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**The Good Ship Illustration**

Welcome to The Good Ship Illustration – the podcast for illustrators who are quietly working away in their sketchbooks thinking… “is it just me?”

…it’s not just you!

We’re Helen Stephens, Katie Chappell and Tania Willis – three full-time illustrators from three different corners of the industry (and three different age brackets ). We live in the same seaside town in the UK and started having cuppas and chats… and accidentally became illustration agony aunts.

Now we record those chats for you! We answer your questions about confidence, tricky clients, pricing your work, creative block, picture books, publishing, and everything in between.

✨ New episodes every Friday. ✨

Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and do send us your questions!

P.s. Fancy some freebies? Head to **thegoodshipillustration.com** for colour workshops, picture book templates, and other treats.

Byeeee for now!

x The Good Ship Illustration (Helen, Katie & Tania)

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Latest Episodes:

Nightmare clients, good snacks, illustrator fashion and lots more - Message in a Bottle Aug 19, 2022

Show notes

In this quick fire interview-style episode we answer the questions:

What was your most horrific client experience?
What's your favourite subject to draw?
Favourite snack + subject combo...
Most unusual client request?
Life drawing: the good, the bad and the ugly.
Have you ever gone against some advice and it worked out well?
What outfit makes you feel most illustrator-y?

PLUS
Tania talks about

pitching work to clients
map work and living in Hong Kong

Katie talks about

Introvert working / knowing yourself and designing a career you love
The joys of SEO (search engine optimisation)

Helen talks about

Whether there's room for you in the picture book world
How to draw out and about #walktosee without being interrupted by well-meaning people

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Right now we have two courses, and the doors open again very soon...
The Picture Book Course
Find out more about The Picture Book Course here!
Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag
Find out more about Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag here!
p.s. Got a question for the podcast? You can send your questions to goodshipillo@gmail.com and title it 'message in a bottle' so we know what it's about.

Come and say hello!
✏️ @thegoodshipillustration
🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.com
p.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

Analogue vs. digital illustration - Message in a Bottle Aug 19, 2022

Show notes

In this episode we answer the questions:

Analogue vs digital drawing - how to deal with feeling torn between the two
How to store your artwork (ahhh that old chestnut)
Do I HAVE to work digitally to be a picture book illustrator nowadays?

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Goal setting for illustrators - Message in a Bottle Aug 19, 2022

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In this episode we answer the questions:

How do I set goals as an illustrator?
Am I allowed to illustrate existing book covers?
What makes a "good" illustration?
Contracts!? The business side of illustration and design.

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Creative Inspiration and Where to Find It Oct 26, 2020

Show notes

Avoiding the comparison trap

In this episode we answer the questions:

Is there room for me in the illustration industry?
How can I find time to create my work!?

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Want to be part of an online community, full of fellow creatives?

Build your illustration career and make your best creative work ever?

It's time to discover how good it feels to truly be yourself in your work!

Bask in your weirdness and follow your creative dreams - our course doors open on 30th October for FIND YOUR CREATIVE VOICE: FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG.

Find out more and join the waiting list: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
Doors open on Friday 30th, and close on the 6th of November, OR when we reach capacity!
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p.s. See you at The Good Ship Art club. Friday 8pm UK time on Instagram. We'll open the doors to the course live.
We’re @thegoodshipillustration.

The Essential Drawing Materials Every Illustrator Needs Oct 26, 2020

Show notes

Our top tips for choosing the best drawing materials.
(Don’t let materials trip you up - they're a distraction)

Start where you are, use what you have.

Fancy materials can freeze you up / feel like too much pressure

Your choice of drawing materials can help you blast through a pesky creative block. Rough and ready! Cheap! Easy to grab!

The free audio drawing guide we mention, ‘The Sketchbooker’s Friend’ is here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/sketchbookers-friend

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Want to be part of an online community, full of fellow creatives?

Build your illustration career and make your best creative work ever?

It's time to discover how good it feels to truly be yourself in your work!

Bask in your weirdness and follow your creative dreams - our course doors open on 30th October for FIND YOUR CREATIVE VOICE: FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG.

Find out more and join the waiting list: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
Doors open on Friday 30th, and close on the 6th of November, OR when we reach capacity!
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p.s. See you at The Good Ship Art club. Friday 8pm UK time on Instagram. We'll open the doors to the course live.
We’re @thegoodshipillustration.

What's Stopping You? Overcoming Imposter Syndrome to Find Your Creative Voice. Oct 26, 2020

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In this episode, we talk about imposter syndrome, authenticity, getting excited about your own work, and how to be consistent.

Bonus: how to eat an elephant
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Want to be part of an online community, full of fellow creatives?

Build your illustration career and make your best creative work ever?

It's time to discover how good it feels to truly be yourself in your work!

Bask in your weirdness and follow your creative dreams - our course doors open on 30th October for FIND YOUR CREATIVE VOICE: FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG.

Find out more and join the waiting list: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
Doors open on Friday 30th, and close on the 6th of November, OR when we reach capacity!
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p.s. See you at The Good Ship Art club. Friday 8pm UK time on Instagram. We'll open the doors to the course live.
We’re @thegoodshipillustration.

Finding Your Creative Voice with The Good Ship Illustration Aug 05, 2020

Show notes

This is the first episode of our podcast!
Helen Stephens, Tania Willis, and Katie Chappell are the crew at The Good Ship illustration, and this episode is all about getting to know us.
Learn more about The Good Ship Illustration and how we each found our creative voices.

Grab a cuppa, listen while you draw, and let us know what you think. (Instagram is our favourite place to hang out. We're @thegoodshipillustration)

p.s. Our course Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag is now open for enrollment!
Show Notes:

Finding your creative voice, standing out from the crowd, building career-longevity, and being yourself.

1. Helen's story
Taking a year out from picture book illustration to get back to her own creative voice.
2. Tania's story
From fine art to illustration via Hong Kong. 80s corporate imagery, MA at the Royal College. The value of being in a creative community.
3. Katie's story
Why getting fired from being an in-house graphic designer/illustrator was the best thing ever.

Learn More About the FIND YOUR CREATIVE VOICE: FLY YOUR FREAK FLAG course.

https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflag
(Doors close again on the 7th of August, 10pm UK time)