Desk of the Day 04/01/2014 - Sushi Cats

Have you seen these pictures/videos of sushi cats by Nekozushi yet? Ever since I first saw them I've been wanting to draw them. Here's the first cat sushi illustration in progress, the cat and lobster need a lot more detail adding but I'm really happy with the rice.

You can find more of my cat illustrations here.

Happy (super late) Birthday Ginge!

It was Ginge's Birthday last month, and I forgot to share this until now. For her present I painted her some special Cosmos and Crayons themed converse (I'll post pictures of these soon!) and I made this derpy illustration of us both. You can tell I've been watching too much Adventure Time, because I can't stop doing AT style mouths.

I miss this girl a whole lot, she's the derpiest and bestest friend a girl could have. Check out her blog for her science facts and other creative goodness.

If you'd like your own derpy digital illustration you can get one here, just mention you want it in this style when you order. Contact me at ponychopsshop@gmail.com or message me at my Etsy Shop with any questions.

Sharodactyl Art Giveaway!

This week I'm bringing you a giveaway from Sharon at Sharodactyl Art. Sharon is sickeningly awesome at illustration. Her creations are the perfect combination or cheeky and adorable. I love the sexy, pin up style of her illustrated ladies.

The winner of this giveaway will win:

A Strawberry Milkshake Meanie sticker
A Strawberry Milkshake Meanie print
1 Pack of Strawberry Milkshake Meanie pins

Here's some other awesome goodies from Sharon's shop:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The Bridesmaids - Digital illustrations

A couple of weeks ago I got asked to do some of my digital illustrations for a lady who's getting married soon. She wanted an illustration of each of her bridesmaids to give them as a gift. I have the say, these girls are probably the coolest bridesmaids ever. I've really enjoyed illustrating their fun hats, hair styles and make up.

Each of the frames was based around an object that represented the relationship the bride had with each bridesmaid.

You can see the work in progress of a couple of the illustrations here.

If you'd like your own custom illustration, check out my shop. I also do completely custom wedding invitations.

More of my illustration work.

Desk of the Day 29/08/2013

This week I've had a realllly fun digital portrait order to work on, and I thought I'd give you a sneak peak of it. I've been working on 5 portraits of some girls with really rad style. It's always so fun when I get to illustrate people with unusual hair, make up and fun hats.

If you'd like your own digital portrait, check out my Etsy Shop or email me at ponychopsshop@gmail.com for illustration enquiries.

Matryoshka Wedding Invitations

I've finally decided to set up a listing for custom wedding invitations on my shop. After being asked to do some wedding invitations a few weeks ago, I enjoyed them so much that I want to do more! I can do them in any theme (the wackier the better, obviously!).

Here are the finished invitations from a couple of weeks ago, I'm so happy with how they turned out. The brief was Matryoshka Dolls and swallows on brown paper. It worked out better to fill the background with a brown paper texture and print on white card so I could keep all the detail of the bride's white dress.

Alex & Arthur

 Remember my Desk of the Day from Sunday? Well here is the finished illustration!

This has been my absolute favorite digital portraits so far. It's for Alex & Arthur, one of my fav blogs! I actually did some Arthur shoes for Alex a few months ago too. It never feels like work when you get to look at the adorable Arthur for reference pictures!

This felt like a super easy portrait to do because I already felt like I knew Alex's style and the kind of colours she likes. Alex asked me to include her dinosaur necklace, which I think works well. I wanted to find a way to make it a feature but not to over power the illustration.

You can get your own custom portrait here. Or if you don't have an Etsy account you can contact me about custom orders at: ponychopsshop@gmail.com

Desk of the Day - 02/05/13

Today I'm working on a digital portrait. I'm loving doing this girls hair and make up! I need to make her lips a little smilier and add some more tone to the hair. I can't wait to start adding her accessories & her little doggy friend.

Desk of the Day 21/05/13 - Little Baby Liberty

There's still a ton of shading work left to do (especially on the bottom half). And I'm not sure whether to give Little Baby Liberty some nipples, to me it just seems wrong to give a cartoon baby nipples haha. I also spent ages trying to think up ideas of how to have the baby holding a torch without it looking dangerous. So I added a smiley face the the flames to make it look more like a rattle.

This is a logo idea for the New York parenting blog - Parents and the City which is run by my friend Diana. I'm so excited to work with Diana on this project because she's such a creative person and is always great to bounce ideas off. She's also a very skilled writer, so it's going to be great to try and match a blog and logo design to her fun and witty writing style.

