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 ♥

And the latest commission :)

Oils on canvas. Slightly bigger than an A4 :)

Commissions

Vector cuties for an app

This project was *SO* fun! It's named "The AlephBet Application", and it will be a mobile game geared toward early childhood Hebrew literacy.

These are only a few of the objects I made for this app. Drew them all in Inkscape.

All rights are now belonging to Not-A-Box Media Lab, but they gave me permission to post some of the artwork in my portfolio. I will post a link to the app when it will go live. Until then, stay tuned :)