IrrElephant!

A different style again.

This time I was developing my ideal tattoo. My mum will be pleased to know that I am aware my spare cash can be put to better use for the moment. This was drawn on a scrap of lined paper whilst I had a surge of creativity when visiting my family and a sketchbook was not close to hand.

I am hoping to work on the line work digitally, but I quite like the line just as it is, with no shade, but we'll see.

Inspiration for the idea came from my canvas print that I have blogged before, and obviously I'm a Crazy Elephant Lady. 

This month has been 'Even More Music Month' on BBC Radio one and have given us some spectacular covers from Bastille and The Arctic Monkeys. I am getting to go see Bastille as they are playing a gig in Edinburgh soon, and I am very much looking forward to it!

Giving a Miley Cyrus song some Charm...

Sexing up some Drake...

An Elephant parade on top of my picture frame

Creative Haul

I realised recently that it has been way too long since I've posted on here!

The reason for this is not through lack of creativity, if I am honest I have probably found another (maybe lazier) outlet for showcasing my creativity: Instagram (@elepaws.) I am going to try and make more effort to get posting more on here because my work is being lost in among selfies and lunches, and it's a nice way for myself to reflect.

So here's a few things I've been creating recently...

I drew these little portraits for my flatmate who was sadly moving out to study in Glasgow as a parting gift to remind her of the three of us.

During one of my late night scribblings I drew British style You-tuber  Helen Melon Lady for fun, I linked her to it on twitter and she kindly reposted it, which was lovely of her, this got me lots of lovely new Instagram followers and a load of 'likes.'

And this is a shoe....

More to follow...

Catwoman

My portrait of Julie Newmar's beautifully classic Catwoman 

(Sheldon Cooper's favorite Catwoman if I remember correctly)

Silver Wedding Invitations

I was asked to design invitations for my Mum and Dad's 25th Wedding Anniversary. They specifically told me that the wanted nothing cheesy e.g: portraits of them etched into a birch tree in a love heart.
So this is what I came up with...

I chose Items that were relevant to them, such as occupation, hobbies and likes and created a fun pattern for the front of which will be an invitation postcard.

In other purple related news: My Cupcake Illustartion for Mrs Marr's Marvelous Cupcakes had been printed onto a hoodie for an event taking place in my hometown Charity Fun Day  for a worthwhile cause in the city in which I live Maggie's - A care center for people who are suffering from cancer.

My Creative Space

I enjoy surrounding myself with lovely things!

This is above my bed. My lovely sister bought be this canvas, which I adore, there are a few elephant realated items in my room,a s I have quite the collection but this has to be one of my favorites.

As you can see by the glimpse of my cushions, I love a bright colour or two, I previously blogged about Penny's apartment from the Big Bang Theory and the great collection of items she has.

I have both of these prints from Catherine Campbell framed on my bedroom wall. They are very whimsical and fun, with that essential splash of colour.

Fiona's Portrait

Meet Fiona!

My good-friend-flatmate-blogger-extraordinaire asked me to illustrate her a little portrait for her lifestyle blog Country Girl - City Life

Head over to her blog to see it in action and check out what wonderful things she's been up to! 

In other news: Loving this song at the moment!

Haim: Don't Save Me

 

A fox

When foxes are mentioned metaphorically there are often given negative attributes, I wonder why this is as they have such beautifully coloured fur. 

Festive lino printing

This year I am having a 'Homemade Christmas,' I am going to attempt to make everything from Christmas cards and gifts to the (hopefully delicious) feast with all the trimmings on the big day! As I mentioned in a previous post I was planning many crafty projects, one of which was lino printing.

I have a great love of Christmas, and to many people's annoyance, I may get a little bit excited too soon!  When making sure that I get all of my crafts done within good time I have got into the Christmas spirit already, and as you can see below I was printing away to a winter's favorite of mine, The Holiday!

 To create lino prints you must have all the kit: The lino, cutting tools, printing paint or ink, a paint roller, barren tool (for pressing the print onto the paper), a pencil and something to print onto.I scoured Ebay and Amazon for the cheapest price kit, as a visit to Hobbycraft showed that you can spend a fortune on just the basic set. I mainly looked at Youtube videos and online tutorials to get the technique right and got stuck in. 

I very quickly came to realize that this is quite a dangerous craft as  the cutting tool can slip quite easily off of the lino and slice into the hand that is holding the lino secure. So if you are considering giving this craft a go, be very careful and possibly buy a hand protector which I have seen  being sold.

 I am now waiting for some more lino to arrive so I can create some new designs.

You can see my mistletoe inspired design on some basic packaging tags and a cheeky Christmas pud in red on a card. 

Olympics Mania

This is my Illustration submission for Illustration Rally's current Olympics/Paralympics submission.

I chose to do a gymnast because when I was little I wanted to be a gymnast when I 'when I grew up.' I's safe to say, that I never fulfilled that particular dream, but this illustration is (obviously) what I would look like if I were an Olympic champion!

I hope you like it!

I'm sure I can still pull off a cartwheel...

SALE (in big red letters draws me in)

I allowed myself to roam free among the current sales and this is what happened!

I am a sucker for urban outfitters but tend to only allow my

self to go crazy in the sale which means the guilt is slightly less. So this is one of my purchases....

My 80's style striped skirt which I had my eye on when I was less flushed! When I saw it in the sale at £15 reduced from £30 that was ideal!

I like to think it reflects the 1981 Paul rand IBM logo (which I remember from my graphic design days) When I see the composition of colours on the black background I have a vision of white clunky PCs and tetris which is just lots of fun!

Images from http://www.areaofdesign.com and http://www.urbanoutfitters.co.uk

Next in the portraits

The young Creatives!

http://theyoungcreatives.wordpress.com/2011/04/05/lana-steel/

This is my little space on the young Creatives blog, which has a little interview with me!

I never like writing about myself, but I am happy to get involved!

Thankyou for including me! @http://theyoungcreatives.wordpress.com