Grace J Ward

The old 2014 iMac has served me well, but it was time for an upgrade!

@LaserSinger I don’t think all of the vids that you see on SM which make it look like it took a few minutes do much for the cause either…

@miss_magpie_spy Can’t wait. I think everyone should start with a classic Dry Martini only a few ingredients but difficult to master! 🍸

@MatRoff I can’t imagine not being friends with someone first really. I couldn’t even get past setting up a profile. At least you can see them in real life.

@MatRoff I was thinking about actually getting on online dating, but all of the crazy crap really puts me off.

@timeasley It’s all about the audiobooks for me because I can listen to them in the studio whilst I’m doing more simple tasks, and on public transport and they are always on your phone. Got through 15/20 audiobooks last year compared to my usual reading of a couple of books.

@MarcAspinall Happy New Year Marc! xx

Happy New Year folks

@bill_mcconkey Seriously can people not read a description… maybe you needed some pictures of it in a frame. Shame they aren’t coming back!

I've closed the online shop for the festive period, well done those that picked up art. One line that won't be coming back in the new year is the Director's Cut series. The amount of times I've had to cancel orders because people believed these were a real toy line was ridiculous

🌔 👀 Along with the full moon on the 19th, there's also a partial lunar eclipse - the longest one of the century. It's forecast to last around 3 hours, 28 mins and 23 seconds — beginning at approx 7.19am GMT, reaching its max around 9am GMT and ending at 10:47am GMT.

My Native American Moons Slim Wall Calendar is back for 2022, featuring a special "Blood Flower Moon" in celebration of the total lunar eclipse that occurs on 16th May 2022. Limited amount available etsy.com/uk/listing/971… 🎁🌑🌒🌓🌔🌕🌖🌗🌘🌑🎁

@IllustratesSte Just the fact it gets me out of the studio a few days a week is great for the mental health and it does balance well with the freelance life and gives you some regular income. I’ve been doing it for 5 years.

Totally dropped the ball on social media these last couple of months, I’ve taken on more lecturing hours than ever! Planning to start posting again! Hope my artist friends are all good!

@MonkeysvsRobots Haha it is! I’ve got a whole list planned! Just to find the time! Currently got 20 pieces of work to assess and 2 presentations 🤣

@GraceJWard Tis the season for you to start posting mouth watering alcoholic drinks!

@Lillustrator Same!

@Hermesparcels I’ve got parcels that were meant to be collected yesterday but weren’t, I heard your systems were down… I need to know when they are going to be collected.

@timeasley Ah fair enough, I crammed in half the audiobook last week. Yeah, just got going to some extent didn't it 😅

@timeasley Yeah I thought it was ok, big expansive CGI. Not sure if it would be understandable/engrossing if you haven't read the book though.

@CatFinnie @JasminIssaka @seaninsound I have those exact same thoughts myself, makes it look like you just start on the final piece right away and crack the artwork out in a few mins. Forgetting all of the other parts of the process, like interpreting a brief and research and roughs…

@JasminIssaka @seaninsound I actually think there's a short essay here on how video culture and all those sped up 'process' videos haven't helped - I feel like they're quite a visible part of illustration culture and possibly contribute to some of the unrealistic ideas about illustration as quick and easy

If you love illustrators, give us a budget, not a request for a quote. It's an unfortunate thing, but 99% of quotes I take time to draw up are a waste of my time, and illustration doesn't pay well enough to be doing it. Bring us a fair budget and we'll be very grateful!