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Every week I receive multiple emails asking many questions about how I run my business. New for 2023 I’m now offering one-on-one consulting to help you answer your questions on how to run your own illustration business. I have worked as a freelance illustrator for close to a decade and in this time I have worked with a number of high profile clients as well as working with agents and also creating and selling my own products.
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Do you practice traditional art or do you work mainly digitally?
Has COVID affected your business in any way?
Where do you find inspiration from?
If you’re creatively stuck, how do you get the creative juices flowing again?
Do you have advice on how I can make it in the art world?
What makes a great illustration, is it colour, composition or anything else?
Where do you find clients?
What are the big challenges of working as a freelance illustrator, and you have any words of wisdom?
I just finished two markets in the weekend and I’m exhausted! However it’s very tiring but I’m so happy to met so many amazing people！
I only had time to took some photos in my first market and sadly I was too busy in the @oldspitalfieldsmarket on Sunday so I didn’t have time to take any photo.
Thanks both @sisterhoodarts and @urbanmakers_uk gave me the opportunity to trading with them over the weekend. I enjoy every minute of both market. I hope to work with you both again in the future ❤️🙏.
Thanks to all the vendors I met this weekend and sadly I didn’t get a chance to take everyone’s photos. I am a bit shy to ask everyone for a photo 😅.
@ayrton.studio
@stitchesandseamscp
@cr1b__
@psquared_psquared
@chantelledsouza
@sleepgoddess.uk
@salminenceramics
You are amazing and I’m so happy to met you all this weekend! Hope we will meet each other again very soon!
I will announce October market date very soon! Please stay tuned. ❤️❤️❤️
#londonmarket #londoncraftmarket #londonmakers #creativewomen #livwanillustration #livwanpostcards #artistlife #illustratorlife #illustragram #freelanceillustrator #marketlife #londonillustrator
I just realized I haven’t share my new washi tapes in my post! There are 4 new designs, galaxy bubble tea, jewelry bugs, honey bee bubble tea and bubble tea. 2 washi tapes are restock and selling fast! Strawberry washi and Japanese food washi selling fast!
These #washitapes all design and illustrated by myself. So they will be completely original and you can’t find them in other shops or websites!
Now I’m selling regularly in the market and these washi tapes selling well! That means I can make more new designs in the future and I’m so happy about it! Yay!
#washitape #washitapeaddict #washilover #washitapeaddict #livwanwashitapes #LivWan #livwanillustration #stationerylove #stationerydesign #cutewashi
My last Halloween illustration this year in my #spookytown collection.
This card contained all the little shops I illustrated this year and this card is for people who likes to collect traditional rectangle cards.
I’m working on the ideas for my Christmas Village illustrations so if you want to see any of your ideas illustrate by me please comment below. ❤️❤️
#halloweenpostcard #halloweencard #hallowrenart #livwanpostcards #livwan #livwanillustration #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #childrensillustration #halloweenillustration
Woohoo! Just completed another great market experience with sweet @openartspaces in Notting Hill! This market is definitely our favorite. ❤️ The organisers of this market are super friendly and lovely.
Thanks to all the customers who purchased from me today! I even received my first gift from a sweet customer today! 🥰
As usual, I made this reel to shared with you my market day and introduce some of my lovely and super talented vendor neighbors. @shunayna_ @gsillustrates @jsuyistudio and Eve (the lady painted the beautiful giant painting, if you are interested in her art please DM @openartspaces to find out more details of her. ) please check out their instagram and see more of their beautiful art.
Massive thanks to super sweet customer @tiiime.for.action she is a cat lady like me and we had a long chat about how much we love our cats 😆. She even bought me and Chris a cat magnet. How sweet of her!! ❤️❤️ thank you thank you thank you!
There are more lovely and sweet neighbors but sadly I didn’t got chance, time and energy to visit everyone because after 3 day’s trading in the market with this heat and the drama. I’m toasted and exhausted. So I will try to be better next time! ❤️❤️❤️
Hope you enjoy this little reel.
@visitportobello
#marketday #LivWan #livwanillustration #NottingHillmarket #openartspaces #artmarket #londonmarkets #marketshoutout #shoutout #makersmarketuk #artfairlondon #Londonlife #visitlondon #visitportobello
So this is what happened in Greenwich today! Thank you so much for your lovely messages and being so supportive and I hope tomorrow will be a better day!
