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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
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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/ •

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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 <

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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..

Right now I'm working on new pieces for exhibitions I have coming up next year (details will be up soon). Here's a 'work in progress' shot of one.

Right now I'm doing the research for a top secret project that I'm going to be working on next year. Lucky for me, the nature of this project means that I'm getting to go to some pretty special venues/events/parties etc & todays was Masterchef Live at the Olympia, London. I also got time to squeeze in a couple of meetings too & it's looking like 2012 is shaping up to be pretty special <3
Big thanks to the lovely people at Masterchef Live for my press pass & goodies. The event was ace. Here's a couple of photos from my day...

•NEW WORK IN PROGRESS•

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SPECIAL DELIVERY | Some essentials just arrived from the lovely people at Derwent.

Here's another WIP for your eyes. Drawn, as always with ▶Derwent Pencils◀