About me
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Hi, My name is Claire Llewellin Mace. I'm an aspiring illustrator from Cardiff, South Wales. UK. Where I was born and raised.
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As far back as I can remember I've always found happiness in Art. It began with colouring books, where I would put my own colours to the image and imagine a story unfold.
With the magical work from Walt Disney, Don Bluth and the wonderful, Jon Davis. I was filled with such inspiration and I fell in love with creating my own characters and illustrations.
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I've always been able to find ideas and references anywhere and everywhere. Sometimes it's something visual, other times a piece of music or a lyric. Anything that might stir up an emotion – reading a sentence from a book or just plain old day dreaming! If I'm inspired, my imagination takes over and my next creation begins.
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'Lone Wolf'. An early pencil drawing.
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I completed an Children’s Illustration course with the Art College and received a Diploma which I'm very proud of.
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This piece titled 'Whoops' was an assignment during my course.
I used water colour and thick black ink.
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Another assignment. 'Giraffe and Fox'. Again, with water colour.
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I still consider myself as a self-taught artist and love to experiment with different mediums and techniques. I absolutely love Pro-markers. I’ve enjoyed producing pieces for friends, family and my portfolio.
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'Running with the Wolves' One of my favourite pieces. Done with pro-markers and Black ink.
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I'm a huge day dreamer and along with my love of nature I'm able to produce some really magical pieces.
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'Swamp Witches' Another Pro-marker and black ink piece.
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Just over a year ago. After a lot of debating (with myself) I tried my hand at digital art. I was very nervous as it was all new to me, but I found some confidence and embraced the challenge. With determination and (a lot of) trial and error, I absolutely loved it!
I'm still learning and I know I'll never know every trick in the book but I'm developing my own style and enjoying every minute.
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'Best Friends' My first digital piece. Brought to life through Photoshop.
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'A Welsh Dragon's Gold' This digital piece was created using Krita.
My portfolio is my labour of love and something I'm very proud of. With every piece of work my confidence is growing and my self-esteem improving.
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Inspiration can hit me at any time so I always keep a sketch book and Fine-Liners close at hand.
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A little frog prince.
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Looking to the future, I will be creating no matter what. Balancing my family life and my art isn't easy but I sometimes can get amazing inspiration from my daily life!
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'Mummy of twins' …....I can relate!
I have life goals and dreams and so many ideas. My art work will always be a big part of my life. I try and not get to overwhelmed by it all and take one day at a time and let it take me to a positive place.
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I do have a dream to illustrate (and maybe write) a children's book.....watch this space.
