Wow, it’s the 22nd June already!
I’ve added some FREEBIES to the site! Four different types of desktop wallpaper –
Link - http://www.elysiumrain.com/Free%20Desktop%20Wallpaper.html
The Wild Side (the one with the wolf) is one of my newer ones – the others are from around 2001, Dark Woods (the beige background and the black trees) is my old favourite. I actually painted this using tea bags and ink! I think I was around 17/18 when I did this – it was my first illustration that I uploaded to Epilogue.net and it really got the ball rolling with my career as an illustrator.
What else have I been up to? Well I’ve been working away on my book – still lots to do!
I plan on updating this blog again next week. This weekend I’ll be face painting with a friend in Benissa for the Moors and Christians parade – lots and lots of people need their faces sparkling for this, and we’ve only a few hours to do them all. It will be the largest number of people I’ve ever painted so I’ll defiantly put some photo’s up ... when I’ve recovered!
More soon!
Wow, it’s the 22nd June already!
I’ve added some FREEBIES to the site! Four different types of desktop wallpaper –
Link - http://www.elysiumrain.com/Free%20Desktop%20Wallpaper.html
The Wild Side (the one with the wolf) is one of my newer ones – the others are from around 2001, Dark Woods (the beige background and the black trees) is my old favourite. I actually painted this using tea bags and ink! I think I was around 17/18 when I did this – it was my first illustration that I uploaded to Epilogue.net and it really got the ball rolling with my career as an illustrator.
What else have I been up to? Well I’ve been working away on my book – still lots to do!
I plan on updating this blog again next week. This weekend I’ll be face painting with a friend in Benissa for the Moors and Christians parade – lots and lots of people need their faces sparkling for this, and we’ve only a few hours to do them all. It will be the largest number of people I’ve ever painted so I’ll defiantly put some photo’s up ... when I’ve recovered!
More soon!
A big thank you to those who’ve recently joined my blog! Hope you all had a Happy Easter!
So what have I been up to? Well in truth I’ve not accomplished a lot because I was sick with flu for what felt like the entire month of April but that aside, I did manage to try my hand at sculpting.
Just silly little gimmicky pens but they went down well with the people I showed them too so I thought what the heck – plonk them on ebay. The first batch sold rather quickly and I’ll update my website with photos of the rest as soon as I get my hands on the camera.
Also, I’ve recently joined
http://www.amateurillustrator.com/ - This is a handy little site for artists, both pros and beginners. And I quote for those of you wondering about the amateur part -
“We named our site 'amateur illustrator' because the original and true meaning of the word is to do something because you love doing it.”
That pretty much sums up why I do what I do … of course, the fact that it was free to join up had nothing to do with it >>
A big thank you to those who’ve recently joined my blog! Hope you all had a Happy Easter!
So what have I been up to? Well in truth I’ve not accomplished a lot because I was sick with flu for what felt like the entire month of April but that aside, I did manage to try my hand at sculpting.
Just silly little gimmicky pens but they went down well with the people I showed them too so I thought what the heck – plonk them on ebay. The first batch sold rather quickly and I’ll update my website with photos of the rest as soon as I get my hands on the camera.
Also, I’ve recently joined
http://www.amateurillustrator.com/ - This is a handy little site for artists, both pros and beginners. And I quote for those of you wondering about the amateur part -
“We named our site 'amateur illustrator' because the original and true meaning of the word is to do something because you love doing it.”
That pretty much sums up why I do what I do … of course, the fact that it was free to join up had nothing to do with it >>
Finally, I’ve created a blog! I had planned to do this back in March but ... I’m still trying to work out where that month went - the time has flown by!
The latest book for Alex and Friends is coming along well, my publisher Valerie recently attended GESS in Dubai. The exhibition was opened by a Sheik and I was very pleased to hear a copy of the book I illustrated for Alex and Friends was bought as a present for a girl aged 10 and boy aged 7. Overall the exhibit went well and you can read more about that on the Alex and Friends blog -
http://cmipublishing.blogspot.com/Lately I've been working a bit more on my own fantasy book - still a work in progress. The intro is more or less finished and im now ploughing through chapters four and five. When will this be finished? I’m hoping somewhere around early 2011.
Around all of this i'm still trying to salvage the lost data from the PC after having a virus attack a couple of weeks ago. What ive learnt -
* Never save anything as a .Tif (instead of tiff). The files go corrupt and are inaccessible there after.
* Invest in an external hardrive - goodbye cds! Goodbye faulty USB sticks!
That aside, enjoy the holidays and ... Happy Easter!
Finally, I’ve created a blog! I had planned to do this back in March but ... I’m still trying to work out where that month went - the time has flown by!
The latest book for Alex and Friends is coming along well, my publisher Valerie recently attended GESS in Dubai. The exhibition was opened by a Sheik and I was very pleased to hear a copy of the book I illustrated for Alex and Friends was bought as a present for a girl aged 10 and boy aged 7. Overall the exhibit went well and you can read more about that on the Alex and Friends blog -
http://cmipublishing.blogspot.com/Lately I've been working a bit more on my own fantasy book - still a work in progress. The intro is more or less finished and im now ploughing through chapters four and five. When will this be finished? I’m hoping somewhere around early 2011.
Around all of this i'm still trying to salvage the lost data from the PC after having a virus attack a couple of weeks ago. What ive learnt -
* Never save anything as a .Tif (instead of tiff). The files go corrupt and are inaccessible there after.
* Invest in an external hardrive - goodbye cds! Goodbye faulty USB sticks!
That aside, enjoy the holidays and ... Happy Easter!
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Awww I'm going to cry now, that's so sad. Bye Fi Fi, may there be lots of yummy veg in hamster heaven that you can fill into your cheeks and then regurgitate... Ahem, changing the subject I like the painting. I remember seeing this unfinished at yours. Keep up the good work x
aww. Yeah, Im sure she's stuffing her little face now ... and then regurgitating it to her hearts content oO. Poor little thing.
Thanks for your comments on the painting. Its one of my personal favourites x