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Dia Duit / Hello!

Welcome to Nine Arrow, a place where I share my illustration journey in Irish.

Join me in learning some interesting

‘cupla focail as gaeilge’ / few words in Irish.

~ Beagán a rá agus a rá go maith ~

~ Say a little and say it well. ~

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Dearg Due - Spooky Irish Halloween Creatures: The Vampire Feature

This blog post tells the story of Dearg Due one of Ireland’s first vampires.

I've learned this year by working with Tara from @biscuitcommunity
That community is everything! What it offers is 'tacaíocht' support. That's what I see in the @justacard campaign. They are pulling indie makers together and supporting their work, making what they do visible in today's world of advertising bombardment! I say 'they' but I'm part of this campaign to! 😀
I still find it hard to say, 'hey buy my stuff', it's that dreaded Irish 'notions!' fear 🤣😂🤣 but I love illustrating and I love illustrating in Irish even more!! And to bring some of my ideas to life I need to sell things. Every purchase makes a huge difference for me, it offers me 'tacaíocht' and I can take bigger steps towards the Irish project's I want to create. Support indie makers when you can ⭐ buying a card or sticker or a mini print could make the difference in the work they get to bring into the world ❤️ .
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This is an illustration of one of my own Japanese arrows. I'll explain more down below! I've been inspired by @maggie.molloy and @simply_su_studio to take on the @justacard Indie Week challenge! Today's prompt is 10 facts about myself! 😀
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1. I speak Japanese (very badly!) Always trying to study more 🙈 がんばりま!
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2. I lived in Hiorshima Japan for two years.
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3. I worked as an English Teacher there and then again when I came back to Ireland.
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4. I practised Japanese archery, Kyudo, while I lived there and that's were my arrow for this illustration comes from. A new club is opening here in Dublin and I'm so excted to practise again in the new year. Kyudo is a beautiful zen art form using a very tall asymmetric recurve bow, and my arrows are around 90cm long. .
5. My faviroute Japanese character is gudetama, because I can really relate to a lazy egg yolk. Kogepan is a very close second, who doesnt love an existential piece of burnt bread!
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6. Ice-cream is my achillies heal it cures everything in such a delicious way!
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7. I love coffee! Iced, americano, cappucino, Irish! I love them all!
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8. I don't really speak Irish, yet. I actually speak Japanese better than Irish and that was part of my drive to recconect with it. To me learing Irish in school was all bound up in stress, a stress I'm still trying to combat and I think many people can relate to that. So far everyone who has spoken to me or messaged me in Irish has been so lovely and patient with my level I really appreciate it and I know I'll get better with time and practise!
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9. I made the jump a year and a half ago and started working full time as an illustrator and while there have been lots of bumps along the way I wouldnt change it! I really love what I do and I love the direction my work is taking me in.
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10. This month I will celebrate 5 years with my partner in crime, the most supportive, caring and creative partner I could ever ask for! Pure magic! .
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Friday night pints? 'Leann úll', cider, will always be a summer drink though in my eyes. Getting brain freeze just thinking about it! :) Happy Friday everyone!
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dem bones dem bones need 'bainne'! Working on a beverage series inspired by that first 'Leann Dubh' style. Blue will always be the colour I associate with milk, and this shade is even skimmed milk! Am I mad? What colour do you think of when you think 'bainne'?
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