Illustration Friday Topic - Dip

Zac loved the sour tingly feeling on his tongue from Tangy Sherbet dip :)

This is one of my quicker IF posts. Usually I want to add lots of colour and detail and want it to look perfect. I am okay with this not being coloured i think it speaks for itself in black and white. I also didn't um and ah about this topic it was the first thought that came to my mind a sherbet dip!

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Expired - Illustration Friday topic

The balloon ducked, twisted, twirled, dodged and dived whilst it's air expired and no one could catch him!

It has been several months since I have posted an IF topic, but I felt inspired this week to have a break from my other jobs. Hopefully I will jump back on the bandwagon again and contribute more frequently. It is always good to challenge myself to illustrate new subjects.

Technically this piece is a little rough, some of the ink smudged as it was not properly dry so have done a few quick digital touch ups, but I like the concept.

Cow Parade Margaret River

Books Moo-ve Me

For 3 days in January in 42 C heat a bunch of illustrators from SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators) worked in Frané Lessac's lovely studio in Fremantle painting a fibreglass cow. We had a ball sketching, painting, telling stories, patting the friendly pooches, coming up with 'cow' puns and sharing lovely gourmet lunches in Frané 's air conditioned house :)

It was fabulous working with other inspiring talented illustrators such as Karen Blair, Wendy Binks, James Foley, Samantha Hughes, Frané Lessac, Matt Ottley and Briony Stewart.

Our cow along with 76 other cows is now traveling down south for Cow Parade in Busselton on 21st February. They will be cows of leisure residing in wineries, galleries, restaurants, shopping centres, boutiques, businesses, parks and lighthouses from March - June 2010.

We were very grateful to be allocated a cow and given the opportunity to take part in this international art exhibit.

'While CowParade has been held in over 50 cities around the world including ‘udderly’ fabulous destinations such as Paris, Tokyo, London and New York, each event is unique. The cow sculptures do not change from event to event, but local artists are challenged by the works of previous CowParade artists and inspired by their own cultural contexts and personal vision of what a cow should look like'.

Reference: http://www.margaretriver.com/pages/cowparade-2010/

The cows will be auctioned off on the 10th of July 2010, proceeds going to various charities.

Pet portraits

These are some recent pet portraits I have done for clients between November and January.

Usually I work with pastels and coloured pencils but the first two dogs Georgie and Steffi were acrylic painting commissions. I can be emailed at lemonzestdesign AT gmail DOT com if you would like to make an enquiry.

Made on the Left display

I had my first art / craft stall on Saturday 14th November. I really enjoyed the experience. The actual day was fine and it was nice meeting customers and selling work, however, planning for it was a lot of hard work. First of all you have to make everything (the fun bit :) ), but you also have to shop around for the best printing prices, order cello bags, envelopes, stickers, business cards, design signs, price lists, flyers and information sheets. Then there is deciding how you are going to display your work. Fortunately i had some friends who run a newsagency so they lent me their card stands. There is also deciding how to price your work. I could list a lot more but won't. I think the efforts are worth it when you get to show your work to the public. It's quite exciting making sales and hearing feedback about your work :) Now I better get back to my book illustrations due this Friday!

Book illustrations

I am over the moon to be working on my first chapter book for Blake Education publishers. It will part of the Sparklers series, aimed at ages 7+. I received this job 4 weeks ago and i now have 1 week to get the illustrations finished. I am enjoying the process and putting my skills into good use. The editor and art director are great to work with. I have just attached a few roughs for now, will show more when the book is published next January.