Category: Illustration

The Season Of Love

2/13/2017

I love Valentine's Day. There. I said it.

I love hearts, glitter, pink and red, tulle and lace, flowers and everything girly. And this time of year gives me the perfect excuse to break out all my favorites. Like this adorable shift dress I recently got from Modcloth!

photos by Courtney Guest

outfit details: Just Say Yes Shift Dress, earrings and shoes from Modcloth

Isn't this collar too cute?

Admittedly, I probably own every heart adorned item that Modcloth has ever sold and my closet currently is home to six different red dresses. Did I NEED another red dress with a heart on it? No. Did I BUY another red dress with a heart on it? The collar speaks for itself!

photo and illustration by Brittney Guest

In celebration of this season of love, I'm giving y'all a special gift from my heart to yours, inspired by vintage Barbie Valentine cards. Remember those?

Print 'em out, clip 'em out and give 'em out to everyone on your list from your sweet baboo to your squad of fabulous land mermaids! I've even included single images if you want to send an e-card or post it on your special someone's social media feed!

Click here to download:
Bae Mine
Check Yes or No
Emoji Love
Love Is For Everyone
You're Neat
Another Pizza My Heart

Click here to download a printable PDF of all 6 designs!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Share the love!

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I Am Very Busy. For Real!

1/30/2017

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It's press deadline at the magazine, and I am repping my everyday motto.

photo by Courtney Guest
outfit details: I Am Very Busy t-shirt from Ban.do | blazer, skirt and shoes from Modcloth, earrings from Noonday Collection

Seriously. I am very busy. This phrase speaks so much to me that I have it on my agenda, a wall poster, 2 pen pouches AND my work folio. Obsessed much? No, just busy.

How busy am I? Well, here are just a few of the things I'm working on...

Wrapping up the February issue of Jonesboro Occasions. That's right, we're going to send that "Big 80 Page Baby" to the printer today! Seriously, it's like birthing a child each month, getting everything together and sent, but it's so worth it! In addition to my regular illustrations and design work for the mag, this month's issue features some extra illustrations by yours truly for our annual Wedding and Special Events Guide. (As of writing this blog post, I have yet to draw the wedding bouquets!) I also created a really cool moss and magnolia garland that we used for our cover feature photos promoting this year's Junior Auxiliary of Jonesboro Charity Ball.

Training for my THIRD half marathon. Yeah, I know. I said I was going to stop with the 2 that I ran last year, and I was gonna stick to 5Ks, but you other runners know how that goes. I'm doing Doc Rock Half Marathon in April again this year, and I'm ramping up my training and hoping for a PR this time. (More on how I started running and my training program to come in a later blog post.) I've decided to keep running half marathons as long as I can. I love it...for now. (On second thought, surviving press day is probably more like running a half marathon...lots of snacks and wall staring after both!)

Continuing my #TheSketchbookLookbook Drawing Series. I'm really loving drawing my outfits each day for this year's sketchbook project. It's also helped me discover new ways to combine existing pieces in my closet to make new outfits. I've also noticed that I've cut back on my spending because I'm now SEEING what I have and rediscovering old pieces that I may not have been showing as much love. Okay, so this gold skirt is new. But it was on sale. And it's shiny.

photo and illustration by Brittney Guest

Working on the covers for an upcoming YA novel series. More on this later. I promise I'm really working on it, Kerri. You know where I live.

Creating stickers for Lace and Whimsy Studio. Have you SEEN my new designs? There's one for when "Naps Happen," a sheet full of nothing but tasty pizza and toppings, one with all finery you need to feel flirty and fabulous, a sheet printed up with girly treats for Valentine's Day, and one of the best dang coffee and donuts this side of The Great Northern.

photos and designs by Brittney Guest

Wouldn't these stickers be so cute for Valentine's Day?

Well, that's about all for now. Gotta go, gotta get the job done, gotta start a new nation, gotta meet my...wait I'm not Alexander Hamilton. Oh well, you know what they say...this gal is non-stop!

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Dreaming in a Pastel "La La Land"

1/15/2017

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Right now, I'm really into shades of pink, blue and purple and all the ways they beautifully blend together. I guess I'm never letting go of the whole Rose Quartz and Serenity as the 2016 Colors of the Year trend! Greenery is cool, but these pastel hues will always have a dreamy place in my heart. Just check out this actual sunset I saw on an evening run!

photo by Brittney Guest

These sensational shades also crop up in my mother's hydrangeas. Can you believe this range of cotton candy colors is all on one single plant?

photo by Brittney Guest

This past weekend, my boyfriend and I got the chance to see "La La Land," and let me just say...wow! That movie is amazingly gorgeous, both visually and in the story itself! I won't give any plot points away, but my favorite color scheme was amazingly represented!

photos via IMDb

Naturally, I had to create a few pieces of my own inspired by this amazing film!

illustrations by Brittney Guest

Remember, y'all, "A bit of madness is key to give us color to see. Who knows where it will lead us? And that's why they need us. So bring on the rebels, the ripples from pebbles, the painters, and poets, and plays...here's to the fools who dream!"

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New Year, New Sketchbook

1/1/2017

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Happy New Year! If you've been following along for a bit, you may know that with the start of a new year comes the start of a new drawing project for yours truly! In 2015, I created the hashtag #fillthesketchbook on Instagram to showcase my daily sketches as I challenged myself to fill a sketchbook with 365 drawings. I filled up SIX sketchbooks that year. I guess I should have gotten a 365 page sketchbook!

Last year, I narrowed down the theme of my #fillthesketchbook project and decided to draw one comic every day during 2016 for a total of 366 Instagram comics, or #366squarecomics.

This year, I'm bringing back a popular theme I first tried in 2015 and dubbed #thesketchbooklookbook. I love drawing, and I also love fashion, so what better way to share my OOTD than with an illustrated lookbook of my daily outfits?

illustrations, photos and styling by Brittney Guest

I don't know which is more fun: picking out the outfits, drawing them, arranging the clothes and accessories, or taking the photos! I love the whole process!

Stay tuned and follow my fashionable and artistic adventures on Instagram this year! 2017 is gonna be fun!

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The Season Of Love

I Am Very Busy. For Real!

Dreaming in a Pastel "La La Land"

New Year, New Sketchbook

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