--- title: The Hidden Sketches description: The Hidden Sketches (aka the bits you don't see). image: https://tinygrey.co.uk/hubfs/613-tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-family-portrait-split-sketch.png --- [![Tiny Grey - The home of illustrations and graphic design by Sophie Scott-Lewis](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Tiny%20Grey%20Profile%20Picture.jpg?width=80&name=Tiny%20Grey%20Profile%20Picture.jpg "Tiny Grey - The home of illustrations and graphic design by Sophie Scott-Lewis")](https://www.tinygrey.co.uk/) Search toggle - [Home](https://tinygrey.co.uk) - [About](https://tinygrey.co.uk/about) - [Contact](https://tinygrey.co.uk/contact) [![Tiny Grey - The home of illustrations and graphic design by Sophie Scott-Lewis](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Tiny%20Grey%20Profile%20Picture.jpg?width=80&name=Tiny%20Grey%20Profile%20Picture.jpg "Tiny Grey - The home of illustrations and graphic design by Sophie Scott-Lewis")](https://www.tinygrey.co.uk/) - [Home](https://tinygrey.co.uk) - [About](https://tinygrey.co.uk/about) - [Contact](https://tinygrey.co.uk/contact) Search toggle [![Tiny Grey - The home of illustrations and graphic design by Sophie Scott-Lewis](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/C-_Users_flash_Desktop_Portfolio_tiny-grey-avitar-jpg.jpg?width=150&name=C-_Users_flash_Desktop_Portfolio_tiny-grey-avitar-jpg.jpg "Tiny Grey - The home of illustrations and graphic design by Sophie Scott-Lewis")](https://www.tinygrey.co.uk/) - [Home](https://tinygrey.co.uk) - [About](https://tinygrey.co.uk/about) - [Contact](https://tinygrey.co.uk/contact) Search toggle What can I help you with today? Search ![Bespoke illustrated family portrait](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hubfs/613-tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-family-portrait-split-sketch.png) 27 Jan 2023 # The Hidden Sketches ![Picture of Sophie Scott-Lewis](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/C-_Users_flash_Desktop_Portfolio_tiny-grey-avitar-jpg.jpg?width=40&name=C-_Users_flash_Desktop_Portfolio_tiny-grey-avitar-jpg.jpg) [Sophie Scott-Lewis](https://tinygrey.co.uk/blog/author/sophie-scott-lewis) As an illustrator, I am keen to impress my customers with bright and vibrant representations of themselves, their partners, and their families. But the all singing, all dancing illustration that gets dispatched to their door, doesn't just magically appear overnight (far from it). There are many sketchbook pages with revisions and iterations for each portrait that often never see the light of day... until now.  As a friend of Tiny Grey, I'd like to share with you some of my hidden sketchbook pages. So, I've popped below a couple of messy, full-of-life lines that sit beneath the final portraits I create. The lines that energise and breathe character into each piece. ![612-tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-family-portrait-seaside-beach-sketch](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/612-tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-family-portrait-seaside-beach-sketch.png?width=1200&height=848&name=612-tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-family-portrait-seaside-beach-sketch.png) ![612-tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-family-portrait-seaside-beach-1](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/612-tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-family-portrait-seaside-beach-1.png?width=1200&height=849&name=612-tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-family-portrait-seaside-beach-1.png) ![603-tiny-grey-portrait-of-two-boys-sketch](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/603-tiny-grey-portrait-of-two-boys-sketch.png?width=1200&height=1200&name=603-tiny-grey-portrait-of-two-boys-sketch.png) ![603-tiny-grey-portrait-of-two-boys](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/603-tiny-grey-portrait-of-two-boys.png?width=1200&height=1200&name=603-tiny-grey-portrait-of-two-boys.png) ![tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-portrait-sketch](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-portrait-sketch.jpg?width=2736&height=1824&name=tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-portrait-sketch.jpg) ![tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-portrait](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-portrait.png?width=1200&height=849&name=tiny-grey-bespoke-illustrated-portrait.png) Here's a quick video of my sketching in progress (sped up): Why not sign up to my Happy List to find out more about my artwork, processes, as well as some exciting offers. 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All the best, Sophie ###### Share [Share on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://tinygrey.co.uk/blog/the-hidden-sketches&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook) [Share on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://tinygrey.co.uk/blog/the-hidden-sketches&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin) [Share on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https://tinygrey.co.uk/blog/the-hidden-sketches&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&url=https://tinygrey.co.uk/blog/the-hidden-sketches&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&source=tweetbutton&text=The%20Hidden%20Sketches) ###### Tags [portraits](https://tinygrey.co.uk/blog/tag/portraits), [illustration](https://tinygrey.co.uk/blog/tag/illustration), [technique](https://tinygrey.co.uk/blog/tag/technique) ## Author ![Sophie Scott-Lewis](https://tinygrey.co.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/C-_Users_flash_Desktop_Portfolio_tiny-grey-avitar-jpg.jpg?width=100&name=C-_Users_flash_Desktop_Portfolio_tiny-grey-avitar-jpg.jpg) ###### Sophie Scott-Lewis [hello@tinygrey.co.uk](mailto:hello@tinygrey.co.uk) I'm Sophie, an illustrator and graphic designer working on: branding | wedding stationery | portraits Represented by Lemonade Illustration Agency www.tinygrey.co.uk [Follow me on my website](https://tinygrey.co.uk/blog/www.tinygrey.co.uk) [Follow me on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/tinygreystudio/) ## Comments ## Related posts Search [It's all in the detail](https://tinygrey.co.uk/blog/its-all-in-the-detail) [Micro-Brewery Branding for Badgworth Brewhouse (Case Study)](https://tinygrey.co.uk/blog/micro-brewery-branding) Search Copyright 2025 © Tiny Grey. 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