Patterned Animal Illustrations by Faye Halliday

British artist Faye Halliday is inspired by nature, animals and traveling. She creates art with one goal: to inspire art, creativity, and adventure in people. Halliday tries to capture beauty with everything she does in life.

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I’m going to share my FIRST COLOUR COLLECTION with you! Oh yeahhhhh! After months of journeying into figuring out how the color thing works, a whole collection has taken shape. And after drawing a tonne of inspiration from the master colorista herself, mother nature, it’s no surprise the identities they’ve taken on have ended up revolving around the elements (with galaxies thrown in for good measure). The meanings of these pieces have always evolved out of things I’m going through and over the past few months I’ve been walking through what has at times felt like the depths of hell… As the other half of a journey into heaven. Each of the elements has carried with it some form of lesson/helping hand in handling the hell part. Which brings us to… . ** Aurelia – Heaven ** Heaven on earth is waiting for us to relax into our hearts, release the burdens we hold onto and wake up from the dream of stress. Aurelia's inspiration was born out of the infinite wonder to be found in the skies and galaxies above us. When the problems of day-to-day life begin to weigh you down and rob you of your bliss, Aurelia invites you to gaze upwards and consider the vast beauty of the universe we live in, reminding us of the miracles to be found in each moment. . If you, like me, have a busy bee mind, this has been particularly great for managing that. When we’re in a state of stress (and when we’re going through more challenging times) the mind loves to take something pretty small and turn it into something unnecessarily BIG. Molehill > MOUNTAIN. Argument > END OF THE WORLD. So when I find my focus narrowing in on the self-perpetuating stress, I expand my focus outwards to balance my perspective. Really outwards. Like galaxy outwards. I go outside, look up at the sky and take a few minutes to contemplate the vastness of the universe we live in. How we’re chilling on a rock, floating around a ball of firey gas, existing in amongst an inconceivable amount of galaxies and stars. May seem corny and the mind will resist at first but look up at the sky – it’ll take you there! And envelope you in the wonder of it all if you allow it to 💫 . P.S. Available to buy on my website! (Link in bio)

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“I’ve always been inspired by beauty. Never on a superficial level, but more so as a concept; an interpretation and what it means to different people,” she told My Modern Met.

We loved her illustrations that represent animals and some elements from nature. She uses bold black lines to draw detailed illustrations before coloring them in, but sometimes she just leaves them be black and white. There are plenty of her illustrations on her Instagram page where she has over 270,000 followers, so make sure to follow her if you want to see more of her work. “Traveling the world and drawing things along the way. Step into your heart. Love, create, embrace the unknown,” Halliday’s Instagram description says.

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