The Light Which Can Be Heard

So, I have lots to do and have spent lots of time not doing it. However i have come up with a working title for my book which is 'The Light Which Can Be Heard' - a translation of the Sami term for the Northern Lights. I still haven't 100% finished a single page yet (aaaaa) but here is half a spread! This is worked up from the earlier character sketch i posted, painted in acrylics and stuff and then scanned in and changed around a bit on photoshop.

Sketches

So it's been a strange fortnight and i haven't got a great deal done. But I am now forging ahead with my Sweden-inspired childrens book and also another children's book with an author friend, which is very exciting. So hopefully there will be lots of finished work soon, but for now here are some sketches for my sweden book project:

This is the three goddesses of the lavvu rising from the fire smoke ( a lavvu being a Sami tent type thing). The goddesses are called Sarahkka Uksahkka and Juksahkka, and do all sorts of helpful stuff but also can make baby reindeers blind. There are lots of rules and customs to do with the goddesses and the lavvu, and lots of coffee traditions which I want to explore a bit, maybe as end papers.

This is my little character who is off on her slightly cold and miserable adventure!

I also have some more fashion week stuff left to post but that's for another day I think

xx