Little Clouds
Posted by Amy on Thursday March 11, 2010
Fun little characters all lined up in a row from Little Clouds, and I love how she has a zine that share juicy details on each individual character!
Originally from London, she moved to Hong Kong to experience something different and is documenting her discoveries on her blog.
The Doom Girls
Posted by Amy on Thursday March 11, 2010
Not all girls are sugar and spice, and The Doom Girls understand this fact. In fact, they celebrate it. The impish grin, the sneaky laugh – we’ve all been there, haven’t we? ;)
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Brendan Wenzel
Posted by Amy on Wednesday March 10, 2010
How adorable are these animals? Love the work of Brendan Wenzel — his sketches are amazing, and his lines are fabulously fluid.
{via Sam Caldwell}
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Claire Murray
Posted by Amy on Wednesday March 10, 2010
I don’t quite know what it is exactly, but I find myself keeling over laughing my head off at works by UK illustrators. (In a good way — I’m laughing because they made me laugh!)
My latest find and indulgence is Claire Murray. The fun really starts when you head on over to her website dedicated to her zines entitled The Joy of Hate — an illustrated zine of pet peeves. (Remember to zoom in on the covers. Hilarious.)
Also, here’s a tip for navigating the website: hover over the left or right hand side of the white paper and a hand will pop up, which will let you go forward or backwards to see more zine entries. It took me some time to figure it out!
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Sponsor giveaway: Benconservato
Posted by Amy on Tuesday March 9, 2010
Everyone should have a monster to call their own. Mine would be one that’s a little rough around the edges, scruffy looking with a gruff voice, but a big heart (and one with a smile goes a long way too.)
If there ever was a lady who could translate my perfect monster onto paper, that would be Emma Kidd of Benconservato. She’s based in Australia, and is an artist, illustrator, printmaker, and photographer who’s always busy dreaming up and drawing monsters!
She’s giving away a set of Monsters Behaving Badly Colouring Book and a 6-pack of Colour Me Happy Gocco Party Invites to ONE lucky reader if you’ll share with us your favorite monsters (real or imaginary!)
Giveaway ends on 16th March 2010 and the winner will be announced via email!
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Joana Rosa Bragança
Posted by Amy on Tuesday March 9, 2010
Joana Rosa Bragança is an illustrator based in Portugal and can I just say how lovely her work is? Everything is so pretty and beautifully detailed – she has mad watercolor skills! I’m so in love with how she draws people too: soft, rounded and fluid. Check out the lack of elbows. SWOON.
Check out her flickr and here’s her blog about her little pet!
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Vintage Children's Book Illustrations
Posted by Jamie Shelman on Friday March 5, 2010
Some time ago I happened to stumble across this incredible collection of vintage children’s book illustrations posted by Tiny Tin aka Christine Copland on flickr and haven’t been able to forget about them ever since! The bright colors, shapes and textures are an inspiration and joy to behold!
The first two images are from The Circus by Brian Wildsmith.
The third image from The Lion and the Bird’s Nest by Eriko Kishida.
Grab a cup of tea and curl up with your computer to spend sometime with this truly unique and interesting take on children’s illustration.
See the full set here.
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Rand Renfrow
Posted by Amy on Wednesday March 3, 2010
Quirky illustrations, zines and posters from Rand Renfrow. He hit the nail on the head with It Seems Like It’s Missing Something — an illustrated book of quotes collected from people’s humorous encounters with outsiders to the design and art world; a collaboration with Shaun Fox. I bet the designer who has these sort of clients are tearing their hair out instead of laughing when told the same thing!
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Christine Pym
Posted by Amy on Wednesday March 3, 2010
Beautiful watercolour illustrations from Christine Pym who studied Illustration for Children’s Publishing at the North East Wales Institute in the UK. She’s illustrated one book entitled The Tail of the Whale which will be out soon! I love how she talks about achieving a balance between your own vision and what the market wants in this blog post of hers on her experience after she graduated from university.
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Sponsor giveaway: Bread of Many
Posted by Amy on Tuesday March 2, 2010
This week’s sponsor giveaway comes from Bread of Many, a paperie shop run by Haley Dolan Katko. Tired of the same old boring items she sees everywhere, she took matters into her own hand and created a unique line of paper goods that combined her love of imagination, humor, and fantastic realism by way of hand-lettering and original illustrations.
Just comment by 9th March to be in the running, and you might win a pack of 5 Wussup flat note cards + envelopes from Haley!
UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is Amanda Howland.
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