Falling Leaves

Can't believe it's actually autumn although it seems like summer skipped straight into winter OTL

Been working on this sketch because I thought it would be nice to take a break from uni work. I didn't actually "know" that I was going to come up with this, but after looking at my old work I was inspired to carry on with my Season Fae series. This one is, undeniably, Autumn!

Artist © Liz Owen

Tools Used | Watercolour Pencils | Biro lines |

What I'm Currently Working On

Seeing as I'm planning on using this blog a lot more - as well as my Tumblr page - I may as well update y'all on this piece that I'm currently working on.

Hopefully I'll finish it by the end of this week as well as starting out on my editorial illustration for my uni project.

Brightest Star in the Sky

R.I.P Daddy, this is for you <3

So my dad passed away a couple of weeks ago. It’s still pretty hard for me to face it that he’s gone, because it was just so unexpected. The last time I saw him he was completely normal… And then this happens.

I wanted to create something which I can just pour my emotions to. My dad was the greatest man I knew, who always encouraged me in my work.

He was my star in my darkest of nights.

© Liz Owen.

Editorial Illustration: Lotta Nieminen

I'm back! For now, anyway.

I actually have a queue of posts that are waiting to be published here from my main tumblr blog. In truth, I was going to post this onto my tumblr but I just find it easier to do word-based posts on blogger. 

My post for today is about editorial illustration; at uni I get to make the choice between photography and illustration and - as you can see - I decided to go down the illustration route. I just prefer drawing to taking photos, even though it's a lot easier to take photos!

This post was actually going to consist of a list of illustrators that I was interested in, but because the illustrator below was so interesting I have now thought just to do a series of posts of inspirational illustrators - and maybe photographers - instead. This is actually going to be included in my uni work because I do need to include it in my research of different styles... I guess that this is hitting two birds with one stone!

Lotta Nieminen - http://www.lottanieminen.com/

Suez Environment