Calendar!!

Yay, my calendar is finally finished! And it looks so pretty *gently caresses the first sample she got from the printer*

It will be "launched" in an exhibition I will have in Brasov (RO) at "Ceai et caetera" teahouse, if you are around between 4 december and 7 january, do come to see it! It will feature canvas prints of my Little Fairy (who now is named Lia, by the way!) and also some of my other illustrations.

So if you want to order my calendar, here are a few details:

Wall calendar: size A4, with a spread for each month:
Price for all preorders (before 1 dec): 10 euro
Regular price: 15 euro

Desk calendar: size half-A4 (landscape) with a page for each month:
Price for all preorders (before 1 dec): 7 euro
Regular price: 12 euro

Prices include shipping to anywhere by Romanian post!


As soon as the calendars are out from the printer, I will post pictures here ;-)
See the orders page for more details on how to order, payment and whatnot.

Until then, enjoy some images that are included in my calendar:

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Cheer up, little buddy!

Little Fairy and her friend Birdie, is with all the stray dogs that are hated by everyone.

In Romania there is a big hysteria caused by the death of a child that was bitten by a dog. The child was unattended, and entered on the dog's territory. Even though his brother ran away when the dogs started barking, he stayed and the result was tragic. Now everybody went crazy, with this "kill all the stray dogs - he killed one of us, so all of them have to die". 

But everyone forgets one thing: agressive dogs are the result of agressive humans.
In my opinion, this "death to all dogs because they killed a child" thing is extremely unfair. How can we be so hypocritical (as a society) to abandon animals on the streets, torture them, teach them to be aggressive, and then blame everything on them when they attack us? Before coming to me with arguments like "dogs attacked me for no reason", try to remember how many times you saw street dogs beaten/burned/cut/attacked by humans for no reason. Or in general, animals without any fault that had and still have to suffer because of the human species.
Also, there are hundreds of children killed each year, by drunk drivers, careless parents, pedophiles and all sorts of abusers. Nobody says "kill them all!"

The dog is man's best friend if the man knows how to deal with it and observe some simple rules of interaction with the animal. We believe we are superior beings and we can't even understand that much ...



You are free to share this on the internet if you are against animal cruelty. Just keep it unaltered and link back to my gallery.
If you want to post it on Facebook, share it from here: www.facebook.com/anda.art

Illustration Friday: Underwater

This topic fits so perfect on my works! It seems I can only submit if I have a separate blog entry with each image so I will make a few posts today ^_^

Bologna Children's Book Fair

This was my first year participating in this great gathering of artists, authors and publishers.
And what can I say, I was really impressed to see all those gorgeous books and art and passion and everything! I feel richer now, after seeing all that... Of course I bought some books, the ones that inspired me the most are now sitting very pretty on my shelf here. So I will let the photos do the talking, as follows:

Took a picture with the talented Ayano Imai, after buying one of her books with her signature also :D - really nice! :)

Couldn't help it and tested the new Wacom Cintiq 24HD. Even though it's nice to see directly what you're drawing, I didn't like how everything around me reflected in it. And I was always tempted to get closer and closer to it until I saw all the pixels.. my head hurt after half an hour, no fun. *hugs trustworthy and loyal Intuos3*

Christmas greeting cards

Because the winter holidays are quickly approaching, I think it's time to post here my offer of greeting cards!

Below you can see the painted ones, various models that I have developed in the last few years and that have been very successful so far :)

As you can see each card is unique, even if it's made using the same "model".

Price for a hand-painted card: €5.

If you are on a budget, you can also opt for a pack of 6 printed cards, at the same price.

The prints are superior quality, made on 150g/mp paper, and each card is personally checked by me.  Below you can see the available models:

p.s. I offer free shipping around the world for all Christmas cards ;)

News

Hey everyone!

I'm finally back on track (since one and a half month ago actually, but as usual, I fail to update the blog when I'm supposed to... ^^;

So now I'm working at two projects, one is a set of illustrations for a very interesting and twisted story for 10-14 year old children; the other project is a set of illustrations for a publication that will be distributed in schools, it's with english tests for Romanian children. I just love these two projects, even if the deadline for the second one is pretty close, hehe. (which is good, I just figured I am the most productive when stressed, how odd is that?! O_o ) Close deadlines always bring out the best of me. The illustrations are fresh, because I don't have time to overthink things..

Anyway, as I recently bought a licence for Photoshop CS6... and wow, nothing compares to the feeling of finding a new brush, a brush that's so painterly, so perfect in every aspect, that knows exactly what you want to do, and that looks so much like the traditional media! Here is a peek:

The illustration is not finished, unfortunately most of that painterly feel will go away as I add details (it has to fit with the other illustrations I made for this project) but I still love the brush and you'll be able to see it in many illustrations on this blog from now on :-D

Enjoy your day ;-)

Back

I just came back from holidays and it's time to resume work  ♥  (I must admit I missed it a little).

Yesterday I discovered this: http://aleksandra-chabros.blogspot.ro
One thing we have in common besides passion for drawing and painting and creative activities: we are both fans of Anne Patzke (aka the awesome illustrator Trenchmaker), and I really like her style. It's so cute!
And seeing all her work inspired me to stop procrastinating and start creating :-D

In other words.. I discovered some old sketches in my old sketchbook. Hope to finish them some day :)

 

 ...aaaand this is how my desktop looks at the moment. 

Messy I know but I feel so creative when it's like this ♥