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Phillipa Suckling
@phillipasuckling.bsky.social
I am an artist from New Zealand who loves drawing birds and fantasy illustrations.

You can check out my website here: https://artbyphillipa.com
Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I have finished my calendar 😊 I’m pretty happy with how it turned out but the company who bound it didn’t put a little hook on it lol. I didn’t realise until I got home. At least it was just for myself and a friend. Here’s some of the pictures

#calendar #birds #native
December 23, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Dancing pied stilts

This is my January illustration for my calendar I’m making. I’m almost finished. I just need to put it all together.

#calendar #birds #january
December 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Hey everyone. I have just launched a free art tips and tricks newsletter on substack. I plan to discuss how I make my illustrations and talk about some tips along the way. I you are interested you can check it out here:

artbyphillipa.substack.com/p/art-tips-a...
Art tips and tricks with Phillipa
Learn how I make my illustrations
artbyphillipa.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It was the detectives first assignment. He spotted the footprints and thought he was on to something.

I made this cute card for my nephews birthday.

#detective #fantail #presents #birthday
November 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Hey everyone. I have created a newsletter in substack which will come out every month. Here it is if you are interested. Also I have turned on email confirmation as I seemed to have a lot of interest which may or may not be legit lol.

artbyphillipa.substack.com

#newsletter #substack #artupdates
Phillipa Suckling | Substack
Hi, my name is Phillipa. I am an artist from New Zealand. I love to create cute illustrations and fantasy art. Click to read Phillipa Suckling, a Substack publication. Launched 4 days ago.
artbyphillipa.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Kiwi Christmas Cards. Is it too early for Christmas cards? I just finished these three and I was excited to share them! My favourite is the kiwi in the pōhutukawa wreath. What’s yours?

#christmascards #kiwi #kiwichristmas #cutekiwis #newzealand
November 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Happy birthday to my niece! We had a little trip away recently and I got to see some cute highland cattle calves ❤️ They are so cute! Perfect for a little card

#highlandcattle #birthday #calf #cute
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
October 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
This came about from a fun little sketch in my sketchbook. I wanted to draw a cute dragon.

#dragon #fishing #sea #pier #fantasy
September 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Fathers Day Card

It was Father's Day last week here in New Zealand. Dad is a Star Wars fan, so I made him this card.

#starwars #yoda #babyyoda #fathersday
September 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I was inspired by some old photos I took many years ago when I went to Italy and Greece. I wanted to create a fantasy picture with them. This illustration evolved a lot from my original sketch but I like it. I added cats because there's lots of cats there 😊

#cats #ruins #Italy #fantasy
September 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hey everyone! I have changed my website and its name. Wix was becoming more and more expensive and it was no longer feasible to continue.

I have also changed my name to something easier to remember!

artbyphillipa.carrd.co

#newwebsite #carrd #portfolio
Art By Phillipa
Fantasy illustration for children and children's comics
artbyphillipa.carrd.co
August 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
A Fantail's Birthday

I made this for my dads birthday 😊

#fantail #birthday #cute #birds #celebrate
August 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Light

Inspired by a walk around the suburbs of a favourite café.

#nighttime #light #bear #faries #fantasy
July 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The market. Inspired by a market in my hometown.

#fantasy #market #characters #creaturedesign
June 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Hekima is confident & cheeky trader with questionable ethics but when it comes to Leeto he is a big softie. Alice meets him in the desert but it remains to be seen if he will actually be helpful or just a hindrance.

The Monster of Tebillie Comic

#fantasy #alienworld #comic #trader #creature
June 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Alice & Veronica are sisters with classic sibling rivalry. When disaster strikes & Veronica is taken by an alien monster, Alice must act before time runs out. It's a story of bravery, growth in adversity, & the importance of family.

The Monster of Tebillie

#sisters #comic #fantasy #alienworld
June 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Hey everyone. I am currently working on my first comic for children. I'm up to page 7 out of 30. It's about a young teen who must travel to an alien world to save her sister.

Character introductions to follow next time 😊

#comic #fantasy #childrenscomic #Alienworld
June 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
This week I finished the line work for this cute little fantasy market. I was inspired by a real market in my home town. If only it was this cool!

#fantasyillustration #childrensfantasyart #marketplace #market #vendors #creatures #alienworld
May 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I found my old Wind in the Willows book the other day and I loved the illustrations in there. I wanted to practice the style, so I did a bunch of quick little studies. Here are a couple of them.

#windinthewillows #penandink #childrenillustration
May 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Happy mothers day to all the mothers out there! I made this illustration for my mum and printed it out on a card. I added some nice lettering too but this is just the image version.

#mothersday #mother #swallows #birds #fairies #nature #love
May 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
A fun fantasy illustration I drew recently with my favourite bird as the star of the show. Merchants are travelling to a market but unbeknown to them the keas have spotted them and are about to raise some chaos.

#kea #fantasyillustration #mountains #merchants #birds #newzealand
April 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Moa riders. Here some art to get this account started :)

Draw in procreate. Initially it started as a watercolour illustration but I ended up changing it to more digital style to get the colours to pop more.

#moa #maori #birds #extinction #fantasyillustration
April 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Hi everyone! My name is Phillipa. I am an artist from New Zealand who loves to drawing birds and fantasy illustrations. Here is me below having a great time at Kuala Lumpur Bird Park. Its an older photo now but still one of my favourites!
April 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM