DA: What was your creative process for producing the elements for the book?

GC: "I looked at the Flickr group and blog to see how different people approached the drawing process - which clothing items they decided to draw and how. I wanted to keep the book as open to interpretation as possible, while providing pointers and simple templates, so I initially concentrated on drawing some basic templates and writing prompts.

I also wanted to include a range of drawings by artists from the Flickr group, to show that there are lots of different drawing styles and no right or wrong way to illustrate, so each chapter starts with a selection of these drawings [such as work by Lizzie Stewart and Giovana Mederios, below].

The book is arranged by season, so it can be started at any time of the year. I also included some smaller doodles of my own, including a few of my Pug Mr Pickles, who is always a popular character."

DA: How important is doodling to being creative?