bones, braids and a tricycle

Feminine Charms

2012-02-08T18:15:00.000-08:00

Two more illustrations for Rebecca Taylor!

Stitch in time

2012-01-29T21:35:00.000-08:00

Embroidery by Yumiko Arimoto.

Soy Violeta

2012-01-28T20:13:00.000-08:00

Illustrations by Violeta Hernandez

Stamen

2012-01-27T21:26:00.000-08:00

Photography by Nichloas Alan Cope

Midnight Follows

2012-01-24T19:44:00.001-08:00

Another new print added to my store...

In The Stars

2012-01-24T13:51:00.000-08:00

Laura Laine's horoscopes for ELLE Russia.

Bright Star

2012-01-23T17:18:00.000-08:00

And another one...

And cream

2012-01-23T15:54:00.000-08:00

Landon Metz

Peaches

2012-01-22T15:46:00.000-08:00

And another new print...

Study Hard

2012-01-19T23:58:00.000-08:00

Just added a new print in my Etsy store,

she is available in 8x10" or 5x7"

Tweet Tweet

2012-01-19T22:34:00.000-08:00

Amazing Bird sculptures by Abigail Brown.

Dahlia

2012-01-19T19:53:00.000-08:00

Look book of Japanese label, Nº11's SS12 collection...

ABC's

2012-01-17T16:03:00.000-08:00

Alphabet illustrated by Ertè in 1976

Fuka you

2012-01-16T19:52:00.000-08:00

I am pretty keen on these

book cover designs by Vladimir Fuka.

Prison stripes

2012-01-11T14:03:00.000-08:00

I went with the pink.

I have been working on some bolder pieces for my folio lately,

and this is the first one.

Trees For The Woods

2012-01-09T20:12:00.000-08:00

Denise Nestor

Stripes

2012-01-08T23:36:00.000-08:00

Decisions, decisions.

Sounds of the woods

2012-01-05T21:24:00.000-08:00

Out takes from the Nadinoo film 'Sounds Of The Woods'.

They have a very sweet blog too.

Come for you

2011-12-30T19:59:00.000-08:00

Oil paintings by Kristin Vestgard.

So amazing.

Cartography

2011-12-28T13:19:00.000-08:00

Title pages from maps published between 1880 and 1920.

Their composition's knock my socks off.

See more here.

For Sale

2011-12-21T13:50:00.000-08:00

I wished I lived in this building in Glasgow. Or I owned a building that I could paint in a similar fashion. Or knew someone who would allow me to paint their building.

Don't forget about the MASSIVE GIVEAWAY!

Still a couple more days to enter...

Abandoned

2011-12-19T14:32:00.000-08:00

Collages of abandoned houses by Seth Clark.

Also, I entered the Yen Young Australian Art Award, did you?

Groupings

2011-12-18T15:00:00.000-08:00

These are by Jiakuann on Flickr.

Don't forget about the GIVEAWAY,

it closes midnight Christmas eve and is open to anyone!

Our cheeks are nice and rosy (GIVEAWAY!)

2011-12-14T11:29:00.000-08:00

Ho Ho Ho!

I feel festive, so I would like to give some loot way.

Prepare yourselves, because this is

my very first

GIVEAWAY

so I thought I should try and make it count.

To be in the running to win:

1 x copy of my 'Prufrock' zine

(which you can't get any where else!)

1 x 5x7" print of 'Girl Reading'

1 x 8x10" print of 'Bird And The Bees'

1 x 11x16" print of 'About A Girl'

AND

1 x A4 CUSTOM ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATION made by ME,

which I almost never do, so it's even more super special!)

All you have to do is go to my Facebook page and leave a comment

THIS POST.

It's very, very easy!

*Entries close at midnight on Christmas Eve*

(Melbourne, Australia time)

Made by hand

2011-12-13T12:34:00.001-08:00

I received a little present in the post this week,

a copy of Hand Made Illustration

edited by Eva Minguet,

AND

I'm inside!

As well as 16 other pretty amazing illustrators,

including Brandi Milne (cover image), Eszra Roise (third image), Erika Yamashiro (fourth image), Kelly Thompson, Sabine Pieper,

Denise Van Leeuwen.

AND

My Harlequin illustration is even on the back cover,

nice.

And just to toot my own horn a little longer, I did an interview with The Clothes Maiden which you can read here.

