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Here’s a few illustrations we have been working on recently, from a brave squirrel to a magical unicorn in a tutu. If you would like to see more of our illustration work you can visit our portfolio or follow our progress on our Instagram at @pipandrach.
We would also be sharing a few Christmas illustrations soon, so keep an eye out on our Instagram page.
This cheeky and brave squirrel is all ready to lasso this rather cute giant acorn.
A midnight feast with an imaginary friend.
So happy to have been shortlisted for the Ethicool illustration competition! You can vote for our illustration: Vote Here Just follow the steps and vote for Rachael and Phillippa.
We are so grateful for all your votes and support!
The illustration is about a quiet non-verbal girl who communicates through music and drawing. We decided to create a joyful and happy scene showing the girls thoughts and words flowing though music and drawings.
These fun printable sheets include a jolly Santa To-do list, a cute recipe card, colour in gift tags and a fill-in Christmas song/film list. You can colour, write, paint and create with these festive printable sheets.
You can download and print the activity sheets by clicking on the image then right click on the image and save to downloads.
Hello all, It has been great to produce some fun and playful colouring pages for Idle Hands colouring booklet with Illustrator and animator Dan Castro and other fantastic illustrators. Idle Hands is a free colouring and activity booklet to help encourage creativity for children during lockdown.
Take a peek here: idle-hands
Idle Hands, Colouring pages by Illustrator Dan Castro and other fab illustrators
One of our contributions to Idle Hands colouring booklet
Have fun colouring these dragons with your favourite colours. From fire breathing dragons to friendly dragons, there is lots to colour and design.
You can download and print the activity sheets by clicking on the image then right click on the image and save to downloads.
These colouring pages are free to use for personal use only. Not for resale.
We have designed some free printable activity sheets. You can download them by clicking on the image and then right click on the image and save to downloads.
Some of the fun activities include making finger puppets, colouring and dress up, solving puzzles and designing characters!
These activity pages are for personal use only and not for re-sale.
We are giving away 4 illustrated 7x5" mini prints. Printed on Fine-art Mohawk card, you can frame them, hang them on your wall or send them to friends. For your chance to win follow the instructions in this tweet.
Prints include: A pretty flower print, a playful dog print, a horse and zebra print and a tropical bird print.
This giveaway is open to people in the UK and ends 30 March 2020. Good Luck!
We are giving away 4 illustrated 7x5" mini prints. Printed on Fine-art Mohawk card, you can frame them, hang them on your wall or send them to friends. For your chance to win #follow @pipandrach #retweet and #tag a friend. UK only. Ends 30/03/2020 Good Luck! 😁#giveaway #prize pic.twitter.com/CNfwuyBaOc
— Rachael & Phillippa (@pipandrach) February 5, 2020
Designing some book covers as part of a personal project. For the Peter Pan (By J.M. Barrie) front cover we decided to paint a night time scene with the text overlaying the moon to draw the viewer eye into the cover. We wanted to include small parts of the story into the cover like Tinkerbell and the pirate ship which draws your eye around the cover and gives the viewer things to spot. We decided to have the sea at the bottom of the cover which adds depth and gives visual interest to the book. We also blended the colours of the sea and sky to create a misty effect and capture the fantasy and far away feel of the book. The different plants around the outside adds a whimsical touch.
For the Jungle book Cover (written by Rudyard Kipling.) We decided to use a warm colours using mostly oranges and yellows. We wanted to include a scene of the story into the book cover so we decided to have Mowgli with Bagheera on a tree branch to make the characters the focus of the cover and draw your eye up to the title. For the text we decided to to place it at the top-middle and uses the same colours on the text as we did in the illustrations to link them together. We decide to make the word “Jungle” bigger to give it visual hierarchy and add a sense of play to the cover. The tree running down the side of the cover draws you to the main characters on the tree branch and brings the whole cover together.
We are Joining in with #PBcritiqueFest on picture book spotlight. This event and give-away is to celebrate picture book writers and illustrators and offer writers and illustrators a chance to get their work critiqued. The event also helps to build our kidlit community and connections within the illustrator and writer community.
Picture Book Spotlight is created by Brian Gehrlein and is set up to champion picture book authors, illustrators and agents and celebrate picture books in the industry. Its a great resource for debut illustrators and authors and especially those who are querying.
Here is a link to PB Spotlight-https://www.pbspotlight.com
Critique Fest: https://www.pbspotlight.com/pbcritiquefest
Also On PB Spotlight there is lots interesting of author and illustrator interviews and spotlights. There is also fantastic picture book give-aways to join in with. #PBcritiqueFest is a great opptunitiy to engage with like minded authors and illustrators as well as being in with the chance to have your worked criqtued.
Picture Book Spotlight
One of our favourite parts of illustration is designing characters. From coming up with an initial idea for a character to sketching them out in different scenarios and giving them a world to inhabit. When coming up with characters to design, we begin by gathering references, looking closely at facial expressions and getting an overall idea for their personality. We draw our character in lots of different poses. Often we sketch the character over and over again, giving them facial expressions and emotions which helps make them more believable.
When drawing child characters we like to exaggerate their movements. We find that by giving them lots of movement enhances the personality of the character and gives a playful feel to our work. When adding colour to our characters we try to keep in mind the original sketches, so as not to loose the original playfulness and spontaneity of the sketch.
