happy journey collective

hello peeps! so here's the project i said i'd be announcing today :) entitled Happy Journey, it consists of an ongoing collection of 'final destination' boxes artworks by the finest illustrators/artists from around the world.

the collective was born out of a twitter interaction between myself, Lesley Barnes and Abi Daker. It all started on a dull rainy evening when my other half came home and asked me to google 'colourful coffins', a road sign he'd spotted on his way back from a driving work trip from Oxford. we were so amused by what we saw that i promptly tweeted the link. what happened afterwards can be seen now at the Happy Journey Collective official site. so much fun!

we're so pleased with how the project has been developing so far and hope you enjoy browsing the beautiful pieces showcased there. don't forget to keep checking it for new added artwork.

+ if you you'd like to get involved, we've set up a flickr group for open submissions. there you'll find the brief + artwork specs. we'll be selecting artworks to feature on the collective website on a regular basis.

hope you enjoy the journey and have a fab weekend too!

update// Amelia's Magazine has an exclusive about the project. read/ see it here

mail me art + lovely mail

ohh i'm so pleased to hear the Mail Me Art exhibition will be happening again in the summer. see my wee piece in the top pictures and details of the upcoming show here. i was also involved in it last year and my envelop featured on both the exhibition and the book. great stuff!
+ Mr Postman also brought me lovely mail from Lesley and Lydia. thanks girls, i looove the goodies :)
++ back to work now as i'm snowed under. lots of stuff to finish off today. have a very special project launching tomorrow and i can't wait to show you... laters!

pick me up // contemporary graphic art fair

had a lovely time at the Pick me up : Contemporary Graphic Art Fair // Somerset House. lots of awesome stuff and great eye candy to enjoy. the day was even more pleasant as the sun was shining in London and i was in the best company ever of five ace illustrators: Simon Wild, Kate Slater, Jo Cheung, June Sees and Emma Cowley plus d'lovely Amelia Gregory from Amelia's Magazine. i already knew Jo, June and Emma as we were in uni together and Amelia, of course, a very dear soul and great supporter of my work. so it was fab to meet Simon and Kate in person. they both turned out to be as nice as i'd imagined! see, the power of twitter manifests itself in such positive ways. bringing us all together in real life to enjoy such an inspiring day being one of them. amen to my twitter addiction! :)

seven // animation

so here it is, the finished animation of my collaboration with Lesley. lovely, isn't it?! i'm so pleased... ace, ace girl! can't wait to work with you again :)

update // as we produced this for a competition, you can vote for it here if you like. your vote will be much appreciated :)

i've also just received a couple of requests from great bloggers to post the animation on their site to encourage people to vote too. please do // don't forget to link to mine and Lesley's websites + sound design by Al Paxton // and thanks a lot in advance for all the support.

happy monday peeps!

awww spring...

can't think of anything better than a sunday spring afternoon spent at Richmond Park. even got a hi5 from the deer :) lovely!

drawing with scissors

today i've been doing lots of cutting up for a collaboration with the talented Sara Barnes from one of my top fave blogs Brown Paper Bag. in the first picture you get a sneak peek at the piece she sent me to interact with... well, the collab is almost ready and i'll be showing the whole thing soon :)
now it's time for a chill out session with a fresh glass of wine in our sunny garden. hope your weekend is a radiant one too!

enjoying the blossom

... and working flat out :) what are you up to?

cats

cats make me happy, so does Jared Schorrs's work :) he also makes great desktop wallpapers to download from his blog. enjoy!

from a nice weekend

a very nice weekend it's been, eating big and tasty duck's eggs, making a tiny paper house and enjoying this great book amongst other things :) + one major accident: i spilled a whole pint of pink milk all over my keyboard, so RIP to it :( am using a spare cranky one at the minute... lots of work to get on with this week. wishing a happy start to us all!

a very happy family

look at what the postman brought me this morning! i'm sooo pleased to have been part of this project set up and managed by Esti, if you dont remember i posted about it before here. it's now been released in Spain and you can get your own pack : see info here :

a unique and very special childrens card game, We Are a Happy Family features the work of the following eight international artists:

Sarajo Frieden, Lotte Andkilde, Lady Desidia, Estibaliz Hernandez, Alexandra Hedberg, Aris Moore, Kimberly Laurenti and, of course tiny me + box layout design by Jorge Fernández. all proceedings going to Doctors Without Borders. cool huh?

a very happy family indeed :) have a fab weekend too!

Amelia's magazine illustrations

so here they are, the final illus for this great article on Amelia's Magazine.
i'm ultra busy at the minute working on the setup of a collective pretty special project. will keep you all posted. for now, stay happy and enjoy the sun light :)

hello monday

hello spring, hello hay fever for me! :-(

every year i tend to forget how bad it gets when summer approaches... well, as they say, 'for anything there's a price to pay...'
anyway i'm plodding along finishing off some illustrations for Amelia's Magazine and the image above is a selection of little crops, i'm enjoying the process of how the artwork is coming to life.
thank you so much for the smashing feedback and purchases of my mornings zine :) i'm off to the post office in a minute.
wishing us all a great week hay fever free as i wouldn't wish this thing on the ugliest creature in the world. good times...

a wee zine about mornings

hello peeps! so here it is, the little zine i've been mentioning lately, now available in my shop. it's a limited edition of 25 full colour laser printed low tech books/ 16 pages. this zine is somewhat special to me as it marks the start of what will be an ongoing process of revisiting and editing my moleskines. so there will be others as i plan to make one every other month exploring the diversity of drawings, thoughts and rejects from my sketchbooks.

the basis of my work has always come from exploration and experimentation from sketchbooks and i normally end up with a pile on the corner of the workspace. now i feel it's time to bring them to life in the form of zines :) as this ongoing project progresses i will be officially launching Tiny Red Press, a home for low tech zines. exciting!

anyway, have a fab weekend, whatever your plans are. i need some rest :)