Author Archives: amy

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!

Anna Raff (previously ) has completed over 500 bird drawings already, hurrah!

Love the new Forest Fables wallet collection over at Poketo.

An illustrated journey of Louis Vuitton’s luggage line from iconic steamer-trunk to the portable carry-case it is today.

Infographic: Have you had enough sleep yet? Better clock up or you might just die.

Watch Sarah Dennis’ Tales in a Pea Green Boat (love the papercuts and the shadow puppetry!)

Now you can send art via your phone with the Artogram app – there’s some lovely artist’s work on there already, like Katie Daisy and Kristiana Pärn among others.

Knitted superhero outfits – I’ll let that one sink in for a moment.

Print out your very own motivational Girls with a Message – a project started by Linda Tieu which I can see being hung in little girls’ rooms everywhere.

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Have a great weekend folks!