Freelance Life - Personal Work Vs. Paid Work

Sorry for the inconsistency of my blog posting recently. I've actually been pretty busy with client work (which you can never really complain about). Working on paid work is great but has presented me with a conumdrum. I enjoy sharing my work via my blog and social media accounts, but with paid work you usually have to sign a confidentiality agreement (thus no real posts about such work).

art, design, freelance, Hand drawn, illustration, lifeKat UnoNovember 6, 2015art, freelance_life, illustration, my_shop, wip

WIP Wednesday

Remember these guys? Well, they have a few new friends joining the treasure hunt.

I've finally fleshed out all the elements in Adobe Illustrator (CS6) and have moved everything into Photoshop. I really enjoy working in Photoshop because it's closer to working traditionally.

Adobe Illustrator, art, childrens, dogs, illustration, Photoshop, tools, vector, WIPKat UnoOctober 14, 2015art, childrens, illustration, illustrator, kids, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays

WIP Wednesday

Today is a quick post of a new portfolio piece I'm working on. I wanted to do something a little different, more fanciful than my last portfolio piece. Here is an initial rough sketch of my idea.

I wanted to do a piece that is more geared towards boys. I love creating fun characters so I had fun designing these scurvy sea dogs!

Adobe Illustrator, art, childrens, design, dogs, illustration, life, vector, WIPKat UnoOctober 7, 2015art, childrens, cute, illustration, illustrator, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays

WIP Wednesday

Ok, sorry, technically it's Thursday but this is still a WIP post. I had been asked by my agent to create a new piece for my portfolio and the deadline was tight. I had a few other sketches for development but I felt that this scene was something I could complete in a couple days.

Adobe Illustrator, art, childrens, illustration, life, Photoshop, tools, vector, WIPKat UnoOctober 1, 2015childrens, cute, illustration, illustrator, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays

WIP Wednesday

I spent a couple days working intensely on this mermaid illustration. I'm trying to slowly add more to my childrens' publishing portfolio.

I started out with a few sketches and chose a composition I like. I'll probably tackle one or more of the sketches in the near future to sort of build a story around these characters.

Adobe Illustrator, art, childrens, illustration, Photoshop, sketch, tools, vector, WIPKat UnoSeptember 23, 2015art, childrens, illustrator, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays

WIP Wednesday

Here are a few examples of some new art I've been working on. I started out with a few sketches from my sketchbook. I was pretty much doodling things I enjoy drawing: princesses and flowers.

Adobe Illustrator, art, childrens, illustration, vector, WIPKat UnoSeptember 2, 2015art, childrens, illustration, illustrator, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays

Net Picks - Favorite Tools

This week's net picks is a round up of some of my favorite tools! You can find all of these on Creative Market. Full disclosure though, I originally bought these in parts of bundle packs on Design Cuts (which are now not available).

art, design, freelance, illustration, net_picks, Photoshop, tools, vectorKat UnoAugust 11, 2015illustration, illustrator, net_picks, photoshop, tools, wip

WIP Wednesday

art, design, my_shop, pattern, tools, WIPKat UnoJuly 22, 2015creativemarket, illustration, illustrator, my_shop, pattern, tools, wip, wip_wednesdays

WIP Wednesday

Adobe Illustrator, cats, childrens, illustration, vector, WIPKat UnoJuly 15, 2015cats, childrens, cute, illustration, illustrator, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays

WIP Wednesday

Adobe Illustrator, childrens, design, illustration, Photoshop, tools, vector, WIPKat UnoJune 24, 2015icecream, illustration, illustrator, vector, wip, wip_wednesdays