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Christmas shopping time is upon us and I thought now would be a suitable time to endorse some rather splendid etsy shops run by illustrator folk I know, all of whom would be very much deserving of your hard earned cash!
If you're in Scotland's fair capital on December 6th come to the Lot in the Grassmarket, Edinburgh from 12 noon until 6 for the Magpie Christmas Craft Fair. I shall be setting up shop with my craft fair cohort Lindsday Grime to flog all many of things both festive and frivolous! (Rather splendid image by Lindsay over at her blog)
Loving this wonderfully simple illustration from Madebyanna. You can't go wrong with a lovely muted colourscheme.
If I had some of these beautiful cards from Rifle I doubt I could bear to send them. I'd like to frame 'em up and stick them on the wall instead.
New stuff added to my shop...cards and pin badges...more stuff to be added soon!
After a frankly overwhelming response to my stupid giveaway I'm happy to announce the THREE winners (picked at random using random.org). I decided, as so many people entered, to tack on a 2nd and 3rd prize as well which won't be the full prize bundle but a couple of select bits and pieces. Anyway drumroll etc....the winners are.
If the winners could please email me your postal addresses at lizzy (at) abouttoday (dot) co.uk that would be much appreciated and your spoils will be shipped out to you very very soon! Thanks to everyone else that entered. I was touched by all the lovely things you said. All the items in the giveaway can be purchased in my shop and We Are The Friction (which is due to sell out soooon) is available from Sing Statistics. As you were.
I haven't done a 'lovely clothes' post in ages but on this cold autumn evening I find myself aimlessly browsing shops that I cant afford online and thinking of cosy knitwear and other treats....
Everything from Dutch store 'Humanoid' looks so simple and comfy!
Managed to forget to take screenshots as I worked through the second part of this image and now its all done. Oops! Failed abysmally there. Decided to go for a dusky evening in the French capital and I think I quite like it. Doesnt quite live up to the real thing though (got a bad case of wanderlust right now...craving a holiday!).
(click to view full size!)
I'm heading down to London tomorrow for the Field Work pop up shop launch (among other things). If you're around Hanbury St (near Brick Lane) on Thursday night you should pop by the opening (and say hello if you spot me). There'll be a selection of my stuff on sale including the 'Dead Landscapes' zine pictured above. When in London I shall also be undoubtedly paying a visit to the new anthropologie store, i'm filled with excitement just thinking about it.
I have been bad at blogging recently. I hereby promise to be better in future. Honest.
I'm doing an exhibition at Leeds College of Art next March (ages away I know) and this is the very first drawing I've done for it. Will post more along the way I'm sure.Don't forget to come by Marche Marche this saturday if you're in Edinburgh. I have a tonne of new stuff on sale, it's going to be ace!
AND if you're in London next weekend you MUST pay a visit to Field Work at 65 Hanbury St (off Brick Lane), a lovely pop up shop featuring work by inumerable talented types. I'll be at the opening on Thursday 28th...if you can make it come and say hi!
Just a quick note for those of you who'll be in and around edinburgh next weekend. I'll be manning a stall at the rather excellent Marche Marche on Saturday 24th from 12am -pm at the Bowery. There's going to be a tonne of lovely stuff for sale from some of Edinburgh's finest so be sure to come by and say hello!
Its the Flaming Lips! Hurrah! Balloons!
Jez got a lovely Horizon Perfekt camera which we took to try out at the beautiful beach at Alnmouth. Here I am looking windswept in panorama. You can see a couple more of his nice long photos on his flickr. 
Every time I listen to '100 years' by Dr Dog I always think that the line 'I'll marry you out of common sense' is incredibly lovely. This drawing doesn't really do it justice.
Handpainted ceramic brooch by Lindsay Grime.
Loving this wonderfully simple illustration from Madebyanna. You can't go wrong with a lovely muted colourscheme.
Forgive me if you follow me on flickr...this will be old hat to you I guess but I thought I'd post up some new work. I'm currently working towards not one but two exhibitions in the start of the new year so hopefully you'll see some more in the near future. Not all of it mind! Need to save something for the shows!
Really wish I was in Portland so I could go see 'Come Darkness', an exhibition/installation curated by Maria Alexandra Vettese. The collection of items on show are all incredibly beautiful, dreamy and arranged perfectly. Wish I was the lucky person who bought Lena Corwin's amazing bleach print.
Love this piece by Ron van der Ende. He uses scrap pieces of wood to make these beautiful photoreal collages. I love how strange the angles are and the nice dusky colours (via Man Make Home)
My gosh I LOVE these Marimekko dresses. The yellow patterned one especially, really beautiful (and a perfect shape too).
To celebrate...uh...nothing in particular I'm going to do a little giveaway! Leave a comment on this post by Saturday 14th Nov at 6pm GMT and you might win a prize bundle that includes a house hat bear print, a copy of 'We Are The Friction' a tote bag, some greetings cards, some badges (not yet released...sssh!) a zine or two and whatever else I can find. All you need to do is leave a comment on this very post (not on any subsequent ones) and I'll select one at random on Saturday night to win! Easy. Go go go!
I should have posted this last week but better late than never I guess. We recently opened an online shop stocking prints from 'We Are The Friction'. Prints are priced at a rather reasonable £20/£35 and are digitally printed on lovely archival stock and look pretty tasty as a result. A good Christmas gift I reckon!
I haven't done a 'lovely clothes' post in ages but on this cold autumn evening I find myself aimlessly browsing shops that I cant afford online and thinking of cosy knitwear and other treats....
Everything from Dutch store 'Humanoid' looks so simple and comfy!
There's a tonne of stuff I would love to own at Frances May but this crazily cute blouse is the winner!
argh! Dream gloves at Need Supply! (also ace necklace and great boots)
Managed to forget to take screenshots as I worked through the second part of this image and now its all done. Oops! Failed abysmally there. Decided to go for a dusky evening in the French capital and I think I quite like it. Doesnt quite live up to the real thing though (got a bad case of wanderlust right now...craving a holiday!).
If you are anywhere near London between now and December please please please venture to Primrose Hill to visit 'The Museum of Everything'. I visited last week and it is surely the most exciting and inspiring gallery I have been to in a very long time. A beautiful, awkward and often heartbreaking selection of work by artists working on the outskirts of society is displayed the museum's rabbit warren building (an old dairy) in a way that celebrates rather than exploits the notion of 'outsider art'. The image above is from Nek Chand's collection of figures constructed out of broken ceramics and fabric bears near Chandigarh and below from (my favourite) Alexandre P Lobanov; a deaf mute from Russia whose work features endless portraits of himself as a hero of the Russian Revolution.
I'm doing an exhibition at Leeds College of Art next March (ages away I know) and this is the very first drawing I've done for it. Will post more along the way I'm sure.
Jez got a lovely Horizon Perfekt camera which we took to try out at the beautiful beach at Alnmouth. Here I am looking windswept in panorama. You can see a couple more of his nice long photos on his flickr. 
