It's all about the sketchpad

...at least it is for me.

I'll do more about my sketchpad another time, but here's a before...



... and after.



My best drawings are always drawn straight from life. And for me, there's no point even starting an illustration without a quality drawing in the first place. Different illustrators work in different ways, but I can't get excited about my own work when I don't have an initial drawing I'm really proud of. Drawing from photographs or from my head just doesn't work for me.

Kind of makes a job a little more difficult, but worth it in the end.

What am I working on at the moment...?

I'm in the middle of a project with the British Heart Foundation at the moment and thought it would be interesting to see some of my work in progress...though I musn't give too much away!

MA students celebrate in style

We illustration and animations students don't do things by halves. Oh no. After taking down all our artwork after the last day of the show we celebrated in style....and hit the local chippie. (Fishcoteque in Waterloo - pretty good fish and chips I'll have you know).

But yes, that's it. The End. 2 years of hard work...all done and dusted. Very sad. Have I told you what great tutors Jake and Robin are before? Probably.

Blimey, hard work this blog business

6 days have gone by since my last post...coming up with something to write about is much harder than I thought.

I give myself a D-. Must try harder!

Great opening night at the Bargehouse

What a fantastic opening night for an exhibition. The wine was flowing, the work looked great and the place was rammed! Don't forget the show is running until Saturday 10th November.

I've had such a great time doing my MA and most of that is down to my excellent tutors Robin Harris and Jake Abrams. I'd recommend Kingston University to anyone considering doing MA Illustration.

Sad to finish, and now back to the real world of attempting to make a living... can't wait!

louisekyme.co.uk badge

They're the talk of the town. No hip Londoner would dare be seen without one. Oh yes, I'm talking about the louisekyme.co.uk badge.

Pick one up (and come see my work) at the Bargehouse MA exhibition:
3-10 November
The Bargehouse
Bargehouse Street
Oxo Tower Wharf
London
SE1 9PH

Messy desk

I think, now I've finished my MA, there's a case to be made for tidying my desk...

New website

I have a new website - very exciting! Thanks to the wonderful Jason Baldwin for coding it for me. Check out his site, and commission him to do your site! http://fivepics.com/