This beautiful family requested a portrait to commemorate their time in Paris. I used multiple seperate images to get the perfect composite (useful when someone is pulling a funny face), and we decided to incorporate the motto of Paris; “rocked by waves, but does not sink” to celebrate the many challenges they have overcome.

Client: “Hi Anna, can you do a big mural to fill a 1.5m gap on our wall?”
Me:“YES!!”
I adore working in large format, and thanks to the vector-drawing software I use, size is no barrier!

Oh my heart! Combining a posed photo like the one in the middle with dynamic candid ones give so much energy and life to an image, which was a surprise Father’s Day gift. I adore drawing people, even though I freely admit that capturing people’s faces and eyes is HARD.

See what I mean about energy? Posed photos are best left as photographs in my opinion. And a composite drawing like this makes such good use of all those fun and silly snaps you never typically print out.

One reason I love turning photos into drawings is that I can remove all the unneccessary and distracting background elements (like a busy restaurant) to focus in on what really counts (burying your face in a bowl of noodles).

This image was a suprise wedding anniversary gift for the beautiful couple. It incorporates the wedding date, and key features of the location, and the motorcycle they rode on their first date!

I regularly do ‘Flash Sales’ on minimalist line drawings like this one, where I can take a candid snap and just focus on what matters. In this case, a special moment with my daughter post-swim. Ask me if I have a sale coming up!

Poster design is a load of fun, and an eye-catching look can really help with promotion. I could not stop giggling while creating this stand-up comedy night poster, and turning each performers face into the perfect jellyfish.

Biang Biang noodles are a famous specialty of Xi’an, and one of my favourite dishes in the world. This drawing is a kind of love-letter to both the noodles and China in general, where I used to live. The character for ‘biang’ is so complex that it can’t even be represented in normal screen type, so of course I had to give it pride of place here.

While combining two seperate images, the challenge was to balance the light and color scale so it would feel harmonious in this surprise wedding gift.

And finally… getting my art printed on a stubby-holder (coozie) was a definite first! (Thanks Hannah!) A design like this can be printed on just about anything you can imagine, so it’s great for celebrating big events.

PRICING

My work starts at €50 for an on-sale black and white drawing, to a few hundred for a complex image that might involve stitching together multiple reference photos. The other main factor that influences price is color (how much, realistic/abstract). I will always give you a quote before starting and just charge an hourly rate for any work beyond the initial agreed scope.