Strawberry Skulls

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An Illustration student's blog.

Red Cap's Revenge

The progress of an illustration. I was influenced by Rik Lee Illustration and Glen Arthur Art on Instagram to do this. I used colour pencil for the figure and the background is painted entirely...

May 13, 2013 Like

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Dag and Daga and the Flying Troll of Sky Mountain

I bought this book recently. It has lot's of stories in it about trolls, monsters, princesses and princes. My favorite things to draw! There are 29 stories in this book, all are illustrated by John...

May 2, 2013 Like

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A Midsummer Nights Dream Illustrations

As I said in my previous post, I was illustrating magazine spreads based on the play 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' for my graded unit at college. These are a few more pictures of some of my finished...

Apr 30, 2013 Like

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An Illustration Project

An Illustration Project - Design a single page and double page spread for a magazine based on a play. I chose A Mid-Summer Night's Dream by Shakespeare. I'm not keen on Shakespeare, but we had to...

Apr 18, 2013 Like

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Fun Times

Hello! I thought I would do another wee blog update for the people that do read my blog! I'm off college now for the Easter holidays. I had a fun easter weekend, I went to Cocktail and burger on...

Apr 4, 2013 Like

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Princess Mononoke

I did this drawing entirely with Derwent coloursoft pencils. I liked the movie, the characters and strangeness of it. I'm really happy with how the wolf and her face has turned out. It has taken me...

Mar 26, 2013 Like 1 person likes this

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Using Colour Pencils

I have been trying to use colour pencils a lot more recently. If you know how to use them properly and be patient and layer them, you can end up with a great result. I'm still perfecting my...

Mar 15, 2013 Like

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Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children - Book Review

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children - Book Review I picked up this book and saw this creepy as hell cover and then that the book is filled with weird and eerie vintage photos and I thought...

Feb 26, 2013 Like

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Nutshell, Illustration & outfits

First post of 2013. I have to say, I have not had much time or motivation for my blog lately. I have a few plans of posts to do very soon, including a book review and a post on my children's book...

Feb 26, 2013 Like

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Gothic Beauty Illustrations

This is what I have been working on recently on my current project at college. Design a deck of cards. It is mixed media and the theme is Gothic. For this illustration I started with a pencil...

Dec 12, 2012 Like

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Recent Sketches and Gothic Project

I thought I would update my blog, since I have been silent for about a month. I have a new project at college, which is mixed media. I chose the theme gothic - past and present. We have to design a...

Dec 11, 2012 Like

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What I Wore & Instagraming Everything

I am not quite turning into one of these people that instagrams about literally everything from their morning tea to their dinner at night. But I do enjoy posting pictures a lot of random things...

Nov 15, 2012 Like

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OOTN FOTN & Katy Perry Lashes

I wanted to do a beauty or fashion post so this is kind of both. Trying out Katy Perry Lashes. Before After OOTD - Topshop skirt, H?M top Bracelets Ma face! after I'd went mad with the curlers.I'm...

Nov 9, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Busy life, shopping, illustration and blog plans

Been so busy with college work lately I haven't had time to update my blog. I have my deadline for 'The Big Sleep' book cover project next Monday, so once thats all finished I'll be sharing my...

Nov 9, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Halloween Zombie Doll and Comic Noir

After saying I was going to stay in last night I ended up in the Cathouse! I didn't feel like wearing my cheerleader costume again so I put on a little dress with a petticoat underneath, and did...

Nov 1, 2012 Like

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Happy Halloween! Subcrawl and Sugarskulls.

For halloween this year I dressed up as Claire Bennett from Heroes and did the Glasgow Sub crawl with my friends. Getting into the spooky theme with sugar skull nails. Sugar skull makeup I did on...

Oct 31, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Life Drawing

If you are an art student at art school or college, you will probably have to do live drawing at one point. It is a great way of improving your drawing skills or sharpening them up a bit if you...

Oct 25, 2012 Like

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Drawings and gigs

I'm off college for the October break now, so plenty of time to get more drawing and painting done. I got a new phone, so I can now blog on the go, I might give it a try. Lately I've been doing a...

Oct 16, 2012 Like

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Sugar Skull Girl Painting

A painting I finished about three weeks ago. Sugar Skull Girl, acrylic on canvas. I am very pleased with how it has turned out she looks pretty alluring and haunting I'd say. I'm putting it into an...

Sep 25, 2012 Like

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Mixed Media Sketchbook

These are my own mixed media creations. Mixed media is a form of visual art which combines more than one technique or use of material. I am planning on doing more blog posts on my college projects....

Sep 10, 2012 Like

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A Few Words

Some recent sketches.I am going back to college in a week and can't wait! I had my induction day last Wednesday and I got to meet everyone in my class, it was good to see some old faces. There was...

Aug 20, 2012 Like

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Weekend in Amsterdam

I got back from Amsterdam on Monday. I had a great weekend, the city is just marvelous. I loved the buildings, the canals, coffee shops, patisseries, boutiques and just everything about the place...

Jul 26, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Sugar Skull Girl Pencil Drawings & Amsterdam!

Some drawings I have done recently with colour pencils. I have been looking at a lot of Sylvia Ji's art work lately which is incredible! I was trying to create the kind of alluring look she has in...

Jul 18, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Drawings I've done lately

A few drawings I have done lately. Still enjoying the Mexican theme. I have a blank canvas sitting waiting to be painted but I do not have any ideas at the moment what to paint.

Jul 11, 2012 Like

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Outfit of the night 'Goth Night'

I am off to see my friends burlesque show in Glasgow tonight. It is a goth themed night, there will be burlesque performances and I will be assisting my friend on stage, my part is a nun. This is...

Jun 28, 2012 Like

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Dia de los muertos sugar skull girl on canvas

I have not made a blog post in quite a while. Alot has changed, I have been trying to draw in my spare time. I also found out I got into the course I applied for! HND visual...

Jun 26, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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A Sketch a day

A sketch a day #1I will probably not blog a sketch I do every day, but I will post it on Twitter! @strawbskullart

Jun 6, 2012 Like 1 person likes this

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Sunday Sketches

A collection of drawings from my sketchbooks.

Jun 3, 2012 Like

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