Take a peek at our latest newsletter! Gosh London, the Thing and an Illustrate It Art Show! 👉 www.hireillo.com/RF6 Art by André Caetano · @flylanddesigns.bsky.social · Christina Michalos · @egorodriguez.com · @tashagoddard.bsky.social · Beach · Michael Hacker ❤️ #art #illustration #artnews #artist

My agency @illustrateit_agency will be having a big Art Show in September! VIP preview: 🍾Sept 10-12th Online exhibition: 🗓️ Sept 15-19th illustrate-it.co.uk Let me know if you would like to be added to the exclusive preview list and I'll get Mel to add you.

Hi #PortfolioDay I’m Tasha Goddard, illustrator and pattern designer, looking for book, advertising, social media and packaging illustration work. Portfolio: www.tashagoddard.com Email: [email protected]

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I saw this from @jenstanbrook.bsky.social on Instagram a few days ago and it jumped out and slapped me in the face. A *steady* income with space to breathe *is* success. #illustrationbusiness #beingafreelancer #handletteringartist #illustratorforhire

✨Hello Bluesky! Where are my fellow creatives at? Designers / Artists / Illustrators / Animators / Musicians - would love to have my feed more full of creative human greatness!✨

Bandwagon? Jumped ✅ My version of the #starterpacknoai I am loving seeing the creative backlash to the starter pack trend which, honestly, makes me sad.

Would have been my mum's 74th birthday today. I have mostly been holding the older Mama in my head and heart, but realised there are many other Jennys I can hold on to, and it's the Jenny who climbed trees and did cartwheels and swung crazily high on the swings who is speaking to me now.

Saturday Selfie. Kinda. Actually drew it on Thursday and Friday. If you’re in the UK, I hope you’re enjoying the sunshine.

More from the #Inky5DayChallenge with @inkygoodnesscollective … … Today it’s something I’m proud of. The way I found to do #MorningPages – my #MorningInk – and I have got to 70 and missed a single day. Do you have a regular practice that you love?

There's a lot to love about being a professional illustrator, but top of the list for me is hearing from someone who my work has reached or touched in some way (mostly joy!). What's the top thing you love about your creative career, if you have one? Joining in with the #Inky5DayChallenge

A slightly seasonal post (because it’s Mother’s Day in the UK today) talking about the discomfort of noticing behaviours, stances and traits of my mother’s in myself. open.substack.com/pub/authenti...

Got the paints out last night and completed this spread with some more trees. I don’t paint anywhere near often enough.

Morning Ink > Sketch Layer > Full Colour (You can read about how I've been keeping the creative fires burning while doing other types of work over on my Illustrating Life substack – tashagoddard.substack.com) #illustration #creativepractice #draweveryday #sketchbookpractice

I would love you to consider contributing to this crowdfunder. Will is a family friend who has been working hard to save for his top surgery, which he wants to get done before starting uni in the autumn, so that he can start that new life feeling fully himself. gofund.me/1dda01f1

Last few days of #morningink - drawing #morningpages my way with #penandink

Reminding myself to keep sharing old work. This was from my animal A to Z a few years ago. I loved finding the patterns in animals’ fur and skin and going crazy with the colours.

This felt different today. I was drawing into the spaces and shapes, rather than thinking about depicting specifics. It was an interesting feeling of freedom, discomfort, curiosity. An almost meditative state. I let go of any connection to illustration, meaning or commerciality. Which feels new.

Which colourway? I am leaning towards all blue, all darker pink or pink on green. #patterndesign #whichcolourway #spoonflowerdesignchallenge

It’s Pancake Day! I miss when the kids were little and we got to make breakfast pancake, back from school pancakes, savoury dinner pancakes and pudding pancakes. #ispancakedayabritishthing #pancakeday #morningink #illustratorforhire #sketchbooktime

This is my entry for the current #spoonflowerchallenge #noveltypaisley I have a feeling I may have gone *too* novelty with my #plantbased #paisley #patterndesign I had fun coming up with the concept and am busy making some other #paisleydesigns which are not quite so novelty.

An old piece that needs resharing today. #standwithukraine🇺🇦

New very versatile recipe over on #theillustratedplantkitchen Mushroom and Lentil Bolognese open.substack.com/pub/theillus... #plantbaseddiet #vegetarian #vegan #foodillustrator #foodsubstack

Sharing old work… I still have a few downloadable (printable) colouring books available on Etsy. Haven’t marketed them in a long time. This one is 10 years old! www.etsy.com/uk/listing/2...

