Let's Get Writing!

An example of one of the printable writing papers.  

Even with the convenience of emails, you would be surprised at how many people still like to use the old fashioned writing paper.  I have had many requests for different types of writing paper in my shop, so I designed a couple of new ones, and people are quite specific about what they want to write on when they request something special.  One of my customers used my writing paper to print off and write in her daily journal.  Other people like to use them the traditional way and send them in the snail mail.  It's kind of nice to think that someone is using my writing paper to write a personal note to a freind or loved one....ohhhhh :))

The example in the picture features a picture taken from my colouring in book.

You can see the whole range of writing papers here.  Stay tuned for more, I'm planning to do lots of these...maybe some more with envelopes too :)

Daughter's Delightful Doodle

click drawing to see a larger image

I thought I would share this doodle with you, made by my almost 5 year old daughter.  One of the first things she usually does as soon as she gets up in the morning is grab a piece of paper out of the big recyclable paper box, finds her felt pens, and starts drawing.  It is amazing how quickly her control of a pen has improved with all that drawing.  She just loves it!

The thing that caught my eye about this one is the snake!  Where is the snake, you ask?  Well he is that really cool spirally creature right in the middle of the drawing.  Instead of just drawing a boring old snake with a few wiggles, her version of a snake has a really amazing repetitive coil thing going on.  I think she has caught the curly drawing habit from her mummy hehe.  I wonder if she saw one of my drawings, or if it is already in her genes?  Whatever the case I thought it was a pretty impressive snake :)  But then of course I am biased :P

Strange Object - Ink Drawing

A still image taken from the video.

Today I had a look at my YouTube Channel and noticed that I had 78 subscribers!  I know that's not a lot compared to other channels, but I thought it was pretty nice.  Then I realised that I only had three videos, and thought I better hurry up and make a new one before they all forget my channel even exists.  Hope you all like it!  I have been pretty impressed with some of the descriptions people came
up with too...like this one from 'LordFlashearrt': 

I think it's finished. It's beautiful!
It's an accurate representation of a half plant/half mollusk tide pool dwelling algae hunter of Fertrigor IX, sadly now extinct having been collected for hair accessories for the females of the court of the ruling Zetrigon King!
Or as my daughter says it's a crown and people's hair and a monster!
How did LordFlashearrt know that was exactly the creature I was trying to represent?   AMAZING!! Hehe.

What do YOU think it is?

Regards,
MM.

Flowers are Fun! - Ink Drawing

 

Just a little something I made for YouTube.  Hope you like it :)

Experimenting with Collage

Update:  This print is now available for purchase here.

This little tree proved to be quite popular in my Etsy shop, so I have been experimenting with different ways of using it.  I spent all last night experimenting with different types of old paper for the collage, and I am quite pleased with the result (even though I can hardly open my eyes this morning).  I chose the quote because I wanted something very simple to go with the image, I thought this one was just right.  I had previously drawn the tree in Art Rage (a great free drawing program with all sorts of drawing materials to choose from) but the colours looked a bit too pixelated, and not soft enough, so I reworked it again in Photoshop using my drawing tablet.

As well as printables, I would like to branch out a bit and offer prints of my work, and perhaps physical cards/stationary etc but I need to take the plunge and get a few examples printed down the road at the shops to see if they turn out ok.  It will be fun to see what they look like on the different types of paper.  Then I would have to check out the postage options if someone orders one and they live on the other side of the planet (the very reason I avoided this sort of thing in the first place...postage from New Zealand might turn people off a bit!) Perhaps this little guy could be a candidate for an A4 size print, what do you think?