Welcoming 2026 with folklore and fresh ambitions. Join Hannah Kate Makes as she shares her dreams for the year ahead and the plans she's beginning to make for January.

Hannah Kate Makes reflects on her journey through 2025 as a folklore and fantasy artist and looks back on a difficult year for independent business owners.

Summer is slowly bidding us farewell for another year and there’s a definite back to school vibe on the suddenly chillier breeze. Now September has arrived, be prepared for a busy roster of upcoming creations. I step into my creatrix power more easily as spooky season approaches

While discussing ideas with my client for their Black Shuck commissioned piece, the spark of an idea flashed into my imagination for a more modern rendering of the infamous spectral dog. The idea for the Urban Shuck was born. Read on to follow his journey from blank canvas to life in his very own cityscape...

Catch up with the latest installment of Hannah Kate Makes' Art Journal. Discover her latest artworks based on the legends of Black Shuck, and find out her plans and updates for August.

Now I'm back from our whistlestop tour of The Balkans, I'm raring to go. Read about our final in-person event before our summer touring hiatus, plans and projects for the next three months and take a wander through my sketchbook pages over the past few weeks.

Discover the plans for Hannah Kate Makes in May, take a peek inside her sketchbook, and find out more about upcoming commission availability.

An update on The Big Move, my first in-person events of the year and a brand new artwork.

This is not the blog post I had planned for this week, but if you’re into real “behind the scenes” updates, this one is for you.

This week’s art journal blog post will catch you up on my creations from January and February so far...

It's time to share my 2025 Word of the Year with you. Although, in true Hannah style, I have two words and one sentence.

Hannah Kate Makes looks back and reflects on 2024, from the world of a fantasy and folklore artist, running a small business in the UK.

Here’s a quick sketchbook tour of my contributions so far for Mab's Drawlloween Club 2024 drawing challenge.

Time to fill you in on what’s been going on in the world of Hannah Kate Makes since my last blog entry in July…

During my mini break so far, I've been thinking about how Hannah Kate Makes needs to move forward when I return fully in September.

A chamber of curiosity, a hub for research to take place, for secret stories to be uncovered and hidden histories to be illuminated...

A later than usual reflection on the previous year. 2022 was a difficult ones, but here are some highlights frothe Hannah Kate Makes story.

Time to get back out there with my first in-person events with Hannah Kate Makes since 2019!

Happy New Year! Yes, it is the last day of January and I’m only just sharing my review of 2021… The start of 2022 has been a slow return...

We Made It... I wasn’t sure I wanted to write a reflective blog this month as I did that back at the close of August as summer ended...