Woodland Creatures Nursery Prints

I've been a little busy getting together some new things for my shop and here a few of them :)

You may already recognise these prints. They are of course the little creatures that I did for my Inkygoodness Beermat Characters! I didn't want to bury them away in a folder never to be seen again so I have created prints to brighten up children's bedrooms and playrooms!

They are available now over in my etsy shop either singularly or as a set of 4 :)
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/joannehawker?ref=si_shop

Click the images to visit them in my shop too :)

Alexis Markavage

After a week of infuriating emails from either things not going right, people not bothering to spell my name correctly and people not replying it was really nice to receive an email from this lovely lady. Alexis had clearly done her homework and seems really genuine and like she says I think we would be friends if she didn't live so far away!

We all know that I love the natural world so it was really great to see that pop up in her work. At the moment I have a soft spot for bees after drawing so many on a recent project for the International Bee Research Association. Her goldfish also reminded me of my silly fish. He thinks he's free willy. He's not. He's a daft goldfish called Tazo.

Heres a few snaps of her work:

So, heres a bit more about Alexis:

'Hi! My name is Alexis. I'm a freelance illustrator from a little town just north of San Francisco called Novato. I graduated from the Roski School of Fine Art at the University of Southern California in 2012.'

'Ever since I was young, watercolor illustration has been my natural way of documenting my travels and experiences, but nowadays, I've been painting almost all the time in my backyard garden. (My dalmatian puppy is my muse.) I'm also influenced by the colorful mid-century design that I find at flea markets and garage sales.'

'I love to experiment with vibrant color in my work--from collage to watercolor to digital illustration, jumping back and forth between realism and quirky illusion. You'll often find me perusing the shelves of the children's section of the library. Inspired by my favorite book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle, one day I hope to publish my own book.'

Want to see more? Check out these links:

Portfolio: http://alexismarkavage.com/index.html

Shop: http://alexismarkavage.bigcartel.com/

Blog: http://houseofalexis.tumblr.com/

Live Photoshop Prank

This absolute gem landed in my inbox today from Design Taxi. Basically in Sweden Adobe decided to play a prank on unsuspecting people waiting at a bus stop. Something they named 'live photoshop'. They would take a photo of those waiting and photoshop them into different scenarios live on the billboards next to the people waiting at the bus stop. Artist Erik Johansson was the person who put it all together and brought the magic to life. 

Its such a great idea. I would have loved to have seen that for real and watch people get freaked out.

For more info check out the original article by Design Taxi.

'Find a Penny...' Print Giveaway

'Find a penny, pick it up & all day long you'll have good luck!'

This is my latest print and is half the size of my usual ones. Why you ask? Well pennies are tiny aren't they. This also means that its half of the usual price at only £8 with free shipping! But... you can get one for free. Yes thats right FREE. How I hear you cry. Simple, you just enter my give away below for your chance to win a copy of this print! (Please note that the frame is not included).

Many of you will already know that over night I reached 1,000 likes on my facebook page and so this giveaway is a way of saying thank you to all that have liked my work and spurred me on to keep creating. Not only this but for the next two weeks you can get a big 30% off in my etsy shop by using voucher code 1000LIKES. This code will expire on the June 8th 2013. So thank you guys!

If you don't want to wait for the giveaway to end then you can purchase this right away over on my etsy shop! Don't forget the voucher code! Just click here.

All entries will be collected by rafflecopter and a winner will be chosen by random. So good luck and enter below! :) x

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Society6 Free Shipping!

Its that time AGAIN! Free shipping over on Society6! So grab yourself a new phone case, ipad skin, tote bag, cushion and much more!
http://society6.com/joannehawker

Inkygoodness: Beermat Characters + The Poop Deck Project Launch

Inkygoodness: Beermat Characters + The Poop Deck Project Launch from Inkygoodness on Vimeo.

Didn't make it to the Inkygoodness: Beermat Characters + The Poop Deck Project Launch? Then never fear! You can now get a feel for what went on in this piece of film from Inkygoodness and Ammo Magazine!

'On Tuesday 30th April 2013, Inkygoodness & Ammo Magazine set out to present their first joint illustration exhibition: Beermat Characters + The Poop Deck Project.
Showcasing the incredible talents of over 150 international artists & illustrators chosen especially for the project by Inkygoodness and Ammo Magazine, the results culminated in a colourful and diverse display of artwork at The Coningsby Gallery in London for just one week.
This short film captures the process of curating and hanging the exhibition, and the buzzing excitement of our celebrated launch night - we hope you enjoy watching!'

AND! If you want to own a piece of this wonderful exhibition Inkygoodness has set up a shop where you can purchase some of the artwork that was on show! GO GO GO!

http://inkygoodness.mysupadupa.com/

Personalised Love Birds Wedding Print!

Well if you haven't guessed already, I'm back from my lovely relaxing holiday in Tenerife with a head full of new ideas! I did this little one before I went and have just listed it on my Etsy and Not On The High Street stores!

Remember those super special dates with this illustrated wedding print available in 3 colour palettes! I can even adjust the colours to match your own colour theme should you request it. And its only £20 with FREE postage and packing. For more information click here!

