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Children’s Illustrator & Designer from Up North™️ Agent: Hannah Whitty | The Plum Agency www.beckamoor.com 💌 Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/beckamoor
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Want to learn more about the creation of these characters? Check out my Character Workshop over on Substack - open.substack.com/pub/beckamoor

Character Workshop / Exercise One / Lesson 2

Letter #2

This is very urgent. The UK government is planning to change copyright law. If you are an artist, author, musician or work in the creative industry please read this. www.chrishaughton.com/blog/ai-and-...

The first lesson in my Character Workshop is now live! You can find it via the link in my bio. Note: It is a paid subscriber post 💌

Starting tomorrow! Want to learn about my ‘5 Stages of Brief’? Sign up here: open.substack.com/pub/beckamoor

My bank balance did not need to see this today

My Character Workshop starts this Monday! We’ll be looking at our first prompt and examples of great character design. I will share some tips on how to get the most out of your characters. This is a paid subscriber post, you can sign up on my Substack (link in bio) if you’d like to join us!

🔴CALLING ALL ARTISTS🔴 Christie's NYC is planning an AI art auction expected to bring in over $600,000 to creators who've used models trained on copyrighted material from non-consenting artists. If you object to this, please sign and share this open letter. openletter.earth/cancel-the-c...

Looking to add more character development to your portfolio? Check out my new Character Workshop (Note: this is a paid post) You can subscribe to my weekly de-briefs for free - posted every Friday!

New post up on my Substack 💌

New post: 1 / Weekly De-brief 💌

Charcoal chickens!

New post: 1 / Weekly De-brief 💌

New post up on my Substack 💌

I really really need you guys to make a conscious rejection of generative AI tools part of your ongoing political resistance. Don't use ChatGPT. Turn off Gemini. Don't read the AI results forced upon you at the top of Google search. Don't use AI art generators or support anyone who does. Please.

It’s expensive to be gluten intolerant. Either my insides hurt or my wallet hurts.

‼️JOB OPPORTUNITY ‼️ We need a few more artists for our DnD book! Join our team of 70 creatives! - Environment artists - Portrait artists Info and application form below. ♥️

It’s my birthday at the end of the month. Here are 3 clues to how old I’ll be: - My left knee sounds like a crisp packet - The first thing I did this morning was order new recycling bags - My partner and I asked ‘Did you sleep okay?’ in unison last week

I'm gifting FIVE 3-month trial paid subscriptions. Includes full access to all posts on my newsletter. The first 5 people to comment on this post get one, so GO GO GO!

Looking to add more character development to your portfolio? Check out my new Character Workshop (Note: this is a paid post) You can subscribe to my weekly de-briefs for free - posted every Friday!

Introducing: The Drawing Room, a newsletter all about being a children’s illustrator and navigating freelance life. beckamoor.substack.com

I am building a list of middle-grade and YA portfolios for pitches - please feel free to comment with your website and I will be sure to include it - thanks!

- Went for lunch - Removed leaflet from bulletin board for paid ChatGPT lessons - Fed the ducks

Look at this pudding

I’ve just posted my first newsletter of 2025 if you fancy a read!

I went to a virtual animal life drawing class last night and doodled some very cute cows. 🐄

A snapshot of January so far

ILLUSTRATORS! I am offering mentoring. Portfolio guidance, goal setting, troubleshooting, support More details are here: www.sarahhorne.studio/mentoring2025 Limited spaces for winter/spring, so don’t wait :)

And the biggest congrats to #kidlit advocate, librarian and writer supremo @jo-clarke.bsky.social on the fourth book in her Libby series. She's on her way to Egypt! @beckamoor.bsky.social @fireflypress.bsky.social

@karenmccombie.bsky.social Lovely to see you over here, Karen! Hope you’re doing well x (Miss working with you!)