A pocast interview with Katy Cowan of Creative Boom.

Listen to the full podcast here:

https://www.creativeboom.com/podcast/katie-chappell/

Window painting for Craghoppers in Edinburgh. This window was created to celebrate World Oceans Day 2021. Craghoppers are supporting the excellent work of the Galapagos Conservation Trust, protecting the Galapagos Swimway.

“It’s not as distracting as you might think!

Nae messing about today - let’s get straight to the juicy bits.

*clears throat*

“Katie, I’m so fascinated to know if you have to understand the subject matter? How do you know the important parts to pick out and live illustrate at online events? Do you have access to the presentation ahead of time to practice?

This is a question I get asked all the time and it's a valid concern for companies looking to hire a graphic recorder.

I am happy to just turn up and draw... but it’s not always that simple.

I’m swooping in today like a giant illustration bird 🦅 with

5 of the best things that got me enough illustration work so that I could quit my nanny job…

I had a great interview with Leonie Dawson last week and I am here to share it with you now.

In case you haven’t met Aunty Leonie (my pretend adoptive Australian Aunt) let me introduce her!

Make your illustrations work harder!
This blog post is to talk you through all the different opportunities there are for repurpose your illustrations after an event.

The rejection game. Let’s plaaaay! I dare ye.

A mini video portfolio… live event illustration for the online world. “Do you draw at Zoom events?” Yes. Yes I do. I basically live on Zoom at this point.

I’m drawing at the international conference on disaster-resilient infrastructure, but I’m not starting for another half an hour, so I logged on early just to make sure everything was working…

Proud as punch to be one of Digital Women’s ‘40 Digital Women to Watch in 2021.’ What a year!

The V&A Museum commissioned me to create some dyslexia-friendly live illustration. Here’s what I learned during my research into dyslexia and adapting my sketch notes to make them more accessible for this online event.