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02/02/2025

Eeee! You can now shop some of my card designs on the thortful website! 🌼

I’ve chosen 5 cards for February that I think will be perfect for Valentines Day, as well as some cute general ones for all occasions – hopefully there is a good selection to get started. I have 5 slots at first, but I will continue to update them and add more when I can 🥰

These cards have all been illustrated by me with love and I hope they will bring some magic to whoever receives them, so if you would like to have a nosy and support my art - I’ve popped a link in my bio so you can find my Thortful page ✨

ALSO, let me know if there are any other designs you might like to see in the future! 🤎

14/12/2024

It's that time of year again for Art VS Artist!! ✨

My FAVE time of year not only to reflect on my artwork for the year, but also to find lots of amazing new artists (we love a community art challenge) 😍

I haven't created as many illustrations as I had hoped this year, but I am incredibly proud to have completed for the first time, a challenge I have wanted to do for so many years.

I've also seen a huge improvement in my art style and I feel like the area I have most improved in is colouring my artwork; using better palettes and also shading and colouring without linework in some work.

So here it is, my Art VS Artist for 2024! 🌷

I have also created one for my window artwork, so if you would like to have a nosy at that you can find it over on Becca Hollins Art

09/12/2024

Where has the time gone?! 😮

I haven't had a chance to do any drawings for a month or so as I've been working on a lot of window art over on my other account

BUT I was looking though my procreate WIPs and found some sketches of Morg that I did back in October. They are quite Autumnal so I probably won't finish them, but I thought I'd share them anyway because he cute 🐸

There was also a sketch I did for a Christmas card design that also never got finished 😅

10/11/2024

A new fairy 🧚‍♀️

This was going to be part of a Christmas card design but I have changed my mind so I've decided to share her as she is so she doesn't end up lost in the WIP folder 😅

I've called her Sprinkles ✨

03/09/2024

I am so very excited to announce that Loren from invited me to be one of the artists in her 2025 small business calendar 😍

I'm even more excited to say that I was lucky enough to get October for my month, and this is the artwork that I created for the calendar. Cosy witches, cats, candles, pumpkins, tea (all of the best things 🎃)

If you want to get your hands on the calendar and support lots of incredible artists, pre-orders for the calendar will go live in 10 days, on the 13th September so set your reminders! ⏰

Here are all of the other beautiful humans who have been a part of this lovely project! Make sure you go and have a nosy at their work too 💜✨
etsy

17/08/2024

Hiii friends 🧡

I've decided to run a little sale on my 'Fall Fables' collection, so that any spooky bi***es who want to get prepped for Autumnal journaling, can get some goodies at the ready! 🍂

You can grab 25% off the whole collection, just add the code 'HURRYUPAUTUMN' at the checkout ✨

Feel free to share, or tag all of your Autumn-loving besties! 🎃
https://beccahollinsart.etsy.com

24/07/2024

The mer-mazing new releases are now live! 🧜‍♀️✨

Two brand new greeting card designs, created from my recent illustrations. They are blank inside so you can write your own special message and matching envelopes (and puns 😅) are included

I recently tried out .work who print products with sustainable materials. These cards are printed on super thick, lovely cardstock and they are absolutely BEAUT quality so I am excited to hear what you think of them!

There's a link to my store in the bio if you want to have a nosy, any shares would be hugely appreciated 🩷

20/07/2024

Is it too early to be dreaming of Autumn? 😅🍂

I'm currently working on an illustration that is October/Autumn themed and although I can't show it you yet, I can tell you it's giving me big cosy vibes and I'm absolutely hyped up for my fave season to arrive 😍

Here's some illustrations from the Fall Fables collection I created, that basically sum up how I am feeling while working on it 🎃 Are you excited for Autumn yet or are you hoping we will have some more Summer before it gets ✨spooky✨

18/07/2024

My products are now available to purchase in lots of local gift shops and cafes, including my brand new mermaid greeting cards! 🧜‍♀️✨

If you are local and want to support my artwork, you can find my products at
🌼 Wild Café
🌼 The Old Coach House Healing Centre
🌼 Unity Yard
🌼 Gerry's at Cafe 33

I will also be adding these new greeting cards to my Etsy shop soon and updating the stock on there. Always let me know if there are any particular designs you would love to see me create 💜

https://beccahollinsart.etsy.com

16/07/2024

This lovely little lady has now been taken home, and she has been given a new name, Bella 🌹✨

I wanted to share a couple of close ups of the illustration because it's hard to capture details on reels sometimes. I added little swirlies on her wings, tattoos on her body and lots of sparkly bits. I also gave her lots of freckles and some cute jewellery too for those lovely big ears! 😍

12/06/2024

Please accept this humble arty offering of some sketchbook spreads and a little update from me 🌷

Phew! Mermay ended and then in a blink of an eye we are half way through June and I've barely posted...

