I couldn’t be more excited to share these new illustrations with you!
I have been creating them for the last couple of weeks in a flurry to get them out into the world. I knew once I saw the first one emerge it was something special. I couldn’t wait to get to the next one to see how it would come out.

They started with an idea for creating illustrations of women. I love all the illustrations I see now and wanted to see how I could put my spin on it. I had a few musts:

they had to be women of color
they had to have freckles (like me). I don’t often see freckles on women illustrations
they had to be wearing patterned outfits
they had to have dynamic hair

Here is the first one I created. She is near and dear to me and I see a bit of myself in all of them. I love making them and creating their looks. They even get original outfits I design from my patterns!

I call her “Lady B”