Terra-rific

2011-12-12T21:51:00.000-08:00

I really want a terrarium.

One of these from Miniscapes would do very nicely.

Cut Cut Cut

2011-12-11T14:42:00.000-08:00

Nice sketch book from Lucille Michielle...

Pretty In Pink

2011-12-08T01:19:00.000-08:00

I drew some presents for the Rebecca Taylor website.

Do you need a dress? They have nice ones!

Horsing around

2011-11-28T01:15:00.000-08:00

I am really into horses at the moment

and these paintings by

Lisa Golightly

really float my boat.

Second Nature

2011-11-21T01:36:00.000-08:00

I have been a fan of Elke Kramer's jewelry for quite some time

and the look book for her

SS10/11 collection

does not disappoint!

Very much so

2011-11-17T22:32:00.000-08:00

Pretty Little Thieves

Great name, great name...

2011-11-14T22:38:00.000-08:00

I am quite enamoured of these oil paintings by Emma Bennett.

She must go through a lot of black paint.

Also, Amanda from 'Here Comes The Sun' is having a big giveaway at the moment (one of my prints is included in the prize), so to be in the running just head over here.

And thank you to everyone that has visited me at the markets/exhibition over the past week (you know who you are!), you all made my day!

And, there is a little post about my work on Daydream Lily today, one of my favourite blogs!

Bird & The Bees

2011-11-03T01:20:00.000-07:00

She nearly killed me,

but she's finished.

Hooray!

I couldn't decide which colour way too do,

so she is available in

'Natural' and 'Coloured'

in 5x7" or 8x10".

On the Road Again

2011-11-03T01:06:00.000-07:00

Sanoii + Six

have just released their new collection

'On The Road'

which includes the fabric print I helped them come up with.

The whole collection is really, really gorgeous

(now available in their online store!)

and Sam & Vienna were such a dream to work with.

How stunning is their look book!

The model is so beautiful,

and I am always a sucker for milkmaid-braids.

See Me Everywhere

2011-11-03T00:40:00.000-07:00

Have you seen the latest issue of Paper Runway magazine?

Lilly Piri,Francisca Prieto & LoSiento have all contributed,

and there is an interview about me!

It is such a sweet publication

and I am super excited to be included.

And, if you are in Melbourne next week,

I will be selling prints at the Magnolia Square market in the St Kilda town hall on November 11th, 12th & 13th.

They always put on a great event,

so it is well worth the visit.

And, I am almost finished my Diploma in Illustration,

which means our graduating exhibition,

Illustre,

is this week at Chapel Off Chapel,

in Melbourne on Tuesday the 8th of November.

The ridiculously talented Landells made the artwork

for the flyer, by the way!

And, if you are Brisbane,

make sure you come say 'hi!'

at the Finders Keepers market this weekend!

No wonder I am so tired...

Shapely

2011-10-27T17:49:00.000-07:00

More by Martine Johanna.

The top one makes me especially jealous...

Trial and error

2011-10-26T00:40:00.000-07:00

Colour Roughs for my new piece.

Decisions, decisions, decisions...?!

Baby blues

2011-10-24T13:08:00.001-07:00

Sleep wear label from Istanbul, Pop-lin.

I feel sleepy.

Lookie-loo

2011-10-20T00:51:00.000-07:00

Another work in progress,

she has crazy eyes at the moment...

Peppermint Locks

2011-10-18T18:45:00.000-07:00

I am still nowhere near finished. Grrr.

Cosy

2011-10-12T20:20:00.000-07:00

I received my copy of the first printed issue of

Blanket magazine

the other day and it dod not disappoint.

My favorite section was where they had

Sarah McNeil, Paul X. Johnson and Lizzy Stewart

illustrate portraits of three female criminals from the 1920's

with only a brief description of their crime

and then placed them beside their actual mugshots.

The illustrated versions were much cuter, let me tell you.

Little Help

2011-10-11T23:01:00.000-07:00

I will be giving a talk at

AGDA's 'First Five Out'

on Friday night.

They have organised some really great speakers

like Tin & Ed and Fleur Harris,

so I'm not sure how I got a look in, but I'll give it a bash!

Event Details: 
Friday 14th October 2011 at 6.00pm 
RMIT Casey Plaza, Building 10,
Bowen Lane, Melbourne  

Tickets: 
AGDA Members Student – Free 
AGDA Members Professional – $10 
Non Member Student – $10 
Non Member Professional – $20

Spectre

2011-10-11T02:23:00.001-07:00

These are by Katy Horan.

