holidayssss

tomorrow i'm off to a sunny greek island for a whole week :) see ya!

some things that make my life happier

moleskines, paper, shape, colour and i finally got myself a wee chalkboard!!! so happy :) have a fab weekend!
pabloauladell beautiful work

pussies galore for the feline lovers

weekword /// aroma

so much to do but got up with the birds to do my little contribution to weekword... a tough word and a bottle of pink milk later... sugar overdose took over and here it is... still in progress, i guess :) Caroline chose the word and you can check out links to other participants over on her blog. happy friday to you!

Amelia's Magazine freeshop illustrations

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fancy a dosh free shopping spree anyone?! then go over to Amelia's Magazine to read the article. i really enjoyed working on these illustrations as i was given complete freedom to play with the concept of a squat freeshop, with no money involved, environmentally friendly and all other associations that come when thinking about such topic. i'm also showing you the illustration that didn't make to the article ::::: awww poor rejects... ::::: :)

etherealism

an illustration commissioned by talented Valeria (aka Puppe) for a zine to be published in Argentina. the topic is ethereal. a bit of a challenging process as the brief stated B/W and i'm not used to making monochrome, black and white artwork... still not sure about my final piece, i'd love to hear what you think :)

monday's little joys

a quote by Paul Klee // pink milk // sticker dots // magnetic board // a present i got last week from my very dear friend Ana >> her beautiful book recently published in brazil // and my little box collection of inspiring mini and postcards from the loveliest illustrators around the globe :) also ::: Alexandra's sunday posts on art as business // great series, insightful, funny and informative ::: what's inspiring you today?

dear London...

i love your colours, shapes, people and contagious diversity. dear london, i do love you.

pictures taken on the way to work and coming back home today. there were diversions and distractions on either way, of course... hope you're having a nice weekend, my relaxation time starts now! next week i'll show you some more polaroids :)

weekword /// camping

so here we are again! friday is weekword day, yay!!! Nicky chose the word camping and the first thing that came to my head was my weird thoughts of 'the hairy big foot' everytime i ever been camping. as night fell and everyone tucked into their tents, i'd always wonder 'what if Mr Hairy Big Foot decides to turn up to amuse us all?' ohhh great memories! get over to Nicky's blog to see the links to other participants this week and have a wonderful weekend!
please tell me if you ever meet the hairy big foot in person.
ohh also: are you a musician? do you have a band? my talented illustrator friend Tigz is running an amazing competition and the lucky winner will get their album cover and inside artwork exclusively designed by her. how cool is that?! see details here :)

copyright thoughts

Hello everyone. As you all may have noticed, I’m not one to write long posts and will try to make this one as short as possible. Yesterday Book By its Cover published ‘your copyright questions answered’. This comes as a follow up from ‘a sad story’ also published on BBIC a week or so ago, a very sad story indeed. In fact, every genuine artist’s worst nightmare.

With the advent of the web, which enables us all to showcase, network and ‘share’ our work, I have been inspired by many beautiful things and delighted to interact with those of you who normally leave a comment here, but in my wanderings around the internet, i have also seen a few copyright related offences that raise some questions –inspiration? Or copying? Of course we all have our influences and are inspired by what we love, may it be music, photography, cooking and naturally the work of other artists.

In the end, I believe it boils down to a moral question – are we being true to our own development? There’s no easy route. A true visual artist is constantly experimenting, evolving and that’s the beauty of the process. When I say process, that involves subject research, our senses, what we experience and how we respond to it visually. (outcome)

Although I don’t agree with putting a watermark on every photograph and artwork posted here, (as it’s time consuming and doesn’t do the work any favours) I have now added a clear copyright note on the sidebar in addition to the existing one at the bottom of this blog.

The decision to do so was reinforced by something that has come to my attention recently involving inappropriate use of my work/ or should I say, a slightly modified copy of a piece of my work. I will not be contacting the artist in question, naming names or taking any direct action in this instance as in the ‘copyright world’ it could be passed as a ‘minor’ offence. We are where we are. According to google analytics tiny red has a few thousand visitors, and although I only get to hear from a small, but delightful fraction of you, I’m aware that whatever I post here will reach those quiet thousands too.

So… this is not meant to be a rant and the copyright note on my sidebar is as far as I’ll go to protect my work on the web, as I believe anyone who has a minimum of common sense should get the message.

Let us all continue to enjoy and expand our creative processes, inspire and be inspired whilst respecting the copyright of others and most of all, remaining within the boundaries of common sense.

Hope to hear your thoughts on this too :)

ps: I created the illustration above whilst thinking about the subject over my lunch break. All the elements are rejects and bits from my moleskines ☺

update /// i've received a couple of requests to use the same, but adjusted, copyright note as mine. you're all welcome to do so. cheers!

polaroid love | part one

so polaroid has decided to discontinue their line of 600 film, which is what my camera takes... very sad indeed.

even worse, i've been saving a few packs of film i bought in London (probably the very last few) only to realize today that they're about to expire. so i've been snapping away...

those were taken in my sunny garden this afternoon. over the next few weeks i'll be showing you all my shots and god knows what it'll feel like to snap the very last one. i only have 30 left...

feature and giveaway update

Lovely Amy from Aqua-Velvet has done a great feature with my work plus a mini interview with me :) check it out! :::: and the winner to tiny red's fantabulous giveaway is ::::: Lotte from Fruenzwerk ::::: congrats Lotte and a huge thanks from me and my kitty to every single one of you who entered. she hasn't been too well this week but did a very good job helping me with the draw. please keep tuned as i'll be doing another one in the near future!

tiny cards and cactus flower

still busy but summer still lingers and i've been enjoying the unusual flower that popped up from one of our cactuses:) don't forget to enter the giveaway, less than a day left, i'll announce the winner tomorrow. happy new week to us all!

busy bee

a little crop from a moleskine page. hope you're enjoying your weekend!

listening to the beautiful Rufus Wainwright, who i've been fortunate enough to have seen live twice :)

weekword /// detour

Detour >> Definition: a turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course;

so this is what i found yesterday on an unexpected turning... make your own narrative. go over to Aimee's blog to see links to other participants this week and have a fab weekend. i'll be busy working on a commission but will pop round here whenever i can :)