Johanna Basford
Johanna Basford is an illustrator and ink evangelist who prefers pens and pencils to pixels.
She creates intricate, hand drawn illustrations predominately, although not exclusively, in black and white.
Johanna graduated in 2005 from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design in Dundee with my degree in Printed Textiles and a portfolio stuffed with monochrome silk screen prints and drawings. Following that, she set-up her studio and began on her mission to vanquish the vector and champion the (wobbly) hand drawn line.
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News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, weeks 17-18: The final furlong
As Johanna's four-month break from commissions comes to an end, she launches her Wonderbeasts show at DCA in Dundee.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 16: A few thoughts on time management
Thia week Johanna's preparing to embark on her big show – but not everything's going to plan.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, weeks 13-15: How to deal with epic fails
Johanna’s sabbatical has been going so well that when it was time for her to fail, it came in waves.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 12: How to draw 200 animals
Johanna's spent the week working through a list of 200 creatures for a super-sized Wonderbeasts artwork.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 11: How to be good
Johanna's spent the week finding out how to win friends and influence people – by being nice.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 10: Riding the Kickstarter rollercoaster
Johanna's just finished her first Kickstarter project. Did she successfully hit her target?
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 9: Digital print is my saviour
This week Johanna discovers that digital printing is better for producing larger-scale artwork projects than screenprinting.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 8: Tell Johanna what to draw
This week has seen Johanna launch her first Kickstarter project, Wonderbeasts.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 7: A painful denial
Seven weeks in and the thing Johanna has been dreading the most has happened.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, weeks 5 and 6: A guilty confession
Over the past fortnight, Johanna has failed at multi-tasking but succeeded at tattooing a dog.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 4: Going cuckoo
This week's diary features some early starts, a confused pup and a cuckoo-clock workshop.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 3: My book has arrived
This week's diary features Japanese calligraphy, a heck of a mess, more trees and a nude photo.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 2: Drawing a forest, buying a boat
Fuelled by a potent mix of Berrocca, caffeine and nervous adrenaline, the illustrator has drawn a forest and bought a boat.
News: Johanna Basford's sabbatical diary, week 1: kicking off 4 months without commissions
It's been a funny first week: funny peculiar, not funny ha-ha. After months of build-up, January finally arrived and...