★I'm drawing this right now★

Big thanks to all the people who ordered prints at Pick Me Up. They're all signed, packed up & on their way to you right now. The remaining prints from this limited edition run of 50, are still available to buy through kneedeepinsleep for £30 each & will come with a signed certificate of authenticity.

NEW BOOKS NEW BOOKS NEW BOOKS

Look what the postman just delivered! I'll be spending the morning #turningpages BIG THANKS to the lovely people at Laurence King Publishing Ltd for these beauts. Definitely four inspiring must-reads..

Just dropped by Oriel Plas Glyn Y Weddw, Llanbedrog - they're exhibiting a selection of my framed originals right now... ♥

Ted Baker | Ted's Drawing Room

Here's a few shots from the day I spent being filmed with 10 other illustrators at the Ted Baker HQ for Ted's Drawing Room...

"The studio, open for only 8 hours from midday to 8pm GMT, also hosted an artwork and framing service with the 111 portraits created uploaded to Facebook on the day and the original, signed portraits framed and sent to their subject in the post soon after. A film crew were also on hand to capture the illustrators hard at work. Footage was broadcast live via Livestream back into participating stores and to Ted’s Facebook page enabling the public to watch the masters at work and the subjects of the portraits to tune in and watch their portrait being created! Over 2000 viewers tuned in across the day, spending on average 26 minutes each glued to their screens. The stream was viewed in over 23 countries ranging from the UK and USA to slightly further afield such as Japan, Malaysia and Taiwan."

GLORIOUS TRUTHS PRINTS

My 'Glorious Truths' series are now available to buy as LTD edition (of 50) prints via kneedeepinsleep.com Each print will come with a certificate of authenticity.
Email me at info(at)nikipilkington.com for more info, or just to say hello :) x

Here are a few shots of my work at this years 'Pick Me Up' at Somerset House.
The exhibition was a HUUUGE success and was jam packed full of visual beauts for every type of eye, so I feel very lucky to have been a part of it all. Big thanks to all the people who sent me lovely feedback and big loves to everyone who bought framed originals and prints of my work too x

Dear everyone, this is what I'm drawing right now:

My Derwent Pencils 'Carry-All' is all packed up ready for an illustrating road trip :)

The good people at DACS have released a short edit of the NYC exhibition I took part in at the end of last year. Wish I could have been there:

http://vimeo.com/34806877

Got my Derwent wraps all packed up & ready for drawing in Ted Baker's #tedsdrawingroom tomorrow..

More Derwent products arrived for me today, ready for my London trip. Thanks so much guys, I'm a #luckylady - Guess I better get packing then...

Pick Me Up 2012 | Somerset House

I'm very pleased to finally be able to show you the six 3D illustrations I created for Pick Me Up 2012. Each one is box framed and will be on sale at the exhibition when it opens its doors next week.
Limited edition signed prints will also be available to order once the exhibition opens. Hope you like them!!

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...