Kids Book

A friend and I are doing a little kids book for xmas, about her cat Joany.

I started with watercolours, but then went back to computer filled colours and japanese paper... here are a couple of drafts! Do you have a favourite? I think I'm leaning towards the bottom one, with computer colours.

Jesses Mess

Jesses Mess, originally uploaded by pikaland.

I'm part of the Gocco package on the beautiful world of Pikaland. Beautiful Gocco art from some lovely people from around the world, go and check them out! and win some art!

Custom Portraits

Recently I've begun doing custom portraits, beginning with my friend Kerry who commissioned me to draw a family portrait of her sister, baby and hubby. Kerry is a star as she is always has faith in my work, and seems to be the first to invest in my work - whether it be for her website or family portrait! Thanks Kerry. :)

Anyway, since then I've had a few more a really loved to create them - it's really an honour to be asked. I thought I would share this recent one, given to a cat loving lass for her birthday.

Now offering through Etsy.

Crazy Pencil Zombie

Crazy Pencil Zombie, originally uploaded by Australian Centre for the Moving Image.

Entry to Burton Exhibition Gallery for ACMI Melbourne.

Little Japanesey Prints

Available on Etsy.

Ilustration Friday - Dessert

My housemate Trudy has an awesome dessert she regularly whips up. I know there are some secret ingredients, but the basics are:

Mix a tablespoon of nutella with a small amount of milk, and heat in the microwave. Pour on icecream, add some hundreds and thousands, and chow down... in a happy chocolate coma.

A Room Of One's Own

Winston modelling on the couch.

Big desk, and clothes line art hanger complete with pegs.

Cupboard of tools, gocco printer and other fun stuff.

I've always wanted to have an art space... rather than the kitchen table sprawl, the lost notebooks around the house, the ink spilled on carpet. Recently Matty kindly built himself a new music studio in our garage, allowing me to shift this art flotsam from around the house into one lovely little den (/guest room), take over the walls with art (rather than crushing them like I usually do) and put little trinkets from life on the shelves. It is currently messy and has lots of work to make it fully functional, but I now have an ART ROOM STUDIO! Woohoo!

I just also had my mum come and stay... Twas lovely to see her, and she left me with more childhood journals and books and a beautiful scarf she made.