My take on some wild beasties…
My take on some wild beasties…
Every month I eagerly await the delivery of my Progressive Greetings Worldwide trade magazine – which provides a wonderful insight into the industry’s news of the day, publishers and their new products. This month however, I was proper excited! I knew it had the announcements for the finalists of the prestigious Henries Awards – the industry’s ‘Oscars’ – and a… (more…)
My little fairy friend has been on more adventures this week – she’s to grace the walls of many a girl’s bedroom in poster and canvas form! I revamped some of my original drawings by adding a patchwork of muted pink and neutral colors and new teenage friendly wording. I wonder if I’m too old to have ‘drama queen’ on… (more…)
I’ve recently completed this commission for a US greeting card company, targeted for a Christmas 2010 release. The fabulous color palette combined with fabric textures is predicted to be a big trend for Christmas 2010 (predicted first at the Frankfurt Christmasworld Show). Let’s hope so; much more exciting than traditional red and green or the ice palette!
Last year, I created this range of cards for Jonny Javelin – a wonderful independent greetings card company, based in the UK. The range’s success has led to a subsequent licensing for china ware. Can’t wait to drink tea from one of my very own mugs
This was my first ever combination of painted artwork and modern photoshop techniques. I knew the look I wanted from the start, but just couldn’t achieve it using traditional methods, so broadened my techniques to add collage effects using photoshop. The process began by creating a pencil and acrylic painted background, then layering additional pieces created by scanning archive baroque… (more…)
Color trends for 2011
Being an artist and licensing my artwork to many fashion-led industries such as greeting cards and home decor, I need to keep abreast of color trends. It’s the perfect excuse to buy great magazines like Italian Vogue and W with their insight into what’s hot for the coming year and their coverage of the runway, showing what we’ll be seeing… (more…)