#picturethis2021

[juliajager]

And the third and last (for now!) storybeat illustration for my children's book in the making. It was so much fun working on the colors of his feathers on his back. Swallows light up so magnificently in the sun, how their feathers reflect the rays of sunshine, it's like they glitter. This is my favorite from the 3 illustrations, just because it's so happy and vibrant. Which one do you like the best?

[juliajager]

Second storybeat illustration for my children's book in the making. I loved to work on the composition and lighting here, also the textures were a good practice. I'm looking forward to portraying more encounters with other birds. This woodpecker likes the rhythm when he drums. Do you know any other European birds that have funny/interesting habits?

[juliajager]

I'm slightly sad, like this swallow. I participated in the contest Picture This (held by publisher Lemniscaat), but didn't win unfortunately. Yet I am happy I pulled through and entered the contest, sometimes I find it hard to finish my own projects and since I didn't make it last year due to my burn-out, I really wanted to challenge myself this year. And I am very content with the outcome. Also it pushed me to work on my story I would like to publish as a children's book, a story about self-love. I do feel I'm getting my hopes up with some of my actions meant for the future and let my self-worth be dependent on their outcome, still got a lot to work on regarding self-love and just be my usual busy happy self and make new plans. Do you ever let your results affect your self-love? How do you manage?

I will upload the other 2 illustrations in the upcoming days, I'm curious what you think of them. For bigger pictures, check it out on my Tumblr page :) And before I forget: Congratulations to the winners ofcourse :)