Instagram Best 9

It's time for Instagram's Best 9 of the year!

If you aren't on Instagram and have no idea what I'm talking about, at the end of every year Instagram has a generator to show which 9 photos you have posted in that year have gained the most popularity. Not that exciting but it's something that's always nice to see, especially for those trying to gain attention through social media for work like myself.

Anyway mine is-

I am rather chuffed with that outcome, a nice varied bunch and good few memories in there!

1. Go Fuck Yourself cat is an embodiment of how I was feeling that day... 

2. Suck-A-Fuck selfie advertising the best jumper purchase I have ever made featuring my favourite insult. Shout out to all Donnie Darko fans.

3. Mr Christmas Hog, one of my most recent illustrations for Christmas 2016.

4. Tea-Cup design, testing out ideas to create prints.

5. Blue hair selfie to accompany a great memory of eating waffles with a ton of melted Kinder Bueno, chocolate milkshakes and escaping the cold after a surprise night of Disney on Ice from the best boyfriend in the galaxy. Seriously, I got lucky with him!

6. A still unfinished illustration that I was testing out as a collection for different cities in the world. Started with Paris to see how it turned out, took a break and made a cat obviously...

7. A lush visit to York with my mam and sister. After wandering the streets we found an amazing little nerd shop named 'Give The Dog A Bone'. At the time the window featured a Harry Potter theme with a Borgin & Burke's stand.

8. My birthday present this year from the best boyfriend in the galaxy was a little collection of witchy goodies. I loved learning about wiccans, pagans and general magic stuff when I was younger, so this was such a thoughtful present.

9. And another still unfinished illustration, this time of a badger. I had to take breaks for the paint to dry and it ended up being pushed aside over moving home.

It makes me happy to see that my most recent illustrations have gained the most likes on my profile. People like my work, WOOO!!! Always nice to have a little bit of a confidence boost.

Also if you want to follow me on my Facebook or Instagram, my links are at the right side of the page (Cloee Scribbles/@cloeescribbles)

Thanks for reading!

Chloe x

Black Lives Matter

There has been some awful things going on in America lately. It's at least once a week we wake up to news of another shooting/massacre, like the Orlando shooting, happening somewhere over there and it sadly becomes the norm. But in the last few days 2 separate videos have emerged showing the execution of 2 black men, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. No one is so blind not to think there is a problem with how other cultures are treated by certain officers, but the videos show the shocking truth to these situations.

Sadly after this, during peaceful protests in Dallas, 5 innocent police officers were gunned down. Seemingly this is in retaliation to the earlier attacks.

Browsing Facebook this morning I came across the quote "Fear and hatred will cease to exist when love is in abundance". This quote really puts the situation in perspective. There is very clearly a problem in America when it comes to guns and how the law treats people of colour, but fighting hate with hate wont solve any of these problems.

In these awful times the best thing that can be done is not let the hate overwhelm you, but never stop demanding answers and change. We need to strive to live in a world where you can be accepted, treated equally and not judged no matter your race, gender, sexual identity etc.

Thanks for reading!

Chloe x

Happy Valentines!

It's Valentines Day! A day where everyone seems to either over gush on social media about their other half, or wish death on others who do so as we are single... Really this is a day to share love with everyone, your mam, dad, friends, everyone you love! No need for any bitterness or sickening statuses, just share your love with all!

I've never been massively into Valentines Day myself. The day perks me up because it's a positive day all about love and that's always nice. But present-wise, I'm happy getting a card but no need to go all out. Though my boyfriend did do amazing and made me a little basket of gifts (best boyfriend ever). I decided to test out making my own card this year. I took a lot of inspiration from Rob Ryan in my design and I'm actually really happy with how it turned out.

As you can tell, this is not a generic Valentines card. I wanted to design a more personal, alternative card that suited us as a couple more than just a boring, samey-kinda card you find in all the shops.

I am really happy with how it turned out, being the first time I've tried something of this style. It's given me inspiration to create more of this style of drawing. Let's get to brainstorming some ideas! But anyway...

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

I hope you've all had a great day.

Thanks for reading!

Chloe x

Sometimes when you're stuck for motivation, you need a good inspirational quote to keep you going!

Chloe x