Wednesday 31 December 2008

Saturday 13 December 2008

Chocolate labels

So, I made these for a chocolate shop in Leicester - the labels they had were really bad; written in gold on blue paper! Mega hard to read, even for me - and I'm young and sprightly.

I think these turned out pretty cute.
Click on the images if you want to make them bigger.


Monday 8 December 2008

Salt vs. Pepper

I make boring things fun, just like salt and pepper...












Saturday 6 December 2008

Friday 28 November 2008

Bunny Bees

This is a story I've been working on, it's pretty surreal and very silly...but still cute. I'm not yet sure how it should end, hmmm...












Tuesday 25 November 2008

Cat ACEOs

ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions & Originals".
They're miniature works of art and they're an inexpensive way to buy original or limited edition art. Having seen some really beautiful ones on Etsy (www.etsy.com) I thought I would try some of my own...what do you think?








Friday 21 November 2008

Welcome to IDOL

Welcome to IDOL is a monthly, artist-made zine which has commissioned me to design a cover for November's issue, they'll also include the very first Flimsy comic (watch this space), and in December's issue, the first dragon story (which you can see here: http://rachaelsmithillustration.blogspot.com/2008/10/dragon-story.html )

Here's my cover design:

Thursday 20 November 2008

Business cards

I'm gonna feel well legit with these business cards...
once my website has launched I'm gonna give them to anyone with a hand. Yessir.


Tuesday 18 November 2008

Dragon story - 2

Here is the second instalment of the Dragon Stories, in case you haven't seen the first one, it's here: http://rachaelsmithillustration.blogspot.com/2008/10/dragon-story.html

Any feedback/comments would be greatly appreciated!

R xxx




















Monday 17 November 2008

Mew-tants

Another AMAZING (awful) comic book idea...these kittens are walking along and they stumble into some radioactive goo. It turns all their legs into new things like, one has the legs of a spider, another has a treadmill thing, one has a slug's body and one grows into a big tree in the middle of the goo and he is then King of the Mutant Kittens. And then they fight CRIME...or something.

It can be called....Mew-tants. Geddit?

So yeah, this is why I need to ALWAYS work with writers.

Saturday 15 November 2008

Comic book characters




I'm trying to flesh out some of the characters for my friend's comic book story, especially Scarlet - the main character. Please let me know what you think ^_^
xxxx R

Monday 27 October 2008

Polar bear


A polar bear says hello to a tiny arctic fox.

Comic book character designs

A comic book story me and my friend Lucinda are working on.

Wednesday 22 October 2008