Ok so finally I'm a published illustrator! :) I worked on this book for a charity in Bukino Faso about a year ago and they have finally got the finances together to publish. They are trying to raise money to buy goats....a very different world to ours. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008E95O78

Lizard in acrylic...

St Patrick's Bellshrine rendered in indian ink, from the Treasury collection for The National Museum of Ireland.

Some New illustrated cards I have been working on, inspired by our Irish fauna and the Natural History Museum. The illustrations are rendered in indian ink with colour added. More to come!:)

New work in progress 'Pig & Allium Flowers'

New 'peacock' card

New Card Design...

Portrait series 'Dylan'

I may be looking for faces to illustrate in the near future...this is a recent drawing of a reluctant model

Bespoke illustration for ITALEE

Beautiful Treasury on ETSY

You've been treasured! http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NzQ5Nzk3NXwxMDM4MzA0MjU3/forest-treasures

Treasury on ETSY

New Ltd Edition Print

Ok so here's another new image I've been working on, its called 'Hen' surprisingly enough! :)

New Ltd Edition Print

Hi everyone! Ok so have been busy with the pen and ink working on new illustrations. Here is one new image for Ltd. Edition Print called 'Rooster'. He is rendered in ink and I have added foliage and various vector elements to create something quirky and colourful.

Mira Mira Sandymount

I love this shop and spent many a lunch hour browsing and rumaging when I worked in Sandymount. Its a gorgeous shop with all sorts of colourful treasures of the Fair Trade and organic persuasion. If you are looking for something unique and special and are in the Sandymount area get thee in there, you will not be disappointed! And you can now also buy my cards there! :)   http://www.miramira.ie/ you can also shop online.

Early "The Big C" Offer

See I refuse to use the big 'C' word in October...however I would still like to present an early offer! So for a very limited time I will give one free 'C' card for every 3 'C' cards purchased! So if you purchase 3 you receive 4, if you purchase 5 you receive 6 and so on. This offer only applies to 'C' cards and is for a limited period.

Heres a taste...

http://www.etsy.com/shop/yvonnekennedy?section_id=7292392

The Broighter Boat from The Treasury Collection, National Museum commission

Beautiful Quote

"If someone could look at the earth from outer space, see how it rotated every twenty-four hours into the shadow of night, they would see millions, hundreds of millions, of incandescent bulbs light up nightly, glowing with white-hot tungsten, in the folds of that shadow–and know that man had finally conquered the darkness."

Oliver Sacks

Ideas to promote your work - ILLUSTRATORS

Membership of the AOI is not mandatory to purchase a portfolio spot on their site, it is a little cheaper however the Standard portfolio is €113 for non-members and the Custom portfolio is €143.80 (For 1 year) http://www.aoiportfolios.com/index.phpoption=com_content&view=article&id=704&Itemid=103


"AOI Portfolios have been developed by The Association of Illustrators (AOI) to promote illustration to the creative industries.

Launched in 2003, we currently feature around 10,000 illustrations by nearly 500 artists covering a broad spectrum of styles, techniques and specialisms. The Portfolios are managed by the individual artists themselves so the content is regularly changing as new images are added to the site."

http://www.aoiportfolios.com


They offer guidelines for commissions, introductions for newcomers and a spotlight feature.

The Irish Design Shop

The Irish Design Shop aka Clare & Laura, have updated their web site to include lots more products (including a selection of cards from yours truely). It is clean, crisp and elegant www.irishdesignshop.com

Here are some of my cards featured: