Shocking at commitment.

Hi there,

So once again, I find myself the proud owner of a very sad, sparse blog.  I am always full of the very best intentions, and then something distracts me and I forget I even own a blog.

Must try harder.

Anyway, I think I mentioned in my previous most, many moons ago, that I used to use this blog as a platform for my shockingly bad attempts at Illustration.  Eventually, over the years I totally lost confidence in my ability to draw, and my random, scrawling images were shut away, like embarrassing memories we all hope to forget.

However, and here's where I should probably just give up and stop talking, I have recently rediscovered my love for Illustration Friday.  If you've never heard of this, and I'm many of you have, then I highly recommend you give it a look.  Each week a new topic is posted and people submit their illustrations, then a weekly winner is announced.  I've posted the link below:

https://illustrationfriday.com/


So in a moment of utter insanity, I've decided to submit my first ever illustration.  All my inner anxieties are literally tearing me apart right now, with mutterings such as "why on earth would you do this to yourself" and "have you see the calibre of illustrations on there? You can never compete!".  But I appear to be a glutton for punishment.

So, it is with sheer humiliation and a rather vivid blush, that I present to you, oh terrifying internet, by illustration on the topic 'health'.

Please be nice!  (Please also excuse the lined paper and pencil, I normally work in pen and ink, but as this was spontaneous, I've had to suffice with the available tools at work!)

Hope to see you soon (although with my track record...?).

**Edit**

I've just had a little message saying that the original image isn't very clear, another downside of impulsively doing this when I should be working!  So I've taken a little close up of the guys, hope this is clearer! 

Welcome, Intrepid Internet Explorer

Hello Stranger,

You appear to have had the (mis)fortune of stumbling across this modest little blog, and for that, I am truly sorry.

I have no profound knowledge to impart, and I am definitely not a writer.  This blog is purely an outlet for me to store my thoughts, opinions and anecdotes, but if you do decide to persevere, then welcome.

First, I feel I should introduce myself:  

My name is Hattie Hilsdon, and I am as unremarkable as they come.  

I studied illustration for four years at Portsmouth University and managed to leave without a degree.  

I come from Abingdon on Thames in Oxfordshire, which is essentially a town for geriatrics, but has some of the most beautiful river views and pubs.  It is also rumoured to be the oldest town in Britain

I am ginger, hideously pale and look a little like a chubby barrel on stilts.

I suffer from extreme social anxiety. 

I have had this blog for many years, and it used to be focused entirely on my illustration work.  Unfortunately over the years I lost confidence in my own creative abilities, and the blog became neglected, so this is an attempt to revive the sad little bugger.

Finally, for now at least, I really enjoy people watching.  Sounds daft I know, but there are few things in life that I enjoy more than observing the human race.  We are literally fascinating.  For example I honestly cannot comprehend how everyone on this planet has a unique voice.  I for one am constantly informed that I sound "well posh innit", which I am terribly proud of.

This is where I shall love you and leave you.  I hope you aren't totally repulsed by the idea of reading my future ramblings and that I may see you again (if you do return I promise to try and entertain you with something at least vaguely interesting).

Bye.