by Nicky | Aug 19, 2022 | Illustration
Amira’s Suitcase – 2022 CBCA Honour Book (Early Childhood) A HUGE congratulations to the Winner and fellow recipient joining Amira’s Suitcase as an Honour Book in the 2022 CBCA Book of the Year (Early Childhood). To celebrate the announcement that...
by Nicky | May 31, 2022 | Illustration
Illustration Process – Finding Bunny I am thrilled to have teamed up with award winning singer, song writer Andrew Tierney (from band Human Nature) to create Andrew’s debut children’s book Finding Bunny. Finding Bunny is a beautiful story inspired by...
by Nicky | Mar 8, 2022 | Illustration
Illustration Process – This is My Dad I am thrilled to have teamed up again with wonderful author Dimity Powell. We have worked together on The Fix-It Man and also At the End of Holyrood Lane. This Is My Dad is a timely, important and heartwarming look at modern...
by Nicky | Aug 6, 2021 | Illustration
Illustration Process – The Incredibly Busy Mind of Bowen Bartholomew Crisp This book is one that is very dear to my heart. Paul Russell (who happens to be the author of Grandma Forgets) met my son Bowen in Melbourne at the book launch of Grandma Forgets....
by Nicky | Jun 10, 2021 | Illustration
Illustration Process Piper Picks the Perfect Pet has approximately 180 words (painstakingly crafted by Caroline Tuohey ), which is not a lot of words for a picture book. This excited me greatly because every word was perfectly positioned leaving me with a huge blank...
by Nicky | Mar 11, 2021 | Illustration
Illustration Process – Amira’s Suitcase Below is the illustration process I used to create the illustrations for Amira’s Suitcase. Amira’s Suitcase was such a beautiful book to illustrate. I loved working with the colour palette of rich, deep...