More Deco ladies

Some more Illustrations from my Deco dollies series, I actually forgot to put these up for quite a while, they were designed before I did the gocco set.

A weekend in Ramsgate

This weekend I went down to Ramsgate to go to my boyfriends mum's 50th birthday party, the theme was the 1920's and the location was the monkey house in Ramsgate which is no longer used by monkeys but is still a beautiful if a bit run down Art deco building. There was a big pond in the middle to which was full of peddalo's and canoes, we had lots of fun cruising the pond in our pedalo and having races too! It was such lovely weather even managed to get a bit of a sun tan, oh and some great pics! 

Deco Dolly Prints

I have finally got my act together and printed my deco dolly prints, made a shop on etsy and listed them for sale. I used my gocco printer for the second time am delighted with the results, it was quite a fun process apart from cleaning the silk screens which took a lot longer than making the prints, i really need to find a better way to clean them! 

you can purchase my prints now here. My etsy user name is lolacherry, go on treat your self :-) 

Curvy 5

I have been waiting ages to tell everyone I got into Curvy 5, an annual publication of female graphic designers and illustrators. It finally turned up on the doorstep today, I think it came out beginning of April but as it's an Australian publication it took a while to get here :-) Anyway I was so excited as I didn't even know which illustration of mine they were printing, I had submitted 3 illustrations to them, to my surprise they chose my 'Soar' illustration which was actually my third choice not that I'm not delighted, its just interesting to see other peoples favourite's. The book is great it features many amazing artists my favourites being Vitty B, Susan Belle, Marguerite Sauvage and Kukula. Get your own copy now, it might take a while to come but it's worth it :-)

Day out in Ramsgate

I spent half of my bank holiday weekend visiting my boyfriends mum and Kit in Ramsgate by the sea. I managed to get a few good pics, we visited this amazing junk shop 'Scotts' in Margate. I bought a lot of goodies including a Howard Holt Cat string dispenser, a scary porcelain poodle doll called Edward, a cutesy 1960s/70s print of a girl and a bird on canvas and a box full of vintage ribbons and trimmings. After spending a couple of joyous hours rummaging through 'Scott's' and 'Junk Deluxe (the really cool vintage shop in the basement of 'Scotts') we headed to the opening of the refurbished pier in Margate, there was quite a few people about for this, apparently its normally deserted. We then had a delicious lunch, yummy yummy chips and a mushroom burger in pitta at a seaside cafe, the best fish and chip shop in England is supposed to be in Ramsgate, haven't been yet but its on my list of things to try. Joe's mum Sue then took us to this amazing haberdashery shop in the centre of Ramsgate, it seemed like they hadn't changed their stock for 50 years, amazing vintage trimmings and buttons galore and downstairs a huge den of fabric all at £1.00 per meter I tell thee! 

Grafuck 3

So this ones a little racier than usual but it is my entry for Grafuck 3, a book of erotic illustrations, design and photography from established and emerging international artists. I've been trying out a new style of colouring too, really trying to achieve a cross between vector and the airbrush style of Michael English. Click Image to see a larger version!

J.G. Ballard design competition

I just entered the J.G. Ballard design competition in conjuntion with the Times newspaper. The competition was to design a cover for ballard's best selling novel 'Crash'. It was a bit rushed and I was 6 minutes over the deadline but hey I think its alright! Judge for yourself anyway :-)

Armchair Delilah

Momiji Party

Does anyone remember the little vote for Leona image I put up a while back with Napolean Dynamite hugging a momiji doll? It was to try and get people to vote for me in the Don't Panic Momiji doll competition ,they were looking for a designer to dream up a collection of limited edition dolls which will be exclusively available in Selfridges this Christmas.

I didn't have a chance to win because I didn't hussle enough people to vote for me but I was picked as one of the judges favourites, which to me is more important than a load of fake votes! The winner was very well deserved and they're designs were lovely, I was just happy to have my design put on the wall at the party. Also Momiji told me they may use my designs in the future and I can send them any ideas I have for dolls, so it was worth entering after all. So I went to the party on Thursday and had a really good time, there were free drinks and delicious canapes going round all night not to mention I bagged myself some Momiji swag too!

Bjork- Wanderlust

Amazing new video for Bjork's Wanderlust