#childrenscharacterdesign

Stickers! When it comes to Threadless, I tend to set it and forget it. Recently, though, I was motivated to actually get samples of my character stickers. They just arrived! Porter the gnome from my book 𝑷𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑹𝒖𝒏𝒔 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒚 shaking his chubby booty, and Piper from 𝑷𝒊𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒆𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒕 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒐𝒏 taking flight. The color is a bit yellow, but they're cute and Jasper is exciting to have new stickers. You can pop into my Threadless shop via the ʟɪɴᴋ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ʙɪᴏ. I have character stickers for Porter and Piper as well as a few fly-fishing flies because outside of children's art those are my specialty. • #childrensillustration #childrenscharacters #childrensbookcharacters #characterredesign #childrenscharacterdesign #gardengnome #dragon #gnomesforkids #dragonsforkids #christmasdragon #stickers #charactersticker #stickersforkids #threadlesssticker #threadless #PorterRunsAway #PiperthePeppermintDragon #presentsinthemail #elysespaintbrush #linkinbio #merch #childrensauthorillustrator #authorillustrator #watercolorist #illustrator #giftideasforkids https://www.instagram.com/p/CMH4q1elpyq/?igshid=926urkumr9tg

Hazel birdwatching with Cosmo. She's found a big feather! Probably from the sleek crow. • #childrensbookillustration #childrensbookinprogress #childrensillustration #childrenscharacterdesign #childrensauthorillustrator #authorillustrator #witchybooksforkids #littlewitch #witchhats #witchcraftforkids #birdwatchingforkids #watercolor #paintingprocess #gardenwitchcraft #birdwatching #characterredesign #watercolorvideo #coven #ThePlaygroundCovensGuidebook #elysespaintbrush https://www.instagram.com/p/CL12qxmlDth/?igshid=z9c7mr9qrwjx

Doing some color testing to decide if I like this new version of Dr Shelly. Her name is obviously a tribute to Mary Shelly and I'm thinking with these color nods to Dr Frankfurter I do like this new character design. What do you think? Does she need a gaudy pearl necklace to solidify the look? • #characterredesign #colortests #childrenscharacterdesign #charactersketching #characterredesign #monstersforkids #classicmonsters #monsterbooks #maryshelly #drfranknfurter #dontdreamitbeit #madscientist #drfrankenstein #childrensbookillustration #childrensbookinprogress #childrensauthorillustrator #authorillustrator #inmysketchbook #firstdraftsketch #Ghost_and_Bones #elysespaintbrush https://www.instagram.com/p/CLW4KwwlulC/?igshid=m19z5xybvosc

A few more character redesigns for my next #childrensbook . This time it's Winnie the witch and Dr Shelly the mad scientist. Sometimes my initial designs are detailed like this and then get simplified when I start the project, but I try to maintain the shapes and feel of the initial drawings. We'll see what happens when I choose a medium and start actually working. • #childrenscharacterdesign #childrensbookinprogress #characterredesign #characterredesign #childrensillustration #childrensauthorillustrator #authorillustrator #monsterbooks #monstersforkids #witch #madscientist #classicmonsters #sketchbook #sundaysketching #Ghost_and_Bones #elysespaintbrush https://www.instagram.com/p/CLSI2jHlYlS/?igshid=18sojt309mctb