Anyway enough of that! Time to get on with my book full of new ideas! :)

The Inkygoodness Shop!

Good news! Did you see any of the beermats at the show in the Coningsby Gallery this week? Did you get home and think 'hmmm I wish I'd bought that?' Well now you can! The beermats have been put into the Inkygoodness online shop! Take a look :)

Samsung Galaxy S4 Cases - Society6

So who out there has a Samsung Galaxy S4? Well good news! You can now get my designs on a Samsung Galaxy S4 case! Just pop over to my Society6 page and select iPhone & iPod cases option. Then choose the one you want, you can then select the Samsung option under the model's option. Easy peasy! http://society6.com/joannehawker/cases

Inkygoodness Beermat Character Exhibition

Well this has turned out to be a super busy week! Most of you will know that on tuesday I popped off to London to attend the Inkygoodness Beermat Character Exhibition / Ammo Magazine Poop Deck Project Private view! I was absolutely over the moon when I was told that I was one of the lucky people to be chosen to take part in the show. Not only because I've admired the work of inkygoodness for some time but because it finally made me feel like I had been 'accepted' in the world of illustration. I kind of feel like an outsider because I studied Graphic Design at University and not illustration. Silly I know but it gave me that little confidence boost that I needed :)

I managed to persuade my lovely boyfriend to come with me because I was super nervous. I find it really difficult to talk to people that I don't know and I'm really awkward in social situations. Luckily a glass of sailor jerrys and his presence made the butterflies disappear and I had a lovely time. I would have liked to have spoken to a few more but I'm happy with how it went :)

Here I am trying to smile at the camera next to my little woodland themed beermats. I had lots of lovely comments with people asking how I printed directly onto the mat... I didn't! Haha! I was just super careful with a glue stick and a pair of scissors. But don't tell anyone!

Each wall had a great balance of colours, design and amazing talent. There was so much to see. Every time we did a lap of the room we noticed something that we didn't see before.

There was such a big turn out that you could hardly move around the gallery. It was absolutely wonderful that so many people turned out to support the event and the people taking part. It was also a good opportunity to meet some of the faces behind the avatars on twitter!

All the participants were given name lanyards so they were easily identifiable. This is me hiding behind mine :)

The show is still running! So you still have time to pop down and check it out. Go! Please! You won't be disappointed!

The Coningsby Gallery, 29 April – 4th May 2013

Want to know who is involved? Have a look at this list:

Aaron Miller (UK) / Alice Potter (UK) / Animaux Circus (UK) / Bart Aalbers (NL) / Cachete Jack (ESP) /Casiegraphics (UK) / Chris Cowdrill (UK) / Claire Jones (UK) / Daisy Woolf-Whitehouse (UK) / Dave Bain(UK) / David Shillinglaw (UK) / Diana van der Voort / Docvek (UK) / DOODULL (UK) / Ed J.Brown (UK) / El Tobe (UK) / Emma Jane Green (UK) / Emma Levey (UK) / Florence Blanchard (UK/FR) / Gabriela Nicole Gonzalez (USA) / Hattie Stewart (UK) / Huw Barrett (UK) / Jango Jim (NL) / Jimmy Rogers (UK) / Joanne Hawker (UK) / Johnnie Weiliang-Hoek (NL) / Jordan Andrew Carter (UK) / Jorfe (SP) / Josh Neal (UK) /Julien Decaudin (UK) / Kristyna Baczynski (UK) / Laura Kiteley (UK) / Lisa Hassell (UK) / Loch Ness (UK) /Lorrie Whittington (UK) / Luke Brookes (UK) / Magda Bielecka (PL) / Manuel Reggalado (GU) / Marina Munn (UK/BG) / Matthew McGregor (UK) / Max Postma (NL) / Mayumi Haryoto (IND) / Michael Slack(USA) / Michelle Turton (UK) / Michel Martins (NL) / Michelle Turton (UK) / Motel Seven (SA) / Motomichi Nakamura (UK) / Mr Penfold (UK) /Mr the Beef (UK) / Muxxi (GU) / Nate Bear (USA) / Natie Marie (UK) /Osian Efnisien (UK) / Paul Goodall (UK) / Paul Roberts (UK) / Pia Drent (FR) / Pierre-Paul Pariseau (CA) / Piktorama (VE) / Pippa Stewart (UK) / Rilla Alexander (GE) / Rinske Zijsling (NL) / Rob Pybus (UK) /Ronnie Deelen (PL) / Rosey Cheekes (CA) / Ryan Quincy (USA) / Sac Magique (UK) / Sam Downend(UK) / Sandra Dieckmann (UK/GE) / Scott Balmer (UK) / Shenly Lee (MY) / Simon Wild (UK) / Slumberbean (UK) / Sneaky Raccoon (UK) / Steven Roberts (UK) / TADO (UK) / The Felt Room (UK) / Tom Holmes (UK) / Toy Factory (BE) / Tracey Meek (UK) / Vicky Newman (UK) / Wilmer Murillo (HO) &YemaYema (EC)