Forgot to share a piece of old work yesterday! This shows how daily personal work can end up in final client work. First piece is from A to Z of Everyday Life; second is a chapter opener in List Happy. #natureillustration #bookillustrator #illustratorforhire #stroudwatercanal

Today: last day to respond to the UK Government's open consultation on #copyright and #AI. Please make your views know if you care about the quality of content of any sort, about paying creators fairly, or about the #education of a citizenry. #Books #art #authors 🗃️ 1/4 www.gov.uk/government/c...

Sharing another piece of #oldwork This one’s a favourite from my #a2zfruitnveg I really love drawing vegetables and fruit, and finding the beauty in their natural patterns and colours. #foodillustration #illustratorforhire

Continuing with the challenge of sharing old work. Some hand lettering today. I do love a chalky texture. And some motivational words! #handlettering #chalkboard #motivationalwords #drawingwords #illustratingletters #illustratorforhire #handlettererforhire

An appropriate bit of old work to share on Nyan Nyan Nyan Day. Cats! #sharingoldwork #nyannyannyanday #catsofinstagram #catillustrations

Yesterday I committed to sharing some old work every day for the rest of February. So, here’s my A to Z of Everyday Life, from the start of 2021, drawn for Tom Froese’s The Style Class on Skillshare (www.skillshare.com/en/classes/t...), and mostly drawn during lockdown.

Share OLD work AS WELL AS the new stuff. How often do you share old work? [Part of curating my own creative direction and growth this year (rather than buying another 5 or 6 courses!) is going back over old notebooks and pulling out the things that jump out.]

New recipe up on The Illustrated Plant Kitchen today. open.substack.com/pub/theillus...

As someone who has worked from home for decades, and whose mum worked from home for decades too, Martyn Oliver’s comments about working from home made me fume quite a bit. open.substack.com/pub/authenti...

This took me AGES to write. But I wanted to include plenty for free, as well as lots and lots for paid subscribers. I have been really enjoying getting back into the flow of making lots of patterns. open.substack.com/pub/tashagod...

• PERSONAL WORK is so important. • All work stems from PERSONAL WORK that you make and show. • So make your OWN work that feels AUTHENTIC to YOU. [part of my curating my own creative direction and growth this year is going back over old notebooks and pulling out the things that jump out]

Today's The Illustrated Plant Kitchen #Substack is about how #veganuary2025 was for me (spoiler, still going). And some black and white food drawings. theillustratedplantkitchen.substack.com/p/how-was-ve... #foodillustration #plantbaseddiet #drawingfood #substack #foodienewsletter #almostvegan

Another piece inspired by my new drawing-based #morningpages practice. I am loving finding things to draw in these pages. #lifestyleillustrator #houseplants #drawingeverydaylife #illustratorforhire

Nosy Crow stands with @ABFEFreeExpression in resisting President Trump's 1/20 executive order.

Today would have been my father’s 80th birthday. I wish I could cook him a meal and go to the pub with him and get beaten at pool and then sit and put the world to rights over a few pints of real ale.

I made a starter pack for illustrators and surface designers so we can find each other & connect! Let me know if you’d like to be added (or removed)! go.bsky.app/QNy4Z82

An old pattern made up of lots of bits and pieces I have drawn. If you have some #illustration needs - from individual motifs or #spotillustrations to half pages or full spreads or whole books or billboards - that I can collaborate on, I have capacity right now. Links are in my bio, or DM me.

Little piece I created this week from a Morning Page (have changed my Morning Pages to mostly drawing & just 1 page, which calms & focuses my mind much much better than stream of consciousness writing). #lifestyleillustrator #roomillustration #solodiner #foodillustration #illustratorforhire

Thought it might be appropriate to reshare these today. Thinking of you American friends and relatives. xxx

Hi #PortfolioDay I’m Tasha Goddard, a British lifestyle illustrator, specialising in room illustration, food illustration and hand lettering. 🌐 www.tashagoddard.com 📧 [email protected] ✒️ tashagoddard.substack.com

Today's Veg Letter over on The Illustrated Plant Kitchen is all about spinach. How do you like to eat your spinach? open.substack.com/pub/theillus... #foodillustration #theillustratedplantkitchen #healthyeating #plantbasedlife #illustratorforhire

This week's Substack is about looking back at older work to help you move forwards. It includes some tasks as well as my own introspective notes. open.substack.com/pub/tashagod...

I hadn't heard of Tortoise before. Any opinions on this? The fact that it's run by a former Times Editor and former BBC News Director make me feel a bit concerned, but the explanation of what they are about actually sounds quite interesting. www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

Today's illustrated recipe over on The Illustrated Plant Kitchen is refried beans (those of you who have followed me since my parent blogging days may remember this one). open.substack.com/pub/theillus...

Today's Substack is about ways to tackle discoverability as an illustrator. What methods do you use? If you're an #artdirector how do you go about finding illustrators? #discoverability #marketingforillustrators #illustratorforhire open.substack.com/pub/tashagod...