Nicola_illustrates

Professional children’s book illustrator. Traditional art beginner. Documenting the bit where I figure it all out 🎨

Hi, I’m Nicola, an author-illustrator swapping pixels for paint after years of working digitally.

Here you’ll find watercolour process videos, sketchbook experiments, mistakes, little wins and everything I’m learning as I build my traditional portfolio.

I’m also late-diagnosed autistic + ADHD, so there’ll be plenty of honest creative life and neurodivergent thoughts along the way.

You can also find me on Instagram and TikTok: @nicola_illustrates