ILLUSTRATION: Brie + Me

Just a quick post today before I head out to run some errands.  This week I had the pleasure of celebrating with one of my oldest friends.  We grew up together, but she now lives out of town.  I miss her all the time! AH!  Anyways, it was her birthday last week, and we went out to celebrate on Wednesday night.

I decided to do a little illustration of us, and give it to her for her birthday.  Because, well, I thought it was cute, and why not?  Haha, I even put us in clothes that we actually own.  Amazing.  Love you Brie!  

I'm thinking about starting to do custom illustrations.  It could be a lot of fun :)

ILLUSTRATOR CRUSH: Malika Favre

Hello friends!  Happy Friday, I can't wait for this weekend.  It feels like I've been super busy this week, and it will be nice to kick back with my family in the suburbs for a couple days (hehe, and swim in their pool)!  

Can you believe that tomorrow is the first day of June?  I certainly can't!  It seems like just yesterday I was with Pedro's family in Brazil ringing in the New Year.  Time, as always, is just flying by - seriously.  It's been a crazy ride.  But a really special crazy ride.. ahha.  

Today I have a new ILLUSTRATOR CRUSH and inspiration for you.

I've fallen in love with the work of Mailka Favre.  A French illustrator based in London, her work is full of stark lines, minimal colour and lots of movement.  I love the "flatness" to her work - the illustrations have a reductive + minimalist quality to them, and it's really great.  They are simple + bright + beautiful - and I can't stop looking at them.

​"My approach to illustration is about paring things down as much as possible.  I try and get to the essence of my subject by using as few lines and colours as it needs to convey the core of the idea."

- Malika Favre