tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77212912977328144872024-03-28T08:37:11.802-07:00Elina Ellis IllustrationElina Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09858843438261428457noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721291297732814487.post-24640714720089009492015-02-24T04:50:00.001-08:002015-02-24T04:50:40.284-08:00Mellina KIDS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Many people are asking me what I’m doing now, what projects I have and how I spend my usual day.<br />
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Let me tell you. Of course, my major activity is children books illustration. Usually I’m working on two-three books at the same time. But more often it is a kind of mix of projects – I get some of them from my art agent, and some of them directly from the publishers. Also I usually have my personal project – a book, or some idea, and every week I try to devote some time to it.<br />
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Sometimes I develop the characters for the games, cartoons or books. Plus I do private commissions. Recently I have been particularly interested in brand design. I find it fascinating! It’s a perfect combination of illustration and a graphic design. And if I do understand something in the area of illustration, I have almost no idea about branding (but I’m researching this topic it with great pleasure).<br />
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I’m interested in everything from typefaces to the grids… I’m buying the books, listening to the lectures and master classes. It’s a real science!
So, today I’d like to tell you about one of my last orders. I was asked to develop not only a brand, but also to design a website for furniture and accessories shop for kids. I loved the contents of the shop very much. So I was really excited to work on this brand.<br />
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So we’ve decided we needed a main character! Dad Moose fitted this position perfectly! We didn’t want it to be anything trivial like rabbits or cats. Also we wanted to use bright modern colours and the atmosphere of joy and warmth. You know, I can’t do it in any other way! If the picture doesn’t make you smile – then it was not me who drew it:)))
So this is what we’ve created! Everything that you see is my idea, even the slogans. I loved working on that one! The impression is that this project was sitting and waiting only for me, and I was waiting for it.<br />
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And here is the <a href="https://mellinakids.ru/" target="_blank">website</a> of this company. I have to mention, that I am not the one who built this site. I am the one who designed it. </div>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.zimbio.com/member/elix0510"><img alt="My Zimbio" title="My Zimbio" src="http://www.zimbio.com/images/badges/badgeBlue.png?u=elix0510" border="0" /></a><br/><a style="margin-top:2px; display:block; font-size:11px; padding-left:10px; color:#244366;" href="http://www.zimbio.com"> Top Stories </a></div>Elina Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09858843438261428457noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721291297732814487.post-80165380266676554252015-01-26T10:47:00.000-08:002015-01-26T10:47:12.573-08:00Strawberries and Fairies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is another drawing I made for a wonderful Oxana and her little girls. I will show you the rest of the drawings a bit later.<br />
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Oxana's girls are really pretty!!!! It’s such a pleasure to draw kids like them!!! The main subjects of these drawings are tenderness and love! And a little bit of… magic!!!<br />
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Also I’d like to express my appreciation to all of you for kind words and comments for my sketches in a sketchbook! Seriously, I expected to be egged.... It is very important when strangers tell you that you succeed in something, even if you don’t think so!!! It really inspires!
