Faye Halliday Creates Hand Drawn Animal Illustrations With Hypnotizing Patterns

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Faye Halliday is a UK-based artist who finds inspiration in traveling and nature. She aims to inspire art, adventure, and creativity with her work and she tries to understand and capture beauty with everything she does.

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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,” the artist told My Modern Met.

Her hypnotizing illustrations represent animals and natural elements. Halliday’s style is detailed and often limited to a black marker, though she occasionally adds color to her works. According to her, the concept of beauty is somewhat universal. Halliday believes that “every culture has their own perception of this idea that connects us as human beings.”

If you enjoy her art, you can follow her on Instagram and see more of it. She sells prints, t-shirts, and phone cases with her designs.

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My new website is officially up and running (!!!!!) after about a year of working so, so hard on it! So to celebrate (/give this baby a good test run 😎) I'm having a sale! . Up to 50% off selected items including supersize prints, tattoos and this fella! (www.fayehallidayart.com – link's in my bio 💚) P.S. I'd love to hear your thoughts or any constructive criticism! . – Sahija – Intuition | Wisdom | Inner Knowing Sahija is here to remind you of the power that lies in what can only be felt. Although we may lose the ability to listen along the way, every one of us has an inner wisdom, ever-knowing, ever-loving and ever-present, resting in amongst the foundations of who we are. As we develop the connection with ourselves and quieten the mind for long enough to listen, the noise of day-to-day life slowly dissipates from its corner and the voice within can be heard in its gentle whisper.

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After years and years of delving into the spectrum of greys and 3D dance from black to white, here I am at 25 years old with little to no experience with colour. So I've gone back to square one, back to being a student, back to being an amateur and decided to start what I know will be a very long journey. After practicing one thing so avidly for so long, I know the amount of work I have ahead of me and it's terrifying. I observe my mind and it wants to rush. It looks for the fastest way of getting from A to B, from amateur to pro. Flooding me with questions like "Where. Do. I. Start?!" I think back to one of Lao Tzu's quotes I have hanging back in my studio in England, "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". I breath, release and relax as I allow another one of his well-known messages to come through, "Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished". Which begs the question, why is this something I'd want to rush anyway? And in that moment I open my eyes to what will be a great love affair with colour. A great, great love affair I want to savour every moment of, with each of the different stages of our relationship having their own gorgeous aspects to enjoy. From the excitement and mystery of our first date right the way through to the deepest depths of knowing and loving in our old age. So in these backdrop pieces, you see me enjoying our first stages. I'm making my move. Using a wingman to make an introduction and bridge the gap between my work and Colour's. The original creative expression, the original source of colour inspiration… Nature, showing me how it's done. Until the time comes to pick up a paintbrush and take things to the next level. But until then, I'm in no rush 🙂 Thank you for sharing this journey with me… P.S. Apologies for my absence, I've been taking some time out from technology. I've missed you! And the same applies to any journey you might be too scared to start too… Embracing all of the stages… Including the inevitable feelings of fear in our first steps.

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