Rowena Aitken - Illustrator http://rowenaaitken.com Freelance Illustrator Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:55:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Marmalade – Cover http://rowenaaitken.com/marmalade-cover/ http://rowenaaitken.com/marmalade-cover/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:23:15 +0000 Rowena Aitken http://rowenaaitken.com/?p=787 Mostly happy with this – will noodle with it tomorrow but he’s pretty much done!

 

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]]> http://rowenaaitken.com/marmalade-cover/feed/ 0 LBF Folio – Illustrations in Progress! http://rowenaaitken.com/lbf-folio-illustrations-in-progress/ http://rowenaaitken.com/lbf-folio-illustrations-in-progress/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:20:25 +0000 Rowena Aitken http://rowenaaitken.com/?p=779 marmalade-WIP13042013 marmalade-WIP130420134 marmalade-WIP130420135 marmalade-WIP130420136 marmalade-WIP130420138 marmalade-WIP130420139Going well, ranging between 20%-80% done. Really happy with the cover (top image).

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]]> http://rowenaaitken.com/lbf-marmalade-colours/feed/ 0 LBF Folio – Marmalade Test Render http://rowenaaitken.com/lbf-folio-marmalade-test-render/ http://rowenaaitken.com/lbf-folio-marmalade-test-render/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 00:26:37 +0000 Rowena Aitken http://rowenaaitken.com/?p=766 Not quite perfect yet but 90% happy with how he looks (eg the hard line on the edge of the shadowyness needs fixing) :)

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]]> http://rowenaaitken.com/lbf-folio-marmalade-clean-art-so-far/feed/ 0 LBF – Marmalade by Sonja Cheal sketches http://rowenaaitken.com/lbf-marmalade-by-sonja-cheal-sketches/ http://rowenaaitken.com/lbf-marmalade-by-sonja-cheal-sketches/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:35:17 +0000 Rowena Aitken http://rowenaaitken.com/?p=739 Here’s some sketches i’ve been working on like mad for the LBF in 9 days. This is just a folio piece, I have not been commissioned to do this, I will not be selling the art from this or making any profit from it. Story belongs to Sonja Cheal and it can be found here.

]]> http://rowenaaitken.com/lbf-marmalade-by-sonja-cheal-sketches/feed/ 0 London Book Fair Folio – Change of book! http://rowenaaitken.com/london-book-fair-folio-change-of-book/ http://rowenaaitken.com/london-book-fair-folio-change-of-book/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:04:04 +0000 Rowena Aitken http://rowenaaitken.com/?p=735 Given my current workload and the time left I have opted for a shorter book to layout and illustrate. I have opted for Marmalade by Sonja Cheal which is a story about a cat who loves baked beans.

Here’s my page layout, ok the thumbs prob don’t mean much to you but I thought you’d like a progress report :)

LOVING working on this!

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]]> http://rowenaaitken.com/lbf-morg-rough-jacket/feed/ 0 London Book Fair Folio In Progress – Morg – Spreads http://rowenaaitken.com/london-book-fair-folio-in-progress-morg-spreads/ http://rowenaaitken.com/london-book-fair-folio-in-progress-morg-spreads/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:10:21 +0000 Rowena Aitken http://rowenaaitken.com/?p=722 Here’s a sneak peek of some of the art I will be working on. I have chosen a few stories to illustrate, this one is Morg by Clare Reddaway.

These are just rough layouts with no text formatting, just rough placement. I know, not much to look at but gotta start somewhere! I will also be doing a book jacket, the rough for that will be up later today. Click the thumbnail for a larger image.

Software used: Adobe Photoshop CS5 and Adobe InDesign CS5

]]> http://rowenaaitken.com/london-book-fair-folio-in-progress-morg-spreads/feed/ 0 Conpulsion and London Book Fair! http://rowenaaitken.com/conpulsion-and-london-book-fair/ http://rowenaaitken.com/conpulsion-and-london-book-fair/#comments Sat, 09 Mar 2013 21:42:18 +0000 Rowena Aitken http://rowenaaitken.com/?p=719 Hello illustration fans!

Sorry for the total lack of updates but I have been really busy working with Chocolate Frog on a top secret project I cannot disclose til at least June!

The Fantasy Alphabet has been put on the back burner for a bit due to me breaking my pinky metacarpal in my drawing hand in December. You’ll be pleased to know it will be ready in time for Conpulsion 2013 on the 12th-14th April in Edinburgh.

In other exciting news I will also be at The London Book Fair on the 16th of April showing off my new folio which I am currently working on. It’s all rather exciting and I can’t wait!

All news and updates as usual via Twitter – follow @rowenaaitken for that :)

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