foxy

heres a lovely image ive done for my special man in my life hope he likes it hes having this for christmas, kate.shinton@btinternet.com

blue fairy

 I like to experiment with ideas and heres another fairy design, contact as usual kate.shinton@btinternet.com

forest fairy

i havent been on blogger for ages but i did a image, forest fairy just ink and fine-liner pens, if you want to get in contact about any of my work its kate.shinton@btinternet.com

im influenced with a lot of wild life in my garden in bridgnorth and what my cats bring in as a present but dont worry they survive in time.

two more images

here's two more images for a commision im doing, only one left to go enjoying this so much you can beat a good fairy.

birthday present

This is for someones birthday hope she likes it, i used coffee stained paper and used fine-liner pens with some watercolour.

blackbird

I'm fascinated with druid animals and there meanings and here the humble blackbird or 'Dhubh' is one of them, the meaning of the blackbird is to find our own paths being it spiritual or to become more self-aware and to discover our motivations and potential. I've been meaning to paint the blackbird for ages and here it is.

paradise bird

Finally i've done a picture been meaning to do this image for ages, in watercolour and i chose different birds for this creation like the peacock, hummingbird, and a strange exotic bird that i dont know the name of.

more three brothers

Three brothers

I've always wanted to do something of J.K Rowlings work the tale of the three brothers was a perfect story to illustrate using my fine-liner pens then manipulating on photoshop.

fairytale2

 Here's a few more images this i sent of for the competition, i did a normal version without the writing on it. I did the drawing in fine-liner and the background on photoshop.

There a lots of foxes in the Grimm Fairytale stories so why not have one, purely photoshop this image to give it a strong dark effect so your eye is drawn to its eyes.

another dark image, another photoshop creation. using tree background with blood red to give it the nightmare look.  

The lord of the rings designs

 I love The lord of the rings and i'm always try to get the chance to illustrate from its pages,i choose the poem from the book and its all about Moria the great kingdom of the dwarves.








I used inks and fine-liners to get this unique quality,
to get good shadows and depth to make the picture
come alive through ink.

This image is my most favourite of Durin's crown in the depths of the dark waters of Moria. Fantasy and sci-fi are my main area of work but I will give other genres a go.

tiger

some more images this first is done in oil pastel and the other in watercolour.

one flew over the cuckoos nest

Here's a couple of images that ive worked on photoshop, i love using layers they give wonderful textures and depths of mood and colour. There for a competition im doing just a few ideas i haven't came up with a final yet.

here's another piece in ink and fine-liners, this is from a story in the mabinogion and i just love this imagery of the white dogs taking down the stag. inks are the best media to work with.

first image

Hello everyone, glad to be here on blogger lets hope i can get my free-lancing started. here's a few images to start hope anyone likes them. The golden bird is for a competiton im doing for penguin books, the theme is Grimms fairytales and hopefully some of my designs might get chosen, but got loads of other students to compete with lol.