Goodbye Blogger

I've updated my website and, in the process, I've started up a new blog that's built-in and easier to maintain. So this will be my last post on here and from now on you'll need to head over to www.vickigausden.co.uk to see what I'm up to!

Thanks for following!

Book Fair time!

I'm currently tidying up my physical portfolio ready for a visit to London Book Fair and getting things ready for my agent to take to Bologna. Busy, busy, busy!

Development work

Today I've been playing with brushes. As a working artist it's sometimes difficult to find time to push my work on and try something new - but it's also a key part of keeping it fresh and interesting (for me and for my clients).

This morning's warm-up sketch...

A little something for the weekend...

A Bit of Lettering...

Check out my Facebook Page

It's been quiet over here as I've scribbled my way through January and that little bit further away from Winter. I have, however, been busy on my Facebook Page so I warmly suggest you pop over that way if you'd like to see what I'm up to...

The Christmas Jumper!

Yes I know it's still too early but you'll have to forgive me as this one is in aid of Save the Children! I was recently commissioned by Costa to illustrate a lovely festive story written by the fabulously talented Rachel Bright. The resulting book 'The Christmas Jumper' is now on sale in Costa stores throughout the UK with the proceeds going to the Save the Children Christmas Jumper Campaign. Here's a little write-up from The Drum.

Happy Hippo!

Racing to meet deadlines over here before Christmas kicks in!

Work in progress...

Sample Characters

Drawn last week for a possible project. After months of sketching animals it was quite nice to be drawing people again!

New commissions from Tesco Food

I like the challenge of working on these as they require a totally different approach to my children's publishing artwork. I find them strangely therapeutic!

Ideas, ideas, ideas...

After a manic few months I'm finally able to sit back and start concentrating on developing my own projects once more. I've started working on story ideas for this hard-working little fella!

Noisy Funfair!

Here's a little preview of a Noisy book that I've just finished colouring up for Usborne, it should be really lovely and features my latest brush style. I had some fun adding nice details with this one and look forward to seeing and hearing the finished thing - the sound elements are always so well done!

A little look at something Top Secret that I'm currently working on...

Chiens!

I'm busy over here in the run up to Frankfurt Book Fair but I like to do a quick scribble of my own every now and then to keep the synapses in shape. Here's today's bit of fun.

Fabulous Foxes

I always love a good fox drawing, it's hard to go wrong when they're such a wonderful colour and have such distinguishing features.

Here's a monkey...

Hopefully that will distract from the fact that I've not been on here recently and am not likely to be until Frankfurt Book Fair is over. Even when I close my eyes I see deadlines...

Silly Sausage!

Working on sketches of one of my own characters this week...

Kid's Zone

This recent commission was for the Tesco Living website's Kid's Zone section - where they have a selection of themed downloadable 'printables' to keep the little ones busy.