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I am very aware that it is not mothers day, but what I wasn't aware of is that it has taken me over a month to realise that this never actually posted (let's pretend it did). Usually, for mother’s day I make a  painted card but this year I have left my paints in uni, therefore, decided to do a digital illustration of some tulips inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest. As this was quite quick to illustrate I’ve changed the colours around a bit as a trial, using colour switch to see the possibilities of colour themes that work best but personally still leaning towards the pink/red.  (Should also explain that Sul y mamau Hapus= Happy Mother’s Day in Welsh)

This is a bit of a late post as these photos were taken all the way back in October. Here features some photography of the very pretty streets of Edinburgh with a vintage camera effect, and an illustration made by drawing an outline onto paper then scanning it onto the computer  to colour using the sketckbook Microsoft app. 

This post is a little different to the others because there’s no actual illustration attached. Que the back story that wasn’t asked for, but the current situation I have includes a collection of unfinished drawings that I really want to finish and post, but my laptop is currently being fixed and I have stupidly left my illustration pen in uni. Therefore, for now here’s a bit of photography from a time we came across a field of hay bales and cute flowers on a walk near uni. I want to start doing quicker posts for when I have a bit of a creative mind block so maybe there’ll be more of these once I learn to work my camera a little better. Without any further rambling, (for now) please admire the hay. (Please overlook the lowered photo quality from uploading onto here). Photos taken near Heslington, York. 

Here lies a piece of procrastination painting that I've been going back to every once in a while to complete and now that summer is finished, so is this. This digital painting started following being sent a picture of a foil facemask by my sister (if you've already scrolled to the bottom and quickly caught a glimpse at the scary looking sticker below that photo, I will explain that later too), and then I used various pictures of random people on Pinterest to form the face structure underneath the mask. I tried various different backgrounds for this painting including outer space but turns out this portrait didn't want to be an alien, and so instead I present to you a random human on the beach wearing a foil facemask. As the facemask and flower display were doing such a good job at making this person blend in, she is also wearing a jumper because it's September, therefore, colder and this is all of course very realistic... Appreciation note to my sister for l...

Finding old pieces of artwork used to be one of my least favourite things to do as naturally, after time passes, the work you thought was okay now looks unfinished and flawed. Although old work is not so pleasing to look at, it reminds you of the incentive you had at the time. Despite being an “old” idea, sometimes it ends up being the refresh that’s needed. These weird looking illustrations were simply made to be space fillers due to having a short amount of time and blank pages to fill. During this time any idea I had in my head I had to create. I couldn't really afford to doubt them otherwise nothing would get done; ideas would become stationary and pages remain empty. I think that's what I needed a reminder to do more of.  These are some photos I found on my camera roll from my A-level sketchbook for what was my first attempt of digital art. It began with the bottom left painting (acrylic) of an X-ray of a chick foetus which was then scanned a...

It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves. - Carl Jung This quote is really as simple and pointless or as deep and meaningful as you want to make it, but as far as perspective goes it is relevant to pretty much everything you see and experience.  Here are two biro drawings I drew on holiday (scanned and then coloured in using the Microsoft Sketchbook app) and the photos of the places taken on my phone that got me thinking about this more. Alone, each of the drawings give a one-point perception. They comprise of small sections of the view from where I was sitting at the time drawn onto a tiny piece of paper,  blending what my eyes saw in the surroundings as well as part of my imagination- with each visual object squished to smaller dimensions and proportions. The second-point perception is the photographs provided below that were taken by a phone camera, the more "reliable" one perhaps. However, even...

When thinking about memorable moments of first year there were way too many to use and none of which would really make any sense,  so instead,  here are some geese. Whether you're walking to a lecture or walking home from a night out, first year has proven that it is impossible to do anything outdoors in York without coming into contact with one. And so, to document having finished first year I thought there'd be no better opportunity or appropriate time to share this digital illustration  (illustrated using Bamboo) of a Canadian goose. Sadly, I have lost the image I used as inspiration to draw this, so instead here are some day and night edition images of what it's like walking around uni.

If reading about someone who's writing about a hopefully important realisation is going to make you cringe really hard, then I suggest that you do not continue reading... However, if you kindly do so, please stay until the end. I'm not a writer, and the furthest my ability as a photographer goes includes a camera roll filled with  iPhone 5s quality photos of moments and views I want to remember. So, although I am none of the above, what I am is someone who has realised that at the age of 19 I have reached the peak of hypocrisy, and the truth is anyone reading this probably has too. When interacting in a long enough conversation with a person, whether they are a friend, an actual adult or even a drunk bus stop stranger, there has been a point where they have in some form spoken about what they are passionate about. What particularly stands out is that there are two clear categories of these people; The first being those who act upon and actively share what they deem as impo...