by Caroline Tomlinson | Sep 30, 2025 | Working Week
Commissions have for the most part, been keeping me busy. Focused. Productive. Can’t complain. And yet… Actually, let me just state, for the record, before I continue with this. I am very aware how very fortunate I am to be: 1. Doing what I love. 2. Being paid...
by Caroline Tomlinson | Aug 17, 2025 | Working Week
The ‘pin ball machine’ years that followed the Summer I Graduated. I have thought long and hard about my why, whilst trying to avoid saying why it’s my why. After months of deliberations, I’ve realised it’s impossible. You can’t share one without sharing the...
by Caroline Tomlinson | Apr 29, 2025 | Working Week
So first, a little background as to where the idea for this post originated from. Over the past three months, I have been offering a one-hour mentor Zoom call to graduates, soon-to-be graduates of illustration and those wishing to transition to Illustration as a...
by Caroline Tomlinson | Apr 28, 2025 | Wanderlust
What to do with all these photographs I take? Make a little visual diary Over the years I have spoken to friends (read that as moaned) about the lack of a hobby. It’s the one downside of your passion being your career, For me at least. And yet (and this has...
by Caroline Tomlinson | Mar 27, 2025 | Wanderlust
Me and Cape Town, we go way back. We have a history. It’s messy. And glorious. Lessons were learnt there that were needed. It really was the making of me. It gave me space and time to chase my dreams and build a whole new career as an illustrator. It was a...