Sarah Jennings

In or Out is OUT TODAY!🎉 YAY!🤩 Maki and Mew are pretty excited too😆 Thank you very much for all the nice comments about the development work for the book I’ve shared so far too!💕☺️ • • • • • • #newpicturebook #inoroutataleofcatversusdog #inoroutpicturebook #picturebookart #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #lifeofanillustrator #characterillustration #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #artsharesinsta #characterillustration #originalcharacter #drawingsketches #justdraw #picturebookmaker #picturebookartist #picturebookillustrator (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpScAe1Mo4n/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Dog and Cat went through a few more changes but these are very close to the final characters you see in the book!📚 I feel like the character for Cat appeared quite quickly and he didn’t change too much from the early drawings. I just added a lil bit more fluffiness to make him look a bit more pesky and cheeky in the final artwork!😼 Dog definitely took a little longer to get right and he changed quite a lot. I do love drawing a big chunky bum (as you can see in some of these sketches!😂)Though we all felt he looked better slimmer with longer limbs to make his proportions a bit different from Cats! His overall look is loosely based on the Borzoi breed!🐕 🎺#InorOutPicturebook is out on TOMORROW!🎺 • • • • • • • • #newpicturebook #inoroutataleofcatversusdog #picturebookart #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #lifeofanillustrator #characterillustration #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #artsharesinsta #characterillustration #originalcharacter #drawingsketches #justdraw #picturebookmaker #picturebookartist #picturebookillustrator (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQjlVcsLgl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

A few more character designs for #InorOutPictureBook It was tricky to decide which duo worked best and these guys are the only characters in the book so it felt super important to get them right! I coloured a few sketches to see which colour combo/style worked best.🎨 🐱Early on I sketched Cat a lot using an Ecoline pen that I found lying around. It turned out to be a lovely shade of bluey grey. I became a bit obsessed with it and thought it suited Cat perfectly. I really love these kinds of random happy accidents along the way! I didn’t want Dog & Cat to be too similar in colour or too drab and dark. Everyone felt that the characters & colours in slide 1 worked best (complete with bluey grey cat - yay!)🐱🐶 So I got to work developing them a little more! ✏️✨ 🎉’In or Out: a tale of cat versus dog’ is out on Thursday and available to preorder now!🎉 • • • • • • #newpicturebook #inoroutataleofcatversusdog #inoroutpicturebook #picturebookart #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #lifeofanillustrator #characterillustration #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #artsharesinsta #characterillustration #originalcharacter #drawingsketches #justdraw #picturebookmaker #picturebookartist #picturebookillustrator (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpK6wguqt3Y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Can’t believe 🐱In or Out🐶is publishing next Thursday - it’s come around so FAST!⚡️ I thought it’d be fun to show some early initial sketches for the main characters from waaay back when I first started work on the book.✏️ Creating characters is one of my favourite parts of the process. Drawing lots of variations, different poses and expressions. Figuring out how the characters will interact with each other and working out if they are a good fit for the story. I guess it’s a bit like an audition! We were keen for Cat to look fun/cheeky and Dog to be grumpy with a long suffering look but didn’t want them to be obvious breeds of cat or dog. I always feel a bit shy and weird about sharing rough/development work but I find it so interesting when others share theirs so thought I’d give it a go! :) Would you like to see more ‘behind the scenes’ stuff from the book?☺️📚 • • • • • • #newpicturebook #inoroutataleofcatversusdog #inoroutpicturebook #picturebookart #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #lifeofanillustrator #characterillustration #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #artsharesinsta #characterillustration #originalcharacter #drawingsketches #justdraw #picturebookmaker #picturebookartist #picturebookillustrator (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpC6-07KlO3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Made a birthday card for my mum. She likes pigs…just incase you were wondering 😆🎉🐷 #partypigs • • • • • #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #markmaking #characterillustration #carveouttimeforart #topcreator #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #sketchdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #childrensbookillustrator #illustration_best #illustration_the_best #fillyoursketchbook #artsharesinsta #characterillustration #pigs #drawingsketches #cutepigs #pigstagram (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Coh51VOqkHR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Just a little cosy sketch ☺️ • • • • • • #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #lifeofanillustrator #markmaking #characterillustration #carveouttimeforart #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #sketchdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #characterillustration #drawingsketches #selfportrait #illustrated #illosketchbook #lifeofanillustrator #lifeofanartist #illustratorlife #illustrationartists #illustratedart (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoXO3r6qBpx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

