Breath in, breath out

I was hoping to post my new illustration (for an article about breathing exercises) for Twoj Styl a bit earlier but a sudden bout of flu stopped me in my tracks. So let's breath in deeply and have a look:

New new new!

I am back in Edinburgh after my annual trip to Poland.

This year I have failed to buy ANYTHING at the sales though I usually find Polish brands to be very exciting and well priced (hello Simple, hello Solar). Even though my shopping was nonexistant, my stay in Warsaw was pleasant and as usual I have sent out some promos to several Polish magazines - busy bee.

Some editors have already got back to me so we will see how our cooperation is going to be like in 2011! I am extremely excited and about to send out some nice promos to the British mags as well.

Here is a sneak peak of what went into the orange envelopes:

Welcome in 2011!

There are big changes coming up during this first week of January 2011 - The Illustrious Illustrator has a new website! Finally, a proper, grown up version of my online portfolio showing my work to it's best. Let's hope that art directors and picture editors will notice...

And after a long while my old header had to be exchanged for a new goggie, but let's not forget the old one which I am posting here -it (kind of) has a sentimental value:

Summary

Soon it will be a third year of this blog and I am genuinely surprised what I have managed to achieve throughout all that time!

I have since illustrated a book ( Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's Petits crimes conjugaux), contributed to numerous fashion websites, got commissions for many features in the biggest Polish glossy magazines and a first solo illustration show in UK!

So no wonder I am looking forward to 2011 - I have so many new ideas, new website is coming up in a matter of days and I hope I will be able to find new exciting clients thanks to it!

See you next year then! Meanwhile I am posting my last image from my horoscope series, Saggitarius (featuring an orange Hermes Leica! Nope, sadly the image is not based on my selfportrait.):

Cougars

The latest editorial commission dealt with a winter in a woman's life - the menopause time. It was a difficult task - I wanted to draw an attractive eldery woman ( as I think it is definitely NOT an end of the female attractiveness - just look at all these fab fiftysomethings like Carine Roitfeld or lady Amanda Harlech) with a flame still glowing in her heart, still beaing able to have a fabulous love life. Just in case the art director wanted to have one more cougar and another less cougar option, here are both ladies. This illustration was published in Zwierciadlo magazine:

How to illustrate immortality?

Two latest illustrations for an article about immortality... in the internet. As usual please click on the image to see all the details:

Let's start December

December started in Scotland with a massive invasion of winter - a blizzard wiped the world white today and should keep me home tomorrow so that I could finally sit down to preparing some Christmas cards for my family, friends and clients - yup, it is this time of the year!

I hope I will have some more time in New Year to pursue my personal work while mentaining a steady flow of ediorial commissions. Watch this space!

A Scorpio girl from my Horoscope series for Twoj Styl: