Laura Callaghan: Illustrator

I love all the illustrations on Irish born Laura's site. The imagination and talent to mix and match the patterns, colours and details is brilliant and the personalities she creates are amazing. Every time you look at the illustrations, you see something new - such as the label sticking out of her dress on the first image.

She is also the current Illustration editor of Oh Comely magazine.

A mystical wedding

This is a picture I made for some friends as a present. I think I printed it too large though and it would have looked better postcard size. Too late now anyway. Still the time it took me to make - I think it deserves some webspace - so here it is!

Hippy trippy graphic styles

Alan Aldridge is an illustrator/ painter/ graphic designer born in London's East End.

His son is the fashion photographer Miles Aldridge - who I featured here, he also has 3 model daughters as well, one is Lily - who married Caleb from The Kings of Leon.

He is famous for his psychedelic, trippy, collage style images of the Beatles, and created album covers from the 60's and 70's. He is apparently most famous for the picture book "The Butterfly Ball & the Grasshopper Feast" which is a series of illustrations featuring insects and other creatures.

His style is very reminiscent of the Beatles film Yellow Submarine - of which us O'Leary kids greatly enjoyed as on rainy days.

He has more recently collaborated with brands such as Paul Smith and Mac Cosmetics (see below)

This poster for Andy Warhol’s film “Chelsea Girls” was designed by Alan Aldridge in 1966 and features model Penelope Tree. The artist was arrested with the accusation of pornography.

KALEIDOSCOPE by Alan Aldridge

Alan Aldridge for Paul Smith - on right Miles and Alan Aldridge for Mac Cosmetics

From Eye Magazine

Praise for my Galaxy

I am completely happy with my Galaxy S2 Samsung phone, it does everything I need it to and costs much less a  month than you know who, plus I have never seen anyone with a cracked screen, have you? Oh well maybe not completely happy. Often it takes a while for Apps to reach the android market such as Vine ( I think it's coming soon?) and the fact you cant buy fun phone covers for it.

Although I notice Society6 now do the Samsung S4 covers but that's not much use for me at the moment. Aaaanyway, I like this one, and I like the work of Sirin Thada. Society 6 is a great way of discovering artists and designers out there. I havent worked out if it's a good or bad way for artists to make money - but it's certainly a great way of getting noticed online. There are all sorts of sites like this popping up. You can get your artwork turned into fabric, cushions, shower curtains, mirrors, and more!

Yes - I am still drawing lips!

I like the graphic-ness of them! Colourful / I love you was a silly wind up we used to do at school as your lips make similar shapes saying these words...

3D Hand drawn Gifs

I am inspired by these illustrated gifs by Swedish artist Dain Fagerholm. Discovered via this site.

Taking gifs to a whole new level.

By the way, geek fact, gif is actually pronounced Jif. Not by me though, it just makes me think of cleaning products. Gil sans is another one that annoys me. I prefer to call it Jill, although that too is wrong.

A favourite of mine: Julie Verhoeven

Illustrator/ painter/ textile designer, whatever she is, Julie Verhoeven is a definite favourite of mine. Oh how I would be able to draw like her. I have some old pictures I pulled out of the Independent Magazine many moons ago, stuck behind my computer. You can tell they are old because the paper has gone that lovely old colour.

I think I had them stuck up at uni, and a few houses after that!

Versace SS09

Tea cups from the V&A

Follow her tumblr for some of the more unusual images going around the blogosphere!

Patterns by Ruby

Ruby Taylor, illustrator and pattern maker, turns everyday objects into beautiful repeats.

EYE

I have gone flower mad

Giffy giffy gif gif. Although I think the pattern in the post below looks a bit banana-y?

Hattie Stewart - Illustrator

You might well recongise her, I think she must have done a lot of things around town and t-shirt illustration etc. You can buy prints of her work from a cool shop on Kingsland Road. 3939 which is also online here. See more of Hatties illustration on her site.

More Eyes

on you.... so watch it!

Got my eyes on you

The rugby's on, its pissing it down outside, therefore i'm making patterns. Steve says this one is very Gilbert and George. He keeps swearing, I'm guessing the rugby is not going well, I can't be bothered to turn round find out.

Not sure what this is?

Weird hippy, trippy pattern, incorporating a drawing of Kiera Knightly....?! this is what I get up to whilst Steve is watching Masterchef...

 

Inka Järvinen - Graphic designer and Illustrator

Monki, now available online!

Did I mention I work in fashion retail as a digital designer? Therefore I always keep my eye on the competition and this site is one of my favourites. Monki has all the collections beautifully laid out, alongside brilliant illustrations and animations. The clothes are cheap with lots of interesting on trend basics to chose from.

They also sent me inpisiring magazines in the post, but still you couldn't buy... until now!

The site doesn't seem as interactive as it was - but it still looks great, definitely worth a shop.

Collage + Illustration

Want to add some illustration to my collage but am a scaredy cat at the mo. Like the surreal shapes from this artist, Geraldine Georges.

Going mad with scissors!

I have been getting into a bit of collage at  home, pulling out all my old magazines and ripping pages out, then attacking with scissors. I plan to purchase this book as well for a bit of inspiration.

I found these images via this blog, they are from magazine Dazed and Confused.

Rather lovely illustrations by Yasmin Sandytia

Check out her site Yasmin Sandytia, she has also apparenly done some rather nice illustrations for Hobbs AW11 Footwear which is how I came to discover her.

The Horrors, Sharks and Hula Hoops

Off to see the Horrors tonight which in itself is exciting. But also it's at York Hall, which was my old swimming club back in my younger school years. I even made it to be a Shark. You had to go all the way from the tadpoles in the small pool, through to the dolphins and other types of swimming creatures, until you got to be a Shark. Only then could you wear the swimming hat with the shark logo!

Might even treat myself to a packet of Hula Hoops from the vending machines on the way out like old times.

Faris drawing tiny things, taken from The Selby book