I wish so badly I could say they are mine,

it was so difficult to choose what to post

as all of her work was super amazing.

On The Road

2011-10-10T14:26:00.000-07:00

Here is a little project I have been

keeping under my hat for some time now!

I worked with the ridiculously lovely Sam & Vienna,

from Sanoii + Six,

on a new fabric print (my very first one!) for their Summer collection,

'On The Road'.

Below is a test swatch of the

hand screen-printed fabric and it has come up a real treat!

The girls were an absolute dream to work with

AND their clothing and swimwear are super cute

AND they also have a nice blog to read,

go see!

Hullo

2011-10-09T20:32:00.000-07:00

I will be at the Brisbane

Finders Keepers market

next month on

Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th of November,

it's my first time at the Brisbane event,

so I'm pretty excited!

Be sure to come say hi

if you are in the neighborhood!

Soul to keep

2011-10-07T14:37:00.000-07:00

More new work...

S'wunderful

2011-10-05T21:50:00.000-07:00

This is a new piece I made,

it took my whole life to make it.

Or maybe three months, I can't remember.

Anyway, it's titled

'Wunderkammer'

and it comes in 5x7, A4 or A3

(it looks good big if I do say so myself!)

and it is a new style that I have been working on

which combines traditional drawing with digital colouring.

It's kind of my new thing.

Also, I have been delaying the inevitable,

but it seems like everyone has a Facebook fan page these days,

so I thought it was time I jump on the bandwagon.

(At the moment, i'm the only one who likes it,

which makes it even more embarrassing.)

Blue Jean

2011-10-05T14:20:00.000-07:00

James Jean moleskin journals.

My sketchbooks look nothing like this. How depressing.

A little dream

2011-10-05T14:16:00.000-07:00

Dream Within A Dream 2

Dream Within A Dream 1

Available in 5x7" or 8x10" in the shop.

Something a little different

2011-10-04T20:55:00.000-07:00

I don't normally use yellow,

but the other day I thought, let's give it a stab!

Saffron

Available in 5x7" or 8x10"

in my etsy store.

Over the hills and far away

2011-10-03T14:58:00.000-07:00

Etchings by Dominique Wylestone.

Nice face

2011-09-30T19:18:00.000-07:00

Gideon Rubini

Play

2011-09-22T00:55:00.000-07:00

I have been playing around with my gocco a lot lately,

without any resounding successes yet...

But here is one that I hand coloured.

2011-09-20T17:56:00.000-07:00

Ikenaga Yasunari

I am so in love with the patterns on their clothing,

I think I just may have to try it sometime...

Klaus

2011-09-17T04:04:00.000-07:00

Scandinavian textile designer, Klaus Haapanienmi.

New Prints! Free Shipping!

2011-09-09T23:06:00.000-07:00

I have chosen my three favorite illustrations

from the zine and turned them into new prints

available in my shop.

And

FREE SHIPPING

on all items until the 20th September,

just enter the code:

BONES

at checkout.

Hooray!

Prufrock 1

available in 5x7"or 8x10"

Prufrock 2

available in 5x7"or 8x10"

Prufrock 3

available in 5x7"or 8x10"

paper doll

2011-09-05T16:35:00.000-07:00

Lotta Nieminen

Prufrock, part 2

2011-09-05T16:23:00.000-07:00

More images from my zine.

Prufrock

2011-08-27T22:56:00.000-07:00

Some new small illustrations from a zine

I am working on based on a passage

from T.S. Eliot's poem,

The Love Song Of Alfred J. Prufrock

Demsteader

2011-08-23T23:54:00.000-07:00

Mark Demsteader

Broken glass and paper

2011-08-19T03:32:00.000-07:00

Hilary Harnischfeger

Reflections

2011-08-17T22:16:00.000-07:00

Rodarte for Opening Ceremony Fall/Winter 2011 look book

So, so pretty.

2011-08-17T22:04:00.000-07:00

The lovely Brooke and Sarah from

The Finders Keepers

have opened their own store in Sydney:

380 Cleveland Street

Surry Hills

NSW

And they just happen to be stocking

a few of my original pieces including:

While She Slept

Fell In Love With Melancholy

Girl In Chair 2

Girl In Chair 1

So if you are in the neighbourhood,

you should certainly stop by!

