tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47609930650392648682024-03-05T05:17:42.483-08:00Aki ArtAki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-43411989716613918052013-01-10T14:44:00.005-08:002013-01-10T14:44:59.717-08:00Bring on 2013!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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2013 started off with finishing off a commission piece. Measuring at A2 size, this is the biggest work I have worked in only in ink pen and sumi ink! Painting wise I have gone as big as a mammoth mural painting measuring 27m x 3m. Took my sister and I the whole summer break during our high school days to finish it off. Think we got payed about $2 per hour, arrgh back in the days.</div>
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Anyway this girl in the picture is based on the client's (who is also a good friend on mine and an respected artist himself) wife. He wanted me to draw something oceanic and to have his wife as not exactly a mermaid but some sort of sea-being. </div>
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Inking in the black areas. I had to go over the black areas about four times to achieve pure black. I wanted to achieve totally matted flat black areas but you can still see the different textures under the light... hmmmm</div>
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Coral Detail</div>
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Jellyfish</div>
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Lastly a little drawing I did to celebrate 2013, the year of Snake! </div>
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Happy New Year everyone!</div>
<br />Aki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-74266050340162955582012-12-19T12:28:00.001-08:002012-12-19T12:28:33.932-08:00Christmas PostIt's that time of the year again!<br />
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I have spent my first 8 years of my life in Nagano City of Japan, where the temperature would drop to as low as -15 Degrees Celsius during winter. So for me Christmas was all about making snow huts, waiting for Santa and enjoying mum's cooking and dad's Bush de Noel Christmas Cake!</div>
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Since immigrating to NZ, while missing the snow we have come to love the Summer Christmas here! We would spend the Christmas and New Years Camping and fishing, still enjoying the Santa magic, mum's cooking and dad's Bush de Noel!</div>
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This year we will be having a quiet one. My man is still recovering from his head injury. Things has improved a lot though in the last five months! From his bed ridden vegetable stage he has steadily recovered and is now undergoing rehab programme back into his work. His medication is stopping him from having late nights or early mornings, and he has become really sensitive to sunlight (another side effect from the medication). Obviously no alcohol has been allowed this whole time either. So this year we have booked an small beach house in the country side for two nights with two friends My man can enjoy the quiet beach while I make sure he is well covered up and alcohol free! I am happy as long as I have a pen and paper :D</div>
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Before I go on any further, for those Billie fans out there check out <a href="http://www.facebook.com/booksellers">Booksellers NZ</a>. They have been featuring a Billie B Brown Week this week on their Facebook page. It is still not too late to take part in their giveaways so get commenting, sharing and liking! Sally and I will be checking in on their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/booksellers">facebook page</a> too so feel free to fire away any questions or suggestions!<br />
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For "The Deep End" cover I sent in only one rough. It was approved straight away. Yay<br />
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I used to love swimming. My siblings and I used to spend our summer at the beach, swimming and fishing all day. We all used to take swimming lessons over the winter season. Unlike my sister and brothers I was terrible at all other sports that involved using equipment (Tennis, baseball, rugby etc) so I was happy when our coach told me I had "good form" and chose me to take part in local swimming races. Yay to my little athletic achievement. These days my daily activity involves walking to the fridge, walking to the post box and burying compost in our tiny backyard.... I really need to get out and active this summer!</div>
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When Booksellers NZ announced that they are holding a Billie B Brown Week it made me reflect back on the three years I have been illustrating Billie. 20 books, 2 big bind ups, Billie B Website and numerous limited Billie pack editions! So much time and love have been given to all these books, by me, by Sally Rippin of course and by the wonderful publishing team at Hardie Grant Egmont. Countless sleepless nights, dismissed roughs and despite the editor kind and well timed deadlines I have managed to corner myself against deadline-demons by over scheduling myself with other works and <strike>procrastination</strike> important tasks..</div>
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Now Billie has gone global, her stories have spread across over the pacific ocean and<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 18px;"> have been translated into many languages including Spanish, French, Thai, Indonesian and Turkish! Sally Rippin has been successful with the spin off series "Hey Jack". Furthermore books from the BBB series has won numerous awards and I heard someone saying that BBB series is the bestselling young series in Australia! YAY I am feeling so grateful that I can be part of the creation of Billie B Brown world. Lastly, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to all the readers who bring these characters to life, without you guys Billie's stories would have not spread this wide and far. Hoping for more stories to come :D</span></div>