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<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.zimbio.com/member/elix0510"><img alt="My Zimbio" title="My Zimbio" src="http://www.zimbio.com/images/badges/badgeBlue.png?u=elix0510" border="0" /></a><br/><a style="margin-top:2px; display:block; font-size:11px; padding-left:10px; color:#244366;" href="http://www.zimbio.com"> Top Stories </a></div>Elina Ellishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09858843438261428457noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721291297732814487.post-75345741394240913392015-01-13T09:59:00.002-08:002015-01-13T09:59:33.462-08:00It's all about Sketchbooks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;">A couple of weeks ago I have submitted my Project (which was another Picture Book, and I will tell you all about it a bit later) and an essay to my College. We have finished the third semester and I am half way through my education. Bigger half, in fact. Now I have only two semesters to go and I am on to my Diploma project. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;">So, the essay that I have submitted was about sketchbooks. I decided to share it with you. Who knows, may be you will find it useful or inspirational… </span></span></div>
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tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">One of the main concerns
of every artist and illustrator is finding a way to nurture their own
creativity. Experimentation,
exploration of materials, problem solving, imagination, and a willingness to make mistakes are
some of the best ways to foster
creativity and creative thinking. Using a sketchbook allows us to
practice all of the above on daily basis without a fear of failing, being
judged or misunderstood. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Before coming to this
course I have never used a sketchbook or a visual diary. I have never done observational drawing and
all my ideas lived purely in my head. When an idea came to fruition I just sat
and drew a final piece. I have been introduced to keeping a sketchbook only a
year ago and my world, the way I think, and draw changed dramatically. My sketchbook is the single most valuable and
inspiring acquirement in my professional development as an illustrator. This is
the reason why I chose this topic for discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">When
it comes to using sketchbooks, I am in great company. Leonardo Da Vinci wrote
in his notebooks daily, finishing with around 13000 pages of work. His
sketchbooks are filled with drawings</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, diagrams and written notes of things he saw
and ideas he came up with. Picasso produced 178 sketchbooks in his life time.
He often used his sketchbooks to explore themes and make compositional studies
until he found the right idea and subject for a larger painting on canvas. Henry
Moore, filled one of his sketchbooks with drawings of sheep that often wandered
by the window outside his studio. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">There are a few good
reasons why sketchbooks and visual diaries are among the most precious
possessions of any creative person. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Any creative person can utilize sketchbooks as the
storage vessel whereby thoughts, observations and ideas are deposited in one
place, transforming a sketchbook into a versatile reference tool. Inspiration
strikes at the oddest moments and we need to honor it and note it down. It is then
possible to develop these ideas on the subsequent pages, and we will have that
entire creative process always available to us whenever we want to look back on
it. If we sketched out every single thought that popped into our heads, the
sketchbook would become a unique collection of key words, illustrations and
concepts. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Spanish
book cover designer </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.pepcarrio.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; text-decoration: none;">Pep Carrió</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;"> sees
his notebook as creative lab: “ <i>For me, a
sketchbook is like a kind of a portable laboratory, a space to mark with
references, to capture the immediate, to experiment; a memory warehouse to
which I can return whenever I am searching for an idea or when I simply want to
remember an instant, a time in the past</i>.” For London-based Japanese
illustrator </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://inkillustration.com/category/fumie/"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; text-decoration: none;">Fumie
Kamijo</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, the sketchbook is a physical filing cabinet
for </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2010/11/19/paula-scher-on-combinatorial-creativity/"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; text-decoration: none;">the lived experience that feeds
creativity</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">: “</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Everything I have experienced goes into
my sketchbooks, the things I have seen, eaten, heard, felt, and, perhaps most
importantly, they are the perfect place to document my strange daydreams</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://inkillustration.com/category/fumie/"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; text-decoration: none;">Fumie Kamijo</span></i></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Whereas Maurice Sendak
refers to his sketchbooks as foundation for his later work:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> “<i>During
my early teens, I spent a lot of time at the window, sketching the kids at
play, and those sketchbooks are, in a sense, the foundation of much of my later
work. Maybe that’s another reason the children in my books are called
European-looking. Many of them resemble the kids I knew growing up in Brooklyn.
