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Laura Moore
DESCRIPTION // This hand-painted illustration is of Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos perched on Australian native flora. It is a decorative piece that I have turned into a tea-towel design, as well as a seamless repeat pattern that can be used for textiles or anything else! It is one of a number of illustrations I have done which use Western Australian flora and fauna motifs. These illustrations are naive and playful, using very simple colour palettes. The colour palette of this illustration focuses on the fact that these are black cockatoos, and the pink and grey add a touch of femininity.
Q: How would you describe your style?
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A: My recent illustration style is naive, playful and feminine. On the flipside, I also really enjoy doing very detailed and more realistic illustrations.
Q: Briefly outline your creative process. What are the major steps?
A: Gather inspiration (lots of images), draw thumbnails of my layout, play with potential colour schemes, produce a loose sketch, refine that sketch, and then paint it! If I’m turning my illustrations into a repeat pattern, I then need to go into Photoshop and Illustrator and play around a lot more.
Q: Who and/or what influences your work and why?
A: I’ve taken a few online classes of Lisa Congdon’s, which have been a big influence on my recent illustrative style. Her classes taught me to loosen up with my drawing style and embrace the quirkiness of faster hand-drawn styles of illustration. I’m also highly inspired by the Australian landscape. We have very unique flora and fauna in this part of the world that I connect with a sense of place and the idea of ‘home’.
Q: In your opinion, what is the funniest word in the English language and why?
A: I haven’t thought about it!
Q: If you built a themed hotel, what would the theme be and what would the rooms look like?
A: It might already be a thing, but I think I have to say an Australiana themed hotel. It would be a bit lavish, with Australiana themed wallpapers and prints and objects (but in a classy way hopefully).
AGE | 30
INSTAGRAM | @lauramooredraws
TOOLS | Adobe Photoshop, Pencil, Gouache