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Aki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-53443342859696276632012-12-07T11:43:00.002-08:002012-12-07T11:43:34.796-08:00Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps: December Release<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.78333282470703px;">Hi everyone and welcome to the first day of </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.78333282470703px;">December previews</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.78333282470703px;">! Today <a href="http://www.sparklecreationsrubberstamps.com/">Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps store</a> is excited to show you </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.78333282470703px;">Chinese New Year Rin</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20.78333282470703px;"> (designed by... ME). All new stamps will be available to buy on Saturday 8th December 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;">Letham Gallery presents <span class="style_1" style="font-family: Arial-ItalicMT, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; line-height: 17px;">X</span>, a group exhibition celebrating the diversity and talents of the many artists </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">we have been privileged to work with this year, alongside a selection of new artists we believe </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Over 30 artists will exhibit up to 5 original works each, 200mm x 200mm (8” x 8”) in size, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">available to collect for only $200 each, featuring painting, photography, prints, 3d installation and more!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Featuring Lianne Booton, Cristina Silaghi, Amy MacKinnon, Clinton Richards, Tony Tia, Pip Ashburn, Jade DuPreez, Barry Read, Sena Park, Antonia O'Mahony, Caroline Herdson, Simon Darlington, Justine Giles, Farhad Nabipour, Natchez Hudson, Rhys MacKenzie, Martin Horspool, Max Thomson, Oxana Timofeeva, Ingrid Gotlieb, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Peter Christian, Sarah Matthew, Francis Van Hout, Jessica Brice, Laura Scheper, Ashleigh Blake, Sally Ann, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;">Ramon Robertson, Weilun Ha and Aki Fukuoka.</span></div>
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The exhibition will run through <span style="color: #797979; font-family: Calibri-Bold, Calibri; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">4th - 24th December 2012</span> - ALL welcome! </div>
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Below are some work process/close up shots for the five pieces.</div>
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Didn''t have time to think of funky titles when I took these pieces into the gallery. but I assure you they have all been given so much time and love. I could just name them now, but I would rather just share with you the main themes and ideas I had in my mind while working on these babies. </div>
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2. A Boy and his pet Gold Fishy.</div>
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3. Goth Pop mix. Bunny ears, skull, girl.... all my favorite things!</div>
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Then I notice that my Little Red Riding Hood painting has already been pre-sold! </div>
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The turn out was GREAT! At one time it was so packed that you couldn't see the walls :D</div>
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As I stood in my little corner I met up with my old university friend, met other artists (I spent a lot of time talking with a beauuutiful Russian artist) , and just enjoyed being surrounded by art lovers! As much as I enjoy working on my art and illustrations in my dungeon its so nice to get out once in a while and meet new like minded people! </div>
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I was also happy to see my Kiwiana Girl being red stickered! THANK YOU to those people who bought my work :D</div>
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Lastly thank you for Carla and Richard for organizing this event and letting me take part!</div>
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Aki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-89089004703774116572012-11-23T13:49:00.003-08:002012-11-23T13:50:16.829-08:00Billie B Brown: Big Book of Billie 2 <b><span style="color: purple;">Big Book of Billie 2</span></b> is out in the <a href="http://www.billiebbrown.com/index_main.html">Billie B Brown</a> series!<br />
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Written by the wonderful <a href="http://www.sallyrippin.com/sallyrippin.com/home.html">Sally Rippin</a> and published by <a href="http://hardiegrant.com.au/egmont">Hardie Grant Egmont,</a> this mammoth book features 12 stories from the Billie B Brown series. Sally has written more about which exact stories are featured in this book, check out her blog post <a href="http://sallyrippin.blogspot.co.nz/2012/11/some-good-news-for-billie-b-brown.html">here</a>.<br />
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I went through a number of roughs for this cover. Since it is the special second Big Book of Billie I wanted Billie to look gorgeous as Billie can be!<br />
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I thought I would go literal and played around with Billie and "<b>BIG</b> Book" ideas.<br />
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Then I thought I should try making the Book a bit more manageable size. I didn't want the BIG Book to take over the whole cover space, I still wanted Billie to be the dominant subject on the cover.</div>
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Then I sent the 6 roughs away and hoped that the editor will choose the one I secretly like the most. But I have learnt not to get tooo attached to any specific piece and I don't try selling any specific piece to the editor either. Karri, the wonderful Billie B Brown editor is great, she knows what she's talking about. It is her job to create books with great contents and marketable. I have so much respect for her and I trust her decisions.</div>
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With some more tweaks with the colour palette the final cover is approved! Below is the promotional piece for the book!</div>
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More exciting news. Sally made an announcement on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aki-Art/263448610339659">Facebook Page</a>!<br />
