for my third year "self directed" project I am going to be focusing on the small and overlooked creatures In the animal kingdom, exploring insects, fish, reptiles birds and any other animal that are often forgotten about. my plan is to explore the intricacies of these creatures paying particular attention to the small details, textures and patterns and expressing my appreciation for them. I want to explore different creative mediums, trying out 3D imagery and interactive piec

in this strange and confusing time, I have been struggling to find motivation to do artwork with the stress of the coronavirus and its strains on our uni work. Being home from university makes it especially hard to get in a frame of mind where I am able to create work to the best of my ability, as I feel the need to have assistance from someone physically looking through my sketchbook which is unfortunately impossible with the current pandemic. Completing work has been a stru

since starting illustration I have bought an iPad Pro and apple pencil along with the app procreate. In some of my work (seen below) I have used experimental brushes and techniques and most of these pieces were made in an attempt to get used to the software and get myself used to drawing on an iPad with a pencil. It was a hard thing to grasp and I still get scared to press too hard, but experimenting with colour theory and texture has helped me to get used to working digitall

Alice Snow is an artist I find very inspirational due to her well known and aesthetically appealing artistic style. her work is simple yet effective and clear yet almost traditional. this style represents a twist on traditional tattoo illustrations. Alice snow uses a pastel colour scheme which contrasts well with the black linework and block fill, she also uses dot work to add shading to the linework which is a method I personally enjoy doing. Her book "the ABC book of horror

the trip to Aspex gallery Portsmouth, we visited the PLATFORM exhibit which is open from 4th oct- 22nd dec 2019.

September 17th 2019. we went to the Canoe Lake in Southsea, Portsmouth as a group project into exploring different locations and taking photos of beauty points. It was a somewhat overcast day but we were still able to take lots of great photos of the swans, people, water and architecture. there was a lot of inspiration surrounding us as we walked around the lake. The group of six of us decided to also head to the rock gardens to get further inspiration. we took photos so that

Hey! I am Niamh, I'm a graduate from the University of Portsmouth with an upper 2:1 BA Hons in Illustration. I also have a QTS certification in secondary art and design teaching. I LOVE bugs, fish, trinkets, and cats, and you can see this a lot in my artwork. I have spent a lot of my time creating in many different facets, including; bead craft, collage, mixed media, digital art, traditional art, jewellery making, book binding, etc. Having such a wide range of different ways