Sponsor giveaway: Meeralee
Posted by Amy on Wednesday December 1, 2010
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!
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Sponsor giveaway: Cloudy Collection
Posted by Amy on Wednesday November 24, 2010
Cloudy Collection is the brainchild of David Huyck, an illustrator, designer, and artist based in Moscow, ID. The project produces a set of 6 letterpress prints every three months or so and with it, a new theme and a gang of new collaborators. The project was born out of his love of letterpress and instead of going it alone, he invited his friends to take part and the Cloudy Collection has produced 7 editions so far since 2009!
UPDATE: 24th November
Their most recent edition is called Bunches, Crowds, Clusters, Piles & Knots going to be called Simple and will only be released on 1st December. Best of all, a percentage of the sales of the Cloudy Collection print sets will be donated to The Nature Conservancy, an international organization devoted to saving wild, untouched, and rehabilitated natural places for future generations.
We have a fun package of the entire 2010 editions up for grabs for ONE lucky commenter (that’s three FOUR different print sets worth USD$35 each, including their yet-to-be-released print set!), and another lucky commenter will get the latest print collection, Bunches, Crowds, Clusters, Piles & Knots Simple worth USD$35.
Just leave your comment — say hello, write out a rhyme, anything at all — for a chance at winning! Winners will be picked out after 30th November.
*UPDATE: Commenting has now closed, thanks so much for participating. The winner of this giveaway is Jesseline G. & Melanie Martin!
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Cart before the horse
Posted by Amy on Tuesday October 26, 2010
Fantastic art dolls by artist duo Dylan & Jo Curry of Cart Before the Horse — and just in time for Halloween too! Individually sewn, drawn, and painted, each doll is made in a limited edition of 25, and would make for an heirloom piece.
They were featured on Etsy a week back (I think), and you can read their interview here!
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Artist interview: Lauren Carney
Posted by Melanie Maddison on Friday October 22, 2010
Lauren Carney is an amazingly friendly artist, illustrator and crafter from Brisbane, Australia who constantly made me giggle while we were setting this interview up!
Lauren is exhibiting in the Samhain Art Exhibition (29 October – 2 November 2010) at White Canvas Gallery, Queensland.
Website: www.laurencarneyart.com
Blog: www.laurencarneyart.blogspot.com/
Etsy: www.etsy.com/shop/dizzylittledotty
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How are you? What are you working on at the moment?
I’m really well, thanks for asking! I’ve been quite a busy little bee over the past few weeks! I’ve got a group exhibition coming up next week, so I’ve been trying to finish off some large water-colour pieces for that! Then the weekend after I have the Finder Keepers Spring Markets on, where I will be selling my wares and meeting very lovely art folk! Crazy right?
How would you describe your art?
The content of my work is whimsical and curious. Romanticism plays a large underlying theme and I think that is portrayed by the fanciful characters within each illustration. My artwork touches on a variety of mediums, mostly traditional mixed with digital illustration. The linework is messy but heavily detailed, the colours are bright, and the subject matter is a quirky!
A lot of the characters in your work are very cartoon looking (a good thing!), are you a fan of comics?
I’ve never been that into comics, but always wish that I had been! I was never really able to get my hands on them as a kid, because I grew up in a small town with a shortage of cool comic books in general. However I did have a huge cartoon fixation from my younger years, and that has stuck with me to adulthood! So I think that has a strong influence over me to this day!
What puts you in the best mood for drawing?
Well I have a confession, just of late I’ve been watching Coraline and Fantastic Mr Fox each day to get me through my creative block! I’m pretty sure I watched Coraline fifteen times last week – I’m a little bit addicted. But hey, I churned out eleven paintings that week, so it must have worked? But apart from obsessive movie watching, I generally sit down with a cup of tea in the morning, and look over my favourite blogs, with some Neutral Milk Hotel playing in the background. Then I’m good to go!
What materials do you most often/ most enjoy working with?
Moleskin Art Diary, A 0.005 Art-line Pen, Watercolour paints and different textured papers.
CLICK HERE to read the entire interview with Lauren!
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