Creative Café #25 ★

so i know i promised to post the latest Creative Café feature over the weekend... but i got distracted and i was busy so i'm posting it today instead!

what better way to start off the week than with a lovely colourful new Creative Café post, it's also the first one of 2012 which makes it extra awesome i think!

i can't really be bothered reminding you all of the 'creative café drill'

however it's the first CC post of the year so i suppose i'd better do a quick recap!

basically, this post will contain lots of nice images for you to scroll through at your leisure so i recommend you get a nice drink and a snack to enjoy while you scroll! simple really...

also, on a side note, if you think you know of an artist/designer/photographer/maker/creative that deserves a feature on here, then email me via info@jadeboylan.com and i'll see if we can squeeze them onto the blog!

anyway, without any further ado or mindless rambling from me, todays post is all about the very funky and lovely Stephanie Concepcion

Stephanie is a very awesome aspiring illustrator/artist/character designer/vampire slayer living in New York City. 

i only discovered her work last month, (a week before Christmas to be precise) when i spotted some of her pieces floating around tumblr!

 i had a good look through her portfolio and just loved all of her work so it seemed only right that i feature her lovely artwork on here so that all of you could enjoy it too!

i really REALLY love the colours she uses in her work and the way she draws her characters, her backgrounds are particularly fabulous as well! she pours so much detail into her work to create these really beautiful, vibrant scenes

see what i mean! her characters and colour schemes are so fresh and fun, everything from the expressions on the characters faces to the little details on their clothes it just fab!

i really like the way she draws girls as well, they all have their own unique senses of style and individual personalities 

right i think i've rambled for long enough, i'll leave you to scroll through some more of Stephanie's work in your own sweet time!  enjoy...

super duper stuff for sure...

ok, lovely links time now!

to check out more of Stephanie's work, you can visit her website here - Stephanie Concepcion Illustrations

you can also follow her on Twitter - @Stephynee

and on Tumblr as well - Stephanie

+ she has a groovy blog right here - Stephanie Concepcion

all that's left now is for me to say a big ol' THANK YOU to Stephanie for saying yes and letting me run the feature, i hope you all enjoyed her work as much as i do! thanks again Stephanie :) x

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

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in other news, i have my college assessment this week so if you don't hear from me over the next few days... that's why!

the good news is that the assessment SHOULD be on Wednesday afternoon so after that i will be able to post stuff again! yaaaay

so until then, that's all folks... 

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Creative Café #6 ★

apologies for the lack of posts, i spent Monday asleep (mostly) and was at college aaaaallll day yesterday finishing off written work for assessment/printing/hanging out with the HND's

anyway, since i haven't made anything today and i haven't been anywhere, let's have another Creative Café post shall we!!!

go on put the kettle on, get your tea/coffee/beverage and DON'T forget the cake and/or biscuits because you know that's the most important part!

ready???

ok today's Creative Café post is all about an awesome artist/logo designer/illustrator/graphic designer/picture book illustrator i recently discovered via tumblr, her work is super duper gorgeous and i just know you're going to love it! 

so today's post is all about Kyra Kendall from Toronto, Canada

like i said i only came across her work recently via her tumblr blog but i liked it straightaway

her loose, colourful style i so fun and vibrant and she draws such quirky things that it's kind of hard not to like her stuff!!!

she has so many styles ranging from loose sketchy watercolours to flawless vectors and yet each of her pieces have their own unique vibe and character

in fact you know what, i always ramble on and on, just see for yourself . . . have a nice scroll through it all because that's the point, it's ALL gorgeous!

ah don't you just love it!!! i could look through her work all day

it's all just so fun and girly and gorgeous! 

i genuinely do luuuurve her stuff! she is so super duper! for more of her work you can. . .

check out her tumblr blog/website here - Kyra Kendall

'Like' her stuff on Facebook - Kyra Kendall Illustration

follow her on Twitter - @hellokyra

pop over to her flickr photostream - kyrakendall

or check out her dripbook portfolio here - Kyra Kendall Illustration

big BIG thanks to the lovely Kyra for letting me feature her work here, if you liked her stuff then i definitely recommend that you check out her tumblr site, it's awesome!

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

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nothing else to report today dearies, i've got to make a stack of greetings cards for the shop tonight, i'm literally surrounded by Sweet Ginger Strips girls and Sugar Skull prints!

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