Whenever I am home I find myself looking through old artwork. As an artist, there is something so fun about seeing where you started and where you’re at now. I remember going through high school and early college feeling like I wasn’t drawing in my style because of my courses. Then once we finally got the “basics” down, the assignments changed and I started drawing in the way that was most natural to me. It was the same style I had been doing the seventh grade which I always found comical. It took going to art school to realize what I had known since I was 12. One of my major inspirations is the illustrator Quentin Blake. I remember reading Roald Dahl books when I was younger and studying his illustrations on the outside cover. I especially loved the BFG cover. {Big Friendly Giant anyone?} Quentin Blake’s work is so whimsical and loose yet it captures so much movement and personality in each little illustration. I love the humor he puts into his pieces, his work makes me smile.
All images below are illustrated by Quentin Blake
