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My 50 Illustrations Depicting Everyday Life As A Woman And A Mother With A Hint Of Sarcasm
Hello, my name is Giselle Dekel, I was born in Vienna, Austria, and raised in Antwerp, Belgium. I studied arts in high school and later pursued a degree in Textile Design at Shenkar College (Israel). My early life goal was to become a textile designer as patterns were my big passion.
After receiving my college degree I tried everything to find a job in that field. But years passed and nothing happened so I finally gave up. This unfortunately is the story for many art/design students.
While working regular non-creative jobs I fell into a minor depression... Having no creative outlet (other than coming up with kid-friendly meals) really took a toll on me. Eventually, my artistic spark returned, and after much experimenting I started illustrating.
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Magic Trick
And then, someone shows up at the front door... "Sorry, I'm not putting that back on for you."
The way I make them is by combining watercolor and Photoshop. Even though my preferred form of expression is still painting on paper or canvas, I very much enjoy creating art digitally.
A big turning point in my art was 2020. Being in such uncomfortable situations, both physically and financially, really made me push myself and create art that came from this new place. The illustrations that I then created were more honest and started to resonate with a lot of people since so many of us were in that same situation.
The simple subjects of everyday life are what I enjoy exploring the most, along with a big slab of humor and sarcasm. I’m not sure I could function without humor. It’s what gets me through life.
From that point on, I gave myself the green light to create whatever comes to mind and whatever I feel going on inside.
"Mom, Look What I Made"
The fact that so many people all over the world share these feelings gave me the motivation to just go for it.
The question I get asked the most is how I handle being a mom of three, keeping a home, cooking, doing endless loads of laundry, and having a full-time illustration business. I’ll be honest with you, I have not yet met a woman in my lifetime who does not multitask and fully operate in all these different parts of life.
Apart from my kids' schedule, I personally don’t keep one. I have a to-do list for the day that I prepare the evening before and that’s what works for me. It’s a way for me to not feel overwhelmed by everything that is going on.
Blanky For Life
Recipe For Disaster
In terms of creating art (and generally in life) I tend to never overthink. I avoid it at all costs. Whenever I have an idea for an illustration, I simply go for it. If it looks bad, I won’t use it.
By far the best part of this job is the positive response from fans and art lovers from all over the world. The amount of people who find joy in my art and/or see themselves through my illustrations is overwhelming. There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t at least have one interaction with a person about the art.
Of course, this is very pleasing to the ego, but mostly this pleasantly confirms my suspicion that underneath it all we are all one and the same.
Please Don't Pick Up
Pride Love
Monday
I did in fact break my little toe a couple of days ago. Monday, in fact. It sounded like breaking a twig.
The Original Child's Pose
Starry Night
Skin Care Routine
My Favorite Place
Good At Doing Nothing
Stripe Lovers
Flip Me
Cloud Of Joy
I love how this is supposed to be happy, but with the way her arms are, it looks like she's walking angrily
Ugh
Laundry Day
the same, I react to the laundry chore as if I had to go to the wash house in the middle of winter, even though I am lucky enough to have a washing machine at home. Stupid me.
Bubble Bath In The Clouds
Never imagined a bubble bath while looking at clouds, but I've been studying and imagining their potential for being canopy beds, or just perfectly cosy, snuggly beds, since I was 6.
Caffeine Emergency
My parents had a gag gift like this that said "In case of emergency, break glass" and there was a cigarette in the glass case. This was in the late 70s/ early 80s when smoking was still acceptable.
New Growth
Last Email Before The Weekend
Solo System
Recharge
Not Ready
Pizza Girl
Coffee In Bed
Floating Around
thank you for sharing your work, I really like it, it’s intimate and collective at the same time, I love your style. I had a great time ! :)
So lovely! Beautiful style and very relatable images. I'd love to have some of them as posters at home. Good news! - there's an Etsy store for these :)
These are beautiful and I would buy some of them. Do you have any for sale?
thank you for sharing your work, I really like it, it’s intimate and collective at the same time, I love your style. I had a great time ! :)
So lovely! Beautiful style and very relatable images. I'd love to have some of them as posters at home. Good news! - there's an Etsy store for these :)
These are beautiful and I would buy some of them. Do you have any for sale?
