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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) 🚢🚢🚢

  1. قبل ٣ أيام

    Finding Creative Confidence 🚢 | Summer camp sketchbook week 3

    Pssst, this episode was originally published in 2023 and we’re sharing it again as part of our Good Ship Summer Camp series. It’s one of five episodes to help you fly your freak flag this summer. If you’d like to join in properly, there’s a free workbook an' everything! You can download the workbook here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/workbook  Feeling a bit wobbly about your work? You’re not alone. In fact, you’re very much in the club. In today’s episode, we’re talking about confidence – or the lack of it – and how community, creative voice, and good pals can make all the difference. In this episode: The niggly voice that says you’re not good enough (blergh)Why working alone is tough and how community helpsCreative confidence vs comparison doom scrollsWhy finding your voice removes the pressure to competeHelen’s career pivot from baby books to bold new work The bravery of letting your work be fast, weird and youHow to connect with fellow illustrators online (without being creepy)Want to join in with us? Download the free workbook here Timestamps: 0:00 – Hello and welcome to *week* 3! 1:19 – “My work isn’t good enough” – how to quiet the voice 2:19 – Community builds confidence (and sanity) 4:32 – Competition, scarcity mindset, and the Bologna Book Fair 5:30 – Other illustrators are as important as art directors 6:17 – Instagram friendships + the power of being visible 8:37 – What if your style no longer fits who you are? 10:40 – Making a big change in your work (Helen’s story) 13:47 – Why clients want you, not just polish 15:38 – Pricing confidence + permission to go fast 17:23 – You don’t need to draw everything, just the right thing 18:11 – How to connect with other illustrators online 19:19 – A Pia Bramley fangirl moment ❤️ 20:00 – Our community (Facebook group, art club, and course space) 20:56 – Your action step: Make illustrator friends, not competitors Links mentioned: 📖 Download the free Summer Camp workbook 🖥️ Sketchbooker’s Friend Facebook Group - the free group is no longer active (you get ushered into a secret students-only group when you join any of our courses), but we do still have a Facebook page! And we love hanging out on Instagram. 📚 Our course: Find Your Creative Voice – Fly Your Freak Flag 🖋 Pia Bramley on Instagram 🎨 Molly Fairhurst on Instagram Byeeee for now!  x The Good Ship Illustration (Helen, Katie & Tania) 🚢 Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration 🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.com p.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

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  2. ٨ أغسطس

    Draw draw draw! ✏️ | Summer camp sketchbook week 2

    Pssst, this episode was originally published in 2023 and we’re sharing it again as part of our Good Ship Summer Camp series. It’s one of five episodes to help you fly your freak flag this summer. If you’d like to join in properly, there’s a free workbook an' everything! You can download the workbook here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/workbook  Got limited time to draw? Children hanging off your leg? Perfect. You’re in exactly the right place. 😆 This week's episode is all about actually drawing. Even when you’ve only got a receipt, a half-working pen, and 3 minutes to spare. In this episode: Why drawing in a rush can be a superpowerKatie’s eyebrow-threading sketch session What drawing from life teaches you about your creative voiceTiny tools, weird surfaces, and packing your pencil case like a proThe #WalktoSee hashtag and sketchbook magic ✏️Three-materials challenge, anyone?Want to join in with us? Download the free workbook here Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro + a great listener question 1:01 – Can you find your voice if you have no time? 2:17 – Drawing quickly makes it better (promise) 3:29 – Eyebrow queues and standing sketches 4:12 – The value of drawing from life 5:17 – Pack your pencil case! 6:24 – Drawing on receipts and IKEA pencils 6:54 – Walk to See, and how to join in 7:12 – Three-material challenge tips 7:38 – A wet thing, a dry thing, and something with texture 7:51 – Sketchbooker’s Friend: the robot voice that lives on 8:35 – Action step: keep your drawing tools on you at all times 9:01 – See you tomorrow for Day 3! Links mentioned: 📖 Download the free workbook 🎧 Sketchbooker’s Friend audio guide 🖼 All about the #Walktosee hashtag on Instagram (started by our Helen) 🖍 Find Your Creative Voice – Fly Your Freak Flag course. Doors are open right now! Be lovely to see you in there. Byeeee for now!  x The Good Ship Illustration (Helen, Katie & Tania) 🚢 Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration 🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.com p.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