Whisper

2011-08-17T21:52:00.000-07:00

About a year ago I did the illustration

for a new young adult fiction novel

and it has finally been released!

It was beautifully written by

Chrissie Keighry

and you can buy it here.

Almost, almost...

2011-08-14T21:10:00.000-07:00

Step by step

2011-08-08T19:31:00.001-07:00

Getting there...

Wunderkammer

2011-08-03T19:03:00.000-07:00

A new drawing on the way...

Winter Sale

2011-07-26T21:19:00.001-07:00

It's very cold.

I mean super cold.

It makes people grumpy,

so I thought, lets do something nice...

25% off all prints in my etsy store

for the next seven days!

Just enter the code

WINTERSALE

at checkout.

At my house...

2011-07-26T21:02:00.000-07:00

There are some very nice pictures of my workspace

on the Finders Keepers blog this week,

taken by a very talented photographer

named Mishy Lane.

I wish my house was really this tidy...

See more here.

Alquimia

2011-07-26T20:56:00.000-07:00

Typography by

Luis M. Torres & Diego L. Rodríguez

A friend for melancholy

2011-07-20T00:51:00.001-07:00

'While she slept'

Another new print in my shop.

Ta-da!

2011-07-16T20:55:00.000-07:00

'Fell In Love With Melancholy'

This new print is available in 8x10 or 5x7

in my etsy store.

mulberry

2011-07-14T18:49:00.000-07:00

New work on the way...

Goldfish

2011-07-04T01:20:00.000-07:00

I would now like a goldfish.

2011-06-19T23:30:00.000-07:00

A little further along,

but not as much as I would like...

Pink

2011-06-07T18:49:00.000-07:00

Arian Behzadi

New things

2011-06-05T19:18:00.000-07:00

I have accumulated a few new things

over the past couple of weeks...

A new illustration in the works.

A second blog,

emmaleonard.com

The new one has my portfolio on there

and will be updated more frequently, with less words

but bones, braids & a tricycle is staying put

with weekly posts on Wednesdays.

And last, but probably the most exciting,

a new illustration agent.

I am now represented by the Jacky Winter Group

so if you have any work you might like me to do for you

just give them a buzz,

they're real friendly and super helpful!

info@jackywinter.com

AU +61.3.8060.9745

USA +1.646.797.2761

UK +44.20.8144.9874

Tessuti Awards

2011-05-23T23:34:00.001-07:00

I made the illustration on the

2011 Tessuti awards poster

for Colette and Greg.

They own beautiful fabric stores

and gave two stranded strangers a ride after the Finders Keepers in Sydney late last year.

(I was one of them).

So, if you can sew, I suggest you enter

because the prize is a trip to New York.

New Prints

2011-05-15T00:43:00.000-07:00

I have some new prints listed in my Etsy shop.

They are available in 8x10" or 5x7"

and if you want to see them in person

they will be with me at the Syndey Finders Keepers market this weekend.

Black diamond

2011-05-12T03:59:00.000-07:00

Work in progress on a new lady.

Visit me

2011-05-10T04:27:00.000-07:00

I will be selling prints of my work

at the Sydney Finders Keepers market next week.

Come say hi!

Perfection

2011-05-10T04:22:00.001-07:00

These stunning illustrations are by Ricardo Fumanal.

They are so tightly and perfectly rendered, I love how every mark seems so deliberate and considered.

Drawn from fashion

2011-04-19T21:16:00.000-07:00

My piece from the

'Drawn From Fashion' exhibition last month...

Coco

2011-04-15T14:31:00.000-07:00

These are by French illustrator & designer, Coco.

She's very amazing and she prints her stunning illustrations onto scarves.

Found me, kept me

2011-03-31T22:57:00.000-07:00

Thanks so very much to everyone

that stopped by my stall on the weekend, you're ace.

These are some photos from the weekend

from the Finders Keepers facey page and

were taken by a very nice

photographer named Sean Fennessy.

The top photo is of Miss Sally and Missy Bee,

the second is of my stall and the last one is of me.

I hate having my photo taken,

this is how I really wanted to pose...

(Sal took this one!)

Les Lumieres

2011-03-31T22:40:00.001-07:00

Last night I went and had a peep

at the new Miso exhibition, 'Les Lumieres'

in the No Vacancy space at Fed Square.

