a tea party with alice

here's my most recently completed commission, a sidebar portrait for the lovely alice over at teapartywithalice.com. i've included some snaps of my illustrative process (i mainly post these on my instagram) as it's something i've never really done before, and i must say that i really have had so much fun playing around with gouache and i think it's finally become a staple part of my portrait style. 

i'm still open for commissions, so if you would like one for yourself (or maybe even as a gift to another!), please feel free to drop me an email at robynmakesthings@gmail.com to discuss my working methods and pricing :)

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spirit animals

there's always a lot of talk from the 'bloggers' on tumblr who think they're hilarious about 'spirit animals'; they'll reblog a post of their favourite celeb and a quote from them and comment something along the lines of, "omg -insert name here- is my spirit animal!" and it got me thinking about what a spirit animal is and what my spirit animal(s) could be.

so after a small spot of research, i basically discovered that a spirit animal is an animal that encompasses some of the characteristics that you do as a person. kinda cool, i guess, if you're looking at creating a fursona for yourself (wow, i've just been taken back to 2007 and my subeta days.)

anyway, rambles aside, i decided that i didn't feel as though any one animal could completely be my spirit animal, but there were a few that definitely have some of the characteristics i do. so, i decided on a sloth, mouse and a panda. a sloth because getting myself out of bed on a morning has become a hell of a lot more difficult over these past few months, a mouse because i'm generally a quiet, reserved, shy person (and also because my grandad has nicknamed me mouse), and finally, a panda because the minute i wake up i think about what i can eat for breakfast, and while i'm laid in bed on a night i also think about what will be for breakfast tomorrow.

so, me in a nutshell: i like sleep, food and keeping myself to myself. seems pretty accurate in my own eyes! what would you say your spirit animal is?