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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Freelance life.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

It's the time of year when everyone should take a moment of silent reflection to consider all the freelancers working from home and spending their days accepting Amazon deliveries for all their fucking neighbours.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

If only people started panic-buying art prints.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Nice one Brenda. 🖕

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

Lame start to the week when I find out the job I was in line for (16 illustrations for one of the biggest smartphone brands with a major ad agency) was to be paid for with... a new phone worth £1k. No thanks mate.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

6 years

BREAKING NEWS. In an unprecedented twist I had a client pay me 50% up-front on an illustration job and now wants to pay the other 50% immediately one week after signing-off the work.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

1 year

When festival illustrations become your forte. ✌️

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

3 years

Sound on, good vibes only kids.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

Couldn't sleep so I illustrated The Tate Modern. @Tate @London @TfL

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

6 years

Realised that 2019 marks 20 yrs of being self-employed in the creative world. 20 years! Still don't know what I'm doing, still winging it, still don't understand 'accounts', still love it, still scared of it, still not cracked 'success', still enjoy making things every damn day.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

7 years

* ILLUSTRATION KLAXON * The results of our 2017 Illustrator's Survey are published! 👉 👈 Thanks to the 1261 illustrators who completed the survey and everyone who helped to spread the word. Check out the results and use them to have an awesome 2018!

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

6 years

Hey, My wonderful Dad passed away on Monday, my hero. Dad was a big David Bowie fan so I'm selling this A4 print as we're struggling with the funeral costs. Any support would mean the world x Read more about my Dad or order a print here :

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Gave our house the Ghostbusters treatment for our town's Halloween #WindowWanderland .

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

6 years

Tip : Had a few conversations about self-promotion in the illustration world today and I just realised that all 4 projects I'm working on at the moment came about through word-of-mouth thanks to clients or friends. So get to know people, be nice to everyone and don't be a dick.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

Imagine if one year @Apple didn't release a new device. At all. Instead they invite customers to bring in older devices and show them how to update apps and run devices as efficiently as possible to make it last as long as possible. Imagine the impact.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Illustrating interiors is my favourite, so I figured I'd better illustrate one of the most popular interiors of 2020. Thanks for everything @thebodycoach ✌️

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

3 years

I'm not saying what to do, but illustrators👉 Lots of people say to have one succinct folio in one illustration style, I always believed this, but last year I played with a new style, which became a second folio, which so far this year is 80% of my client work. Do what you like

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Best 2 minutes 20 seconds of my life.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

To anyone who hopes to have kids, when you do and you have to start taking them to sports clubs and music lessons and shit, sometimes when they're doing that thing you'll just sit in the car in complete silence for a whole hour and it will be the highlight of your week.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

8 years

So @instagram Stories really sparked my creativity this year, here are some of my own favourites...

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Who wants a sweet new slipmat?? Retweet for a chance to win one of these ace turntable slipmats. Only 10 in the world, made by Rega Research and featuring my Cover Version artwork for Tim Burgess’ album, I Love The New Sky. Winners randomly picked at 10pm Saturday 13th June ✌️

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@BenIllustrator

5 years

I DID IT! Huge sacrificial burning of portfolio projects, from 65 down to just 16. And now I have a portfolio that is EXACTLY what I want to be focused on. Never felt so alive. Enjoy 👉

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Retweet to win! RT to win a 12" Cover Version print of The Chemical Brothers 'Exit Planet Dust'. These are NOT FOR SALE! 3 winners chosen at random on Monday 13th July. ✌️✌️✌️

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@BenIllustrator

3 years

oh. wow. This new cover for @VogueSpain by @MartaCerdaAlimb is the dreamiest.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

7 years

It's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek so I'm going to open up a bit and leave this here...

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

Ok the Brazil and France Olympic skateboarding kits by Nike and Parra are so awesome. Looking forward to a lot more of this in the Summer!

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

8 years

Once is a mistake. 36 times is inexcusable. @tuesdaybassen and @shoparttheft Vs @ZARA

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

I rarely show design/branding work, but I do it occasionally. Here's a cafe we designed some branding for that opened today in Frome.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Illustrators! A creative director friend of mine is looking for an illustrator for a new brand/packaging project with a hand-drawn, doodly style, good figurative work with a bit of humour. Preferably UK based. Hit me up with folio links!