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Japanese Art Festival exhibited art works by Japanese artists on the 3rd floor of the museum and the organizers were kind enough to let me (Kiwi-Japanese) to have my little space to draw and sell cards/prints while talking to the visitors. This announcement was made only a few nights before the event. So on the day before the event my room turned into a shamble of paper and bits and pieces as I worked away on my computer, printer, cutting board and knife, to make my gift cards and prints for the show.<br />
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Hungry Geisha design I made especially for this "Taste if Japan" event.</div>
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Halloween theme "Jacky o' Babysitter"</div>
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Once I got to the event I sat up my space then drew all day from 10am~5pm. It was so much fun as I got to draw whatever I wanted without guilt. Thank you for everyone who has bought my prints and cards. The Christmas and Halloween themed cards were the most popular.<br />
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Also for all those lovely people who took their time to talk to me and give really nice complements, THANK YOU! Sometimes when you are dungeoned away in your studio for a looong time you forget that people actually like do your work :D<br />
Now that I have had a good doze of ego boost and complements I have enough energy to keep drawing nonstop!<br />
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Not only did people by my cards and prints, many people bought the drawings that I was working on at the event... I was too busy to take any photos at the event (thank you for the organizers and the girls who sent these images through to me ) but below are the illustrations that did return home with me :)<br />
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There has been so many projects I have been putting off due to busy schedule <strike>and laziness.</strike> I am thinking about doing a group gallery show or taking part in an event.... this is the first piece I am thinking of displaying or possibly selling. I am still to think of a suitable name for the piece. </div>
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Aki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-24882988832709101512012-10-16T14:43:00.002-07:002012-10-16T15:19:10.634-07:00Summer and Holiday themed Colouring ImagesJust before the School holidays I was commissioned to do some black and white line drawing to be used as colouring in images for <a href="http://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/">Kiwi Families</a>.<br />
The brief stated for Spring or Holiday themed images, one for the boys and one for the girls.<br />
I came up with a Spring Fairy image for the girls.<br />
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After inking her I felt like colouring her in too!</div>
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And Tiki Tour Dragon for the boys.<br />
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The client told me that the dragon looks a bit too scary int he rough so I made him look less mean in the final version. A very fun commission :)<br />
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Download the high resolution colouring images from <a href="http://www.kiwifamilies.co.nz/articles/free-colouring-pictures/">here</a>!Aki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-20513335303151266612012-10-14T18:06:00.001-07:002012-10-14T18:09:40.091-07:00Pumpkin Charlotte<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's not really the fall season here in NZ but I have decided to colour up "Pumpkin Charlotte" to go with the October season. Hopefully I will get around to doing more freaky Halloween images this week, I need to release some more darkness...</div>
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I drew this originally for <a href="http://www.sparklecreationsrubberstamps.com/">Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps</a>. The black and white line illustration of this is made into stamps by Sparkle Smith. </div>
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Aki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-63719994653019631242012-10-13T17:23:00.000-07:002012-10-13T17:24:04.294-07:00Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps: October Releases<br />
Today is the October release day for <a href="http://www.sparklecreationsrubberstamps.com/">Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps</a>!<br />
I am so happy to be the illustrator for her products :) Sparkle is giving away the new stamps to some lucky winners, visit the store's <a href="http://sparklecreationsrubberstamps.blogspot.co.nz/">BLOG </a>for more info!<br />
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Below are my work process for the two new releases,<span style="color: purple;"> "Chit Chat Lucy"</span> and <span style="color: #e06666;">"Pink Ribbon Emily"</span><br />
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I have always liked the Halloween season, this theme has so much icon and elements to play around with image wise! </div>
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I'm always too <strike>lazy</strike> busy to come up with a decent Halloween piece and I have been drotting down thumbnails of Halloween ideas in my notebook for many years now. Hopefully this year I will get around to trying out some of them. Here goes the first of hopefully many more spooky illustrations to come over the next few weeks! </div>
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A post on the 6th book in Lily series "Lily gets in a Pink Pickle", written by Elizabeth Pulford and published by <a href="http://scholastic./">Scholastic.</a> Gosh, I really enjoy illustrating the Lily books. Being set in the world of Angels and fairy dusts, I can bring in more imaginative elements to all the character designs, clothing and settings. </div>
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Here are the roughs and final images used for the cover designs.</div>
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After reading the manuscript I felt that Frumplepuss (the fat cat), cushion and feathers are three key elements that should work nicely on the cover (and Lily of course).<br />
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Lily doing her duties in the library. I had to make the library trolley more "orthodox".<br />