They were Jewish kids, and they may well look like little greenhorns just off
the boat. They had—some of them, anyway—a kind of bowed look, as if the burdens
of the world were on their shoulders</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Sketchbooks provide a safe place for exploration and
experimentation. Sketches do not have to be pretty, beautiful, or even
immediately understandable by others. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">Sketchbooks are a place where we can play and be
completely free to mess things up and make mistakes. It's a perfect tool for us
to learn how to loosen up. We can try out things that we never tried before and
explore techniques and styles radically different from what we usually do. As
Paul Madonna said: </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">“<i>I
don’t think of sketchbooks as sacred…. They are rough materials. And in that is
where I find beauty. My notebook is with me always, always, always. It is an
extension of my mind. … I let my mind wander and pay attention to where it
goes. This is, in art, how I practice creativity</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Although
I draw digitally every day and illustrating is my profession, I am very
uncomfortable with drawing on paper. Being a perfectionist, I am concerned with
ruining my art or making a mistake, which freezes my creativity. Sketchbooks allowed
me to relax and get comfortable with making marks on paper. And I discovered that the best ideas come to
me when they are not forced and I am not under pressure to create something
decent or worthy. I just doodle and magic happens. But it is a very intimate
process. Sketchbook is my private place to escape and be free. I fully agree
with Bill Brown, who said: “<i>My sketchbook is the opposite of my job.
It’s like a pocket-sized vacation. … No one knows I keep these books; it’s a
dirty secret. When I draw, I wander off alone. When people are around, I always
put the book away</i>”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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are a great opportunity to have some creative fun and get social with fellow
artists and illustrators. For example, in 2004, my favourite illustrator </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.oliverjeffers.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%; text-decoration: none;">Oliver
Jeffers</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">, took part in a project, where he had to
exchange a sketchbook with 3 other artists and follow one another's lead with a
weekly illustration. Over the course of 36 weeks, each would respond to the
previous artwork which proceeded them and then forward it onto the next in
line. Once completed, the sketchbook had travelled over 60,000 miles, and
crossed the Atlantic on numerous occasions. I still wonder who was the lucky
person who got to keep this wonderful sketchbook in the end?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">One
more significant benefit of keeping a sketchbook is the fact that it gives me a
chance to have a chronological view of my progress. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">This is very important in times when I feel
like my art isn't as good as I want it to be, and I doubt my abilities. Seeing my
old art and witnessing that I am in fact improving can give a boost to get out
of this rut. So now I flip through my sketchbook pages for a while and see
solid proof that I am getting better all the time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I think that real progress in
developing myself as an illustrator depends on me frequently and habitually
sketching out my ideas and their variations, reflecting on my ideas, and then
developing those that seem promising. I use my sketchbook to help me develop
this habit. As Neil Waldman once said: “<i>Sketchbooks and journals are the street
lamps that illuminate the artist's journey</i>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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encourages us to challenge our imagination. It enables us to see the world in
fuller detail so that when we finally capture the perfect element for our
sketchbook, we can express it better in our medium. In fact, after carrying a
sketchbook around for a few months, I have noticed how much clearer ideas
become when you are finally ready to work. Keeping a sketchbook can make you a
better illustrator and a better thinker.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 150%;">The sketchbook is a
playground for my creative vision and it's a more important and effective
professional tool than I have ever imagined. Now my sketchbook is always with
me and the next time that silly imaginative idea pops into my head, no matter
how insignificant, I will scribble it down anyway. Not all doodles are intended
to be works of art, but every once in a while, one becomes a masterpiece.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Bibliography<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Richard Brereton, 2012, S<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ketchbooks:
The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators & Creatives</i>, Laurence King<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Some time ago I drew these cheeky girls -<br />
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And my friend created lots of gorgeous things with this drawing - purses, leather covers for documents, mugs, aprons and even puzzles and bags.The products looked so great and sold so well, that we decided to expand and have some more cheeky fairies.<br />
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Now I drew the summer version! Yes, I know it is Christmas soon, but I had this image with daisies for quite some time and was itching to spill it out on paper.<br />