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

2 years

Paid tribute to my current favourite tv show on my alternative Instagram account... @OnlyMurdersHulu 💛

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

Without a doubt pricing is the big topic in illustration this year, I've collected a few tweets together in a moment. Let me know if there's other useful pricing tweets out there...

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

6 years

Queer Eye but five freelance illustrators go into companies and explain that if you pay a fair rate you'll get killer creative work that will benefit your business. Also pay us on time, word.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

3 years

I'm on the front page of @guardian today! (not me specifically, but my illustration is ✌)

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

Hold me closer Tiny Elton. Insanely proud to share my smallest illustration ever, to promote the #EltonJohnBook published today I illustrated the @eltonofficial emoji! #EltonJohn

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@BenIllustrator

5 years

I don't think it's anything new, but I will never ever get tired of the animation on this YouTube channel (it changes with time of day/weather)...

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

I moved into our new studio a few weeks ago and if I can offer one piece of advice it's this... Get yourself a studio opposite a bakery.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

Very tempted to just write 'Ben' in that top left corner of the cover and take way more credit than I'm due. (I'm in this heavy new @TASCHEN book alongside 99 others artists).

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

🖍️ » I'm an illustrator ✈️ » Travel loving 🏠 » Interiors inspired ☕️ » Cafe obsessed ✍️ « Freelance and available 📷 » 🎨 » ✉️ » bentheillustrator @gmail .com

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@BenIllustrator

5 years

YYYYEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! Netflix’s art and design documentary series Abstract returns for a second season

Netflix’s art and design documentary series Abstract returns for a second season

Lauded for its novel approach to unpicking and visualising the creative process, the hit Netflix show returns to screens on 25 September.

www.itsnicethat.com

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

6 years

ILLUSTRATORS! I'm on the lookout for creatives who have experienced mental health issues themselves and are happy to talk about it. It's for an article so would be seen publicly, especially in the design community. Reply or DM confidentially if you're interested. ✌️

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@BenIllustrator

3 years

Dear all brands, Don't worry about April Fools gags this week, none of us like them. Just put your energy into hiring and paying everyone fairly and not stinking up the planet. x

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

You'll want to drop the needle on this, check out the very limited edition #TimsTwitterListeningParty turntable from @RegaResearch coated in my Cover Version illustrations!! @Tim_Burgess will be giving away just two of these next week! Be ready! ✌️🤘

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

ILLUSTRATOR"S SURVEY RESULTS!!! We're pumped to publish the results for this year's survey. Check them out, discuss and use the results to better your career! Huge thanks to @darrendilieto and @hireanillo for tirelessly putting it all together with me.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

So this is happening today...

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

On the bright side Paperchase won't be ripping off independent illustrators and designers any more.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

3 years

BIG news! TINY Blondie! Totally jazzed that @Twitter let @Tim_Burgess and I work together on a Blondie emoji to celebrate the 1000th @LlSTENlNG_PARTY for @BlondieOfficial and @chrissteinplays Parallel Lines #Blondie #ParallelLinesListeningParty #DebbieHarry #ListeningParty1000

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Tiny illustration time! I recently had the pleasure of illustrating @MariahCarey 's own emoji to promote her new memoir on @Twitter ! #MariahCarey #MariahMemoir #WhatMariahMeansToMe #TheMeaningOfMariahCarey #MeaningOfMariah #TMOMC

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

2 years

Wow. Click and scroll right, keep scrolling. #GTTO #fuckthetories #EnoughIsEnough #GeneralElectionNow

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

According to LinkedIn today is my 15 year anniversary as Ben the Illustrator. That's mad, especially since I'm still winging it, still not confident or stable, but still enjoying every day. Big thanks to the friends, community, clients and agents that keep it going! ✏️✌️🖍️

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

3 years

Top 3 colour gradients of the Olympics so far. 🥇🥈🥉

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

7 years

ILLUSTRATORS! I'm very happy to launch the first annual Illustrator's Survey! After a discussion here on Twitter, this survey is for any working illustrators, to collate statistics and opinions on how our creative businesses have been in 2017. »»» «««

