About Today

Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Today I like....

Building new in old. I LOVE this idea so much.

Incredible sand floor painting by Elvire Wersche. Argh! So precise and yet so easy to damage!
Tasty colours too! More here.

Oh! And yesterday I added five handpainted 'Anja's Tattoos' gocco prints to my etsy shop

Monday, 19 April 2010

So in amongst packing boxes, lifting boxes and unpacking boxes I have actually been drawing things. Sadly I cant really prove it as somewhere in between our old flat and our new flat we've managed to lose the power cables for our printer/scanner. AMAZING. So the little pile of new drawings I have to show you shall remain a mystery. Damn. I have managed to find a picture I did pre-move for a zine about favourite musicians. I chose St Vincent because she's flipping amazing and has a lovely face for drawing. Just a B&W dealie I'm afraid but right now its all I've got!

I've just added two different one off digital prints to my etsy shop. They're crazy nice quality and quite big (a3 anyway). They were printed for an exhibition a while back and they got sent back to me today.

Saturday, 17 April 2010

WINNERS

Its been a busy week. We moved house on the warmest day in ages and since then we've been unpacking and sorting and cleaning and all sorts. Thankfully the end is in site now and I can get back to work again. Our internet connection got set up yesterday so today I am very pleased to announce the three winners of my print giveaway! As usual I used random.org to draw three numbers from the imaginary hat. And those numbers were.....

16-Tigerlilly Quinn
4- Philip Kennedy
34-Livi Gosling

If you guys could email me at lizzy (@) abouttoday.co.uk with your postal addresses I'll get your mystery packages winging their way to you very very soon! Thanks to everyone for your kind and lovely comments. You're all splendid!

Friday, 9 April 2010

Giveaway Time! (again)

So sometime in the last week my blog gained its 400th (and now 402nd) follower. To mark this I'm going to give away some stuff! Hurrah! In clearing out our current flat to move into the new flat I happened across a selection of prints of varying shapes and sizes. I'm going to split them into three bundles and offer them to you fine folk! All you need to do is leave a comment on this here post before 5pm (GMT) on Friday April 16th and I'll draw three names out at random. EASY!

(p.s there are more prints than just the ones pictured!)

Thursday, 8 April 2010

Wishlists

All spare cash is currently being pumped into things for our new flat but if I was feeling flash I'd love this necklace from Dot Over Dot. Firstly I adore the combination of the brass with the blue but then there's the added bonus of being able to shift the brass bars into different configurations. Nice!

I got invited to Svpply a few weeks back. Its great. But sort of depressing. Anyway if you're interested in seeing what I would buy if I had lots of money (and wall/wardrobe space) then my Svpply page is here

Lets move to Norway and live somewhere lovely!
I've been spending too much time browsing My Scandinavian Retreat.
Jez finished designing a new print today and damn I love the colourscheme.

Monday, 5 April 2010

"The Eternal Rocks Beneath"

Hello! I hope everyone had a lovely long easter weekend. Been quite for a few days. Its been a busy week. We're gradually moving stuff from our old flat to our new one and sorting through the tat we've amassed so quickly. Expect erratic blogging for the next week or so.

Above is an image for a personal portfolio project on Wuthering Heights. It has long been one of my absolute favourite books and my very dog eared copy stands testament to that. Anyway this is my imagining of Catherine Earnshaw; all wild hair and hypnotic gaze.

I've also started up a tumblr as a way of archiving stuff I like. I'll still keep this as my main work/rambling blog but if you fancy popping by and seeing whats keeping me inspired then you can do so here.

Tuesday, 30 March 2010

towns & tigers

We're signing the lease on our new flat on thursday and i would really appreciate if someone would please give me a copy of this super nice world map by the incredible Oliver Jeffers for You Me The Royal We for our empty new walls.

Lotta Nieminen make truly wonderful illustrations. Her choice of colours, textures and subject matter are all spot on. I could look at the image above for hours and i think i'd keep finding winning details hidden in there.

THIS is just the cutest print. Reminds me of one of my favourite children's books, the Tiger Who Came To Tea.

Am currently really enjoying Too Much Perspective. A comedy blog run by one of my friends and some of his friends. Lots of the reference are very british so might fall flat to you non uk types but...yeah..its great.

Monday, 29 March 2010

Prints!

There are TWO new prints for sale on my etsy shop as of today! Splendid.

Tuesday, 23 March 2010

Modest Triumps

This version of Millais' Ophelia by Jaako Pallasvuo and Henna Hyvarinen makes me want to give up drawing and hide under a rock. It is just so incredibly beautiful.

So much of the work on Maxwell Loren Holyoke Hirsch's site is amazing. He's been one of my favourites for the past few years and his most recent work only serves to highlight why that is. So much great use of colour and texture.

Am quite taken with this lovely lovely print by Jamie Shelman. Its just so summery!

Forgot to say that we have hardly any copies of We Are The Friction left (under 20) stop by our site to get your hands on a copy before its too late!

Oh! And Forever Is Today is my new favourite blog.

Monday, 22 March 2010

Super cool shopping opportunities!

A few things to start the week with.... My boyfriend has just opened up his own online shop. Its small but perfectly formed right now but will be growing very soon! The print above is one of my favourites of his. The bluey-black and red is a winning combination!

The T-shirt I did with those pesky kids at Tiny Showcase is now on sale for a dangerously reasonable $10! $10!

I put together a zine of some of the images from my exhibition and its on etsy now!

Still got a handful of drawings for sale. Email me if you're keen!

Friday, 19 March 2010

More on sale

I found another handful of drawings that I'm putting on sale. These ones are just wee A6 watercolours. Some are sketches for bigger things, some are absent minded doodles. Again email me if you're interested in purchasing any of them. There are still a few left in the previous post too! Thanks to everyone who has contacted me so far. What a lovely response!

Leaf A6 £10 (including P&P)

Ghost House A6 £10 (including P&P)

Rainbow Ball A6 £10 (including P&P)

SOLD

Flower A6 £10 (including P&P)

SOLD

SOLD

Thursday, 18 March 2010

MASSIVE DRAWING SALE

So in an attempt to clear out the piles of paper stored all over our flat I've decided to sell some of my drawings. The images for sale are listed and priced below. If you're interested in purchasing any of them email me on lizzy(at)abouttoday.co.uk and tell me which one you're after. Prices range from cheap to not so cheap so there's something for everyone! I'm afraid I can only accept payment by Paypal or UK cheque. Postage added on purchase.