Portfolio

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Baby teddies everywhere! Click here to rate this illustration.

I just finished this illustration for my mom’s birthday card. She loves sheep! Click here to rate this illustration.

Lucy and Puff enjoy listening to grandma read many ‘tales and legends’ before bed. Click here to rate this illustration!

Teddy is feeling a little plain next to his girlfriend! Click here to rate this illustration.

I have tons of spot illustrations in my portfolio but definitely lack full page spreads. I want to incorporate more spreads in my portfolio in order to demonstrate my ability to work an illustration into a layout with text. I had a bit of fun in Photoshop and tried to make it look a bit like a real book :) Let me know what you think!

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I’m excited to report that several of my illustrations have been rated worthy of appearing in my Portfolio! I’m so proud of the little guys for getting to move up in this world. They are VERY excited and want to thank you for supporting them :)

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I’ve just recently added a few illustrations to my sketchbook page. Feel free to hop on over to give them a rating! I’ve posted my latest one below. This is actually my first illustration of kids in this style. Let me know what you think!

Wow, I am just so excited to finally have this blog online! I don’t think anyone understands (except for maybe my husband) how long I’ve wanted to do this!Let me start off by introducing myself. My name is Rachelle (pronounced ra-shelle), I’m 23, live in Ontario, Canada and am married to my wonderful husband, Brad.

I love art, anything and everything creative and adore all things small and cute! I currently work as a Graphic Designer but would love to get involved in Children’s Book Illustration. I studied Design as NSCAD University in Nova Scotia, Canada so my background is mostly in design, but ever since I could hold I pencil, I’ve loved drawing and painting.I am just reeling with ideas for this blog and website and I can’t wait to bring these ideas to life. I want to use this blog to track my journey to becoming a children’s illustrator. I am also looking to connect with illustrators/editors/publishers in this field and hopefully get a contract for a children’s book! I plan to participate in Illustration Friday, Monday Art Day, and other online groups to get to know everyone out there, practice my illustration skills, and build my portfolio.

How this site will work:

Now if you’ve looked through my site, you may be surprised to see that there isn’t much illustration content. I’m going to try something new - I want YOU to help me build my illustration portfolio! I will post an illustration in my sketchbook where there will also be a star rating system. You can rate the illustration out of 5. Any illustration with a score of 4 out of 5 or better will be moved to the portfolio section (with a minimum of 10 votes). I’m not sure how well this will work so I’m just going to try it for a few months and see how things go!

I will talk more about myself and all of my exciting ideas very soon! Thanks so much for stopping by!