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  3. ١ أغسطس

    Bask in your weirdness ☀️ | Summer camp sketchbook week 1

    Pssst, this episode was originally published in 2023 and we’re sharing it again as part of our Good Ship Summer Camp series. It’s one of 5 episodes to help you fly your freak flag this summer. If you’d like to join in properly, there’s a free workbook an' everything! You can download the workbook here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/workbook  🚢🚢🚢 What if your creative voice isn't one you actually like? 😬 In today’s episode, we’re chatting about that awkward bit of figuring out your voice as an illustrator, and why the weird stuff you’re secretly obsessed with might actually be the key to your best work. In this episode: What to do if your voice feels ickWhy “basking in your weirdness” mattersThat Ira Glass quote we always bang on aboutOver-art-directing yourself (oops)Katie’s Eminem phase Why being a people-pleaser is the worst career strategyYour homework for this weekWant to join in? Download the free workbook here Timestamps: 0:00 – Hello from us! 0:47 – What if you don’t like your creative voice? 2:10 – Art direction, publishers, and breaking out of boxes 3:33 – David Bowie, freak flags and bravery 4:37 – Eminem, rebellion, and tired teenagers 6:01 – People-pleasing vs doing your own thing 8:31 – Future-proofing your illustration career 9:33 – Action step: pay attention to what you really love 10:35 – Come back next week for Day 2! Links mentioned: 🖍 Our course: Find Your Creative Voice: Fly Your Freak Flag 📖  Download the free workbook 🎬 Moonage Daydream documentary (about Bowie) Byeeee for now!  x The Good Ship Illustration (Helen, Katie & Tania) 🚢 Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration 🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.com p.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

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  4. ٢٥ يوليو

    Is AI Coming for your job? Illustrators are fighting back! (Part 2) with Chris Haughton

    This week, we’re back with part 2 of our conversation with the brilliant Chris Haughton – illustrator, author, and passionate copyright advocate. Here's a link to part 1 in case you need to catch up! In this half of our Chris Haughton special, Chris shares how his first picture book came about, and we also chat about confidence, creative doubt, and why showing up again and again matters. And then… we go deep on AI.  Copyright, ethics, government policy, and what we illustrators can actually do to protect our work. Chris is off to Parliament soon (!!!) and shares everything he’s learned so far. In this episode: How Chris got his first book deal without an agentStaying confident through rejection and doubtThe terrifying reality of generative AI and what we can do about itHow copyright works (and what’s at risk)The organisations fighting for our creative rightsTimestamps:  00:00 – How Chris broke into picture books (by accident)  04:00 – Animation, art school, and graphic style  08:00 – Building confidence through volume  10:00 – Words, images, and writing your own stories  14:00 – Why AI is a massive threat to illustrators  17:00 – Who’s fighting back (and how to get involved)  21:00 – Why we need all creatives on board 🛟 Links + Resources mentioned in this episode: The Association of Illustrators (AOI)Simona's Substack: Against the BoxChris Haughton's websiteChris' Instagram✨ If this episode has ye all fired up (us too!) please do share it with your creative pals – and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss what’s next! Bye bye,  x The Good Ship Illustration (Helen, Katie & Tania) Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration 🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.com p.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

