The first ‘Mil the Shih Tzu’ book by Grace Hui is now officially in stock! I received a small initial shipment and I’m ready to sell. Know any kidlets that might appreciate an introductory reading book about a little dog living with a family in Singapore? Well then, what are you waiting for! They are available in real live book format in my etsy shop right now or you can buy them for the kindle on Amazon. Hopefully there will be many more adventures for little Mil and his chums – let’s just wait and see. In the meantime, there’s this book to be going on with!
news posted by rosie on 30th January 2012 at 11:35am
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This is terribly exciting! My very first ever ALBUM COVER design! Rachel Hair’s new album, ‘No More Wings’ is being released this February and I have this exclusive sneaky peek at it! I am delighted with how it has turned out – I am always amazed at how different illustrations look on screen or on printouts to how they actually look on a product. The lines all match up beautifully and after a lot of calculating and tweaking along the way, the album cover works. They even used my handwriting and a tiny illustration on the CD itself, so that was an added bonus. Another win for the analogue girl! More news on the album after it has been officially released.
news posted by rosie on 30th January 2012 at 11:14am
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Daily Drawings are rolling forward again and now the punny tree theme is over, making way for something new. In case you missed any of the silly trees, here they are in order and consequently in all their glory – all fifteen of them. If you don’t know what kinds of trees they are – you could have a guess or refer to my twitpic feed. What followed these jolly fellows was a foray into the theme of Chinese new year, the culmination of which you can see here. But this week I shall be doing something completely different! 
news posted by rosie on 30th January 2012 at 10:17am
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Another of my Amelia’s magazine offerings made it online this week! To accompany Amelia Gregory’s interview with musical, sisterly twosome, First Aid Kit. I listened to their tunes whilst scribbling and clicking away and I was transported on an acoustic wave of whimsy. Hopefully they recognise themselves. I sneaked the band name onto the frame they’re holding – I don’t know if you’d noticed… 
news posted by rosie on 17th January 2012 at 11:11pm
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Bit of a strange one, this. You may remember me doing a few other illustrations for Amelia’s magazine in the past, all for different companies, film releases or musicians. This one is for a debut album by Lymes called Goodbye Bangkok. (More below)
The album relates all manner of goings on that happened to the vocalist during several years in Thailand – not all of them good. In fact, mostly horrific! I based this illustration on a song called Train to Penang, using a Thai train ticket as inspiration. I’ll have to check with a friend if the writing is vaguely legible! I used lyrics from that track for most of the text, adding a piano keyboard barcode, a scanned crease in the ticket and a nice little blood drip I made myself with a big fat marker. It’s a strange illustration, but I was pleased with how it turned out. After listening to the album a few times, I felt I couldn’t have done anything vaguely cheery or too colourful. Anyway, you can see it in situ at Amelia’s site from today. That’s the weird stuff out of the way, time for a bit more silliness next time.
news posted by rosie on 9th January 2012 at 10:48am
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A small selection of the TWO HUNDRED (plus) Daily Drawings that I’ve had the pleasure of creating in 2011. I’ve kicked of 2012 with a new angle. Moving on from the success of past themes such as ‘Zombie Hallowe’en Costume Countdown’ and ‘Winter Pun-derland’, I’m now in the middle of a forest of ‘pun trees’. Alright, so the title is rather weak, but perhaps you have an idea for the next theme? Let me know! To find out whattoday’s drawing is, you’ll have to have a look at Twitpic, Twitter or good old Facebook. Happy clicking!
news posted by rosie on 5th January 2012 at 8:46pm
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