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Lorrie Whittington

Illustrator - Designer - Maker

The Art of Sandra Hultsved

12/02/2014

Amanita virosa

In a recent call for ‘featured artists’, one artist who responded stood out immediately. Sandra Hultsved, a self taught illustrator, with a unique and dark style that I found appealing. Her work has a gothic theme running throughout, which could be bleak, but isn’t, as the drawings are skillfully executed, and whilst dark, retain a certain whimsical quality. Some of her drawings were reminiscent to me of the original illustrations featured in the works by Edgar Allan Poe. One drawing in particular, called ‘The Bride’, bought to mind an opera by Donizetti called, ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’ based on the book by Sir Walter Scott. Needless to say, her drawings have that kind of evocative feel, which is a unique gift, as it is not often for me, when viewing an illustration, that it engenders an immediate literacy association. I asked her to tell us a bit about herself.

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Julie Johnson Taxidermist

16/10/2013

Julie Johnson

I would like to introduce a friend to you, and her new website.   Her name is Julie Johnson and she is a taxidermist, specialising in ‘anthropomorphic’ design.  Not many of them around any more are there? No. However, not only is Julie a taxidermist, but also a skilful crafter and designer. Julie was a talented toy maker and knitwear designer for many years. Her creatures are clothed in sweet and whimsical garments and outfits that she creates herself.

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Identity + Change + Decisions Prt. II

12/08/2013

The Skinny! A couple of weeks ago you may remember my blog post about making changes to how I brand myself, and how I market myself as an artist. I decided I was going to discontinue using the ‘Illusio Creative’ business name and promote myself using my own name. It was a BIG decision that had been some time in the making. I felt I wanted to step out from under the Illusio banner and adopt a more personal approach. This was hard as I have been using the ‘Illusio Creative’ name for over ten years. But, given the overwhelmingly positive response I received from friends, supporters and industry experts, I knew I had made the right decision. So, this is my first official post using my domain www.lorriewhittington.co.uk. All my content was moved successfully from the old domain to this one, and I have my hosting company 34sp to thank for that who made it all so easy for me.

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Meet Matt Grundy aka Matt Diecast

05/06/2013

Introducing the talented and versatile illustrator and designer Matthew K. Grundy aka Matt Diecast. Matt has kindly taken time out of his busy schedule to tell us a bit about himself, his inspiration, working methods and what projects he is currently working on.

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Moleskine Art – Part II

28/04/2013

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Creative + Passionate + Inspired

Lorrie Whittington is an illustrator, designer-maker, free spirit, chocolate eating geek, living in the heart of the Sussex countryside on the south coast of Britain. She draws, paints, reads a lot, makes things with clay, likes scf-fi and hangs out with her daughter.

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