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Aren't they cute? And my friend, again, turned them into wonderful little things like these -<br />
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If you want to buy any of these adorable items as Christmas presents or just as a little treat to yourself or your friend, you can do it <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FairyKalinka" target="_blank">HERE</a>, or <a href="http://www.livemaster.ru/kvantik?sortitems=0&v=0&from=0" target="_blank">HERE</a> (if you speak Russian)<br />
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Well, I know I am late… I should have written about it 3 months ago… But better late than never.<br />
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I have finished my first year doing MA in Children's Books Illustration. That was great fun! I LOVED it! Many people were asking me why I was doing it. I am an illustrator anyway and my books are getting published regularly. My answer is - I am doing it, because I am loving it. My education was a huge source of inspiration, knowledge, fun, just as well as despair and frustration. BUT! It was still a fantastic experience and I am very happy that I have another one and a half years remaining to learn, experiment, communicate and enjoy every second of it!<br />
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And tada! I have something to show! This is my new book, which I have done as a college project. It is about a group of animals, who wanted to go on a BIG adventure. They spent a lot of time planning it and talking about it. They had very big plans…. The rest you will have to read when you see it in books shops!<br />
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Here are some drawings from this book:<br />
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I was tiding up my files and came across this drawing. There is a whole series of drawings about this cat actually, but the project is still in progress and I will reveal everything to you when it is finished. In the meantime - I would really like to share this one with you.<br />
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I hope it will make you smile. I really like this drawing. It makes me warm inside. It is so tender and gentle and dreamy…. </div>
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I was illustrating a very unusual fairy tale not long ago. It was about one lonely mechanic who really wanted kids and about his bond with a little red car that one day arrived in his garage. I loved the story! So tender, and deep and heart warming…. I even shared a tear at some point. Here are a couple of illustrations to the story. I hope you will like them!<br />
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I have seen my drawings on mugs, wallets, mobile covers and even bags and aprons. Now I am lucky to see them as cross-stitch embroidery and they look awesome! I am even considering buying one and trying to embroider my own drawing! Could be fun :)<br />
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Hello my dear friends. Sorry for not showing up more often, but with all the illustration, college work and fairies I have no time to eat and sleep never mind write my blog! Which I miss doing tremendously by the way.<br />
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Anyway, at <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/" target="_blank">Fairies & Co</a> we have a New Year present for you! And it is so worth sharing that I got up an hour earlier to write about it!<br />
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We have created the <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/fairy-downloads/" target="_blank">Downloads page</a>, where you can download our fairies as avatars, blog and Facebook headers, desktop backgrounds and even blog backgrounds for your personal needs absolutely free!<br />
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We have been working really hard on the new content for <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/cat/fairy-blog/" target="_blank">Fairy Blog</a>, on new packaging and distribution ideas and new topics for exciting projects. Also, a mobile version of hour site is coming out this spring. How exciting!<br />
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I hope you will like our free downloads, which will be expanding with new designs every month by the way.<br />
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It would be absolutely fantastic if you could tell your friends about Fairies & Co or follow us yourself. Lets spread some magic!</div>
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We finally opened our own <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0EZ1BqFWBw" target="_blank">Fairies & Co You Tube channel</a>. There will be more videos soon, so please feel free to follow us there!<br />
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Here is me on <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/cat/fairy-blog/" target="_blank">Fairy Blog</a> trying to pose and show off my working space as well as infuse the readers with excitement and inspiration about going solo!<br />
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Well, there is really not much time left before Christmas. Are you all stocked up on cards and gifts? If you are not quite there yet, please let me introduce you our <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/fairy-products/holiday-fairy-greeting-cards-set/" target="_blank">Christmas Post Cards</a>, <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/fairy-products/holiday-greeting-cards-set/" target="_blank">Large Greeting Cards</a> and <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/fairy-products/holiday-gift-tags/" target="_blank">Present Tags</a> sets!<br />
