creative | Shelly O'Neill Graphic Design and Illustration Wairarapa

Heart of hearts

May 22, 2017/by Shelly

I needed a birthday card for my sister who collects heart art. I thought it would be nice to give her her own persoanlised heart depicting some of the things she enjoys in life. Little did I know it would be the start of an obsession with drawing heart...

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Drawing Challenge – Encouraging Notes

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February 21, 2017/by Shelly

Okay, so I've got a slightly different take on the task here. The idea was to create encouraging notes that you could leave in strategic places for people to find. It's about seeing how people respond to your unexpected drawings. I decided to draw our local cafe on the...

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Drawing Challenge – Personifying Plants

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February 16, 2017/by Shelly

This challenge was so much fun. I decided to colour my black and white sketch. Old Man's Beard or Clematis Vitalba is classed as an "unwanted organisim" in New Zealand. It smothers everything. Rip it out wherever you see the dangly bearded creepy crawlie. Here's my personified version or as...

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Sketchbook – Flowers

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February 14, 2017/by Shelly

This is my valentines day sketch. What could be wrong with a day to remind us to celebrate the ones we love and care...

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Sketchbook – Oakura Beach Holiday

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February 4, 2017/by Shelly

Despite the crappy summer weather we've been having, our week at Oakura beach was pretty fun. I love our New Zealand West Coast beaches with their black sand and wild...

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Sketchbook – Happy Chinese New Year 2017

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February 1, 2017/by Shelly

A little watercolour and ink rooster for my extended Chinese...

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Drawing Challenge – Nature

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November 24, 2016/by Shelly

Okay, so I'm giving the drawing challenge another crack. The task is to draw the word "Nature" in letter form with every letter being a creature of some...

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History

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November 13, 2016/by Shelly

Here's my take on day one of Von Glitschka's a 5-Day drawing challenge. I was supposed to choose a word from a given list and hand draw the letters as living forms. I chose the word "History" and somehow I ended up depicting the letters in the styles of...

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