Elissa Elwick's illustration blog

Nighttime deadline doodles

Upcoming events

A few confirmed events with The Princess and the Sleep Stealer. Will post more up soon.

 29th June -  1st July 2012

 I'll be doing illustration workshops during the day, and then a book reading from The Princess and the Sleep Stealer before bedtime at Blissfields Festival again this year. It was mighty fun last year. I'm there with the very lovely folk at Angel Gardens.

 

12th - 15th July 2012

I am very, extremely excited about Latitude Festival too. I'll be there every day doing book readings and workshops. You should probably all go and buy your tickets now so you can come and have sunny fun with me. The line up looks like fun. Plus you might get to see me wearing a pirate hat. Win win.

 

4th August 2012

The first of my confirmed bookshop events for the summer-ish time will be at Waterstones in Kettering.  Here's the link for more info, (you have to scroll down a little though.)

I want to go punting. Preferably dressed as a pirate. (That's got nothing to do with the above events, just thought I'd tell you.)

I am a messy scribbler:

(That was old. You can have new stuff soon. Honest.)

The Spinosaurus Song

Me and two little pals of mine were having a bit of a sing the other day, you know...ten green bottles, the current bun song...the usual, when we decided to go freestyle and make our own up. And it went like this...

(That there is our debut album cover)

 

There were ten Spinosauruses going CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP

On a swordfish they found in a swomp swomp swomp

Then along came a Carcharo-donto-saaaaauuurus

And ATE. ONE. UP! (very lound munch sound)

 

There were nine Spinosaurus going CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP (....etc)

For full lyrics, please see below:

 

I'm afriad we are only available to perfrom on weekends.

Toodles.

Please Note: The correct plural for Spinosaurus is spinosauri, but we weren't aware of that at the time.

New products

Hello.

I've whacked a few images up on society 6, so you can now buy prints, iPhone cases, cards, etc, with my designs on. I'm still in the process of getting my shop back up and running with a whole load of new stuff on there, but in the mean time....here you go.

  

I came across this list this morning while browsing on the papier mache blog. I think my faves are 'EXXXTREME (everything)' and 'online friendships'. It amused me, and also reminded me of this little (and shamefully nerdy) book I made just after I graduated (written on Disney Princess paper no less, er...) It contains some things I've achieved, and a lot of things I'm yet to do so. Blimey, I'd better get cracking....
('Go traveling' is in there...anyone wonna book me a flight?) P.S FYI - eating meat does not make you cool.

Princess Luna is doing it right, apparently. Nice little blog post:

http://www.youredoingitright.com/2012/04/23/princess-luna/

smiley face.

I can't scan in any doodles for you right now, so instead, here is a photo I took of a heart shaped stone/gap in the grass while having weekend adventures in Nottingham. The boots belong to my pal Vicky, not Robin Hood - major disappointment...

Coming soon...

Cuddly Fox. Confused Owl.