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They are adorable, but this is not everything! Our cards were printed on 100% recycled heavy weight textured art paper of the highest quality. The quality of print is also exceptional. You will notice it straight away if you see the cards. All our products were printed in professional printing house using archival inks that don't fade.<br />
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And even this is not everything! All sets are packed in 100% recycled envelopes and each envelope is hand stamped by me personally from both sides with proper old fashioned rubber stamps we had made especially for Fairies & Co in Canada.<br />
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I warned you! There are not many left now. <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/fairy-products/" target="_blank">Visit our shop and treat yourself to some MAGIC!</a><br />
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It has been exactly a week since our project <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/" target="_blank">Fairies & Co</a> went live! I am so excited! We worked for the whole year to make it happen! If you haven't seen it yet, please go and check it out and let me know what you think!<br />
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<a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/" target="_blank">Fairies & Co</a> is not just a <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/fairy-products/" target="_blank">shop</a>, or a <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/about-fairies/" target="_blank">brand</a>, or a <a href="http://www.fairiesandco.com/cat/fairy-blog/" target="_blank">blog</a>. It is a way of thinking, an outlook on life. It is the celebration of everyday magic and simple miracles that happen to everyone of us on daily basis, but we constantly fail to notice or acknowledge.<br />
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Another 300 years passed and I am ready to write here again! Sorry guys, I was SOOOO busy with the move to Cambridge, start of my College, creation of my new brand and work on several picture books. I am surprised I still remember my name after all this! But never mind, it was all fun and I did enjoy myself in the process!<br />
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Main news - the <a href="http://www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskin/en/home/prospectus/pg/childrens_book_illustration.html" target="_blank">University</a> is AMAZING! I am loving every second of it!<br />
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My business venture is almost ready to go life, so if you still haven't bought your Christmas cards, please wait just 2 more weeks! Some incredible artwork will be out very soon! Not just artwork - the whole new universe will be out!!! But it is a completely separate story and I will update you on it shortly.<br />
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And finally two books I have illustrated recently are out on sale and available well, pretty much everywhere!<br />
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First - there is <a href="http://elinaellis.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2013-03-31T02:53:00-07:00&max-results=15" target="_blank">The Littlest Bird</a>! I received my copies and I am very happy with the quality of the print! The colours are so bright and warm. The book came out in both hard and paper back. You can read a <a href="http://nayusreadingcorner.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-littlest-bird-by-gareth-edwards-and.html" target="_blank">review</a>, if you want to know what it is about.<br />
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Also <a href="http://elinaellis.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/pet-itch-is-finished.html" target="_blank">The Pet Itch</a> - a hilarious book about a monster family and their pet Itch is out too. Again, great book, very funny! The <a href="http://www.bookaneers.co.uk/review-of-the-pet-itch-by-elli-woollard-and-elina-ellis/" target="_blank">reviews</a> for this one were lovely too, so I dare to believe people like it!</div>
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Now we are almost up-to-date! And I PROMISE to stay in touch now!!! It has been way too long! I missed you!</div>
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Not long ago my friend, <a href="http://tinyredart.blogspot.gr/" target="_blank">Irene Owens</a>, a very talented artist and illustrator came to visit me in Greece. She brought me some picture books as a present. We both are absolutely crazy about picture books. One of these books really caught my attention. It was so beautiful, I couldn't take my eyes off it!<br />
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It was "<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Dog-Levi-Pinfold/dp/1848777485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1374148860&sr=8-1&keywords=levi+pinfold" target="_blank">Black Dog</a>" by <a href="http://www.levipinfold.com/" target="_blank">Levi Pinfold</a>. It was very different, atmospheric and full of intricate details. This book won Levi the <a href="http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/greenaway/current_shortlist.php" target="_blank">Kate Greenaway medal</a>, which I think is well deserved.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">I wanted to show you some of the illustrations from this book, and some other works of Levi Pinfold, because I think that he is an amazing artist and fantastic illustrator! His style is very different from what we can see on the market today. His drawing technique is called stylised realism.</span></div>
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Levi likes motorbikes, a lot of music, trees, and some cats. He currently lives in Brisbane, Australia with his girlfriend and Howard the lizard. He attempts to grow vegetables in his spare time.</div>
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Gosh, I forgot when I last wrote here! So much is going on! I will forget my own name soon!<br />
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We are still living in Greece and it is still fantastic here! The weather is great, the sea is warm and the food is delicious! Despite the fact that I am sort of on holiday here, I still work pretty much every day from 7 am till 3 pm, which is basically the 8 hours working day! But! The good thing is - I can stop what I am doing at any second and go to the beach, or just go and sit on my veranda and look at the sea or the mountains. Another benefit - I can do it in my shorts and a vest! Sorry England, but I don't miss your rain and cold at all!<br />
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Train aquaintances (this is Russian train by the way!)</div>
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Our new relaxed life in Greece is going great!!!! Did I tell you we moved to Greece for a few months?? Well, yes we did! We live on a small island called Kalymnos. It is not far from Kos and Turkey. The island is very pretty, the weather is fantastic and we are very happy!<br />
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My son is writing about our life in Greece in his own <a href="http://sashasamazingadventures.blogspot.gr/" target="_blank">BLOG here</a>!!!! Please have a look and leave a comment is you find it interesting! He is looking for new friends!</div>
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I have started a new sketchbook! I have also made myself a promise to draw in it every day. <br />
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It goes great so far and I am really enjoying the process! Every day I give myself a topic - crocodiles, rabbits, animals in jail (yeah, I know, a weird topic), space, me in childhood, cats, and so on....<br />
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Another great book is finished! This one was a real gem!!! Very funny! I wrote about this book before in my article <a href="http://elinaellis.blogspot.gr/2013/02/how-picture-book-is-born.html" target="_blank">"How a Picture Book is Born"</a>. Now I can show you some final drawings and even a little video of my work in progress.<br />
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Also, here is a link to the Author of the story - <a href="http://wordstroll.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Elli Woollard</a>. I think she is a very talented lady! You just HAVE to read some of her poems! They are hilarious! I hope I will have a chance to work with her again!<br />
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Here are some of the spreads! Enjoy!<br />
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And here is a small video that sort of gives you an idea of how I work.... It is my first attempt to record my drawing process, so please don't judge too strictly. I am sure I will do better next time!<br />
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The book should be available in august from all main book shops and Amazon. The book is great! I am not just saying it, because I have illustrated it. It is really GREAT!<br />
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Remember from time to time I was showing you <a href="http://elinaellis.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/illustrating-miracle.html" target="_blank">some paintings I was doing for my friend's girls bedrooms</a>. There were 10 paintings in total - 5 for each bedroom. All 10 are finally finished! It took me half a year to complete this project, but both me and my friend were very keen to get the picture right!<br />
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Every scene, every dress and toy is real!!! Everything means something to the family. These pictures are very special and I am very proud of this work. It is not just illustration work. It is somebody's life, somebody's feelings...<br />
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Here are all the drawings together:<br />
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All 10 of them were signed and sent out to Moscow to meet their owners a week ago. How exciting!!!</div>
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I have finished illustrating the Bible!!!! That was a monumental work!!! 97 full colour spreads! That is 194 pages!!!! I can't believe I did it! The book was illustrated for <a href="http://www.lionhudson.com/page/index" target="_blank">Lion Hudson Publishing</a> and I expect it to be out by the end of the year. <br />
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Half a year ago, when I started this project, I was scared. Scared that I will never do it on time, that I will run out of steam drawing similar 97 spreads, That I will not be able to introduce enough diversity into pictures, that I will simply not do the book justice, since it is only the greatest book in the world...<br />
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I am not religious, but I still appreciate the importance and significance of this book. Especially - the first Bible for children. The book that gets the kids acquainted with religion. It is Sunday, 31st March today. Easter. A perfect day to write about Bible.<br />
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I wanted my illustrations for this book to be WARM! I wanted them to be kind and simple and easily understandable by kids of all ages and nationalities. I didn't want my drawings to be pompous or pretentious. On the contrary, I wanted them to be very homy and humble, and down to earth.... Very close the children's hearts.<br />
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Of course, I will not show you all 97 spreads, but I will show you a few random ones from the whole book to give you an idea of what I was trying to achieve. Please let me know what you think! Any feedback will be very much appreciated!<br />