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

6 years

Just quickly looking for a handful of illustrators that consider themselves to be shy or introverted yet make bold, colourful and loud artwork? This isn't for any kind of job, it's just because them's my tribe.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

This @BurgerKing rebrand, especially the little BK, I'm lovin' it.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

As a tribute to Albert Uderzo who passed away this week, my buddy @themooks set up a #DrawAsterix challenge, so I did.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

6 years

ILLUSTRATORS! The 2nd annual Illustrator's Survey is up now! This year with super support from @hireanillo we're asking for anyone who worked in commercial Illustration in 2018, please fill in the survey and spread the word! >> << #WeAreIllustrators

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

6 years

I'm an illustrator addicted to colour and specialising in travel and interiors. I'm currently available for commissions so get in touch if you need an illustrator! #illustratorforhire #thinkselfemployed #freelancer 👋 hello @bentheillustrator .com 🖍️

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

2019 is my 20th year being self-employed in the creative industry, here's 5 things I’ve learnt in 20 years...

5 things I’ve learnt in 20 years

2019 is my 20th year being self-employed in the creative industry. I thought I’d like to write down “20 things I’ve learnt” for the 20…

link.medium.com

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Charlie Brown is every one of us. Thanks @ThatEricAlper

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

7 years

Illustrator Pro-Tip : If you're going to take work from my folio and say it's yours, don't go for a job interview at a studio that know me.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

6 years

FREELANCERS! Petition: Establish penalties against companies for systematic late payment of invoices

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

I absolutely love the thinking on this...

Brent Toderian

@BrentToderian

4 years

Each winter, fresh snow supports a great conversation about how much we’ve over-designed our streets & roads, & how much space we could reclaim for people & public life. We call them #sneckdowns , or “snowy neckdowns.” GIF via @fietsprofessor #designspeed

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@BenIllustrator

5 years

#NoTimeToDesignAnythingForFree

James Bond

@007

5 years

Are you a budding artist or illustrator? Here’s your chance to design poster artwork inspired by Daniel Craig’s Bond films… #NoTimeToDie Full competition details on this link:

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

Oh Britain we should do this too.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

3 years

👉 Available Illustrator! ✌️ Colour loving, music listening interiors and lifestyle illustrator. 📩 bentheillustrator @gmail .com 📺 📸 🖼️

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

Fancy winning one of two very special #TimsTwitterListeningParty Rega Planar 2 turntables?? Usually £399 but once covered with my Cover Version illustrations they come in at *priceless*. Check out @Tim_Burgess and @RegaResearch at 11am tomorrow!

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Couldn't sleep so I dug into my sketchbook and pulled out an old sketch to illustrate, an early morning scene from Westbury train station on my way to London. #EarlyMorningArtClub

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

ok I admit it, I'm enjoying helping my son out with school work. Today he had to recreate a famous painting.

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@BenIllustrator

5 years

Illustrated our super idyllic little @Airbnb from our weekend in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

Back in October we started building our new studios, I meant to post process photos but forgot. 2 months later we've moved in. We built everything together, floors, walls, knocked through windows, my studio-mate even built the kitchen from the off-cuts of desks we made last year.

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

We're building a new studio at the moment, we did a deal with the builder to get a discount if we help out. Currently fitting plasterboard and it's the best job I've ever done.

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@BenIllustrator

3 years

It's insane that it's the 1000th Listening Party this week, A THOUSAND. I've enjoyed so many of them and created Cover Versions of the album covers while listening along, here's a selection of them. Congrats to @Tim_Burgess and the @LlSTENlNG_PARTY crew! #ListeningParty1000

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@BenIllustrator

6 years

Who's got a nice illustration I can retweet over the weekend then? Tweet me, use #WeAreIllustrators

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

Retweet to win! RT to win a 12" Cover Version test print of Massive Attack's 'Blue Lines'. These are NOT FOR SALE! 3 winners chosen at random on Monday 6th July. ✌️🔥♦️

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@BenIllustrator

5 years

Animation is so old fashioned, it's all 21st century pop up books nowadays.

しんらしんげ shinrashinge

@shin___geki

5 years

病院ノート（カラー版) ノートと紙で作りました。

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@BenIllustrator

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IT'S COMING! Illustrators of the world, we're 1 week away from launching the 3rd ILLUSTRATORS' SURVEY! I'm buzzing to share the new identity and Twitter account for this year's survey, go follow @TheIlloSurvey !

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on this flight? Dad: *nudging me* that should've been you. Me: I really miss you Dad. No kidding it takes the oddest things to bring your grief back to the surface and we don't talk about this stuff much so there we go, that's my meme.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Putting together a colour system for a client's app so I grabbed a collection of shapes from illustrations I've done for them and now I just have this cluttered chunk of joy.

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@BenIllustrator

7 years

Starting the day illustrating the amazing Barrell Eye fish from @BBCEarth #BluePlanet2 last night. #drawblueplanet

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@BenIllustrator

6 years

Experts with safety nets. A new article by me on @Medium »

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

No work on this week so I'm making the kind of thing I'd want to be making if I did have work on. I'm available to make things like this! 👉 ✌️

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Cover Version Giveaway! I'm giving away a set of 4 Cover Version 12" prints every day until 2021. Today it's 4 classic Britpop covers Pulp, Oasis, Blur and Sleeper! Just RT for a chance to win. Winner announced Sunday. All prints available from ✌️

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

Oh wow this cover by @KadirNelson for @RollingStone .

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

3 years

Had a Zoom call with 8 people, mostly French, but because I'm English we had to do it all in English. I hate that. I hate that I don't speak enough French. Hate being such an inconvenience. I wish we (English kids) all grew up learning a solid second language enough to use it.

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@BenIllustrator

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I didn't get it, but now I do. This is the best explanation I've seen on the Gamestop story...

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

I've recently had so many emails from people starting out in illustration, which aren't just one simple question, it's the full "tell me everything, I need contacts and crit my folio and write my bio, give me a step up, build my career!" Sorry folks, can't do it...

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@BenIllustrator

5 years

How's that helping anyone? You just made it look like a witch lives in there.

Theresa May

@theresa_may

5 years

Last night we lit Downing Street in green to mark the start of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek . We must all work together to make sure that looking after our mental health is as natural and positive as looking after our physical health.

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@BenIllustrator

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@Handsome_Frank What a thread! Mine would have to be this set of scenes I illustrated for @Tim_Burgess of people (deep in lockdown) connecting thanks to music and the internet. ✌️

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

Waited 31 years since 3 Feet High came out for this moment...

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

My 10 year old is asking to make a statue of B*ris so we take it to Bristol and throw it in the river.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Remember that time I said I'd work for @McVities Christmas Chocolate Digestives? WELL I DID! McVities asked me to illustrate how those little Christmas Pudding flavour gems made me feel, and here's the result. 🎅🎄 #TooGoodNotToShare 🎄🎅

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

2 years

✨New Site!✨ I've brought together both my illustration portfolios, my Cover Versions and the industry and curation work I do, all into one site. 👉 Check it out on ✌️

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

2 years

Didn't think I was going to talk about therapy today but here I am. This time last year I started Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), I've had counselling a lot in my life, it was always beneficial, yet I still had struggles, depression, suicidal thoughts, I was so tired... 🧵

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

So maybe grades don't matter in the long-run, but if I was 18 and had busted my ass for 2 years, no matter what grade I got, I'd be pissed if a bunch of old people on Twitter were hollering that it didn't matter. That's not the solution they need today.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

3 years

Don't normally share this kind of thing but hey, here's our new little girl, Ren.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

The sea view, in a village called Seaview.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

3 years

Yep, do that thing.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

5 years

Just for a bit of transparency... I'm happy to share that I'm now working with @phosphorart and managing their social media and marketing. They're a great illustration agency with a great history and I'm excited to be helping them grow! I'm still illustrating too, obvs.

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Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

This tweet doing good numbers overnight but waking up to a complete lack of million dollar commissions is classic freelance life.

Ben The Illustrator / Ben Draws ✏️✌️

@BenIllustrator

4 years

Freelance life.

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@BenIllustrator

4 years

Big #TimsTwitterListeningParty news! Listen along to @liamgallagher 's new @MTV Unplugged album with Liam and @Tim_Burgess this Friday 7pm. Couldn't let this one happen without giving it an illustrated Cover Version...

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