#illustratorlife #illustratorlivechat #Londonartmarket #artfair #illustratorchat #illustratorsoninstagram #greenwichmarket #handmademarket #handmmade_with_love #livwanillustration
The next #halloweenillustration in my #2023spookytown collection is the “Trick or Treat Candy Shop”.
How could we not include a candy shop in the Halloween collection?! 😆
Remember to clean your teeth thoroughly after candies and caramel apples! Otherwise you are going to visit your dentist very soon and in my case they are scarier than any monster in the world. 🤣
I also put my new market updates on the second image so you can have a look and see if you can visit me in any of those markets. Market price is the best 😉.
#halloweencandy #halloweencandyapples #candyshop #halloweenart #halloweenpostcards #halloweendrawing #livwanpostcards #LivWan #postcrossing #postcards #kidlitpostcard2023 #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #halloweenhauntedhouse
Next #spookycute Halloween illustration for my 2023 Spooky Town collection is “Hocus Pocus Post Office”. I know lots people like collecting post office and postbox related postcards so illustrate this one for you!
Halloween letters and postcards deliver by cute witch will be super cute ☺️.
I will expend my Halloween Spooky Town collection next year so if you like to see any other shops, buildings or cars…etc please share with me in the comment or message me. I can put your request in my list for next year Halloween collection. 🙏❤️ Thank you so much.
#halloweenart #halloweenpostcard #halloweenillustration #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart #livwanpostcards #livwanillustration #postcrossing #postcardart #carddesign #明信片交換 #明信片交换 #明信片設計 #萬聖節
Woohoo Another new market completed today! Massive thanks to Owain and all the helpers from @thebigmarketlondon You guys are awesome! We have been spoiled by your free tea and coffee, warm hospitality and sweet unload and upload service! Thank you so much for having us! Hope to see you guys again soon. ❤️❤️
Big big big thanks to all my customers today! You guys are the best! I can put food on the table for my family, roof above our head and pay for my landlord’s sky high rent and he and his family’s ski holiday. 😅
Thanks to my awesome neighbors @clogglesdesign @groovypoms @tia.theteapot @kole.workshop @cosmokii
you must check their beautiful work.
We had a great day and hope to see you all again soon. ❤️❤️❤️
We are trading in @greenwichmarket 7th and 8th September and @openartspaces Notting Hill market this Saturday.
#LivWan #livwanpostcards #bigmarketlondon #marketday #craftmarket #artfair #makersmarketuk #londonmarket #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationartist #illustratorlife #illustratorlifestyle
Next #halloween illustration in my “2023 Spooky Town” is this empanadas shop.
I was watching “The horror of Dolores Roach” tv show on Amazon when I planning my Halloween collection this year. So I have to draw a empanadas shop for my collection and also I try to create something related to day of the dead so I create this spooky cute empanadas shop.
I’m not very familiar with Mexican or Latin culture so if I did anything wrong is not because I don’t like your culture. Please don’t be angry with me and send me hate message. 😭😅 (In fact I think your food, Art and culture are super cool and beautiful. I just never met anyone from that side of world. Never been lucky enough to visit. )
Hope you like this one!
#livwanpostcards #livwanillustration #livwanpostcardforswap #halloweenpostcard #spookycute #halloweenillustration #halloweenart #kidlitartpostcard #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #spookytown
No. 4 haunted houses is “Boo-tiful Blooms Nursery”.
This illustration was inspired by one of my favorite film “ Little Shop of Horror”. If you never watch this film before you should watch it. It’s a bit old just like me 😆🤣.
#Halloweenart #spookycute #spookytown #livwan #livwanillustration #livwanpostcards #halloweenillustration #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #hauntedhouse
August dump! It’s the first of September and so many things happened in the August!
September is going to be a busy month as well! Hope we all have a great September. 🥂🍻
#Artistslife #augustdump #illustratorlife #LivWan #livwanillustration #Londonillustrator #summervibes #summerholiday2023 #summerfun #reelsinstagram #reelitfeelit
The next illustration in my #2023halloween Spooky Town collection is “Spooky Scoops Ice Cream Van”!
I know I have it draw this monster ice cream van as soon as I decided the art direction of this Halloween collection. 😋Also because the weather was warm and I’m craving ice cream 😆
#spookyscoops #halloweenicecream #halloweenart #LivWan #livwanpostcards #livwanillustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitart #kidlitpostcard2023 #icecreamvan #spookycute #kawaiiart