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Male Humour Competition

Good morning all and we hope you all had a great weekend!

You now have only one remaining to submit your entries for our latest competition Male Humour.

Deadline Monday 7th May 2012.

 

Best of luck with your entries!

Male Humour Competition

Good morning all and we hope you all had a great weekend!

You now have two weeks remaining to submit your entries for our latest competition Male Humour.

Deadline Monday 7th May 2012.

 

Best of luck with your entries!

Emily Button Personalised Cards

Great news from the Emily Button team - as from today you can purchase very special personalised Emily Button cards for those special children in your life.

Don't forget if you have friends or family aged 2-11 years old who love to draw? Then tell them all about the Emily Button Art Competition where they can win exclusive Emily Button artwork and goodies!

The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design - Showcase!

  Hand-drawn ‘Magnolia Mews’ by Katy Hackney

 

I was thrilled to hear from the lovely Rachael Taylor today who was bursting with pride from all the wonderful work that's been created by the students of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design.

It was so lovely to look through all the work but so difficult to choose which one to show you in the post so please do head over here and check them all out.

  Bright and sketchy ‘Tangerine Hoops’ by Katy Clemmans

  Pretty bird motifs in ‘Outbackyard Collection’ by Luisa Franco

Pretty repeat design ‘Feather Design’ by Liz Smith

 

Directional florals in ‘Oriental Bloom’ by Susan Lloyd ([email protected])

  Feminine ‘Artisan Florals’ by Suzanne Washington

 

Well done to all the designers and good luck with the next module and find out how you can take part here.

Jessica Hogarth Designs

  © Jessica Hogarth Designs
  © Jessica Hogarth Designs
  © Jessica Hogarth Designs
  © Jessica Hogarth Designs

  © Jessica Hogarth Designs

I adore post and these days I really don't get a lot of physical post so imagine my delight when I received a curious package from Jessica Hogarth.

I was ecstatic to discover a wonderful bundle of gorgeous design courtesy of Jessica Hogarth who was the winner of our Word Up competition back in 2011.

Jessica's designs are stunning and I love her illustrative style and the wonderful atmosphere her designs evoke.

"Jessica Hogarth Designs offers unique prints, cards and home wares featuring hand drawn designs inspired by a blend of Parisian life and the historic buildings and seascapes of the North Yorkshire coast.

Jessica’s designs begin as illustrations in black pen on paper before they are digitally scanned and enhanced with subtle colour schemes. Her final products are produced using both digital and hand printed methods making for a varied range. Jessica’s entire collection prints and products are designed and manufactured in the UK, an industry she is keen to continue supporting.

Her use of bold colour combined with playful illustrations make for a collection of quirky yet sophisticated designs. The prints and patterns typically depict images of daily life, places Jessica has visited or feature strong influences from Robin Hoods Bay and the Yorkshire coast".

 Jessica's career is going from strength to strength since graduating in 2010 and this year a colloboration with Lab C to launch of a range of ‘designer edition’ iPhone cases. The seven cases produced with Jessica’s designs feature a mixture of both graphic abstract patterns and highly illustrative conversational prints. A free iPhone app is also available for download, meaning the designs can be used as decorative phone wallpapers.

In addition you can catch Jessica this year at New Designers One Year On and also the British Craft Trade Fair in Harrogate next week.

To find out more about the lovely Jessica and her gorgeous work head to the following links:

 

http://www.jessicahogarth.com/

http://www.jessicahogarth.com/blog/

Stockists of Jessica Hogarth Designs

 

Thanks to Jessica for the oh so lovely bundle it made my week!

Play Time!

Seen as it's the Easter holidays we have decided to extend the Play Time competition deadline to give you a few extra days to work on your submissions.

All entries must now be received by midnight Monday 9th April to be included in our judging session next week.

Good luck and have a great Easter weekend!

And the Winners are....

We had a fun filled Easter themed day yesterday and as promised here are the results of the Character Challenge. From left to right, created by our fabulous designers Lucy C, Abbi G, Nicola W & Yvonne, and below by Bruno.

Easter Challenge

The Tigerprint Studio have been set an Easter Challenge this morning, they had an hour to create another studio member from a boiled egg & craft materials. The results look fantastic and if you've been in the studio let us know if you recognise anyone.

Check out our facebook pages later on today to see who won.

TP Workshop: Hand drawn fonts by any means

The lovely designers in the Tigerprint Studio have been taking part in a handdrawn type workshop today. Everyone got involved for a quick power hour as a way to learn a new skill, a new style or simple to free up their illustrative styles. They usual work with our huge font library so its a nice change to seem some great styles & techniques coming through.

We can't share all of the outcomes but I hope the images above give you a taster. The designers could use a mixture of pens / inks / brushes.