShirt Design idea that I submitted to Hantu Collective.

Subtle yet highly amusing in my opinion ^_^

I am very pleased with this one.

New Sugar - Covers Edition

http://newsugar.co.uk/covers/

A special edition where they were inviting artists to submit images for a magazine that was all cover designs.

I wanted to draw characters that were kind of sweet but then to incoporate some more literal elements in the candy dotted around the image. I love the candy corn most of all :0)

Wedding Invitation Final

I have got the final approval for the wedding invitation illustrations.

I am so pleased with the finished design, it is a well balanced motif that really stands out.

Applied Illustration - Homeware

I took the theme of ivy from the wedding invitations and, upon some advice I was given recently, I created a more 'commercial' design and applied it to some vases. I really like the result actually ... most likely more to come in the future!

Wedding Invitation Illustration #1

A commision for an illustration for the front of Wedding invitations involving ivy and wedding rings led to the creation of these sketchbook pages. None are the finished article yet but one is pretty close :0)