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Lily doing more angelic chores at the Amelia's Angel Academy </div>
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Some character roughs for the new characters that appear in the book.</div>
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Lily collecting her entry form at the Seraph Cat Centre. </div>
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I had so much fun refining the character design of Angel Mercy May. She is in charge of the Cherub Cat show so I wanted to make her look full of authority and a bit cat-like. I guess the first image made her look just a bit fat and lazy (and a bit tad too much with the pointy tie-up boots and the bosoms- as the editor nicely told me). So the second illustration was used for the final book.</div>
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Announcing the release of the 12th book in the <a href="http://www.gogirlhq.com/">Go Girl</a> series.</div>
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The original Go Girl series were released about a decade ago. <a href="http://hardiegrant.com.au/egmont.aspx">Hardie Grant Egmont</a> is relaunching the whole series with the illustration done by ME! Above is the original cover for this 12th book, "The Worst Gymnast". You can see my work process for the new cover / character.</div>
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<br />Aki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-47479140576340021762012-10-02T14:04:00.000-07:002012-10-02T14:04:28.145-07:00Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps releasesI've missed announcing the last few months worth of new leases at the <a href="http://www.sparklecreationsrubberstamps.com/">Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps</a>.<br />
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My recent favorite release was the Cowboy Cowgirl combo of Josh and Chloe! Had so much fun working on these!<br />
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And here are the summer stamps duo, Beach Chloe and Watermelon Rin.</div>
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And a couple of lifestyle stamps of Video game Oliver and Soccer Josh.<br />
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Hopefully when I have time I can colour some up... especially the cowboy images!<br />
Check out <a href="http://www.facebook.com/media/albums/?id=127869367243395#!/sparklecreationsrubberstampsstore">Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps facebok page</a> to see how the talented craft makers are using these stamps to come up beautiful designs. Below are some of my picks.<br />
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Aki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-4009755528995279732012-10-01T22:09:00.001-07:002012-10-01T22:10:49.285-07:00Dorothy <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Its been a while since I have blogged. Been a rather sad winter for me. My Dorothy has passed away.<br />
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She came to me at my first Christmas in New Zealand. She has been my daughter, friend, familiar for more than 2/3 of my life. I can't really imagine my life without her. It feels like an important period in my life has ended. <br />
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Usually when our furry or not so furry members of the family pass away we bury them in our garden and plant a tree on top. But for Dorothy I turned her into stardust. When I feel ready and have found the right tree I will choose a nice place for her burial.<br />
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My brother's sausage dog that passed away last year.</div>
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Mum sent through the above photo saying that they had a little ceremony.</div>
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I visited Dorothy a week before she decided to leave this world. She looked fine to me. No teeth, a bit smelly, a bit wobbly, but she's been like that for the past decade. I always assumed that she was a mortal living. Guess she had other plans. Sneaky girl.<br />
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Any my partner decided to have a serious head injury during his last rugby game, just to make things more dramatic! Been over two months now. Still unable to drive long distance or go back to work but thanks to all the specialists' guidance and the rehab programme things have been improving immensely.<br />
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Hopefully things get better as the weather gets warmer.Aki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-51686446014977828262012-08-04T15:27:00.001-07:002012-08-04T15:27:54.354-07:00Billie B Brown 16: The Copycat Kid<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A brief post on the 16th book of <a href="http://www.billiebbrown.com/index_main.html">Billie B Brown</a> series, "The Copycat kid" . Mika, a new Japanese student joins Billie's class and Billie is appointed to be her buddy.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Welcome to the </span><a href="http://www.sparklecreationsrubberstamps.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #66bbda;">Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps</span></span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="color: red;">2nd Anniversary Hop</span>! I can't believe that it has already been two years since Sparkle has selected me to illustrate for her stamp company. I love illustrating the 8 characters we've came up with together, seeing them being released monthly and used to create wonderful cards and crafts by the talented stampers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not only are we here to help </span><a href="http://sparklecreations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: inherit;">Sparkle</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> celebrate 2 years of SCRS, but we are also officially releasing <b>4 new</b> SCRS images this month -- Birthday Cake Emily, Festive Rin, Party Time Oliver, and Your Highness Lucy. They are ALL available in the <a href="http://www.sparklecreationsrubberstamps.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #66bbda;">store</span></a> NOW!</span></div>
