"Help! I love my rough illustrations and panic on the final piece. How do I get out of my own way?"

It's all fun and games until someone mentions FINAL ARTWORK. (Arghhhh)Sound familiar? Thought so.So we get stuck into Inky's question: how do you get out of your own way and switch off the overthinking brains? All three of us wrestle with this in different ways.Also mentioned: expensive paper + a shared fantasy about buying a tiny round Father Ted caravan to draw in. Pour yourself a decaf tea and get comfy. 🫖Timestamps, for the timestamp fans:00:00 – The question from "Inky" 02:00 – Why your best work happens when you're distracted 03:00 – Helen's voice coach revelation 05:00 – The "kiss of death" of the final piece 06:00 – First violin nerves and propranolol 07:00 – Why Katie does live illustration 08:00 – ADHD, body doubling and visual timers 09:00 – Tania's surprise panic attack 10:00 – The fear of expensive paper 11:00 – Cheap sketchbooks, and never stretching paper 12:00 – Working on five versions at once 13:00 – Pia Bramley's drawings in the New York Times 14:00 – The dim light box trick 15:00 – Gluing over mistakes 16:00 – Why scaling up kills a drawing 17:00 – The blobby technique, and INCUP 19:00 – Tania loses her portfolio on the bus 20:00 – Katie's secret competitive streak 22:00 – Are illustration competitions worth it? 24:00 – Getting into the zone 25:00 – Rain, gas fires and working audios 27:00 – The dream caravan studio 29:00 – Dressing gowns, woolly hats and working caves 31:00 – Working around kids, and burnout 33:00 – Larks vs owlsLinks mentioned:Pia Bramley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/piabramley/Picture Hooks (mentoring and competitions for picture book makers): https://www.picturehooks.org.uk/The Blindboy Podcast: https://theblindboypodcast.ie/Byeeee for now!x The Good Ship Illustration (Helen, Katie & Tania)p.s. You're v welcome to make your best work ever and come and bask in your weirdness with us here: https://www.thegoodshipillustration.com/freakflagCome and say hello! ✏️ @thegoodshipillustration🌏 www.thegoodshipillustration.comp.s. We love answering your illustration questions. Click here to submit your question for The Good Ship Illustration Podcast 🎙