Hi! I’m Julie, an illustrator and surface pattern designer with a passion for making things that bring delight & joy to people’s every day.

Japan Collection

Holiday patterns

Shop Fabric & wallpaper

I’m always open to collaborate.
Contact me here.

View fullsize Obsessed with trees lately! #umbrellapine #stonepine #italianpine #treeillustration #watercolour #sketchbookpage #dailysketch
View fullsize It’s the long weekend! 🎉 Which means more time to fool around with making marks on paper and hearing my son ask if it’s “Minecraft Phoney” time 🤪 Anyone else have this, or something similar, challenge with balancing carving
View fullsize Did a quick watercolour on my lunch yesterday, and added to it today with Neocolor2 crayons and coloured pencils and charcoal. Can’t stop thinking of this striking Cedar of Lebanon tree that I spotted far in the distance last month, driving thr
View fullsize 🌸 It is an absolutely gorgeous blue sky and bit breezy nippy early March day here in Vancouver 🌸 Was drawing cherry blossoms for the first page of a new sketchbook and remembered I had this sakura and gingko pattern. Part of my Japan Collection fro
View fullsize When I started this drawing, everything was covered in white. Put it down for a bit, but now the snow is all gone and green buds are popping up on the trees. I’m ready for spring and flowers and colour. What’s next? Oh hey, I’ve al
View fullsize Long time listener, first time caller. I recently signed up for the Find Your Creative Voice course (aka Fly Your Freak Flag 😜) with @thegoodshipillustration , something I have wanted to do for a very long time. So happy I finally took the plunge. E
View fullsize The last hold out (on the way back to the city). Or, And then there was one. Kind of the vibe this week for reals . . . #phonebooth #bellcanada #ontario #rurallife #ringmabell #illcommunication #illustration #sketchbook #sketchbookspread #drawing
View fullsize This wonky life … a scene from out my front window 🪟 . . . #wesbrookvillage #vancouver #britishcolumbia #liveatubc #myuna #sketchbook #sketchbookspread #illustration #drawing #illustrator #dailylife #dailysketch
View fullsize It’s nice to get away sometimes . . . #justchillin #peacefulmoments #illustration #sketchbook #sketchbookpage #dailysketch #drawing #neocolor2 #messysketch #drawingisfun
View fullsize Bluejay visitor at my in-laws’ bird feeder. A high traffic area! 🐦 🌲 Sketched from a photo taken in sunnier, warmer times 🐦 ☀️ . . . #atthecottage #bluejay #birdwatching #ontario #lakecouchicing #sketchbooking #dailysketch #sketchbook #ill
View fullsize I ❤️ London This city holds a special place in my heart. I moved there at 17 for a year, then went back after I finished art school for an internship designing a website for a charity that promoted kids’ museums. This was ages ago. Let’
View fullsize Breakfast scenes with Nat Nat & Benji from New Year’s Day 🧇 🥓 🍳 I couldn’t quite get it; I will try a third time but sharing here anyhow 🤗 I’ve diverted from pattern design for the mo’ as I’ve been really into dr