Have a Jolly Olly Olly Halloween

Is everyone excited for Halloween? Its always been my favourite holiday!

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Wedding Bells!

Yesterday myself and Pa went to his Sister's Wedding, it was great day, and I was so happy tpo be asked along. He is a caricature of the two of us. It's amazing!

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Fantastic Mr. Dahl

Growing up one of my most tresured posessions was my Roald Dahl book collect, it was a set of his greatest works, and I spent my childhood reading them. Fantastic Mr. Fox being my favourite.

So to celebrate his wonderful work, the British Post Office has announced a series of stamps in his honour, complete with illustrations from the equally talented Quentin Blake.

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A Cat's Life!

I suspect that this is what most cats do when they are home alone.

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Drawn Together!

Done exclusively for The New York Times, Damien Florébert Cuypers’s quick illustrations of London Fashion Week.

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(via The New York Times)

and the BATFA goes to...

Here are the programme covers for this years BAFTA awards... Each of the 5 indiviual covers represent the 5 best Picture contenders. The were designed by Illustrator Edo Akaltun. So fabulous!

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Akaltun was commissioned late last year by Studio Small to create illustrations to adorn BAFTA invitations as well as the programme covers. "There are five alternative covers each with an illustration that represents one of the five Best Film category nominations from this year's short list," she explains.

Kama Sutra gets sexed up!

Just in time to secure some Valentines Day sales, Penguin is about to publish a new edition of the Kama Sutra. The book, produced as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition features a dust jacket sporting beautifully illustrated letterforms by Malika Favre...

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(via CR Blog)

Aled Lewis

Aled Lewis is an amazing Illustrator and Designer from London, his work always has a fun and bold aspect to it. You can see more of his work at ALED LEWIS.COM

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He Loves Doodle!

Lim Heng Swee is an illustrator and visual artist living and working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He sells his fantastic doodles and illustrations via his ETSY SITE.

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Wise Words.

Some wise words, by the one and only, Roald Dahl...

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AIT DESIGNERS

So last week I was able to go up to Athlone and check out the AIT Design Exhibition, my former Classmates that were in the four year program were partaking in the design show, and it did not disappoint...

There was both Print work, and multimedia videos and websites on display. My particular favourite was Elaine Sexton's video on the lost art of letter writing, and Sam Sutton's impressive Illustrations...

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Living. Now.

Live Now is a really interesting project from designer and illustrator Eric Smith, which he set up after being diagnosed with Cancer. He decided to start a collaborative art project inviting people to live in the moment through beautiful, poetic, earnest artwork that celebrates life. This season, the project was published as a book, the candidly titled Live Now: Artful Messages of Hope, Happiness & Healing.

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via the amazing Brain Picking