Emily Miles - Artist & Illustrator, Freelance Illustration http://www.emilymiles.com Artist & Illustrator, Freelance Illustration Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:39:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 I know this isn’t a knitting blog… http://www.emilymiles.com/1071 http://www.emilymiles.com/1071#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:39:22 +0000 emily http://www.emilymiles.com/?p=1071 I’m totally obsessed with knitting projects right now. I’m like a chain-smoker, lighting one off the last. But look what I get – matching cardigan and beret!

Both patterns are from Ravelry: Miette by Andi Satterlund and Three Tams by Angela Sixian Wu. Thanks ladies!

]]> http://www.emilymiles.com/1071/feed 0 Buy my paintings – in jersey form! http://www.emilymiles.com/1063 http://www.emilymiles.com/1063#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:23:08 +0000 emily http://www.emilymiles.com/?p=1063 Thanks to my lovely friend and collaborator at Race Face, two of my flower series paintings are ladies mountain biking jerseys and matching gloves! Now I can get secondhand outdoorsy-ness!

The jersey and gloves are available through Race Face and the gloves are available through MEC.

This is a huge deal:
– being in the MEC catalogue = career success in my Dad’s eyes
– I can feel a little more like a Vancouverite (y’know, the jogging, snowboarding, yoga-ing, wheatgrass drinkin’ extrovert ones)
– I might actually get to see one of my paintings walking/hiking/biking/jogging around one day!

YAY!

]]> http://www.emilymiles.com/1063/feed 0 Look what I’m learning to do! http://www.emilymiles.com/1051 http://www.emilymiles.com/1051#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:15:14 +0000 emily http://www.emilymiles.com/?p=1051

Yay me! I seriously never thought I would figure out how to use two colours for more than stripes.

I have been even more obsessed with knitting lately – sometimes it’s nice to have a pattern to follow. This one is from Ravelry: “Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friends Knit Hat” by Smoothfox

]]> http://www.emilymiles.com/1051/feed 0 uTales Ebooks… adventures in capitalization http://www.emilymiles.com/1047 http://www.emilymiles.com/1047#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 22:11:39 +0000 emily http://www.emilymiles.com/?p=1047 I am proud to be a (very) small part of the uTales community! uTales is a publisher of Ebooks for children, many of which are only available on uTales. My book, Baby Gorilla, is one such book. Please click here for a preview!

And here’s more info about uTales…

Welcome to uTales from uTales on Vimeo.

]]> http://www.emilymiles.com/1047/feed 2 A little help? http://www.emilymiles.com/1041 http://www.emilymiles.com/1041#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:26:39 +0000 emily http://www.emilymiles.com/?p=1041 Hi folks,

I’ve just completed a Photoshop basics course through Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and I’m looking for a good CS5 reference book for illustrators. Any ideas?

]]> http://www.emilymiles.com/1041/feed 0 AND THE WINNER IS… http://www.emilymiles.com/1035 http://www.emilymiles.com/1035#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:22:19 +0000 emily http://www.emilymiles.com/?p=1035 Steph Lemmon!

I’ll be in touch to fly your little Nashville Warbler to you. Congratulations!

Here’s Bill to celebrate…

]]> http://www.emilymiles.com/1035/feed 1 Original Art Giveaway! http://www.emilymiles.com/1021 http://www.emilymiles.com/1021#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:56:05 +0000 emily http://www.emilymiles.com/?p=1021 bushtit detail cedar waxwing detail fox sparrow detail grey jay detail nashville warbler detail plover detail sparrow detail warbler detail

I’ve just added a collection of teeny original art pieces to my Etsy shop. To celebrate, one of these 8 pieces will be given away to one lucky reader!

To enter, visit my Etsy shop, choose the little bird you would most like to own, and link to the item here in the comments section. Easy peasy!

Open to international readers

The giveaway will be open for 48 hours

Closing on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 8:00pm (PST) when the winner will be chosen at random and announced here.

]]> http://www.emilymiles.com/1021/feed 10 Bill you Murray me? http://www.emilymiles.com/1009 http://www.emilymiles.com/1009#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:05:19 +0000 emily http://www.emilymiles.com/?p=1009

This is gonna be fun times, folks!

Come to The Fall Tattoo and Gallery on Saturday, Feb. 18th to check out an art show entirely dedicated to Bill Murray. I’ve gotten a peek at some of the other submissions (so awesome!) and I’ll have a couple pieces included as well. Here’s a peek…

]]> http://www.emilymiles.com/1009/feed 0 Warm Fuzzies http://www.emilymiles.com/996 http://www.emilymiles.com/996#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:22:53 +0000 emily http://www.emilymiles.com/?p=996 This makes me very proud to be a part of Arts Umbrella, especially because it’s a not-for-profit organization.

]]> http://www.emilymiles.com/996/feed 0 I ♥ Art http://www.emilymiles.com/991 http://www.emilymiles.com/991#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:27:24 +0000 emily http://www.emilymiles.com/?p=991

One of my dioramas is going to be included in a group show by Arts Umbrella staff members at Ainsworth Custom Design! Show opens February 5th and runs until the end of the month. There are some seriously talented folks involved, so pop by Granville Island and check it out (plus you can get a yummy spinach and feta-stuffed bagel in the market… mmmmm).

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