Making a Pillow Mat & Beanbag

Good evening!

I'm pleased to be able to bring you another little batch of editorial illustrations in the form of projects for the latest, beautiful edition of Making Magazine! What I love most about illustrating for this sort of brief that I get to read each project and become inspired with new things to make for myself! Beanbag, anyone?

TTFN
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Making a Tie

Good evening!

It's 2012! Happy new year to each and every one of you!
I have been just itching to share this post with you! I was recently commissioned to put together illustrations for the wonderful Making Magazine! This monthly magazine is packed with crafty tips, projects and advice covering everything from recipes to pin cushions. It's a wonderful read and I just love making myself a cup of tea and settling down to read for a decadent hour! I always come away ready to dust off my sewing kit (or take my felting needles out of their temporary retirement...).
The latest issue is in shops now!

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Logorama!

Good evening!

I thought it might be nice to give you a little glimpse into another side of my day job! Specialising in illustration means that I am commissioned for an array of interesting jobs, from hand painted portraits to business branding. This is a small selection of logos that will soon be appearing on my website! I'm also working on something special for a client who makes special objects for our feathered friends. Watch this space!

Magspotterphotography.co.uk

Spinning Jenny, an independent Crafter who was making her first lovely items for sale

tntcomputing.co.uk

Monikasays.com

Oh, and I have finally set up a Facebook page! Feel free to drop by and say hello by clicking the link below!

https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Pearl-Grey-Illustration/182129658527355?sk=wall

TTFN
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Eglentine's Screen Debut

Good evening!

Long time blog readers may remember that back when this little blog started, I was working on a large needle-felted puppet (who later became known as Eglentine). Well I received a lovely surprise today from the very talented Fuad Ali in the form of the little video she featured in! It seems such a long time ago that we filmed it. Fuad provides the wonderful voiceover and I am (believe it or not) hunkered down behind the chair doing the puppeteering and trying to guess the pace at which he would read! Also, if I remember rightly, fighting off a pretty mean hand cramp towards the end.



Nice to see you again, Eglentine!

TTFN
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Riot Raffle

Good morning!

This August I and thousands of others watched aghast as hoardes of people rampaged through the streets of London, seemingly hellbent on causing mayhem and destruction. It was a heartbreaking and disgraceful display of criminal damage, theft and violence that I sincerely wish never to have to see again.
However, from the destruction came something truly special, which reminded me just how much I love this little country and the people in it (in addition to the images of communities banding together to defend themselves and others from this yobbery, which was beautiful). I first noticed rumblings of a riot cleanup effort on Twitter, but as I was not in the capital I was unable to get involved physically in the immediate aftermath. Then I read a Tweet appeal from Zoe Drew, who asked creative practitioners to donate goods and/or services for a raffle in order to raise funds. It was decided that the money raised by the newly founded Riot Raffle would be donated to the Retail Trust, so that it might help tradespeople and small businesses worst affected by the rioters' trail of destruction.
I donated a couple of prints to the cause, and am pleased as punch to be able to inform that the raffle was a great success! You can read more about this effort at www.riotraffle.org. A blogpost from Becky, one of the winners who received a print from me, is also viewable by clicking here.
Lastly, to anyone who was in any way involved with the resistance effort, or with helping London to her feet afterwards- a huge thankyou and lots of love. If we all work together, we can keep our country wonderful.

TTFN
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Deseye and doodling

Good evening!

Some eagle eyed readers may have noticed a new addition to the motion section of misspearlgrey.com! It was my pleasure to work with Mari of MDLLS again, and (for the first time) Georgina Ferguson on an animation for Deseye, a hand painted eyewear company. I created the illustrations for the animation which was very cleverly designed, directed and animated by the other ladies.

I have been working on a real mixed bag of projects in the last few months- everything from business branding and logos to digital portraits! Among my commercial projects, I was recently asked to create a pitch featuring Barbra Streisand as the Queen! Both things I love, so that project has been great fun!

I firmly believe that practise does make perfect, and I love nothing better than catching little sketches on my travels. I hope you like this latest little peek into my sketchbook!





Stay tuned for a special feature on logos!

TTFN
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Happy birthday, Alesya!

Good evening!

I have something fun to show you all today in the form of a large painted portrait! It was a commissioned birthday gift that, once painted, winged it's way across the pond all the way to the USA! Although I do a lot of drawing, I also work a lot on the computer, so it was great to do a physical painting at this scale again. I forget how much I love to work in this way- hooray for raw paints and making a mess!

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The Owl in progress