Topic 6: 23rd June: Design your own pokemon.
Poseidoct by Rhiannon ladd
“This is Poseidoct. He may look like an ordinary octopus but he is huge in size and carries a lethal punch! He’s so huge you can’t even keep him confined to the illustration box! I decided to totally hand paint the whole card and add the text in on Photoshop afterwards. I had a lot of fun with this and is probably one of the most nerdy things I’ve ever drawn :)”
Topic 5: 26th May: Urban Sanctuary
by Rhiannon Ladd
“I fell in love with the architecture in Amsterdam when I visited last summer”
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Topic 4: 12th May: Once Upon a Dream
by Rhiannon Ladd
“For the topic ‘Once Upon A Dream’ I have painted an alternative viewpoint of the image I produced for topic two (Clockwork Ballroom), with the lighthouse in the background instead. It is also relevant to my most recent dream, where the actor Jason Stathom took me hostage aboard a battleship!”
Topic 3: 28th April: Precious
by Rhiannon Ladd
“One man’s junk is another man’s treasure: a magpie and his precious shiny object”
Topic 2: 14th April: Clockwork Ballroom
by Rhiannon Ladd
“Clockwork mechanisms are used to turn the lens of a lighthouse, and lenses are used to capture classic moments, such as the slow waltz of a ballroom.”
Topic 1: 31st March: Alter Ego
“For this piece I answered the question ‘If I was an animal, what animal would I be?’ as I seem to draw animals a lot, and came up with a bumblebee. As well as having a tattoo of one on my shoulder blade, bees are hard-working, sociable and organised…like me haha! I’m an illustrator who also works part time, and you can find my work in various places; all the links can be found at www.rhiannonladd.com”.
