New Print - A Sunday Morning

Hello! My latest illustration is A Sunday Morning. It makes me think of the strange comfort of waking up to the gentle buzz of city streets below.

Available here.

Together - Illustration Friday

A quick one for this week's Illustration Friday topic, Together.

New Print! Up in the Clouds

So I finished colouring the drawing in my last post. Here is Up in the Clouds, a strange little city in the clouds.

New Print! The Heart of the City

Latest print, The Heart of the City, inspired by Olinda in Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities.

New print - It's Raining Donuts

Bringing a bit of sweetness and delight, my latest print is a colourful reworking of a drawing I made a while ago.

Check out It's Raining Donuts in my shop.

Illustration Friday - Zoom

For this week's Illustration Friday topic, zoom.

Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong

Here's something I drew a while ago, the infamous Chungking Mansions of 36-44 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong. I rather like this Time.com description, "the great sleepless citadel." Apparently 5000 people live in it's 17 storeys. I thought I'd post it since last time I visited I was surprised to see that it's been cleaned up and repainted almost beyond recognition.

New Print - The Red Ribbon Shop

Within this tiny space the ribbon seller trades his wares. The Red Ribbon Shop is inspired by a market on a hill in Hong Kong.

Available here.

New Print! Sous la Mer

Here's my new print Sous la Mer. A little under water city with a hint of Parisian chic.

In my Etsy shop!

New Print! 25 Watches

What kind of watch do you wear?

My latest print is now in the shop!

New Prints Available!

The Waterfront


Southwark Row

Both in the shop.

Who lives in a house like this?

Interiors are my latest endeavour. With my trusty new Faber-Castell Pitt pen I'm exploring imaginary homes. It'll be nice to get a little colour on this.

Here's a few doodles for good measure.

Any answers to the title question will be much appreciated. :)

Two Cities

My latest illustrations are a pair of fanciful takes on Hong Kong where the streets are a hodge-podge of styles and air-conditioners are everywhere.

In the shop now, City Blue & City Pink!

Coffee, amusements & chips

Coffee, amusements & chips, originally uploaded by janicejs.

Here's what became of my earlier "Work-in-Progress". All bright and colourful, not exactly how I'd describe my own high street even though it was the influence for this. A yellow sky is always nicer than the grey one that's been hovering over London the past couple days.

Coffee, amusements & chips, pretty good things to have.

Now in the shop.

★ Illustration Galore ★

Exciting news this week. The new issue of Design That Design This is online and it's an absolute treasure trove of illustration! There's such a variety of illustrators with their diverse styles and subject matters stuffed into 176 pages and I'm thrilled to be featured on p120-121.


Here's where to check out this fab mag
===> Design This Design That - Issue 2

I'll be heading back myself to pour over the wonderful artwork on display.

Shout it from the rooftops!

Here's one of the latest pieces I'm working on at the moment. It's now scanned into my computer and in the midst of colouring. Below are a couple of photos of it's build up.

The inspiration for this one is Hong Kong and flying into the city when it's airport was on the harbour. That and all those helicopter shots of every city in the movies.

Curious Things

Here's my latest piece Curious Things, something to suit the summer months and thoughts of holidays abroad. I've taken a little inspiration from Porto, Portugal.

Everything and the kitchen sink!

Pots, Pans and Dirty Dishes, originally uploaded by janicejs.

Introducing my latest creation. An ode to busy kitchens.

This is from another one of my little drawings in my little sketchbook that I've just finished colouring on my computer. After a bit of thought I decided to name it Pots, Pans and Dirty Dishes.

My Dream Studio...

The Workspace, originally uploaded by janicejs.

...sort of.

I made this little drawing in my little "goes with me everywhere" sketchbook a couple weeks back. I only wish I had such a dedicated and organised little space to do my creating.

Lonely Metropolis

A while ago I posted a little snippet from a drawing of a little girl transported to a Tokyo-esque landscape. Well here's the finished piece, Lonely Metropolis.