Jill Robb Imagery. Editorial illustrator, Artist and Designer
Quirky, fun imagery inspired by nature, imagination and play
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An illustrated pursuit of illustration

My journey of 10,000 illustration hours began in photography, pixels were morphed into digital art, expanded via pigments in traditional arts and graphic design to build and hone the skills required for my imagery creation and layout design. 

Gosh Gouache

A thought occurred to me yesterday while watching PaperTigress do a lovely Gouache landscape.

Has it been more than 2 1/2 years already Gouache????, Gosh-that has been some fun painting times…

While I am still peering from below at where I would like my illustration to be at, it’s years like this I think it’s important to check in with yourself and acknowledge and appreciate when you’re skills have grown, and that I have actually learnt a couple of things about Gouache…

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A few months and a pandemic no less

I guess it’s reasonable to not have written a blog for almost 4 months, considering the world has been turned upside down and disassembled in many parts and is still in varying states of sickness and rebuild- RATS.

All that jazz aside, I will write on- writing picture books that is, images are my weapons of choice, It’s much easier for me to…

So this is Xet, A barn Owl from a picture book “Erut Xet” to be released…

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Caldecott and Cats'

My drawing hand has been quite busy with picture books for the young and not-young. There is one that I am experimenting with at the moment and it’s really exciting as I can include a lot of different art media among the characters.

Cats are on

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Schroom and a little ink

This post has been a long time coming, (apologies) I’ve been wearing my designer hat more than my illustration pen, but I am excited to say that my second children’s picture book ‘Schroom: begins’ will be released in Hardcover on the 29th November by NoooBooks, YAY

The ‘Schroom’ picture book series is about Schroom, a..

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Illustrator studies

Here are the latest spreads from my Illustrator diary, these are two of my favourite author-illustrators.

I had a lot of fun studying Beatrix Potters illustration style, her clever use of colour and fun delicate drawings are enchanting, and was definitely my favourite in this series so far.

Of course, Dr Seuss was

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Swatching the long way, the turtle can win.

My traditional illustration tools,

Some people would say I am a little traditional- especially with my love of traditional Art media, and holding a good old fashioned Book or shiny magazine in your hands and turning the pages.

However, I do also love the Digital world- carrying a treasure trove in a pocket- is amazing.

But when it comes to

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