TOPSHOP LFW | Gift with purchase

★So I finally got my hands on it★ - Here is the doll pack I illustrated for TOPSHOP to promote their London Fashion Week capsule collections. They were given away with purchases over £50 during London Fashion Week. Time to play...

▸Topshop's London Fashion Week 'Unique' collection campaign
▸Created with Derwent pencils
▸Flagship Oxford Street Store (big thanks to Grazia, London Fashion Week Daily, The Window Shopper & YCN for the photos)

▸Topshop's London Fashion Week 'Unique' collection campaign
▸Created with Derwent pencils
▸Their new Westfield, Stratford Store (big thanks to YCN for the photos)

DACS New York exhibition announced

Earlier in the year, I mentioned that I had been asked to contribute a piece to the DACS exhibition - well it's finally here!! On Saturday, October 1st DACS will show its newest exhibition live in New York City. The event will be held at the beautiful, 3,000 sq. ft. Red Bull space located in the heart of SoHo.
I'll upload the image I created which will be auctioned at the event as soon as the full line up is announced.

I just found out the work I did for Topshop will now be shown in UK, Malaysia, Japan, Thailand, Kuait & UAE ♡girls.gone.global♡

Yiiikes, so now I can finally tell you a little bit about what I've been working on recently...
I've just finished a series of illustrations for Topshop's flagship Oxford Street store. The illustrations which will be part of a new window display, will be launched on 14/09/11 in time for London Fashion Week.
As well as the window visuals, I've also illustrated a series of luxury in-store gifts, which will be given away with special purchases over £50.
Images of everything will be available very soon, but right now this is all the info I'm allowed to give you. I hope it's worth the wait...x

Buy me this & I'd love you forever, I promise x
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Elsevier Style magazine / September 2011

Here's some quick shots of a recent commission by Dutch Elseveir Style/Stijl magazine. The article featured six illustrators including myself, all of which were teamed up with a designer and asked to put one of their new garments down on paper. Lucky me had Marni.

Right now I'm working on a top secret project that I unfortunately can't tell you about until mid September,(I can however tell you it's amazing!!) but until then, here's a sneaky look at some products Derwent have sent me for the job. Please note, the small box at the top of the picture is a battery operated sharpener. I for one CAN NOT wait to get that baby up and running!!
I heart Derwent.

If you like my work & would like to own one of my original illustrations, then here's your chance...
Just click this link & answer the question to be entered into the prize draw, which is courtesy of Oriel Plas Glyn Y Weddw. (competition closing date - 30/09/11)

http://www.attractionsnorthwales.co.uk/home.php?/competition

The illustration: 'Cof a lithr, llythyrau a geidw' - Memories slip, letter remain.
Good luck!

From 30/07 to 06/08 I will be exhibiting five new illustrations at the Celf...& Chrefft stand at this years National Eisteddfod of Wales in Wrexham. Here's one of them...

'Nerth gwraig yn ei thafod'- A woman's strength is in her tongue.
Limited edition prints and cards will also be available to purchase at the event. Contact info(@)nikipilkington.com for more details.

All in the name of a new illustration, I've destroyed my old ordinate survey map of where I grew up. It's part of one of my Eisteddfod illustrations:

The 2011 Eisteddfod is coming up soon, and I'm busy working on my illustrations for it. Here's a bit of one...

This weekend, I've been given special access to the Wakestock festival in North Wales. I'll be there for the three day festival, photographing festival goers and performers for a new series of illustrations. If you're there and you see me, come over and say hi and get your photo taken. I'll be updating my whereabouts on twitter, (twitter.com/nikipilkington) so follow me on there if you want to find me x

It's the summer show opening at the Albany Gallery, Cardiff tonight (5-8pm) so if you're in the area, come over and say hello. I'll be exhibiting 10 original pieces, as well as prints and cards and I've had a sneak preview of the exhibition too, it looks ace. I'm super proud to have my work hanging up next to some of the brilliant art that's on show there. This painting, 'The Kiss' by David Griffiths has to be my favorite though...

It was the opening of the Plas Glyn Y Weddw summer show on Sunday, and the place was packed out. I have ten pieces on show at the exhibition, but as it's their 'off the wall' exhibition, once things are sold their taken away and replaced. Five of the ten have already sold, but there are still five more to see, so if you're able to get to the gallery, my work is amongst some really great stuff - well worth the trip.

A little bit of what I'm drawing right now...

I've just added a new gallery of illustrations to my site *HERE* I hope you like them. They will be exhibited at the summer shows at Plas Glyn Y Weddw, Llanbedrog (26/06/11) and The Albany Gallery, Cardiff (01/07/11).

I'm am absolutely delighted to be able to tell you about this new collective that I'm a part of. Fiend Projects, founded by the mighty Mark Goss is a collective of international multi-disciplinary artists working on various projects and events (I'm in very good company!!). The website is brand spanking new and will be officially launched this Monday. More info to follow very soon. Email info@fiendprojects.com to be added to the mailing list, or to request a press release.

I was commissioned through Haymarket Media to illustrate 12 of the regular contributors to Horticulture Week magazine - nothing like my usual portraits, but it was a nice change for me. I've just been sent a stack of some of the issues so I might start gardening too...it's unlikely though.