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I enjoy illustrating the Lily series as I can bring in more elements of fantasy into my illustrations, unlike the "real" worlds of <a href="http://www.billiebbrown.com/index_main.html">Billie B Brown</a> or the<a href="http://www.gogirlhq.com/"> Go Girl</a> series. Of course I enjoy working on all series, but it's nice to get variety of themes, even within the young girls series, as I can poke into different parts of my creative mind to come up with images.<br />
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Lastly I am happy to announce that Scholastic has released two Bind ups for Lily books 1 & 2 and 3&4!Aki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-2386069774240455722012-05-12T14:43:00.000-07:002012-05-12T14:43:29.776-07:00Sparkle Creations May Preview: Mama CharlotteSparkle Creations Rubber Stamps has previewed their final May release yesterday with <a href="http://sparklecreationsrubberstamps.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/may-final-preview-release-day-mama.html">Mama Charlotte</a> stamp!All new stamps are now available to buy from the <a href="http://www.sparklecreationsrubberstamps.com/"><span style="color: #66bbda;">SCRS store</span></a>! Sparkle is giving away <strong><span style="color: #351c75;">Mama Charlotte </span></strong>to one lucky winner, to find out how follow this <a href="http://sparklecreationsrubberstamps.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/may-final-preview-release-day-mama.html">link</a>!<br />
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As you can see I started off with a sitting image but for the final design Sparkle requested for a standing Charlotte :) Check out some of the lovely creations by the talented design team!</div>
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Another exciting news! I just came back from grocery shopping just before and I was so happy to find this in my post box!<br />
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I designed this Tshirt for SCRS when they took part in the CHA 2012 Winter Conference & Trade Show. Printed is <span style="color: #cc0000;">Lucy</span> integrated with the Sparkle Creations Logo.<br />
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Check out <a href="http://aki-art-online.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/sparkle-creations-rubber-stamps-t-shirt.html?spref=fb#!/2012/02/sparkle-creations-rubber-stamps-t-shirt.html">this post</a> I wrote previously, it shows the work process for this image!Aki Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616019966141468319noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4760993065039264868.post-88183123496836478902012-05-10T13:04:00.003-07:002012-05-10T13:07:40.443-07:00Billie B Brown 15: Pocket Money BluesA rather belated update on some of <a href="http://www.billiebbrown.com/index_main.html">Billie B Brown series'</a> new releases. First up is the 15th book in the series<span style="color: orange;"> <strong>"Pocket Money Blues!"</strong></span><br />
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As usual I have a soft spot for Billie. I just love illustrating her. Reaching the 15th book is such a privilege, every new book I try to bring in some sort of continuity from the previous ones (repeated wardrobe, Noah slowly growing etc) it really does make the Billie world become alive!<br />
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Above is the primilary sketch and the initial colouring of the cover image. As you can see some changes were made to reach the final design.<br />
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Billie works really hard in this book, with a lot of support from Jack, to earn enough pocket money to buy something she really wants. I suppose this concept is something most people go through in their childhood, but since I lived on a farm (no shops and nowhere to buy anything) I was very scared of the idea of spending money. Everytime we went into town to buy something it was a family occasion and I remember mum getting frustrated as both my sister and I could never decide on what we want, whether it be buying new clothes or buying new schoolbag.</div>
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The very first time that I used a eftpos card was when I turned 18 and left home for university. I must say I was very very nervous. Everyone expects you to know how to make a transaction, for me it was like when a child moves on from playing houses with plastic cups and imaginary meals to suddenly preparing a real dinner for four in a real kitchen. And money is a serious deal and I was very careful not to press the "wrong" button, as if I will blow something up or lose everything in my bank if I have pressed something wrong. sheesh</div>
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Anyway I was very happy when I received this new Billie package in the post! Billie Money Box! There's 8 Billie books inside it too! I haven't seen it here in New Zealand so I'm assuming this is only sold in Australia. I will write about the other Billie release next time! </div>
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Anyway, its time for <a href="http://www.sparklecreationsrubberstamps.com/">Sparke Creations Rubber Stamps'</a> monthly preview. For those who don't know I illustrate the rubber stamps for the SCRS store and each month <a href="http://sparklecreations.blogspot.co.nz/">Sparkle</a> (the lovely owner) releases two new stamps. And her talented design team showcase their craft skills using the new stamps!<br />
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Today SCRS is previewing <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Expecting Emily</span></b> stamp! Sparkle is <u>giving away</u> a stamp to one lucky winner so follow this <a href="http://sparklecreationsrubberstamps.blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/may-previews-expecting-emily.html">link</a> to find out how! All new stamps will be available to buy on Saturday 12th May 2012.<br />
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Now I am feeling guilty as I have missed last months' preview! I hope it's not too late to showcase <span style="color: magenta;">Ballerina Ruby</span> and <span style="color: blue;">Baseball Oliver</span> stamps! Both available from the SCRS store!<br />
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And check out some of these cards created by the talented craft makers! It so inspiring seeing how my black and white line drawings are transformed into colourful cards!<br />
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