Ahead of the TED BAKER event (mentioned below), three of us contributing illustrators were invited to draw a piece to give customers an idea of what to expect on the day. Matthew Green was asked to draw menswear SS12 and I was asked to draw womenswear SS12.
Meanwhile, Harry Malt had the task of drawing the elusive Mr Ted Baker.

Ted's Drawing Room | TED BAKER

This Saturday (17.03.12) I'll be in 'Ted's drawing room' in London with 10 other illustrators, drawing TED BAKER customers for a special one day portrait event.
You'll be able to watch the event streamed live on Ted Baker's facebook page from 12-8.
Here's how it works:

• Ted has hand picked 11 illustrators with a mix of styles who will all be based in a live artists studio at the UBB whilst the events are taking place and in real time they will ‘choose their muse’ by selecting interesting looking customers off this feed & create a one off/bespoke illustration.

• The finished one off piece of art will be added to the Instagram feed & FB gallery for all to see

• The lucky customer wins this original print framed, signed and ready to hang on their wall

• The illustrators will be streamed live into the stores so customers can see & get involved.

• All of the activity including a commissioned film of the event will be featured across all of Ted’ social media channels

So check out the event in a store near you:

• UK London – Floral St (12-8pm)
• UK London – Bluewater (12-8pm)
• UK Brighton (12-8pm)
• UK Manchester – Trafford (12-8pm)
• UK Leeds (12-8pm)
• UK Glasgow (12-8pm)
• UK Dublin (12-8pm)
• USA Soho (until 3pm EST)
• USA Meatpacking (until 3pm EST)

Here's some more info if you want to get involved:
> HERE HERE HERE <

• O H • L O O K • what just dropped through my letterbox. It's my @pickmeuplondon invite - raaah #tooexcited

Oh, hello. After spending a couple of months in London working on a job for MTV (*coming soon*) I'm now back in the studio, working hard on a brand spanking new series of illustrations.
Queue visuals:

Talented digital illustrator & general lover of all things fashiony D'andhra sent me a beautiful Valentines card all the way from LA & in return asked me to take a photograph of me with it. So here I am & here it is..

So, on a non illustration related note, I baked a heart shaped cake today. S'how I roll...

ilove ilovedust

Today's my last day working at ilovedust on the job for MTV *big sad face* so they made this for me:

The lovelies at 'The Young Creatives' have just posted a feature about me & my work. *Here it is*

I dropped by YCN today to discuss some new projects we'll be working on & thought I'd share some of the 72 Rivington Street delights with you. Their shop is rammed full of beautiful new products, it's a definite 'must visit' if you're in London anytime soon.

Big thanks to @becciewatson at @derwentpencils for sending me my latest pencil fix - keeping me well & truly supplied for the MTV job I'm working on right now...

The lovely Beccie at Derwent pencils has written a blog post about me <3
• H E R E •

Oh, hello. Here's my latest work in progress:

Here are the portraits I illustrated of the Horticulture Magazine contributors:

SOMERSET HOUSE • 'PICK ME UP' EXHIBITION

I'm delighted to finally announce that I have been selected as one of 20 artists to exhibit at the Somerset House 'Pick me up' event which runs from 22.03.12 - 01.04.12.

"Pick Me Up showcases the best and most interesting new talent, with 20 designers and illustrators selected to exhibit at ‘Pick Me Up Selects’ the exhibition that runs alongside the fair. A selection panel featuring the most distinguished figures in graphic design including Camilla Parsons, Outline Editions; John O’Reilly, Varoom magazine; Angharad Lewis, Grafik Magazine; Liz Farrelly, writer and the curatorial team at Somerset House, have hand-picked the artists to exhibit everything from watercolour, collage and paper sculpture. An image from each of the artists will be available in a
limited edition postcard box set."

Here's the press release:




More info to come soon. Hope to see you there!

Women on Women

Here's a sneaky link to an interview I did with the Female focused 'Callaby magazine':
• http://callabymagazine.com/2012/01/356/ •

★ C H R I S T M A S G I V E A W A Y ★
★ ★ ★ W I N ★ ★ ★

RT & follow @nikipilkington to enter
Good luck you...

UGG | SELFRIDGES

Back in October I did a customisation job for UGG in SELFRIDGES, London.
I spent the morning customising celebrities kids UGGs in the VIP area, which was covered by OK Magazine. In the afternoon I moved to the shop floor & continued customising UGGs for the TATLER Magazine SELFRIDGES event. Here's a few snaps from the day. (the lovely lady with me is the very talented @faunagraphic).

P R I N T S F O R S A L E

For the very first time, I'm pleased to announce that you can now buy prints of my work online. As of last night, kneedeepinsleep.com have a run of 20 limited edition A2 prints of both of the following illustrations:

Each print is embossed, hand numbered and supplied with certificate of authenticity. Only 20 of each available. You can take a closer look, or buy them > HERE <

M O D E L S W A N T E D | M O D E L S W A N T E D | M O D E L S W A N T E D | M O D E L S W A N T E D |

I'm looking for 2 models ( one girl, one guy, 16-20ish) for a job I'm currently doing for MTV. Email info(at)nikipilkington.com for more info.

Went to London yesterday for some meetings for a new project I'm working on (details coming soon) & discovered that aside from holding a puppy/baby, my @derwentpencils holder is THE biggest conversation starter on trains..