Monthly Archives:

Meeralee is an artist residing in the east coast of USA who loves doing custom work and commissions! Her specialty is ink and line drawings (they’re really detailed!) where she adds flora, fauna, and nautical-inspired elements that frame your face.

As a sponsor, she’ll draw a custom portrait for ONE lucky Pikaland reader that’s worth USD$80! (Take your pick of a black and white line drawing or a watercolor rendering.)

Just comment in this post by the 7th of December to be in the running and you might be the winner of a truly personal gift (and just in time for Christmas too!)

*UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is cerenaleigh as chosen via random.org!

Beautiful illustrations by Violeta Lópiz — an illustrator currently based in Berlin who hails from Ibiza. His style is unmistakably retro and yet at the same time, infuses modern strokes to convey subject matters as complex as finance and business (he illustrates for The Economist as well) to simple, yet meaningful illustrations for children’s books. He’s indeed a gifted artist with the ability to render illustrations in various styles and character!

Read the preview issue online

THIS ISSUE:
Are the rituals or routines that get you into work mode?
What keeps you motivated?

There’s 24 pages in total, with 15 artists sharing about how they find help, and receive support from others. Preview Issue #9 on ISSUU!

Shop / Past issues

We’re currently selling our zines over at the Pikabooks website, and over there you’ll find our entire Good to Know collection as well!

For Etsy users who are more comfortable using Etsy, we’re selling them there too — see our shop at pikaland.etsy.com and read our customers feedback here.

To download PDF copies, head to our e-junkie online shop!

++ If you’d like to stock up on the zine at your shop, we also accept wholesale orders. Please email me at amy{AT}pikaland.com!

Join the mailing list!

If you’d like to receive news when the next issue is available (and more goodies from Pikaland!) join our mailing list!

Participate!

If you’re an artist/illustrator/designer and would like to be one of our participants for the Good to Know project or any other projects from Pikaland, then fill in the form below to be automatically added to the mailing list for artists.

Come along for our NEXT issue! Share with us:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

What are you biggest fears as an artist? Have you gotten over them, or do they still plague you? How does fear affect your art-making?

~ Question sent in by Aijung Kim
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++