Cambridge Festival of Illustration.

Here's a sneak preview of something very, very large I've been working on for the Cambridge Festival of Illustration. It's 60x40 inches and will be unveiled at Heffers book shop on the 5th November at 3pm. Everyone's welcome to come and have a look. 

Aside from a few ridiculously large pictures the festival features talks from some great speakers (I will most certainly be at the Anthony Browne one) and workshops details of which are on the flyer below.

Push the Button cushion for sale!

For a limited time only my cushion design, Push the Button, is being sold by Ohh Deer. If you're a lover of switches, buttons, wires and soft furnishings then it's time to get yourself an early Christmas present. It's only available for the next three weeks so don't leave it too late!

Here's the design, buy it from Ohh Deer.

Interuption of normal service: Website Down!

People of the world! I'm sorry to have to tell you my website, www.elysdolan.com, is out of action while I change hosts and try and convince my current one to transfer my domain name. For now though if you want to see my online portfolio you can go to elysdolanillustration.tumblr.com where I've put up some of my doodling for you to peruse. 

The new website will be amazing once it's up and it'll include this guy: 

I bet you can't wait.

I'm on the Nosy Crow website!

I'm thrilled to see my publisher, Nosy Crow, has put up an author/illustrator profile of me up on their website. Believe it or not that photo is not the worst one of me. There's also an interesting little snippet about my first book, Weasels, here which will be published spring 2013.

Hen Do Rosettes

At the weekend it was my friend Susie's 50s themed hen do and as she's an illustrator with a collection of illustrator friends we all used our colouring in skills to do something towards it. To identify each hen the maid of honour got hold of some rosettes from a horse show website (nay!) and I was given the centers to do. Here they are!

Here's the designs for the centers. Top one for the hens and bottom one for the bride.

The finished rosettes

And the bride to be sporting hers.

Stamps of a nautical nature

A-Z of Substandard Superheroes: C is for Captain Camouflage

I've had to take a brief hiatus from the superheros due to deadlines and panic but now they're back with Captain Camouflage! He can blend seamlessly into any situation.

I admit there has been an excess of toilet humor in this series so far.