weekend joy

all work finished for the week and having had the most delicious dinner cooked by my love, it's now chill out time :)
loving this illu by Simone and where the lovely things are blog
have a fab weekend!

everyone's happy

ok kitty, pink milk for me, pink milk for you. that way everyone's happy. happy friday to you :)

Poketo wallet illustrations

hello, hello! how are we today? just thought it was time to show here my illustration for Poketo. it's for a wallet (front and inside) which will be released pretty soon, at the beginning of february. the theme of this line is paper cuts so there will be lots more goodness from other illustrators. i'll let you all know as soon as it's available for purchase. how's your day been? i've had a long one and am pretty tired. it's just so lovely to be home now, nice and warm. a hug from my tiny bear from the illu would make it even better!

a bottle of imagination

this is one element of an illustration i'm working on. fancy a drink anyone?

Crude // editorial illustrations

i never had to work as fast as i did today to deliver this brief but got there eventually and it's now live on Amelia's Magazine review of the film Crude, a great article by Amelia Gregory. four hours to come up with an idea, draw and deliver... i know, it looks quite different from how i usually work as the subject wasn't the easiest to illustrate with something simple, yet meaningful in such a short space of time. anyway, i rather like departing from comfort zones and this job has made me aware of them. ok, now back to working on another job, a lot of fun. i'll show it here pretty soon. for now, stay warm and happy! it's bitterly cold here :::::::

early start

happy tuesday morning to you :)

colour and shape // the little book

have a fab weekend peeps! :)

colour and shape // the play

the word for me this week has been 'stuck'... not sure whether it's because of the winter light, or lack of it, should i say... this afternoon i decided to stop thinking and play with the first random thing i could find from a drawer i don't open often. so there came oil pastels and i'd forgotten how much fun one can have with them. there's also something interesting about limiting oneself to one single medium. i played so much that i've ended up with a cool little book out of the experiment. i'll show the finished book here soon. i still have not found any solution for any of the ongoing projects i'm working on yet and this whole process can be quite frustrating... but this little exercise with the oil pastels reminded me that most of the time nice solutions can only be found through play :)

what do you do when you get stuck?

a very pink cactus flower

we have two christmas cactuses and it's interesting how they seem to bloom at different times every year. this one flowers just before xmas and the other one, which lives in our bedroom, usually starts to bloom sometime in january. it's quite strange because they're sisters and the colour of the flowers are also quite different. this one is much pinker... so, Ms Pinker is still flowering and this morning one the angel flowers fell by my feet. love it! and so does the other tiny fox 'in waiting' to maybe come into the artwork in progress... are you having a good day?
++ giveaway result // i did the draw on this random number generator (flickr friends included) and the winner is comment number 26, that's Maria!!!
thank you all so much for entering and keep your eyes peeled for the next one :)

starting again...

i think i said this on my last monday's post but will say it again: i'm just loving my january mondays... been getting up really early, getting stuff done and have even been finding myself with extra time to play. isn't it great? the weekend was nice and my love got me the loveliest present ::: a dvd box set of The Pink Panther's complete cartoon series. i was chuffed and can't stop watching it! good job there are over a hundred episodes to watch so when i get to the end i can start again :) this one of the pink 'milk' errr punch is one of my absolute favorites!
more monday's inspiration // Simon Wild // Mia Christopher // Lisa Congdon's Collections // Lesley's Sgt. Peppers
ohhh also thanks to everyone who have entered the thoughtful guy's giveaway so far, it's open until wednesday.

how's your monday going so far?

tiny drawing // print giveaway

this week has been a very good one and when i'm happy i like to give! so, if you fancy a print (210/165 mm) of this thoughtful guy, leave your comment on this post and i'll draw the winner on wednesday 30.01.10 next week. good luck and have a fantastic weekend!

++ Amelia's Anthology of Illustration review and interview with Amelia Gregory. enjoy :)

in progress...

so it's snowing again and i braved it all the way to the post office to post some orders only to find it was closed, due to the weather! tsk tsk.... can't wait for spring to come, i've so had enough of this winter. in the meantime i'll just keep recycling and creating out of the paper box. happy wednesday!

little things to do

on my 'little things' to do list: :> get a frame for my beautiful Eduardo Munos Bacs's screeprint poster i brought back from Cuba....... a new tiny moleskine project. got the books but haven't had time to make a start yet :( .......... paper boats and planes. obsessing with them at the moment so will be making something out of them too ...........

it's dark and the light is so bad round here i keep having to use the full flash. any photographer out there who could advise me on a simple trick for shooting indoors?
++ storage beauty i'd really love one of those :)

welcome monday!

been baking and experimenting with polymer clay, great fun! now have to sort out some messy boxes and finish off a job to be delivered tomorrow morning. i am loving my 2010 mondays so far... for some reason the levels of procrastination have declined considerably. may it remain as such. what are you up to today?
have you seen this vintage ad browser? i could spend hours there :)

en route

today's randoms on my way to and back from work. London feels like a gigantic freezer at the moment. this tiny fox here is so cold... i hope you have a warmer weekend, wherever you are :)
i ♥ Rojo

icy babies 2010

another snowy and slippery day, but who cares when i can 'find' all these babies to play with?! remember the ones from last year? well, those can now join the family :)
++ Simone Lia has a blog now

it's all white

it's good to be indoors, working in my warm, cosy and messy workspace watching the tiny dots of snow as they fall. so inspiring... also having fun with my origami paper pack birthday present my friend Niki sent me. thanks girl! it's all white, all good round here :)
+++ a site for curious cats

++ finally tidied up and updated my portfolio