June in Review
Proper Summer is here
🌳 June Vibes
June gave us beautiful summer sunshine, cycles through the forest, more time to draw and Bridgerton was back!!! WOOP!! Damn, I love that show. We also had a wonderful long weekend in Prague with family, which was magic for our son. The garden is full of lilacs, the birds and butterflies are out, and the first berries of the year taste amazing. All in all, June has been good. I took the pressure off ‘productivity’, and focussed on completing my Design contract with full attention.
➡️ Here on ‘Designers Who Draw’ for everyone
Co Swatch Sesh Live Zoom
The link for this months Co-Swatch Sesh is up! (Apologies I didn’t manage one in June.) This is open to everyone and free. Come along to chat about anything, bring your materials and swatch and play!
🌎 Link to Sign up here.
✍️ All info in this post.
Industry Insights Series: In this series I deep dive into one topic, coming from the perspective of my design industry experience. I write these posts when inspiration strikes, and therefore are slightly irregular in frequency. They are also quite labour intensive so I don’t like to rush them, I want to make sure they are really useful for you. I aim to give you really clear actionable tips for helping to improve your portfolio, with a view to attract more brand work, as that is my area of expertise. Do bookmark these and share freely - there will be more coming and they will always be free to access.
Recap of membership posts in June
My Notes from the Forest private audio series continues, as I take you on a walk with me and Nala. This month I was thinking a lot about rhythms and cycles of work, and the importance of rest and NOT drawing.
I shared a materials unboxing:
Plus Sketchbook insights and process:
Resources and inspo I loved this month
Handsome Frank’s account on Instagram is sharing some brilliant tips for illustrators looking to work with Brands. Check out their recent reels.
- post and video on Marketing without burnout or Social Media was genuinely calming. Well worth watching, bookmarking and re-watching.
This is the start to July I needed by
I passed the 1000 subscribers mark!
THANK YOU to everyone who is here reading this. I use this space to share my industry knowledge (free) but also to further my own practice (paid). I love connecting with you all and enjoying the process of play, which is why I do the Co-Swatch Sesh, and through that feel more connected to you. I’ve teased that I will be tweaking this space, and all info around that will be shared soon! Watch this space.
🌟 Portfolio review waiting list is open!
Thanks to everyone who has already signed up to the waiting list. If what I shared in the Industry Insights posts has resonated with you, and you’d like some focussed guidance on your portfolio, this is for you. I will be opening 1-2-1 slots as soon as there is enough interest. If you want personalised, in depth guidance on how to strengthen your folio work to make it more appealing for brand driven illustration, register your interest here:
Have a great start to July folks! Thanks as always for being here.