If she can do it, So can i!

This is how Holli Conger became an Illustrator

You can read all about it from her web page Becoming an Illustrator and her personal journal of her progress as an illustrator One girls journey to doing what she loves. If you like her work and are interested in becoming an illustrator, here is her facebook page along with her blog ♥

I've only just started reading it! And its very inspiring.

Have fun reading this, hope you get tremendously inspired and uplifted! This is sure to motivate you

Drawing 1, The White Rabbit

Alice in Wonderland - The Start

Dear Journal

If you have no idea where to begin, grab your favourite all time children's classic and draw every picture in that book. It doesnt matter how long it takes to complete, it doesnt matter how terrible it looks. It is a start, and the more you draw, the better  you will become. I am talking to myself here. 'You hear that lady!'

I have chosen ALICE IN WONDERLAND. I adore this story! :) 

This was the first picture, and so i began with The white rabbit. It took me HOURS! I got up now and then, getting away from it for an hour or so at times, and when i came back, i often looked at it with new eyes and continued. When you look at the whole, and you find the shapes to things don't quite add up, don't be afraid to rub out. It will actually help you to keep working on form and achieving to get it right instead of leaving it at that and being like Aaaah its okay, when you know you can do it. So, if you want to erase, do it. Chances are you will get it right the second, third or fourth time and it will be highly satisfactory! 

Dear Journal


If you have to start from scratch, like me, don't be afraid to. It going to be hard, but its going to be worth it. Start with putting pencil to paper and drawing. Make lines, a whole bunch of lines. There, you've made art. Whatever it is, you have created it. It came from your hand. The unknown is scary, but its a road that is highly rewarding. Everyone starts somewhere, the most important is to Start and to continue...

I would not have thought that i would be here again, or even drawing again for that matter. I was ready to give it all up and be a child psychologist. Which would have been great too but it is not my first love. And i found myself being drawn to doing what i first fell in love with. I stopped for months, after going through a huge setback and i wasn't sure what to do. Still i cant believe i had given it up. About last month or so, i found myself looking through my old art books and warmth and excitement rose up. I was searching through my drawers and found my old sketchbook and though, Wow i wasn't that bad. I could of stood a chance if i continued. And so began my journey. I decided to just start sketching, nothing too serious. Practice drawing techniques, to get back into the swing of things. My drawing skills have impressed myself, i mean, i stopped drawing for months! How could i bounce back so quickly...

What im trying to say is... If you had such a passion and threw in the towel because things weren't going the way you wanted it to, and you gave up and found yourself secretly longing to go back and make things work, even if it's just for fun, just for recreational purposes... By all means, DO. That desire, that passion, the flame might be a bit dull but its a flame none the less. It will always be with you. If you are anything like me, its in you. It makes you feel alive and free and so happy. And so, you should do it because of that.

I am only beginning, and where i might go, i'm not sure. My only wish now, is for one day, someday, hopefully soon... for my work to be published, in a book. Even if its one picture! I want to see my work worth being published and looked upon by many people.

Will you take the pledge to draw no matter what you feel towards your art, and to draw no matter what people say?! I thin k you should. I am going to ♥

Love What you do, Do what you Love