The Good Ship Illustration
Welcome to The Good Ship Illustration - the podcast for illustrators who are quietly working away in their sketchbooks thinking… “is it just me?”
…it’s not just you!
We’re Helen Stephens, Katie Chappell and Tania Willis - three full-time illustrators from three different corners of the industry (and three different age brackets ). We live in the same seaside town in the UK and started having cuppas and chats… and accidentally became illustration agony aunts.
Now we record those chats for you! We answer your questions about confidence, tricky clients, pricing your work, creative block, picture books, publishing, and everything in between.
✨ New episodes every Friday. ✨
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and do send us your questions!
P.s. Fancy some freebies? Head to thegoodshipillustration.com for colour workshops, picture book templates, and other treats.
Byeeee for now!
x The Good Ship Illustration (Helen, Katie & Tania)
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The Good Ship Illustration
Latest Episodes
No, you *don't* have imposter syndrome - an interview with Lauren Currie OBE
What's the point in making all this gorgeous work if you don't have the confidence to share it, eh? EH!?Who better to grill on this subject than Lauren Currie, OBE.Lets gooo:Timestamps, for the timestamp fans:...
Help, I’ve forgotten how to draw 🫠
This week's podcast is a sneaky peek into the live Q&A calls we do for our Find Your Creative Voice; Fly Your Freak Flag students. (They happen monthly at the moment.)WHADDA CHAT.In this episode, we talk about:<...
"I spent ages on the detailed stuff...but they liked the quick sketch." An interview with the brilliant Alice Bowsher
This week our Katie is chatting to Alice Bowsher, who's work she would like to bite (In a good way. The same way you want to bite very cute babies. Is it called cuteness aggression?)Anyways, there's chat about creative career paths, Glas...
And the award for Best Stand at Bologna Children's Book Fair goes to...
This week, we're STIIIIIILL talking about Bologna Children's Book Fair (for the last time, we promise 😅) - this episode was supposed to come out as soon as we got home, but the technology gremlins have been fighting with us every step of ...
"Help! I love my rough illustrations and panic on the final piece. How do I get out of my own way?"
It's all fun and games until someone mentions FINAL ARTWORK. (Arghhhh)Sound familiar? Thought so.So we get stuck into Inky's question: how do you get out of your own way and switch off the overthinking brains? All thre...