"Maine Coon" study. I love their long fur and pointy ears. More info on this feline breed
series can be found in the previous post here.
More cats:
Monday, 18 February 2013
Sunday, 17 February 2013
Cat Breed Studies: Russian Blue
The first of more cats! With this series I have been aiming to improve on the more detailed kind of pet studies from the cat food packaging and the Urban Pup dog apparel illustrations.
I find drawing/exploring a few different breeds/types of an animal or subject is a good way to notice their distinct and unique forms; in the hope of noting differences like hair/fur textures and variations in body shapes and sizes will hopefully make the subject a little more accurate.
I find drawing/exploring a few different breeds/types of an animal or subject is a good way to notice their distinct and unique forms; in the hope of noting differences like hair/fur textures and variations in body shapes and sizes will hopefully make the subject a little more accurate.
Hey, do you think this rather regal-looking Russian Blue bares a resemblance to the "Sheba" cat?
These "cat breed studies" are a little more detailed to how I usually illustrate (and seem to be in the league of almost realistic portraits) ..
I feel I definitely need to get back to my own looser and much livelier style of illustrating - I hope it will loosen me up again after all this detailed work!
Monday, 7 January 2013
Website update!
Hello everyone! I hope you have a wonderful start to the new year? To kick off my 2013 I have completely updated my website with all of my new and recent work. I have also altered the navigation and added a whole new information page including a photo of myself - eeek!
Please visit and let me know what you think? And of course do tell me if there are any mistakes - thank you :)
Please visit and let me know what you think? And of course do tell me if there are any mistakes - thank you :)
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Badger Family in the Snow // Merry Christmas!
One thing that has occurred in my drawing and sketching lately (somewhere in the midst of my experimentation with new subjects/themes) are woodland animals. Badgers are gorgeous little things, they remind me of dogs or little bears. So...here is very wintery illustration, inspired by Britain's beautiful badgers and the wonderful news that they have been reprieved from their cull here in the UK, hurray! Now lets see if we can use this extra time to put a stop to it happening completely. I wish you a very merry Christmas and hope you are having very happy holidays!
Close ups:
Images are (C) Amy Holliday and are not to be used without permission.
Monday, 17 December 2012
Starsigns 2012: Libra Scales
This is my second post about this series, (see the first post about Cancer here)
Next up: Libra! I saw a challenge in depicting the only "inanimate" sign, which is what drew me to tackle this one next. I wanted to include some more celestial influences in this one, and also became inspired to include a nod to the zodiac's ancient Greek origins! Here is my finished design, alongside my previous Cancer illustration.
I have been trying out some very painterly-styled fonts with these, trying a normal vs a reversed/inverted style before picking my favourite to use within the final design. Here they are together.
Images are (C) Amy Holliday and are not to be used without permission, thank you!
Next up: Libra! I saw a challenge in depicting the only "inanimate" sign, which is what drew me to tackle this one next. I wanted to include some more celestial influences in this one, and also became inspired to include a nod to the zodiac's ancient Greek origins! Here is my finished design, alongside my previous Cancer illustration.
I have been trying out some very painterly-styled fonts with these, trying a normal vs a reversed/inverted style before picking my favourite to use within the final design. Here they are together.
Images are (C) Amy Holliday and are not to be used without permission, thank you!
Monday, 3 December 2012
Sketchbook: Smiley Cats
The limited number of daylight hours here in the north of England are limiting the time I can spend painting - and when the weather is bad it can seem like nighttime, all the time! I have lamps but nothing beats bright daylight for getting colours right. Drawing on the other hand is fine, as any light will do for that! And this I am very thankful for. Here is one of the subjects I have been sketching lately: new cats. With these I have been really aiming to capture very sweet feline faces. (Click for a larger view)
Saturday, 1 December 2012
UrbanPup Ad Concepts - Update!
I recently posted about some mock advertisement illustrations I'd been working on. Well, here is an update on them! The four designs I have been concentrating on now look more complete and cohesive as a set. There are still a few tweaks that need to be made, plus I feel a bit more experimenting with textures may be in order! Your comments and opinions/feedback are very welcome.
You can go here to see my previous post about them which includes more info about the idea behind them. You can also find my initial drawings and concepts for them here.
You can go here to see my previous post about them which includes more info about the idea behind them. You can also find my initial drawings and concepts for them here.
All images are (C) Amy Holliday, please do not use without permission.
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