May Drawing Challenge - Day 7

the theme for today was 'a chair' so this is what i came up with...

it's been a Bank Holiday here in the UK (which means no college yaaay!) so i've spent the day inside watching/listening to old eps of 'Red Dwarf' + i've been editing some designs today and trying to create some new iPhone case designs for my Society6 shop and hopefully i'll be able to upload some of them soon

so until tomorrow, that's all folks... xX

The Peculiar Princess ★

so i've been a very lazy blogger lately, i'm sorry! it's the usual excuse as well, college work/commissions etc

so it's just a quick post today i'm afraid! 

you see, i have a few new Princess designs to show you all. those of you that follow me via Twitter or Facebook might have glimpsed a WIP screencap i posted one evening, well this has something to do with that...

you see i drew out a design the other day, then i added in some stuff from a previous design... then i faffed around with colours and such, so there are actually 3 versions of this girl at the moment!

ok so she can't make up her mind as to how she should look, but as you'll see, she likes to read!

(All images featured in this post belong to Jade Boylan© do not claim, use, distribute, reproduce or trace ANY of my work without my express written consent. All Rights Reserved.)

right so, there's... a sort of colour blend type one...

a strange, bright, pop-art type one...

and a calmer sort of Rococo type one...

i really can't decide where to place her colour-wise! it's been fun going through colour cycles though, there are about 6 more different variations littering my desktop but these 3 are my faves so far. 

not sure what you\ll all think! which one do YOU like???

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in other news, i'm still offering 15% off everything in my Etsy shop (in case you didn't know...) 

the discount code FESTIVEFUN can only be used until the 15th of December so if you fancy treating yourself or someone else to a little candy coloured something, try not to leave it too late!

postage dates for the UK are fine but if you live over the other side of the world it might not arrive before Xmas if you order it later than the 6th or 7th of December!

so... you know, just saying :)

and that's it i think, like i said, lazy blogger! although today i did manage to get over half of my Xmas present shopping done in town! so not so lazy in that respect...

i'm going to head off and work on some more commission stuff now! i have CD covers, book covers, flyers, e-cards and postcard designs to work on, busy busy busy!

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

New Artwork ★

sorry for the silence over the past few days! i spent my 2 days off working on new drawings and files + i spent today working on a possible new character design

since i'm so inspired by kawaii culture i decided to have a little go at drawing my own kawaii-esque character (drawing influences from Angelic Pretty dresses and Marie Antoinette) 

i'm planning on drawing her little friends this weekend but for now, here's the first one...

it's an idea i've had kicking around for a while and seeing as my recent college work has all ended up ridiculously girly i figured i might as well carry on drawing girly things!

the original files are enormous so here's some close ups so you can see the detail a little better

as always, opinions are more than welcome... 

these are WIP designs so please don't copy them or post them anywhere else, i know i'm not normally too paranoid about my work but recently i've been sent emails from people that have spotted oh-so-similar designs to mine floating about on the web. 

i like sharing images on my blog so freely, so i'd really hate to have to start watermarking everything with big ugly grey watermarks!

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not much else to report on, heading into college tomorrow to do some sewing, 

pics of that tomorrow night i should imagine


also, i don't know if the blog sidebar is showing up for anyone else but it isn't showing up for me?!


i checked my design and the parts are all still there, just not loading for me apparently!

anyway, until next time

that's all folks...

◕‿◕ ♥ xX

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ps: please don't steal my work, i spend a lot of time working on it (contrary to popular belief) so i'd really appreciate it if you wouldn't copy it or use the ideas as your own... thanks x

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

ขอบคุณ มาก และการ ลาก่อน

(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! ♥)

Threads and Thimbles ♥

so i know i've been absent for a few days, i've been busy busy busy working on some new embroidery pieces for college

the good news is i've spoken to one of my tutors and she seems to really like the idea of the embroidery project

the bad news is... it takes me FOREVER to complete a piece!!!

i spent most of last night sewing and stitching away by myself, listening to my iPod

i gave up at about 11:49pm and ended up adding some funky rococo style frames to my little digital cakes on my macbook instead

i don't know about you but i kind of prefer them WITH the frames!

anyway, i HAVE been working on little embroidering pieces based on these images, i said i was going to embroider them so... i have!

in fact, the first one is already finished...

it's taken me about 3-4 days to fully finish it but i'm glad it's done

it turned out quite cute i think + i had great fun doing the spiral stitch on the icing and the ribbon banner

the other one is still a work in progress...

i'm not sure how to finish it yet but i'm thinking... seed beads for the cherry and the icing, if i can find the patience to sew them all on that is!

i ALSO have a better pic of my 'Love Hurts' canvas embroidery piece from this post - Endless Embroidery

and just to fit in with the whole sewing + embroidery vibe i'm rocking at the moment, i also made this...

sadly he isn't from my own design, my mum bought me a little keyring making kit the other day (yes... it is for children, so what!!!) and i made him yesterday afternoon 

it reminded me that i actually have a box full of felt swatches so you never know, i may have a go at making some of my own designs into little felt creations soon as well!

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on another note, i should be telling you all that there are only 8 days left to enter the

 > > > Giveaway < < < 

but to be honest...

i'm THIS close to just abandoning the whole thing!

i've only had about 5 or 6 entries so i'm really not feeling too optimistic about it

i appreciate those who have actually bothered to enter but out of 55 blog followers, 5 is just... pitiful!

i'm sorry if you have entered but don't worry, when (and if i ever do) reach 100 followers you will ALL get your entries automatically added to that comp! so you could easily end up with about 7 chances of winning!

i have a list of who's entered so for being so awesome, you'll stand an even better chance of winning the next one

AND i promise to add even more awesome little prizes to the bundle

it's not necessarily cancelled... yet

but if i don't get some more entries soon it will be!

read about how YOU can enter it here - Giveaway

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that's it really, back to college for me tomorrow

yet another day of sewing!

ok until next time dudes and dudettes,

that's all folks...

◕‿◕ ★ xX

 tack och hej då

(that's thank you and goodbye in Swedish on behalf of Sweden, thanks for stopping by ♥)