Darren Song puts me to shame. As if I don’t feel bad already about my sewing capabilities – just look at his amazing embroidered animal silhouettes.

Since graduating art school three years ago, I’ve been following the artwork of children’s book illustrator Kelly Murphy. I really would like to illustrate children’s books but I have problems drawing people. Her work has taught me to let go of the confining concepts of how human anatomy “should” look. Murphy’s work has inspired me to let the natural way I create people and the emotion/mood involved come through my artwork.

So, thanks for that Kelly [and to the internet for making it all possible]!

What artist(s) have you been following that has influenced your artwork?

I love these pretty illustrations by Sergio Membrillas who has done work for BUST and also Amelia’s magazine.

My favourite has got to be his illustrations for the Monster K7 compilation, which you can see the project in its entirety here.