While on the subject …. Tasmania is such a beautiful place. It doesn’t take long to stumble across unique wildlife, untouched forest, trees and flowers. It is one of the most inspiring places I’ve been, so I highly recommend!

With this in mind, I can understand Beth’s appreciation for nature and the motivation behind her illustration. Beth likes to work with a mix of pencil, watercolour and some digital elements to bring each piece together.

See a larger range of Beth’s work on her website and see the latest creations on her blog.

How have you got to where you are today?

I remember working out of the front of my old rental property with my fiancée and good friend. We had numerous and long discussions about creating a little graphic design studio and then one day the opportunity finally came. Our studio, Floatingworld, which is based in Hobart has operated for 3 years now.

While establishing our studio I began to take my illustrational work more seriously and developed my own illustrational practice on the side. Recently, I’ve had to unwind my involvement in Floatingworld as I had too much on my plate.

Now I’ve been solely focusing on getting my illustration practice up and running which has been great as I have a lot more creative freedom.

In a few words, describe yourself…

Humble, focused and passionate.

What are you spending your time on at the moment?

At the moment I’m trying to find the right balance between commercial work and personal work. I’ve been experimenting with textures, patterns, textiles and colour so you’ll probably see a lot more of these elements in my personal works.

Do you have a ritual for getting into the creative mindset? Or a creative process?

Music or movies. Sometimes I’ll sit in my studio with the headphones on watching movies. The people that I share the studio think this is kinda weird but we all have our own little creative processes.

I usually need quite, calm, spaces, I’m not so good at working in kaotic spaces so this process allows me to completely zone out.

What or who inspires you?

There are a lot of things and people that inspire me. Sometimes it’s as simple as someones perspective that I truly admire. Nature is also a big inspiration. The works of Gustav Klimt and Ernst Haeckel are definitely inspiring, and influence my own creative work.

What are you most proud of?

I’m proud of just getting out there and doing what I love. And that I gave illustration a go as a creative profession, and I didn’t give up when it got tough.

When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

For a while there I was convinced that I was Shera, if you’re from the 80’s you’ll know what I’m on about. Other than that I never really, had any solid idea of what I wanted to do.

You know how some people know exactly what they want and go for it, I wasn’t really one of those people. I just new that I’d like to do something that I was passionate about. That would make me happy for years and years, I hope that’s reflected in my work.