It was very beautiful, I wanted everything.

I'm very greedy you see.

Kinfolk

2011-03-11T01:52:00.000-08:00

If you live in Melbourne mosy on past Kinfolk,

a little coffee shop near the

corner of Bourke and Spencer st,

it's a not-for-profit organisation

and it has the prettiest window going round

thanks to Missy Bee. She's got mad skills.

Moon dance

2011-03-11T01:43:00.000-08:00

Preliminary sketches for

some new prints I am working on...

Ooops.

2011-03-08T23:30:00.000-08:00

Bad blogger, bad!

I've been in hibernation for the

past few weeks but it's time to join

the land of the living again.

On the 26th & 27th of March

I'll be at the Melbourne Finders Keepers Market

with some spankin' new prints available.

You'll also be able to see my piece in

the Drawn From Fashion exhibition,

I've got some work in progress shots

coming over the next week,

so keep your peepers peeled!

Thumbsucker

2011-02-18T00:35:00.000-08:00

I don't know where I found this image

but it pretty much summarizes me right now.

Put this in your diary

2011-02-08T21:58:00.000-08:00

Next month, as part of the

L'oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival

I will have a piece in

Leeloo's 'Drawn From Fashion' Exhibition.

There are 15 other artists taking part:

Erin Flannery * Courtney Brims

Kelly Smith * Bec Winnel

Lauren Carney * Pippa McManus

Racket * Catherine Campbell

Beth Emily * Elissa Mazzone

Sarah McNeil * Jessica Singh

Meebi Annelli * Pilgrim Lee

Lalita Lu

And they are all much better than

me so I better get started

so they don't show me up...

Composition

2011-02-06T23:16:00.001-08:00

These are by Louis Reith.

3 Little Indians

2011-02-05T22:48:00.000-08:00

1 little,

2 little,

3 little indians.

Now available in my etsy store

or you can see them with their friends over here.

Babe in the woods

2011-01-31T12:18:00.000-08:00

May I have one of these please?

Collette Dinnigan dress in this months Russh Magazine.

Sitting on the fence

2011-01-27T00:38:00.000-08:00

There's nothing wrong with being neutral.

These are by Sandra Suy.

All stitched up

2011-01-25T21:12:00.000-08:00

Stitched collages by Shaun Cardinal.

Preview

2011-01-25T20:53:00.000-08:00

It has been so very long

since I have posted anything of my very own,

here is a little preview of

the first of three illustrations

I did for the next issue of

sweet online children's magazine La Petit coming out early Feb.

They will also be available as prints very soon.

Over the hills and far away

2011-01-25T20:36:00.000-08:00

here,

and here.

I'm back, I swear!

2011-01-11T22:52:00.001-08:00

Picnic at hanging rock. Pretty.

In black and white

2010-12-13T22:57:00.000-08:00

Abbey McCulloch has some beautiful charcoal sketches

up at The Collective on the Russh Magazine blog.

Nice.

bones, braids and a tricycle

Feminine Charms

Stitch in time

Soy Violeta

Stamen

Midnight Follows

In The Stars

Bright Star

And cream

Peaches

Study Hard

Tweet Tweet

Dahlia

ABC's

Fuka you

Prison stripes

Trees For The Woods

Stripes

Sounds of the woods

Come for you

Cartography

For Sale

Abandoned

Groupings

Our cheeks are nice and rosy (GIVEAWAY!)

Made by hand

Terra-rific

Cut Cut Cut

Pretty In Pink

Horsing around

Second Nature

Very much so

Great name, great name...

Bird & The Bees

On the Road Again

See Me Everywhere

Shapely

Trial and error

Baby blues

Lookie-loo

Peppermint Locks

Cosy

Little Help

Spectre

On The Road

Hullo

Soul to keep

S'wunderful

Blue Jean

A little dream

Something a little different

Over the hills and far away

Nice face

Play

Klaus

New Prints! Free Shipping!

paper doll

Prufrock, part 2

Prufrock

Demsteader

Broken glass and paper

Reflections

Follow us

Whisper

Almost, almost...

Step by step

Wunderkammer

Winter Sale

At my house...

Alquimia

A friend for melancholy

Ta-da!

mulberry

Goldfish

More

Pink

New things

Tessuti Awards

New Prints

Black diamond