Phoebe & Rei

Do you remember a few months ago I painted some Justin Bieber sneakers and Persian Cat Sneakers? I painted them for the Canadian Much Music host Phoebe Dykstra.

Phoebe is a super cool lady, she has rad fashion sense and she's such a sweet person. Plus she has an adorable persian kitty named Rei. I just had to do an illustration of them both!

This was my first time illustrating tattoos in one of my digital portraits, and I'm happy with the way it turned out.

Here's the portrait of Phoebe & Rei, If you'd like your own portrait doing check out my custom listing on Etsy.

And here's a couple of photos of Phoebe & Rei. Look at Rei next to PonyChops sneakers!

You can find Phoebe on Twitter, Instagram & Tumblr. And Rei even has her own Instagram now!

Pink on the Cheek

A couple of weeks ago Lauren from Pink on the Cheek asked me to do a digital illustration to go with her new blog design (above is the banner she used the illustration in).

Lauren wanted something pretty simple, a blonde lady with rosy cheeks and no background. I usually tend to keep my illustrations busy and bright, so it was really nice to get back to basics and work on a simple illustration. It gave me space to really think about the skin tone and hair colour.

I couldn't decide between a more yellowish blonde or an ash blonde tone, so I let Lauren choose. She ended up choosing the more yellowish tone which works really nicely with the pink font.

If you'd like your own digital illustration, check out my custom illustration listing in my shop or email me at ponychopsshop @ gmail.com

Here are both the ash blonde and the yellow blonde finished illustrations:

Wednesday Art Feature: Anke Weckmann

Anke Weckmann is a London based artist originally from Germany. Her work is light hearted and often includes animals (especially cats!). I love the way she draws clothes & materials, I can see her work would translate beautifully to fashion illustration.

[Etsy] [Twitter] [Website] [Tumblr] [Fb] [Blogger]

 

Digital Portrait - Laura / Pip

On monday I finished this portrait of Laura from Wrapped Up In Rainbows. Laura loves pink and turquoise, so of course I had to include those colours! She also has a really awesome VW van named Pip. As soon as I saw pictures of Pip I knew it needed to be included in the portrait somehow! I love VW vans. So I did a Pip patterned background, complete with it's own "PIP" personalised number plate.

I'm so so happy with how this turned out. Making the Pip background has got me obsessed with making material patterns again!

If you'd like your own personalised portrait, please contact me at ponychopsshop@gmail.com or at my Etsy Shop.

Wednesday Art Feature: Aleksandra Marchocka

Aleksandra has been on my Deviant watch for a while now. Whenever I see one of her deviations pop up on my dashboard I'm immediately in awe. I love the way Aleksandra draws such sexy, beautiful and strong women. She has a great eye from composition and her linework is always perfect.

Aleksandra is a Polish artist, she's a graphic designer but also specialises in digital illustrations for books, magazines, game art, web design. logo design and T-shirt graphics. She also does tattoo design commissions, I can imagine her art would work perfectly as a clearn and stunning tattoo! 

[Website] [Deviantart] [Shop]

Digital Illustration: Olive & Ivy

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of illustrating a portrait of the lovely Chelsea from Olive & Ivy.

Chelsea is a fashionista that likes girly - but not too girly - things, and of course, cats! So I tried to show this in the illustration of her. I had so much fun doing Chelsea's lovely ombre, slightly curled hair.

I did two options for her to choose from, one with glasses and one without. I think I like the glasses one best.

If you'd like your own custom illustration send me an email at: ponychopsshop@gmail.com

Don't forget to enter the CAB Fayre Giveaway!

Digital Portrait: The Koala

Before Christmas, a lady who used to stable her horse at the same yard as me commissioned a digital portrait of one of her friends Catherine. Catherine is a big fan of the band MUSE and her nickname is Koala! It was so fun to mix the two, I'm particularly happy with how the koala hat turned out.

If you'd like your own custom digital portrait, send me an email at: ponychopsshop@gmail.com

Don't forget to enter the CAB Fayre Giveaway!

Etsy Shop Crush: Loopzart

I found Loopz while browsing for Christmas Cards this year. Their work is aimed at mainly kids, however I'm sure all my fellow childish adults and geeks will get a kick out of their adorable animals and game & movie themed work.

Loopz sell Christmas cards, high quality prints, calendars and customised invitations. I'm in love with their adorable take on disney princesses, and their awesome Mario & Luigi prints!

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