a little blog of art

Christmas Shopping

nobody@vox.com(Emma) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:24:14 +0000

I realised that if there was ever a time for me to update the shop, just before Christmas would be it.

I have new prints in a range of sizes and prices. Soon I will have Christmas cards and copies of Meow Magazine for sale as well. Watch this space. :)

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Escalator Etiquette

nobody@vox.com(Emma) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:53:12 +0000

Dont stand on the left

Just don't

Help carry prams

Carry dogs

Can you tell I'm a Londoner?

These are for the new issue of the zine the students on my course produce (Meow Magazine). This month's theme is I Love London so this was what I did. I'm also on the editing team this year and we have big plans for it.

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Little red riding hood

nobody@vox.com(Emma) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:56:53 +0000

This was my first project at uni. Everyone was given colour to research, to be inspired by and to create a piece capturing the essence of. Mine was scarlet and I went down a little red riding hood avenue. I'm getting very into the darker side of fairytales and their prevalence in our culture. This bit in the Guardian about fairytales is definitely worth a read.

Anyway, ironically for a project about scarlet I draw it all in black and white. I carefully cut red riding hood out so that last red page would show through all the way to the first.

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Camden Passage

nobody@vox.com(Emma) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:40:42 +0100

Camden Passage, not to be confused with Camden Lock, is an antiques village in Islington. My Granny remembers when it was full of antique silver and jewellery, but now there's more trinkets and vintage clothes. Still fun. I made this book of all the little things I liked. Painted with coffee of course.

I will be the first to say that the scans and photos are bad.

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repetative

nobody@vox.com(Emma) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:06:50 +0100

It all started with a visit to a shop called bygones and curious which is full of beautiful old things. I did some drawings and decided to make them into a repetative pattern and it was actually really fun. The original drawings are done in ink and then repeated on photoshop.

Bygone pattern

Autumn pattern

Girls

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this is what winter should feel like

nobody@vox.com(Emma) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:45:50 +0100

Anorak cover

The fabulous children's magazine Anorak is holding a competotion to design the winter cover and this is what I came up with. Rather cool - my old tutor and mentor Simon Wild is a regular contributer.

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bring on the happy dancing

nobody@vox.com(Emma) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:16:36 +0100

I know I have been awful about updating, and it not because I've had a creative slump or gotten lazy (kind of the opposite), I just haven't had the internet for quite a while. I thought I'd start my resumed blogging with some good news. A few months ago Millie Boyd contacted me about one of my Christmas card designs and it was shown to Woodmansterne in a meeting. I didn't want to say anything in case I didn't get it, and for a long time I didn't hear anything and then last week I got the email saying they wanted to buy my design. My drawing will on Christmas cards sold in shops everywhere in 2010. :)

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Skating

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I heart Paris

nobody@vox.com(Emma) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:19:31 +0100

I went to Paris with three amazing friends for the first time last week and I loved every second of it. I found it an incredibly inspiring place (the architecture, the carousels, the pastries!) and was constantly sketching during my brief three day visit. Naturally I couldn’t wait to get drawing when I got back and made Paris my fourth summer project.

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