New Prints

So in May I made several new prints editions! THey are all screen prints and all are based on my drawings :) They are now all available in my Etsy shop (click here)! Some are sea creature inspird, others are just fun.

 

Nautilus print process

Step by step of my new print :) Soon will be added to the shop.

Happy New Year!

I hope you all got to party wild like rice ;)

Solo Exhibition at Hula!

So at the moment I have a solo exhibition at Hula Juice bar & gallery! It's running through till 6th of January. Here are some snaps from the set up and opening night!

The vinyl with my name on it... Feels so good ;)

Calm before the storm! After people started coming I had no time to take any pics...

And this is one of my Christmas Cats on the window :) 

And, last but not least - this is a special print that I did for the occasion! Hula cat and dog :)

Bäckahäst - the Brook Horse

Slight delay here! This week a lot is happening for me, as I will most likely soon will have my very own and very first business premises/studio. I also decided this is the perfect time to try soemthing different with my creatures and this weeks will be in form of a comic... But here is a preview for you :)

It does actually take a very dark turn. My mom is sure to e-mail me later how she did not like the comic ;)

 

Ups, Downs and Cushions

May was not my finest month, I must say. I was worn out from the Great Push of April to produce lots of new things and sadly the energy ran out before I managed to photograph them. Until now. So first off, the CUSHIONS! I had the fabrics printed by a company in Poland and then sewn them *myself* with my *two hands* (and a sewing machine). They are super limited edition. Available to buy HERE (click on me to go to page :D)

Kitchen Animals

So for a short while my weekly creatures are going on hold... This is because I am just too busy with real stuff to do this kind of organized fun stuff. But dn't worry, as soon as things calm down I will be back at it :)

I have now been working on a number of new products and these are going to be tea towels (or kitchen towels, whatever you prefer to call them). They are all ordered up and I can't wait to get my hands on them! So for now here are some process pictures. These are the finished pieces:

I recently started to do my sketches on the computer:

I am quite a control freak and this gives me a lot MORE control (and takes leff time) than doing sketches on paper (although roughs and ideas I still do in my sketchbook).

So then I transfer some of the lines with a lightbox onto NICE paper. And then use the printed off sketch side by side with my drawing just for reference. Like this:

And here is the dog in the making :)

And this is my fave pen that sometimes makes a mess of your hand.

10 Griffin

This creature kind of makes me want to play Heroes of Might and Magic 3 ;)

It's in the coat of arms of the region of Poland I am from, and now that I looked it up I feel like my attempt at a griffin does not do it justice...

Haha I might actually re-do it at some point...

9/52 KRAKEN!

Kraken is one of my fave creatures ever. I have a soft spot for cephalopods, and the fantastically gigantic one is just so fab! :) One can argue they really exist - well, they do, but I don't think one large enough to drown a ship was ever spotted.

7/52 Phoenix

I am not in much of a writing mood. So this is phoenix - I think everyone knows this guy? I think this is one of my favourite ones so far :)

4/52: Vodník

This one was requested by my dear friend Šata :)

Vodník is a slavic water demon. I think he is particularly popular in Czech Republik and Slovakia. We "had" him in Poland but I mainly recall him from imported Czech cartoons (which I loved!). He would also appear in fairytales. He does resemble a frog with his green skin and webbed fingers. Another possible inspiration was catfish. Both animals feature on the image and I must say I am very pleased with the catfish ;

This time I did flat colors in Photoshop. I think so far this type of coloring suits my illustrations best - or does it? Whatcha think?

3/52 Jackalope

So here's number three! :) A mythical creature and fairly recent one in a sense, as people still believed they are about only few hundred years ago. All because of some grotesque bunny virus. This specimen has antlers much like reindeer.

I have been experimenting a fair bit with the coloring of these and switching between Photoshop and Manga Studio. I dont think I have found a good way to color these linear drawings but hopefully will get there soon.

This also happens to be my 200th post... I'd say time flies but actually it took quite a while to get there. Can I get to 300 this year? Maybe. Who knows ;)

2/52 unicorn

Well, I guess this one is dedicated to Morgan and all the other unicorn lovers! :)

I will color it, but tonight I am feeling too tired to do any more.

Christmas Dogs :)

Available *here*! :)

Christmas Dogs arrived

So they are here! but unfortunately I can't list them for sale just yet because some proper BAH HUMBUG! time took place today!

When I finally got ready for taking pictures I went to look for the little camera which I always use. No luck. After half an hour wasted I gave up and got to the Big Camera - conveniently out of charge! I couldn't use my old camera, which I know exactly where it is, because my SD card was in the little camera. Out of desperation I got the iPad - also flat batteried. Now the Big Camera is charged it's absolutely pitch black out there so no hope for any half-good pictures.

So I completely FAILED! Instead of a delightful announcing post here about the new cards available have one that says they are ALMOST available. They will be up online tomorrow evening, PROMISE!

Cat Cards are doing well as usual though :)

Dogs!

At the moment I am working on a series of dog cards to compliment the cat cards. Here's (a little less than) what I have so far!

I was realy hoping to finish them up today, so I better get going! :[