Hey Dolls...it's been a while

I still haven't fully recovered my drawing streak, but I'm trying to work on some longer projects for now, and so I probably won't be posting as often as I'd like. 

This week I do actually  have some exciting news however! I found some internship opportunities and I was asked to be a featured artist on a web summit for illustration that's happening in Dublin next month. So I'm pretty stoked about that. 

In other news, I still don't know quite what to do with my little chinese dolls. So I made them into stuff. I was pretty pleased with the results...so pleased, I decided to treat myself to an iPhone sticker with my dolls. My flatmate also decided to get in on the fun and ordered one of my stickers for the back of her iPad. I'm so excited to see what they look like on. Come on, mail!

There's just something about seeing something you made actually on something that's so much fun. (If you're feeling fancy, you can find them in my online shop here.) In the meantime, here are my dolls on stuff that I think is pretty cool :) 

Framed Gallery Print

Cute Wall Clock

 Hey, Doll! Tee

This is an iPhone5 sticker that I bought for myself. They're super strong and resilient. The Tenochtitlan Sunset print I had made for my mac is still fresh and lovely after 6 months of being jammed into my bag every where I go -and it doesn't break as easily as a case -  so for me the sticker is a winner. 

Cushion Case

Stationery

Animals (動物) and Dolls 娃娃

I wanted to make some board books with chinese animals and numbers, but I haven't gotten around to getting a lot of it done yet (eeeep). Here are some of the things I've been working on this month :)

Go Fish!

Chinese Folk Dolls

Chinese Folk Dolls

Chinese Folk Dolls

Chinese Folk Dolls (Detail)

The Dragon King/Broken External Drive.

Lately, I feel a shift in my style and focus happening almost automatically. I have started to fall in love with flatter perspectives and...**shudder** a more animé approach to linework. 

I'm trying to work on my first real book. I've been approached to make a book app but I don't know if that will lead anywhere yet, so in the meantime, I've decided to start drawing roughs just in my own time, and let the style be dictated by its own development. 

Also, I smashed my hard-drive, so all of my originals of the prints I created over the past year (and the lion's share of my portfolio) may or may not be lost forever....hence the lack of nice things to post on my blog that I'd been working on over the summer :( I had to download this picture from my own Facebook page (you can like and follow me here!). Oh well, fingers crossed for the outrageously expensive data recovery to work! 

The working title is Sassa and The Dragon King, after a little girl that I used to teach who really loved the white rabbit I brought in to show her one day :) 

Chinese Dragons are undoubtedly the coolest ones.