Buttons is a Purebred

Buttons is a Purebred, a photo by Amz Kelso on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
society6.com/AmzKelso/Buttons-Is-A-Purebred_Print

I decided to do some shirt designs that I would be caught wearing myself, instead of just my illustration work slapped onto a tee. I really REALLY dig what I came up with! I'm totally obsessed with drawing five eyed kittens, Pentagrams are also a staple of my outfits these days. I pretty much dress up like some sort of teenage witch, except I'm neither a teenager or a witch... Um... Not going to lie, my next few pieces are all occult themed pastel-goth vintage cute ones. I suggest if you don't like a good feminist slogan or satanic pun, you avoid my posts for the next few weeks!
I also want to get back into typography as I've missed it and I was really good at it a few years ago. Ramble... Ramble... I chucked in a gingham pattern with a moon photograph, as well as some paw prints turning into floating love-heart magic peaches. The fuchsia devil/satan cat/kitten is just so cute, no? I think it's rad.
So, this design is for all those other witchy women out there. Next I think it's going to be a feminist slogan with a ice-cream sundae on the bottom. Yep!
(HAVE I been watching too much Buffy? Some would say... Perhaps. Most would say yes.)

Fawning In Your Eyes

Fawning In Your Eyes, a photo by Amz Kelso on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
LIMITED EDITION PRINTS: Only selling a set amount of these at the momento (here on Society6= society6.com/amzkelso), so get ya mitts on them while they last! This is watercolour, acrylic markers, ink, fineliner & photoshop touch ups and colour changes (I screwed my background with an ugly colour so made it more... Pink)!
I am giving away two mini prints of this on facebook: facebook.com/amzkelso!
I wanted to 'doe' a deer girl, kind of round eyes with brown eyes and spots in her hair and on her shoulders, with cute deer ears, fawning over something cute (like an uber cute cat, duh!) because I have been thinking of Miyajima's deer and sunshine and ocean and bliss... And Todo the giant Sea Lion I saw at the Miyajima Aquarium... I have been missing Miyajima and all the deer, and thinking of it often. My best friend will be off in Japan for the next 3-4 months, then Korea for a few more months. I suppose I'll just be missing a lot of things this year.

Fishy, fishy, fishy, FISH! Where is my...

Yo! This is what I've been up to recently, 
(amongst other things of course)




 





Designs for an Aquatic forum, had lots of fun on this commish! 
Bright, happy fish... What is more fun to draw?

Love, Amz.
x

Snuggliphinx

Snuggliphinx, a photo by Amz Kelso on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Snuggling sphinx cats! A tee design available here:

society6.com/AmzKelso/Snuggliphinx_T-shirt#

Oooh, I love those cute little wrinkly skinny kittens! I love their piebald, cuddling, hugging, sleeping, snoozy little butts off! Hahaha. ^‿^

Love; Amz.

Be my Mary-Jane

Be my Mary-Jane, a photo by Amz Kelso on Flickr.

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'Be my Mary-Jane', ink & quills, on the run acrylic markers and photoshop.

Got inspired by watching 1, 2 and 3 of a particular super-hero film series ast week so I decided to ink a foxy redhead with a penchant for spiders. ;)

Cheers, Amz.

Mrs.Crowley's Old Fashioned Cherry Pie

Mrs.Crowley's Old Fashioned Cherry Pie, a photo by Amz Kelso on Flickr.

New piece! Prints for sale at:
http://society6.com/AmzKelso/MrsCrowleys-Old-Fashioned-Cherry-Pie-Digital-Version_Print#

Via Flickr:
Super rad, super glamorous cherry pie, now with 50% more human; for that special guest at dinner who just won't settle for chocolate mousse!

Unfortunately when I scanned this baby, the ink was so thick it came out shiny. Which meant that the lines were rough, because there was glare and bounce back. When I render the traditional one I will be using a camera instead of a scanner...

Love, Amz. x

My new monthly facebook giveaway!

My new monthly facebook giveaway!, a photo by Amz Kelso on Flickr.

A lot has gone down since I've been back from my expedition in Tokyo, and finished up with Creature Feature at No Vacancy. I am so busy I cannot slow down to blog! I apologize for that. Anyway, I just wanted to share my new print competition. :) Check my facebook page for details:

facebook.com/amzkelsoillustration

I promise I will update my blog properly soon! Lots of love- Amz; x.

Loveasaurus Tattoo!

Ahoy!

Check it out! A lovely lady in Perth, (a most darling Miss Larissa), 

recently contacted me telling me she'd gotten a tattoo of my Loveasaurus piece! 

