Illustrator
For a while, I wanted to make portraits of my favourite musicians. Lianne La Havas is definitely one of them an I’ve been a fan since the beginning.
She recently released her new album and its become a firm favourite of mine. One of those albums where you don’t press skip for a single track.
I really enjoyed creating this piece. Lianne’s hair was the most fun to make!
This portrait will be the first of a series. I have so many more artists to get to work on!
Another project I worked on during lockdown is my self portrait. I really enjoyed making it as it’s not often I get to create something for myself to keep.
For reference I used a photo of myself wearing one of my favourite items in my entire wardrobe; a bright orange biker jacket.
I also experimented with a new technique for hair. Rather than cut out one flat piece of paper I wanted to try using multiple layers, just like how my hair is cut in real life. It was a challenge but the end result was better than I could have expected and will definitely be a technique I continue to use going forward.
I bought a set of metallic brush pens a while ago but hadn’t got round to using them correctly.
When the government announced we would be in lockdown I thought it would be a good time to learn a new skill. So I decided to take up hand lettering and modern calligraphy.
He got up! And I’m so glad he did.
During this period of lockdown I’ve been learning hand lettering with brush pens.
I created this illustration with paper flowers, embellishments and the first part of scripture from Mark 16:6. A simple verse but also in my opinion the most important one of the entire bible.
This is range I designed last year as I thought, there isn’t much diversity in the current greeting card market why not make some!
These four designs are named after actors
Viola Davis
Scarlett Johansson
Daniel Kaluuya
Rami Malek
Janelle Monae is one of my favourite singers and I wanted to create an illustration with multiple Easter eggs, ones which other fans will spot easily.
Handmade with 3D floral embellishments.
This leaving card was made for a huge Si-fi fan. A combination of hand-written text and cut-out illustration;from Doctor Strange’s cloak to The Death Star.
These are some designs from a greeting card range I designed called Looking Sharp this range consists of well dressed characters from all ethnic and vocational backgrounds.
All handmade with additional embellishments.
This is a sweet shop themed thank you card for the Card Team in Head Ofice at Paperchase.
Handmade, including the polka dots and the sprinkles on the doughnut.
Handmade with various types of paper and a pearl embellishment for button on the doctor’s white coat.
Eva Andzi-Quainoo 