illustrator Archives - dotspot.co.uk https://www.dotspot.co.uk/tag/illustrator/ Dotti Colvin Children's Book Illustrator and cartoonist Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:42:02 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Avatar_ME-32x32.jpg illustrator Archives - dotspot.co.uk https://www.dotspot.co.uk/tag/illustrator/ 32 32 How to Use Humour when your Kids Pet Drops Dead… https://www.dotspot.co.uk/using-humour-to-help-kids-with-loss/ Wed, 12 Mar 2025 18:14:26 +0000 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/?p=10167 It's a terrible moment, one you knew was coming...but hoped it was waaaay in the future... the family pet drops dead. GAH.

It happened to our poor ole fluffball, P. J, named rather poignantly after my late sister, and unfortunately it happened overnight, so fast, and we can only imagine that he was...

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]]> Episode 2: PROTECT YOUR ART FROM AI https://www.dotspot.co.uk/episode-2-protect-your-work-from-ai/ Thu, 30 May 2024 14:04:53 +0000 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/?p=8912 Hello peeps, fellow curious minds! 

Guess what's the hottest topic right now in the creative arena? Yesss, AI. And as someone who's always up for a good laugh, I can't help but wonder how it's going to affect my clients and my work in the future.

In this mini-series of blogs, I will be looking at what all the fuss is about.

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]]> Why drawing expressions matter… https://www.dotspot.co.uk/why-drawing-expressions-matter/ https://www.dotspot.co.uk/why-drawing-expressions-matter/#respond Tue, 25 Jul 2023 13:41:29 +0000 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/?p=6309 Today is a work blog. Welcome to the inside of my work brain. As a cartoonist getting THAT expression right is so important. Otherwise, the joke, the humour,  is... well.. simply not funny! Here's how..

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]]> https://www.dotspot.co.uk/why-drawing-expressions-matter/feed/ 0 Episode 1: AI and Illustration… and us. https://www.dotspot.co.uk/ai-and-illustration-and-us/ https://www.dotspot.co.uk/ai-and-illustration-and-us/#comments Sun, 02 Jul 2023 13:56:15 +0000 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/?p=6062 Hello peeps, fellow curious minds! 

Guess what's the hottest topic right now in the creative arena? Yesss, AI. And as someone who's always up for a good laugh, I can't help but wonder how it's going to affect my clients and my work in the future.

In this mini-series of blogs, I will be looking at what all the fuss is about.

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]]> https://www.dotspot.co.uk/ai-and-illustration-and-us/feed/ 3 Do we need to think anymore? https://www.dotspot.co.uk/blog/ Tue, 29 Nov 2022 13:04:04 +0000 https://www.dotspot.co.uk/?p=5814 Him: “I typed ‘ How to find the remote control?’ into Google”

Me: Did you get an answer??

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