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It took me half a year to do this project and I enjoyed every day working on it. I didn't have to be scared after all! It was fun!!! It flew easily and I didn't even notice when all the spreads were completed... I am even missing it a little now... The Publisher was superb giving me a complete freedom with the stile, colours and composition. There were very few amendments and lots of support!</div>
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I was able to draw my favourite big noses and choose warm, pastel but bright colour pallet that I think suits the book very much!</div>
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I have finished another picture book for <a href="http://www.piccadillypress.co.uk/" target="_blank">Piccadilly Press!</a> And it is fantastic! It is about one very cute little green bird, who felt a bit squished in her nest with all her brothers and sisters borrowing her stuff and nudging her around....<br />
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Here is the bird by the way! Isn't she a cutie?<br />
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So, the Littlest Bird decided to look for a bigger nest!! I will not tell you the rest of the story. You will have to get the book and read it, BUT! I can honestly say that you will not be disappointed. The story is great! It is sweet and funny and very warm... And I hope that my illustrations have done it justice!</div>
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Here are some more drawings for this book! I hope you will enjoy them!</div>
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I was planning to write about the process of creating a picture book for a while.... I finally have a good example to illustrate all stages of this process. When I was starting out as an illustrator I desperately wanted somebody to share this information with me! Now I hope it will be useful to you!<br />
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It all starts with a test-drawing!!! If a Publisher doesn't have a suitable Illustrator for their story they usually ask an Art Agency to help. Art agency offers a few candidates from their lists and the Publisher chooses a couple to do a trial drawing. Usually the artists are asked to illustrate a page, or a spread, or some characters from the book. The Publisher wants to see how the artists "see" the story, how they interpret it and whether their approach is suitable and close to what they have in mind.<br />
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So, this time I was given the text for the story and was asked to illustrate the first spread. I loved the story! It was very hilarious!!! Here is what I drew:<br />
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A few days later I got an e-mail saying that I got the job and I can proceed to the next stage.<br />
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The next stage is usually the work on the main characters. Although I drew them already, they were not quite right.... The Publisher asked me to develop them a bit further... I had to come up with different personalities and features for all of them.<br />
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Here is my final version of the monster family:<br />
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I had a few ideas for Pet Itch, so I drew several for the Publisher to choose their favourite:</div>
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After the main characters are finished and agreed on, I usually need to draw a couple of finished illustrations that can go in all the catalogues and advertising material. The book is put on the virtual shelf not when it is finished, but when it is started! </div>
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In this case we decided to redraw the first spread amending the mane characters plus do one more drawing from the middle of the book which shows Pet Itch in all his glory!</div>
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So, here is the result:</div>
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Now when the marketing material is out of the way, I can concentrate on producing the sketches for the whole book. Some-times the Publisher decides where to put the text on the page, sometimes it is left to the Artist. This time it was a bit of both and I had a relative freedom to draw what I wanted and how I saw it. And that is the best way if you ask me!!! </div>
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This book was a real pleasure to illustrate. I was laughing out loud while drawing! It was just so funny and quirky and I had a lot of fun imagining and sketching the pictures! I never even noticed when all the sketches were finished! They looked something like this:</div>
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The sketches were sent back to the Publisher to be checked and commented on. It is a usual practice to make any necessary amendments at this stage, before the illustrations go to colour. I patiently wait for the Publisher's respond and tweak the drawings according to their comments to make sure that everyone is happy with them.</div>
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The next stage is colouring in!!!! And it is not done yet!!! I have another month to go before I have to submit the final illustrations! I will most definitely show you the drawings in colour and tell you what happens next - how the book is put together, published and advertised and how it ends up on the shelves....</div>
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That's of course if you want to know...</div>
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If you have any questions regarding the whole process - just ask! I will be happy to answer!</div>
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