People always ask me for tips on how to improve their work, I mean… obviously, it’s part of my job atm! But I always reply with the same thing first, which it isn’t smart, it isn’t revolutionary, but life drawing is the no.1 thing!

Fashion illustration is like 90% figurative, so once you’ve got the proportions, anatomy, understanding of the body, then you’re soaring!

But the general public seem to have this idea that creativity is this elusive magic that is imparted onto very few.

And I’ll be honest, I love the sound of that, makes me feel magical, like I was blessed at birth with the gift to scribble.

I used to daydream CONSTANTLY about quitting my job to pursue being a full time fashion illustrator…

I’d watch YouTube videos at my desk of people that did it, I’d work out endlessly how much money I’d need to save before I did it, my notes app was fuuuull of ways I could try and make it work.

Becoming a full time illustrator is rarely a smooth process, and people often feel like they need to study illustration at uni, then go straight into being full time after graduation and from there have a beautiful career …but that really doesn’t happen often

Whenever you tell someone you’re an artist / illustrator an image of a tortured soul sleeping on a mattress on the floor surrounded by unsold paintings waiting for their next sale springs to mind, for some...

BUT being fashion illustrators we’ve spent the money for a bed frame on an Hermès Pyjama set hunny.

So last week I finally hit the post button on instagram, after 2 long years, and guess what happened?

Did it pop off and go viral? Did everyone rejoice in the streets? Did that day get etched into the tomes of history?  Nope, nada, nay.

Getting a career as an Illustrator can seem like a daunting task.

It seems everyone's busy out there succeeding, hustling or just always doing something.

And you might be sitting there thinking, what am I meant to be doing to make it happen?

2025 marks the 12th year since I started live event illustrating… Don’t ask me how I managed to book my first job when I was 6 years old… child prodigy🌝