Vintage Fashion Illustrations!

Howdy! These are some old-school illustrations from my teenage-hood. I still got a soft spot for ultra-girly vintage fashions!

Sketchy / Doodly Website

Hola world! This is the latest tutorial created for Web Designer magazine (from UK) on designing a sketchy / doodly template. I pulled out my box of trusty pencil crayons (childhood faves) and pens and went to town. Fluttering shapes, fun colours and striped lines where the way to go! Oh how I miss the days of doodling and sketching away with no worry of the rest of the world...

Graphic Novel Snippets

These are snippets of the graphic novel I illustrated for Rubicon Publishing. The story is about friendship and peer pressure between three best friends. The main character has to decide if she wants to switch to a gifted school and give up her current best friends, while one of the girls can't seem to stay out of trouble. Oh drama! Even teen girls aren't exempt, are they?

I can relate to this story as I've experienced similar situations as a school girl, plus going back down memory lane always feels special. I brought my own experiences and memories into the illustrations as much as I could muster.

It will be available as an educational tool for teachers and educators in August 2009.

Twitter Background

Hi world! Sorry for the delayed post; been really busy lately!

This is a Twitter background created for Web Designer magazine. The theme is web design (of course!) and I infused it with flowing clouds, waves, decorative code, and navigation icons! Weeee........

Grunge / Scrapbook Web Template

My fourth tutorial on web template design for UK magazine Web Designer. This time, I used found cloths, trims and fabrics as well as my own illustrated pattern - ok, and a pic of moi - to conjure up a style reminiscent of nostalgic scrapbooks!

See the tutorial here: http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/tutorials/designing-craft-style-grunge-web-templates/

Square Foot Show - NYC

Hey world! I'm exhibiting artwork in the Square Foot Show presented by APW Gallery. My Food Girls will be available for sale in four beautiful square foot giclee canvas prints! Details below:

Date and Location:
March 6 - 29 '09 (March 6 is opening night, 6pm - 9pm) in New York.

Address for APW Gallery:
48-18 Van Dam St.
Long Island City, NY 11101

Gallery website: http://www.apwarts.com/

Published in Digital Arts Magazine!

I'm published in the March '09 issue of UK magazine Digital Arts! Check out my tutorial on creating my Skirt Length Stats Info-illustration piece. Oh abstract information, I love dressing you in splendid fashion with fun diagrams and callouts galore!

See the tutorial online here: http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/tutorials/index.cfm?FeatureID=1823

Featured on Sweet Station!

My Food Girls are featured on Sweet Station today! Take a lookie! http://www.sweet-station.com/blog/?p=2280

Tweet Tweet!

I'm on Twitter! Add me: wendyding for enthralling fairy tales, fantasy adventures and...and...my updates? (Ok I can promise one of those :)

Retro Banner

Mmm cupcakes and dessert...this is the third tutorial for Web Designer magazine from UK. This crafty banner is inspired by real-life elements! Soft plaid, hearty wallpaper and scrumptious cupcakes are just the icing :)

See the tutorial here: http://www.webdesignermag.co.uk/tutorials/design-a-trendy-blog-header-with-a-retro-styling/

Etsy Store: Now Open!

My long-awaited online-store is finally open! After deciding to launch an Etsy store last summer, I finally got down to it just now. 2009 is looking promising already! Now if only I could get the other millions of to-do's off my list...becoming a master chef, here I come! (I wish...)

Click on over to www.wendyland.etsy.com to see my goods :)