I have had a few things going on, we sadly had a family bereavement in the last week of May so I haven't felt much creativity since then, I haven't even looked through my Mermay art properly yet really 🩷

I also feel like I put everything I had into Mermay, and going from 13 illustrations in 2023 to almost 30 in one month really took it out of me, maybe even to the point of a little bit of burn out 😅

I got the chance at the end of last week to order a few bits for a market I am doing and I have been taking lots of photos for inspiration of upcoming art - I have lots of ideas, I just haven't quite found the time to settle down to draw just yet.

I am just taking things a little slow at the moment, but I have really been loving this new account and enjoying the process of growing a wonderful arty community again so please don't think I've vanished now Mermay is over and forget me 🥹

I will be back soon with some new art, but for now I hope these messy sketchbook spreads will be ok! 🙏✨

28/05/2024

A bit of a soppy post incoming... But let's start by wishing the the biggest happy birthday to !! 🎂✨

And here's a cute little post about my art journey and how Whitney fits into it... I became interested in illustration and character design in college, and for one of the projects we got to choose an artist to research.

I chose Whitney because I was in awe of her gorgeous characters and the style of them, my biggest dream was to be able to draw like her.

I recently found my college sketchbook which has been buried in a cupboard for 10 years. As soon as I saw the pages about Whitney I decided that I wanted to make a post for the birthday prompt of Mermay and share them.

You can swipe to see the sketchbook pages, my god awful handwriting and one of the first characters I ever drew which was inspired by Whitney's art 😅

To Whitney, I wanted to say that, even though you don't really know me, thank you for inspiring me and making me want to practise drawing so much that I am able to make the art I make today. Thank you for making the beautiful things you have made, that college Becca would spend hours poring over. And thank you for being so lovely and supportive to all of us artists who are doing Mermay and for doing all you can to get our art seen, it means the world 🩷

I hope you have the most wonderful birthday and that you get to go to lots of mermaid parties 🧜‍♀️🎁

26/05/2024

Grab your shell-phones, the tea must be spilled! 🐚

A little twist on the 'tea' prompt for day 26 of Mermay, because there is still gossip to be heard in the ocean you know 💁

I had so much fun working on this illustration and I feel like I am really starting to see such an improvement in my art recently. I am super proud of how this one turned out 😍

I've decided to choose a few favourites during the last week, and spend a bit more time on the illustrations, so that I can make a few really special ones before Mermay comes to an end.

But for now... Here's the latest tea from the reef ☕🪸

25/05/2024

Not the kind of bubble bath you would want to be a fish in 😂💀

Today's prompt was 'Fart' which honestly stumped me at first. At this point I feel like I have started to relax a little bit and just have a bit of fun with my illustrations, and this is what I came up with.

I also brought back Cooper, or at least one of his family members, because I loved the design for him 🦀 I'm trying to experiment more with how I colour my work and thought I would try a limited colour palette and also less line art again.

I struggle a bit with how to differentiate parts that overlap but I am getting better! I wanted to do a nod to a 50s diner style palette for this one but with slightly richer colours.

I hope you like! 🫧

24/05/2024

I present to you, a squishy mer-tiger 🐯 Imagine if this is what tiger sharks looked like 😭

Lots of oranges and yellows for this one, and I also thought it would be cute to draw a younger mermaid!

I can't believe there is only 1 week left or Mermay 🫠 I have had such a fun time, many mental battles and I am excited to have a big sleep once I'm done 😅 But one more week to go with some super fun prompts!

Which are you most looking forward to this week? 😍

23/05/2024

I pray John doesn't ban me from the industry for giving him a shell bra if he sees this 🐚

And a big thank you to John Musker for all of the lovely things you have made, for all of the inspiration you have given me and all of the childhood memories and role models I have had from your work 🙏

I really hope this illustration makes you laugh 😅

22/05/2024

I don't think we have done a purple mermaid yet?! 💜

Back to the official Mermay prompt list again for today's prompt, Lagoon! I've been trying to explore a bit more storytelling and emotion in my illustrations and have also been trying to work on creating some more interesting backgrounds in some of my pieces.

I think this is the first sad mermaid I have done, and also the first with a purple colour palette so she's definitely a little different to the others, I hope you like her! 🥰

What other colour mermaids should we do? 🧜‍♀️

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