Nicola O'Byrne Illustration

Monday, 29 October 2012

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

In uni I was always concerned about style. Mostly because I didn't seem to have one, or at least not one that I could see. I put this down to the fact that I'm inspired by lots of different things from Japanese ukiyo-e to Brian Wildsmith's heavily textured work; sometimes my work would go one way and sometimes it would go the other; it doesn't worry me so much anymore as I think the main thing is to being able to reproduce a 'look' if you want to. Over the past 2 years I've been developing a couple different styles with the help of publishers and my agents, and today I've done a sample in a new one. Hope you like!

Friday, 12 October 2012

The Mighty Artichoke

I have been racking my brains trying to think of a good ending for my second picture book with Nosy Crow. Today I decided to take a break and do a bit of printmaking instead. The mighty artichoke.

Wednesday, 26 September 2012

Printing Press

I am the proud owner of a tiny new printing press! I was eager to get stuck in so I printed off 4 small black and white illustrations. I'm really happy with the way they came out so I'm thinking of starting something a little more ambitious.

Monday, 17 September 2012

Greetings Cards

I received some great news on friday, one of my cards has been licensed to a UK greetings cards company! This is my first success with art licensing, and hopefully bodes well for the future. You can view my full range of greetings cards here.

Saturday, 1 September 2012

Open Very Carefully Preview

I've just seen on the Nosy Crow website that they've put up a preview of my picture book, 'Open Very Carefully'! I'm very excited about it, to take a look for yourself please check out this link:

http://issuu.com/nosycrow/docs/ovc/7

This book is available for preorder on Amazon, here:

http://amzn.to/NNYf1u

Friday, 31 August 2012

Count & Colour Books

I have 2 new books available for pre-order on amazon! They are counting and colouring books published by Blue Apple Books (USA), suitable for ages 3+. Publishing date is 12th Feb, 2013.