Creative Café #15 ★

hello lovelies! it's that time again, time for you to kick back and enjoy some arty stuff!

so go now my dearies, go and make a nice cup of tea or coffee, get some juice or a smoothie, grab a snack and get comfy because today it's another cracker of a feature!

so today's Creative Café post is all about the awesome and super duper Daisy Church, a very talented artist/illustrator/animator originally from Delaware, currently based in San Francisco, USA

i've followed her stuff on and off now for about a year and a half but never really looked deeper into her work until now, i spotted some of her pieces the other day and recognizing the style of drawing, knew that it was about time i featured her artwork on here!

all of her characters are very fun and flirty, she tends to draw lots of super duper girls in all manner of outfits and get ups, the one thing they all have in common is that they're ALL gorgeous and ALL wonderfully drawn/painted

her sketches and illustrations, the pinup girls in particular, have this great kooky style that i just love + the colours she uses in her work are fabulous! i'm a colour fiend at the best of times but it's hard not to appreciate and admire the work of a girl that uses such fun colours in her work...

but when she's not working on sketches, digital pieces, storyboards or animations she also creates the most gorgeous paintings and drawings that are chock full of gorgeous details!

she is a verrrry talented lady to be sure! and as if it isn't enough that she can draw and paint amazingly, she's also a fab animator as well! check out this demo reel of her work...

Daisy Church: Animation Demo Reel 2010 from daisy church on Vimeo.
 

you all know about my eternal love for all things animation so you'll understand why i am such a BIG fan of all of Daisy's work. i adore it all though! it's all sooooooo super duper pretty!

sit back, see for yourself and enjoy...

gosh isn't it all just gorrrrrgeous!

i told you it was...

right, time for some links!

to see even more of Daisy's lovely artwork be sure to head on over to her website here - Daisy Church

you can also buy prints of her work (+ some original pieces!!!) via her etsy shop - Artwork by Daisy Church

be sure to 'Like' her work on facebook - Daisy Church

and follow her on twitter - @daisychurch

she also has the most fabulous blog full of darling drawings and sketches - Daisy's Drawings

all that's left for me to do is say a massive thank you to Daisy for saying yes and letting me run this feature, thank you!!! :) x

All images featured in this post belong to Daisy Church© do not claim, use, distribute, reproduce or trace ANY of her work without her express written consent. All Rights Reserved.

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so i'm off to college tomorrow to get some sketches done and stuff like that, i've started a new sketch book and it's already the bane of my life!

i really suck at doing sketch books...

ah well! 

until next time, that's all folks... ◕‿◕ ★ xX

Happy V Day ♥

so it's that day again, that day when everyone goes yampy and rushes out to buy heart shaped boxes of chocolates and flowers and... stuff

last year i drew a big Valentine's Montage for V day because last year i was slightly more optimistic about the day...

but this year, i didn't bother!

i wandered round my room this morning and took the opportunity to do a little re-decorating, V Day style

ok so actually all i did was write 'love' on my little tiny chalkboard, but it was an improvement seeing as it just said 'gay' before (thank you Mike for that charming message)

i also nailed my little 'love' sign to the wall, just so there's always a bit of love in the room... or something to that effect...

anyway, instead of drawing out more lovey dovey illustrations, this year i just dressed in red clothes and wore red lipstick all day

look i even used the little Heart bag i bought in Cork last summer (see this post - Shopping in the rain)

red swarovski heart earrings + necklace, a red bracelet and a big resin heart pendant... it was totally V Day-tastic

to be honest though i didn't get up to much at college today

i worked on my new cupcake painting for a bit...

then i sorted the little rococo frames, ready for my assessment on thursday

then i sort of gave up for a bit and watched a film on my laptop instead...

after that it was a lovely afternoon of winding embroidery floss onto bobbins... oh the glamour!

actually it wasn't all bad because after college i had to go up to Manx Radio HQ on Douglas Head to collect my flowers...

aren't they gorgeous!!!

i should explain, since i'm such a V Day misery guts, this morning my mum entered me into a little competition on the Manx Radio breakfast show and won me this beautiful little arrangement!

it's so pretty, i've never had any flowers for V Day before full stop so these were a lovely surprise

i hope you've had a great Valentine's Day, whether you're happily married, in a relationship or still single, i wish you the happiest of Valentine's Days

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in other news...

i can't believe i forgot this, Sienna would kill me if she knew i hadn't posted this yet!

she came to stay on Saturday night and after dinner we sat down and made this little flower fairy finger puppet together

isn't it adorable!!!

what a clever little bean she is! such a sweetie as well, she spent most of the evening dancing about it her blue Cinderella 'high heels' and sparkly purple feather boa to Mika's 'Lollipop'

smart girl...

anyway, that's pretty much it for today i think

i have to dash because my dear ol' dad is bringing fish and chips home for us all as a V Day treat

i think my mum would have preferred a nice meal at a restaurant but hey... you can't have everything in life right!!!

until next time, 

that's all folks...

◕‿◕ ♥ 

instead of a farewell in a particular language, i'm going to end tonight's post with a 14 lovely love hearts for today, the 14th of February

Happy Valentine's Day

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ 

I Want Candy ♥

So I know i've been quiet for a few days! I promised to post on Saturday but I got home in the afternoon and just didn't feel like preparing a post!

Lazy... yes

I know, and i'm sorry!

Then I thought, ooh I actually have an idea of who to dedicate a Super Sunday post to... for once!

But now that i've made it a fortnightly thing... you'll have to wait until NEXT Sunday!

Right anyway on with today's post

I spent Friday morning working on a new digital cupcake file

here's the finished image... (click it for a full view)

it includes the cupcakes from the files i've made recently + a tidied version of an old drawing from LAST YEAR'S Valentine's Day montage

I honestly haven't a clue where i'm going with this whole 'cupcake' thing but i'm enjoying drawing, colouring and embroidering them so who knows what i'll draw next!

I actually made this particular file in 'landscape' to fit a very cute little frame I bought last Wednesday afternoon

remember the rococco style frames I put around my  'sweet' and 'eat me' cupcakes???

well just look at this lovely little frame!

Isn't it divine! So super duper cute I just love it

I literally could not resist that scrumptious candy coloured pink

I bought another one as well but that was white... to begin with!

But as you can see... I painted it a sweet sugary shade of pink :-D

i think the frames suit the cupcakes perfectly to be honest, just the right mix of girly cuteness and super duper sugary sweetness...

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and now for the Little Dolls...

well, those of you that have seen the pages from my 'Where's Charlie?' picture book might remember this scene in the dance studio...

well i had a go at creating a little ballet costume for Little S...

it's not quite the same i know, but it was tricky enough to make the 2D dress for the book let alone make a 3D one for the doll!

and as for Little B...

well she took the opportunity to dress up as a Fairy Princess

i'm not sure what i'll make for them next, i should really make a start on making Little B's little sister... Little H

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that's pretty much it for today dudes and dudettes 

day off tomorrow which means i'll sleep in late and watch many movies...

until next time,

that's all folks...

◕‿◕ ★ xX

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(that's thank you and goodbye in Thai on behalf of Thailand, another beautiful country that i've sadly not been lucky enough to have visited... yet! ♥)