I asked for photos, turns out she's had it for a year- a large back piece that 

took seven hours to complete. How cool! I am so glad she loved it 

enough to keep it with her forever. (♥>(^ε^ )

Love; Amz. x

CREATURE FEATURE

Hey everyone!

Sorry if I've been MIA, but I've been organizing a show this September at No Vacancy!

We're being sponsored by the amazing...

If you don't know them, you should! They are the go-to printer for fine artists across

Melbourne, or at least for the majority of artists I know.

The exhibition is titled CREATURE FEATURE, and is based around the theme of

'Monsters', which is pretty cool if you ask me (ask me, I'm the one who is running the

whole shabang) with 25 Melbourne artists combining forces to create a range of

digital art, traditional art, painted skate decks and sculptures!

So pumped to be hosting the show at No Vacancy, Melbourne QV!

Which, in my opinion, is one of the raddest Galleries in town...

Here is the facebook event, with further info~

http://www.facebook.com/events/324206047670321/

We will also be holding a small stall with prints, a couple of books (etc) and so on,

so if the works are too pricey for you, you're most welcome to buy a smaller, cheaper

little print to hang on your wall! We'll also be having some alcohol on opening, so you're

all welcome to come down and have a beer/wine/cider for a gold coin donation. :)

Hope to see you there!

Cheers!

Amz; x.

I've gone Batty

Batman, Love-Heart Tattoo Design!

Originally I'd scribbled this at work, as a tattoo design for myself. 

へ(#◕ o ◕#)ﾉ

Love, Amz. x

Space Cookies

Hello!

Voila! 

Don't eat them though. ;a;

Mixed Media: 

Inks, watercolour, acrylic, posca, wacom, photoshop.

Prints on society6:

society6.com/amzkelso

Cheers~

Amz; x

Marvelous Things on Society 6!

Ahoy!

Super quickly... This is a new piece:

Marvelous Things, inspired by Eisley.

Also, I'm on Society 6 now! Think Redbubble, 

but more illustration oriented rather than photography. :)

Check it out!

http://society6.com/amzkelso

Lotsa love & goodwishes,

Amz. xxx

Sailor Moon x Sailor Jerry Mash-up Tee

Ahoy!

Sailor Jerry x Sailor Moon mashup. :)

Both baseball style and normal cut tees of this design 
are available for purchase on my redbubble here: link!

Cheers~ Amz; x

Lagomourn

Ahoy!

I've been busy prepping for an exhibition I'm throwing in September!

(That's right, little ol' me on my own! It's a lot of work, whew!)

Between gallery planning I've tried to work on some traditional pieces,

this is one a did a couple of weeks back, just got it to my scanner...

'Lagomourn'

Colour pencil, 2012.

Hope you enjoy!

Love; Amz x

4 hour pencil exercise

Ahoy!

Just posting up a quick four hour pencil exercise I set myself. Little bit of Acrylic markers in there too. Happy with the way it turned out considering I haven't touched color pencils in... Woah, more than a year! I promise I'll post the proper scan soon, I've been having quite a lot of tech problems and health problems too. Hopefully clear skies are on their way in regards the both!

Anyway, enjoy.

Love
Amz; x

Ahoy!

Pt.2 C/Atomick series, 'Ratter'.

Enjoy!

Hit me up on Facebook.

Buy prints of the C/Atomick series at RedBubble.

Love

Amz; x.

Part one: CatNip.

Ahoy!

'CatNip', part of the C/Atomick series 2012.

Doing a series of Atomic-retro Minx...(es?)... This is the first of the series. 

I'm feeling really good about these!! It's an idea I've been brewing up for

a while, so it's nice to finally get it out onto my Mac.

The original file is almost 10,000 pixels tall, 

shrunk down to my web-sizes of choice you lose too much of the magic 

so I'm posting this huge watermarked file for you to click into and enjoy.

For a cleaned image (without the watermarks, but smaller) check out my tumblr:

amzkelso.tumblr.com

That's all.

Cheers,

Amz; x.

GLDYCWN.

Ahoy!

Totally finished my skatedeck! Just needs a glaze and it'll be ready

for a proper photo. Enjoy.

Love; Amz. x

Like A Hoverboard On Water

Like A Hoverboard On Water, a photo by Amz Kelso on Flickr.

GLDYCWN!

Ahoy!

Painting up a new skate deck. :)

Goldycorn! Combining my love of Unicorns, Goldfish, and pink, shiny things...

Love; Amz. x