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Today’s giveaway comes from Duane Hosein is an artist and illustrator based in New York, where he spent his childhood immersed in a world of his own – mostly behind a book or drawing at the dining table. As a result, his artworks primarily reflect on nature but with an added twist; with minute and detailed line work that seems to border on the obsessive.

As a sponsor, he is giving away a fun package for ONE lucky reader, who will be able to pick out TWO prints + a postcard collection from his Etsy shop worth USD$56.50!

To be in the running, just share with us your fondest memories of childhood (or how it has affected you today) – we’ll pick out a random winner after 27th March!

LINKS
Blog | Etsy shop | Website

The giveaway has ended and the winner has been picked by random.org – congratulations Kelly! 🙂 Thanks everyone for joining in!

Today’s post is a little different because I’m going to veer off from illustrations for awhile and instead will talk about a recent tutorial that I made for Rebecca of Big Big Big Things. Rebecca and Kitiya invited me to contribute a tutorial for them in conjunction with World Party Day and I’ve decided to send in a DIY tutorial for party invites!

I’ve weaved in some crafty elements while keeping the design clean so you can totally re-use the invitations how ever you wish! I’ve used scraps from the Good to Know zines to make the paper weave (I was inspired to come up with it after reading up on weaving when I bagged myself a vintage hand-weave loom for kids)!

Read up on the tutorial over at Big Big Big Things and you if you’re not into the whole weaving thing like I am, you can download the ready-made PDF template here so that you can print them out yourself!

Loving the new series by PBS called Off Book – now in it’s second season, you can watch reels of creatives talk about innovative processes in their work. I particularly enjoy the below episode that talks about using animated GIFs to bring artworks and photography alive.

Here’s more from the popular blog by Jamie Becks who animates her shoots.

Creative Director Simon Kneen of Banana Republic

Here’s an interview with Jamie and Kevin, explaining their work process.

And Tony Johnson sent me a link to his new animated illustration (shown above) – if you know a tune that would match his character’s stoned stance, give him a shout, will you?

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Have a great week ahead folks and coming up shortly is a tutorial for invitations that I made for World Party Day!