Hello my name is Tamsin Adley and I'm an illustrator who specialises in animal and fantasy illustrations. I take pride in adding a lot of detail to my work and behind the scenes I do a lot of research to make my animal artwork in particular to be as accurate and realistic as possible. I am a traditional artist with a focus on fine liner pens and markers but with experience in watercolour, gouache and acrylics as well as some experience with Photoshop for editing purposes

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Hello my name is Tamsin Adley and I'm an illustrator who specialises in animal and fantasy illustrations. I take pride in adding a lot of detail to my work and behind the scenes I do a lot of research to make my animal artwork in particular to be as accurate and realistic as possible. I am a traditional artist with a focus on fine liner pens and markers but with experience in watercolour, gouache and acrylics as well as some experience with Photoshop for editing purposes

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Hello my name is Tamsin Adley and I’m an illustrator who specialises in animal and fantasy illustrations. I take pride in adding a lot of detail to my work and behind the scenes I do a lot of research to make my animal artwork in particular to be as accurate and realistic as possible.
I am a traditional artist with a focus on fine liner pens and markers but with experience in watercolour, gouache and acrylics as well as some experience with Photoshop for editing purposes

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Bachelor of Illustration at University of Glouscestershire
September 11, 2015 - May 20, 2018

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    Howl's Moving Castle - Competition submissions
    A black and white illustrations for a competition submission to illustrate some scenes from Dianne Wynne Jone's novel Howl's Moving Castle. I am very detail oriented illustrator and I enjoy pulling verbatim descriptions form the text to add to my illustrations, in the scene where Sophie and Michael are talking to the fire demon Calcifer the text mentioned 'wizardly things hanging from beams - strings of onions, bunches of herbs and bundles of strange roots' and I made sure to illustrate all of that. I love to make the worlds appear lived in. Drawn traditionally using archival fine liner pens on hot press watercolour paper. photo logo graphicdesigner branding webdesigner
    Observational Work
    This is from a series of drawings from the Natural History Museum for a collection called Observational drawings Volume one. The book included in person sketches from various museums and zoo mostly depicting animals, statues and skeletons. illustrator illustration observationaldrawing trationalart skeletonartwork longtermproject animalart
    Client Pet Portrait Commision
    A realistic pet portrait for a client of their mixed breed dog named Ollie from reference photos, made using a mixture of fine liner pens, marker pens and watercolours. illustrator illustration petportraitcomission animalrealism clientwork watercolourart traditionalart
    Sticker Sheet Design- Pigeons
    Personal work depicting various animal species in a A6 sticker sheet format, this one showcasing the 5 species of pigeon that exist in Britain. Some other examples I have done include: wild sheep, the genus canid, grazing antelope, all species of bear and all species of otter. illustrator illustration animalspeciesart animalillustration merchandisedesign Photoshopexperience designer stickerdesign
    Owl and the Pussycat Bookmarks
    Two designs of bookmarks for the first two verses of the poem the Owl and the Pussycat. Created with traditional media, in this case various sizes of fine liner pens. illustrator bookmarkdesign narrativedesign narrativeillustration penandink bookcharactersart animalart traditionalart naturethemedart
    Garbage Griffin Colouring Book Cover
    The cover of a colouring book called Garbage Griffins which started out as a challenge on Instagram and I collected all the images I created to turn it into a colouring in book. It was a month long challenge so in all I created 31 colourable images as well as the cover, end pages and illustrated check list. illustrator illustration colouringinbook bookcoverillustration traditionalart markerpens mythicalcreatures fantasyartwork
    Armoured Unicorn
    A self initiated project with a focus on mythical creatures placed in a detailed environment in this case a unicorn. To match the medieval style of the armor I decided to also include a white hart in the background as that was often mentioned in medieval folklore. I used a lot of reference photos of flowers and plants to keep a realistic aspect which worked well as I love depicting the natural world. Even within the armor I added more intricate details, there are a host of mythical creatures hiding in the armor design, a small phoenix and mermaid on the breast plate, a dragon on the sitting platform and a unicorn on the haunches. I have more mythical creatures in this style on my website: https://www.twine.net/signin Illustrated traditionally with fine liners and marker pens illustrator illustration mythicalcreature fantasyart unicornart detailedbackground traditionalart markerpens a4formatt detaileddesign
    Dog Wrapping Paper
    This was a repeating design with over 50 individual dogs then cropped to fit an A4 format. It was a follow up piece to my Cat clowder wrapping paper that I currently have to sale under the company Re-wrapped. illustrator illustration animalart petillustration traditionalart repeatingpattern markerpens wrappignpaperdesign dogspeciesart
    Cretaceous Dinosaurs
    A freelance commission from a client who wanted an A4 piece depicting some dinosaurs but had to include a T-rex. To make the piece feel more cohesive I researched various dinosaurs that were alive at the same time as the T-rex, during the Cretaceous period, and included a selection of the more popular ones. illustrator cretaceousperiodart dinosaurillustration freelancecomissionwork artist traditionalart prehistoricart
    Mindful Colouring in Pages- Badger Asleep
    Some examples for colouring in pages for Faithfully Stationary for their in progress Aspiring Wellness Journal. The prompt was to keep it not too detailed and have a natural feel to the images, illustrator colouringinbook penandink traditionalart natureart natureillustration