{"id":2108,"date":"2014-04-04T07:38:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T07:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2018-03-15T21:47:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T10:47:08","slug":"simplify-creative-breaks-and-downtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/simplify-creative-breaks-and-downtime\/","title":{"rendered":"Simplify Creative Breaks and Downtime."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is there any such thing? Yes in a strange kind of way &#8211; in my world anyway.<\/p>\n<p>I have an unusual style of visual or creative downtime. Usually my downtime results in free creative time. I will be working on a book or attending to business duties and need a break, what do I do? Usually more illustrating or writing \u2013 lately illustrating.<\/p>\n<p>The creative challenge I am involved in (#illo52weeks) is really satisfying me artistically. I get to scribble and experiment to my heart\u2019s desire (time restricted) and come up with fresh work for my portfolio (once finished) or blog (work in progress).<\/p>\n<p>I have been flat out working long hours over the past month and have welcomed the latest theme, simplicity. This theme gave me permission to back off the complexity of my illustrations and to my delight resulted in some pretty cute stuff.<\/p>\n<p>This is what I came up with:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2110\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2110\" style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2110\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?attachment_id=2110\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity.jpg?fit=1000%2C1104&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1104\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"52 week illustration challenge. 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Gift card Challenge #illo52weeks simplicity #1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All these were done in Adobe Photoshop while listening to a rather helpful audio eBook by Katie Davis. Yes I will have to re-listen as I was somewhat distracted.<\/p>\n<p>My bunny theme from the last 2 weeks:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2111\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2111\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2111\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?attachment_id=2111\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity02.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"52 week illustration challenge. Gift card Challenge #illo52weeks simplicity #2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;52 week illustration challenge. Gift card Challenge #illo52weeks simplicity #2&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity02.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2111\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity02-600x600.jpg?resize=600%2C600\" alt=\"52 week illustration challenge. Gift card Challenge #illo52weeks simplicity #2\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity02.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity02.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity02.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity02.jpg?resize=90%2C90&amp;ssl=1 90w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity02.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity02.jpg?resize=624%2C624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity02.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2111\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">52 week illustration challenge. Gift card Challenge #illo52weeks simplicity #2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This one was at the end of today using a sketch from my sketchbook doodles. I thought I would try a little more texture in the background.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2112\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2112\" style=\"width: 543px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2112\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?attachment_id=2112\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/simplicity01B.jpg?fit=600%2C662&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,662\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"52 week illustration challenge. 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