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Dec update: time for celebration, portfolio review, sending my book to a publisher, really good news, and Christmas cards

December 22, 2017 Romica Spiegl

Hello, 

in this video, I share what happened in December. I finally submitted my draft for my thesis and feel like I can finally relax a bit. I will also share how my recent children's book portfolio review went, my recent big step of sending my dummy out to a publisher for the first time, some other good news, and you can finally have a look at the Christmas cards I illustrated featuring a cute hedgehog - better late than never ;)

Stay joyful,
Romica
 

 

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A glimpse behind the scenes - I wanted to share a bit of the process of this illustration published in @illustoria_mag black and white issue. Swipe to see more. When I first saw the theme for the issue, I wanted to do something about old black and white photography. After putting some ideas to paper, I knew that I found something that resonates, made me smile and remember my family photos, and I felt that people can relate to these often imperfect pictures that we cherish nonetheless. Then I enlarged my sketches with my printer and started to refine the rough first drafts. Once I was happy with them, I used my lightpad (like a thin lightbox) to trace the sketch and create the final images. And after scanning and some editing, the illustrations were ready to be sent off to hopefully bring a smile to wonderful faces. I hope you enjoyed this little look behind the scenes. And please check out the wonderful work Joanne and her team at ILLUSTORIA are doing for creative kids and their grownups 😊 #womenwithpencils #illustration_daily #womenwhodraw #illustrationartists #illustratorsoninstagram #freelanceillustrator #dowhatyoulove #instaartist #instaart #drawing #drawdaily #sketchbook #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist #pb #workinprogress #twitter #sketchbook
It arrived 😍 I can still hardly believe it. I had the honour of being published in issue #7 @illustoria_mag and I'm so happy to share this beauty of a magazine for creative kids and their grown-ups with you. The magazine is full of gorgeous illustrations, stories, DIYs, and more - everything a creative heart desires, young or still young at heart. The cover was illustrated by one of my favourite illustrators @rebeccagreenillustration and I loved reading her interview in the magazine this morning. Thank you so much Joanne and the team at ILLUSTORIA for the opportunity. The handwritten thank you card was the icing on the cake. PS: For those who are curious, I will share the process of making the small comic I created for the magazine next week :) #womenwithpencils #illustration_daily #womenwhodraw #illustrationartists #illustratorsoninstagram #freelanceillustrator #dowhatyoulove #instaartist #instaart #drawing #drawdaily #sketchbook #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist #pb #cats #blackandwhitephotography #editorialillustration #kidsmagazine #illustoriamagazine #twitter
That feeling when someone is taking care of you when you are hurt - #kidlit character #illustration dedicated to my husband who carried me to a safe place after I fell down the stairs recently and hurt my ankle. I have been worrying a lot recently, felt creatively blocked, and spiraled down a bit before that. But this experience has taught me so much that I can be grateful for. And although I don't want it to happen again too soon, I'm glad it happened. It taught me to slow down (I've been stressing myself out about all the things I need to achieve now that I work full time as an illustrator). It showed me even more deeply how much I'm loved by Nick, and that I can count on him. And it taught me that whatever bugs me, there is so much more to life and there is always something I can be grateful for - I can walk. After I fell, the pain was so intense that I wasn't able to make steps and this woke me up. I am so blessed to walk. I am so blessed to see, to be alive. It helped me to shake off this feeling of being mentally paralysed. I finally feel like I can actually start on all these big plans - and one of them was to follow up on a request by a publisher to send more children character sketches which I am now working towards, but gently, slowly, step by step. So look forward to more on my feed. Thank you for reading my little story and please follow me along on my Youtube channel and here on Instagram. womenwithpencils #illustration_daily #womenwhodraw #illustrationartists #illustratorsoninstagram #freelanceillustrator #dowhatyoulove #instaartist #instaart #drawing #drawdaily #sketchbook #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitartist #pb #makeartthatsells #matsmba #twitter
Hi, it's been a while. In this video, I share what has happened since handing in my final work up to graduation and what will happen next. There were and still are a lot of questions that came up for me, and in this video, I will share my reflections on graduating, turning 30, and working full time as a freelance illustrator. Thank you for your support :) #womenwithpencils #illustration_daily #womenwhodraw #illustrationartists #illustratorsoninstagram #instaart #instaartist #freelanceillustrator #dowhatyoulove