😴 • • • • • #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #lifeofanillustrator #markmaking #characterillustration #carveouttimeforart #topcreator #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #sketchdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #tigers #tigersofinstgram #tigerstripes #fillyoursketchbook #artsharesinsta #characterillustration #originalcharacter #drawingsketches #justdraw #bigcatsofinstagram #bigcatsforever (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoSL45wKtgT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Strutting toward the weekend like this little guy 🐱✨ • • • • • #procreatedrawing #procreate #procreateillustration #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #lifeofanillustrator #markmaking #characterillustration #carveouttimeforart #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #sketchdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #characterillustration #drawingsketches #blackcatsofinstagram #blackandwhitecatsofinstagram #blackcatsrule #blackcatsclub #blackandwhitecat (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoKSEErqYMf/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Tax return complete…finally. • • • • • #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #lifeofanillustrator #markmaking #characterillustration #carveouttimeforart #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #sketchdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #characterillustration #drawingsketches #selfportrait #illustrated #illosketchbook #lifeofanillustrator #lifeofanartist #illustratorlife #illustrationartists #illustratedart (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoCbN9yK_Za/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Friday dance! 🪩🦊 • • • • • #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #markmaking #characterillustration #carveouttimeforart #topcreator #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #sketchdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #childrensbookillustrator #illustration_best #illustration_the_best #fillyoursketchbook #artsharesinsta #characterillustration #foxart #drawingsketches #foxesofig #foxesofinstagram #foxes #fox (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn63J0bqFrc/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Procreate doodling 🐯 How’s your week going so far?👍👎 • • • • • #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #markmaking #characterillustration #carveouttimeforart #topcreator #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #sketchdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #childrensbookillustrator #illustration_best #illustration_the_best #fillyoursketchbook #artsharesinsta #characterillustration #bigcatsforever #drawingsketches #bigcatsofinstagram #ilovetigers #tiger #tigers (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn2AnsOKa6e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy Lunar New Year!🐇 Here’s some lil rabbit sketches I made at @surreydocksfarm last year 🐰 • • • • • • #observationaldrawing #sketchbook #lunarnewyear2023 #lunarnewyear #chinesenewyear #yearoftherabbit #drawingforfun #sketchartist #sketchaday #artshare #animalsketches #markmaking #carveouttimeforart #timetocreate #topcreator #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #sketchdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #bunny #bunnies #bunniesofinstagram (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnuCsVLKf7e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I’m super excited to reveal the cover for ‘In or Out A tale of cat versus dog’ written by Stacy Gregg and illustrated by me! Publishing with @harpercollinsch on 2nd March! I absolutely adored working on this book. Cats and dogs are two of my most favourite things to draw ever so it felt like a dream come true! 🔗There’s a link in my bio if you’d like to preorder or read a bit more about the book! 💕📚 • • • • • #newpicturebook #coverreveal #inoroutataleofcatversusdog #picturebookcover #coverartwork #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #lifeofanillustrator #markmaking #characterillustration #carveouttimeforart #topcreator #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #artsharesinsta #characterillustration #originalcharacter #drawingsketches #justdraw #moreillustrations (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnmh5_nq9qa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Monday vibes 😴 • • • • #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #lifeofanillustrator #markmaking #characterillustration #carveouttimeforart #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #sketchdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #characterillustration #drawingsketches #selfportrait #illustrated #blackcatsrule #blackcatsclub #blackcatsofig #blackcatlove #blackcatsruletheworld #illustratedart (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnfCbtUqzQZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sketched beluga whales live on zoom yesterday with @wildlifedrawing and @belugawhalesanctuary It was the absolute best way to start the weekend and I feel like I learned alot too! Which sketches are your fave?💕 I have never drawn this type of whale before so wasn’t sure how they’d turn out! 😅 • • • • • • #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #markmaking #characterillustration #carveouttimeforart #topcreator #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #sketchdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #childrensbookillustrator #illustration_best #illustration_the_best #fillyoursketchbook #artsharesinsta #characterillustration #belugawhale #belugawhales #whalesofinstagram #whales #whitewhale #belugawhalesanctuary (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CncNMR5qA2y/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy Birthday Cal, I think of you every day but even more so today. I hope you’re up their celebrating by stealing all the bacon sarnies, lasagnes, prawn crackers and beef monster munch 🖤🤍 It still feels so hard that you’re not here anymore. (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnZa6zqqkf0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

TA DAAAAH! I made a shiny new website!✨🎺 It’s been a long time coming but I’ve finally given my website a much needed over haul and updated it with new work including an exciting new book that’s out soon too!🐶🐱👀 (more on that very soon!) 🔗There’s a link in my bio if you fancy a look. Hope it all is working okay! 😅 If anyone is wondering I used Squarespace which I found pretty easy to get to grips with! ☺️ (not an ad just was pleasantly surprised how good they are!) • • • • • #illustrations #squarespace #newwebsite #kidsillustrations #kidlitartist #kidlitart #creatingart #lifeofanillustrator #markmaking #characterillustration #carveouttimeforart #illustrationartists #dailyillustration #illustratorsofig #drawdaily #sketchdaily #drawingoftheday #sketchoftheday #illustratorsofinstagram #sarahjenningsillustration #childrensbookillustration #characterillustration #drawingsketches #kidlit #illustrationportfolio #portfolio #artfolio #folio (at Crystal Palace, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnU-M4BKQdB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=