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Matt Bites is the home of Los Angeles food blogger Matt Armendariz and focuses on food, drink, and everything inbetween.
The amazing image above was created by Matt and his partner which is purely stunning and offers a spohisticated slant on Halloween this year.
Happy Halloween!
© Johanna Basford
The never ending talent that is Johanna Basford has astounded me yet again..... Recently she attracted attention from Creative Review with her re-drawn front cover of their magazine and now she's launched #TwitterPicture, "a unique concept merging creativity with social networking platform, Twitter.
On Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th October, She invited the Tweeters to get involved and help create the world's first Twitter inspired artwork. The torrent of tweets came thick and fast, draining several dozen of her beloved fine liners within the first 3 hours.The result is an inky, hand drawn snap shot of Twitter imaginations over a 48 hour period. The weird and the wonderful, the quirky, the bizarre, the emotional and the political are all captured in delicately penned detail to form this most eclectic of artworks."
Just in time for the Xmas season, Jamie Oliver Home & Lifestyle Gifts is a fab and stylish looking site promoting great ideas for the home and the designers that make them. Check it all out here, and keep an eye out for the great graphics featured on the site as shown above.
James May's Toy Stories started last night on BBC Two. James May is out prove why traditional, old fashioned toys are still relevant by pushing them to the limit. From full size lego houses to bridges made completely of Meccano. He also made a full plasticine garden at the Chelsea flower show in May.
Lots of of you have probably heard of Donna Hay who is inspirational in her cooking and food styling. It is really worth looking at her website even if its just to drool and add any of her books to your Xmas list this year.
"Donna Hay is Australia's leading food editor and best-selling cookbook author. Her food, recipes and styling focuses on basic ingredients, simply prepared and beautifully photographed – hallmarks of her work which have set the benchmark for food publishing worldwide and inspired a whole new generation of cooks.
Donna's career as a food writer and stylist began when she was 19. She was appointed food editor of marie claire when she was 25 and soon became food editor of marie claire lifestyle".
© Beeb Design
© Beeb Design
Beeb Design is the label of Bess who is a London-based part time designer/maker. Bess's speciality is a range of dolls, toys and pictures, with the odd one-off project thrown in. Bess was also a runner up in our recent Handbag Notebook Competition.
I love the characters and colours above and you can check out more at etsy.
© 2009 INK+WIT
© 2009 Tara Hogan
A great blog to inspire you this weekend, Ink + Wit and check out this gorgeous calendar by illustrator Tara Hogan. Enjoy and have a lovely weekend!!
I was thrilled today when i received an invite to a Lulu & Iris exhibition opening in November.
Louise Anderson, the wife of Liberty Radio Breakfast Show presenter, Richard Anderson, today releases the date of her first UK art showcase.
Entitled ‘You and I’, the showcase takes the form of an exhibition featuring exclusive artwork inspired by the beauty in everyday life and how it shapes and influences us (the human being).
With a background in fashion design and having designed for Top Shop, Hollister and Thomas Pink; Louise takes illustration into a new dimension by introducing inspirations from vintage garments, children stories and the sense of nostalgia and belonging to the countryside.
Having sparked admirable and controversial attention from her illustration of model Lily Cole, Louise is set to leave attendees in awe, shock, mesmerized and intrigued as she introduces the world to a new form of illustration.
“Throughout my artistic career, I have always created pieces that broke traditional moulds and want to inspire artists and attendees to look outside of the box and take a journey of artistic creativity to see the world through my eyes, hence the reason why I called my company Lulu and Iris. Lulu is my nickname and Iris for my eyes” Louise Anderson, Creator of Lulu and Iris.
The launch will be on Saturday 28th November, doors will open at 4pm and will be held at Tiffinbites, 23 Russia Row, Off Gresham Street, St. Paul’s, London EC2V 7PG.
Lulu and Iris is set to create a storm in the art world and attendees are advised to arrive early as places are limited.
For examples of Lulu and Iris’ previous work please visit www.luluandiris.com.
P.S Tigerprint wishes Louise much success with the show!
The next competition has just been launched, Xmas Food Photography so for the next month we will be drooling all over the images we receive. How exciting, check it out here and enjoy!
By Jean http://jeandsanders.blogspot.com
The judges were really excited about this competition (there all women) and loved looking through all the great entries we had. There can only be one winner though and the honour goes to Jean with her entry above.
The judges felt that Jean demonstrated a fab and beautiful illustration style that we do not currently have in the Tigeprint studio. They felt it fit the brief perfectly as it is stylish and simple yet striking. Well done Jean!
The runners up are below in no particular order:
By Dot to Dottie http://dottodottie.blogspot.com
This entry is very girlie and pretty which answers the brief very well. The birdcages are also very ' on trend' - well done.
By Bess www.beebdesign.co.uk
This entry by Bess demonstrated excellent editorial which answered the brief well and is perfectly directed to the M&S customer.
By Love little www.lovelittle.co.uk
This entry is a very well thought out product and Love Little has paid great attention to detail in her design. A very cool design.
By Elizabeth http://elizabethryman.blogspot.com/
This entry demonstrated a lovely balance of colour with great editorial and typography. Very stylish!
Well done to our winner Jean and all of our winners up and a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to enter. The next competition will be launched today, Christmas Food Photography so keep an eye out for the brief on the competition page.
