Showing posts with label Illustrations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Illustrations. Show all posts

Monday, 20 October 2014

PIGS ON A BUS IS OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED!!


Our brand new children's book, Pigs On A Bus, has just been released this month!

If you're new to the blog, let me share a little background: Pigs On A Bus is a story that my fiance, Jonathan Harder, came up with one day just for fun. I loved it so much that I illustrated it as a surprise for his birthday, and then we decided to get it published!

Our book is already available on Amazon.ca, Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble! We have also heard that it will soon be on Chapters/Indigo! We are so excited!

Be sure to visit www.pigsonabus.ca to see a sneak preview of the book, and more!

I've already been planning what will be in my next post, and I think you'll like it! So check back soon! :)



Alison

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

SORRY IT'S BEEN SO LONG

Hello everyone!

I really wanted to post something a lot sooner, so first let me apologize for the extremely long delay. Allow me to fill you in on what I have been up to lately...

First, I have exciting news regarding Pigs On A Bus! I mentioned in my last post that my boyfriend, Jonathan, and I were looking into having it published. Well, guess what? It's actually going to happen! It is currently in the publishing process, and I anticipate that it will be in print before the end of the year!

To celebrate, I am sharing just a few more pages of the story with you! (If you missed the first part, you can see it here). [Disclaimer: our story had to be slightly edited for publishing, and a few pages had to be cut – so the published version won't appear EXACTLY as shown on this blog.]







My second piece of news is applicable to anyone who likes guitars – or sheep. A friend of mine, James, sells guitar pedals, and he decided that some of them needed illustrating! He asked me to design a “Sheep in Sheep's Clothing” for his transparent overdrive pedal. Here's the drawing:



(The pedal is still in the works, but once I get a photo of the finished product, I will be sure to share it with you!)

You can find out more about James and his guitar accoutrements (is that a great word, or what?) by visiting:

Last, but most certainly not least, I have been busily working on a big new project that I am so excited to share with you!! You may have noticed that I have posted a couple of my new wedding stationery designs on my website and on Pinterest. Well, not only am I still making more designs... but I am also creating a whole new website entirely devoted to weddings! I love weddings, and designing stationery is heaps of fun!



Through my new site, Limes & Daisies, you will be able to choose from (and modify) any of my existing invitation designs, or have one completely custom-designed from scratch! And I am including custom cake toppers in the mix as well!

Here's just a few of my designs so far:





Well, that's all for now! And this time, I fully intend to post something sooner than a few months down the road!


Alison

P.S. I hope to have the new wedding site up and running very soon! In the meantime, however, please don't hesitate to contact me if you know anyone who needs wedding stationery or a cake topper! They can email me at alistrations@gmail.com and I will quite happily create something special for them. (Or for you, too!)


:)

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

PIGS ON A BUS

My boyfriend, Jon, has a wonderful sense of humour. Sometimes he will just start making up silly, ridiculous stories and things to make people laugh. Pigs On A Bus is one of these stories. I like to tell people that he accidentally wrote it, because he was just being himself and making me laugh, and ended up creating something that I knew would make a marvelous children's book.

I just recently illustrated Jon's story. I laminated the originals (drawn traditionally on white cardstock and coloured mostly with Faber-Castell Polychromos coloured pencils) and bound them into a little home-made book as a birthday gift for him. He was extremely pleased and has allowed me to share it with you on my blog. In fact, we are even looking into having it published! I will keep you posted on that. For now, here's a sneak preview of Pigs On A Bus...








...And the adventure continues from there! What do you think so far?


Alison

P.S. If you have written a story and are in need of an illustrator, please email me at alistrations@gmail.com and I would be happy to provide you with a quote! You will find more information on my official website www.alistrations.webs.com.