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  5. ١٨ يوليو

    “Do I Have to Pick One Style Forever?! (Part 1)” with Chris Haughton

    How do you make picture books if you secretly hate writing? Can you REALLY just punch holes in a bit of paper and call it a finished illustration?! 👀 This week we’ve got a proper treat for you.  This is part 1 of our chat with illustrator and picture book maker Chris Haughton! (Katie wasn’t there, but Helen and Tania held the fort and asked him all the juicy questions.) Chris shares his brilliantly wonky career path from graphic design to editorial, picture books and his latest deep dive into the History of Information.  A total freak-flag project that he's been obsessed with for nearly 20 years. Chris tells Good Ship: How he ended up with a wildly colourful, unmistakable illustration style, even though he "couldn't do colour"How 10 years of editorial work shaped his picture book voiceWhat hiding Mummy Owl in a picture taught him about storytellingWhy your first sketch is usually the best oneDrawing peas and chopsticks with hole-punch confetti (amazin')🚨 This is just Part 1! Subscribe so you don’t miss Part 2.  Part 2 will be released next week (on Friday 25th July.) Timestamps: 00:00 - Intro from Katie, Helen & Tania 01:00 - Chris introduces himself and how his style evolved 05:30 - The origin of A Bit Lost and hiding things in the background 08:00 - How a greetings card turned into a picture book idea 10:00 - Chris' obsession with the History of Information 14:00 - Drawing as a form of information technology  17:00 - Chris’s brief stint as a live scribe (!!) 21:00 - Publishing headaches when your audience is "everyone" 24:00 - Finding your style vs getting stuck in a style 27:00 - Undo button = illustrator superpower 31:00 - Hole-punched peas Links an' stuff we mentioned: Chris Haughton's website: https://chrishaughton.comThe History of Information, Chris Haughton's bookHistory of Information lectures from UC Berkeley shared here via InfocoBuildFind Your Creative Voice, Fly Your Freak Flag course from The Good Ship IllustrationKatie’s Live Illustration courseByeeee for now! x The Good Ship Illustration (Helen, Katie & Tania) Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration 🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.com p.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

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    START HERE - Welcome to The Good Ship Illustration Podcast! (Here's our trailer) 🚢🚢🚢

    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) 🚢🚢🚢 Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration 🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.com p.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

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  7. ٤ يوليو

    You don’t have to draw everything (even in picture books)

    Emily asked us why backgrounds can be so overwhelming. So in this episode, we share lots of low-pressure ideas to make them doable (maybeee even fun). Please enjoy Tania nearly falling asleep under a weighted blanket 🤣 Podcast Episode Highlights: How to stop overthinking itColour tips and some good stuff Chris Haughton taught us NO ZOOMING IN ALLOWED 😠 John BurninghamOld Lady Baby (rough) Timestamps: 00:00 – Emily’s question: “Backgrounds scare me – help!” 01:00 – The Chris Haughton breakthrough about colour 03:00 – Tonal tips: how to make your characters stand out 04:00 – Thin lines, wobbly pens, and keeping backgrounds soft 06:00 – The menace of digital zoom 😬 07:00 – Backgrounds = hints, not homework 08:00 – John Burningham, cut-out characters and painterly skies 10:00 – Embracing imperfection and storytelling over polish 11:00 – Blindboy’s advice: fail on purpose 13:00 – Art Club, recycled drawings, and happy accidents 14:00 – Upcoming Art Club news & picture book course teaser 15:00 – Weighted blankets, fancy deodorant, and Aesop air freshener 😌 Links & stuff: The Picture book course details: www.thegoodshipillustration.com/pbMake sure you're getting our emails for Art Club invites: Scroll to the bottom hereBye bye bye  x The Good Ship Illustration (Helen, Katie & Tania)  Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration 🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.com p.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

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  8. ٢٧ يونيو

    💰 How to protect your time, energy and income as an illustrator

    “Can you just do it for free?” NO. In this week’s episode, we’re talking about working for free, how to say no without guilt, and why having nice strong boundaries won't ruin your career (we promise).  Tania shares a BRILLIANT script for saying no to unpaid work. Thank you Taniasan, we luv ya. Other good bits of note: How to stop feeling bad about saying no to cheeky requestsHow charity auctions can be a smarter way to give backFree pitching: where to draw the lineThat time Katie backtracked on a call (and the world didn't end)What to say when a client demands an answer right nowwwwThe biggest myth of all: “If you say no, they’ll never ask again” Timestamps: 00:00 – Biscuits first. We have our priorities in order 🤣 01:00 – “How do I say no to free work… nicely?” 02:30 – Quotas, boundaries, and rude assumptions 04:00 – Saying no to friends and students 06:00 – Turning FAQs into blog content 07:00 – A better way to support charities (without giving away your time) 08:00 – “I used to worry people wouldn’t like me if I said no…” 10:00 – Paid development work in picture books: what’s normal? 12:00 – The pitch trap and how to avoid it 13:00 – Katie’s mural pricing wobble (and recovery!) 14:00 – The power of taking your time to decide 15:00 – You’re not being too picky. You’re just not people-pleasing anymore! 16:00 – On "playing": why your language matters Oh! While you're here... You can join the Picture Book course here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/PB Taraaa,  x Good Ship Come and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration 🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.com p.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙

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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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