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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Merry Christmas
Thanks to everyone we’ve worked with, been inspired by or simply talked to about illustration this year.
We’ve had a huge amount of help from old and new friends in the last few months and we can’t thank you enough.
Merry Christmas and best wishes for 2012,
Simon & Julia,
Gurr Illustration
Portrait of Salome & Kukeña by Simon
Western lowland gorilla Salome gave birth to Kukeña at Bristol Zoo on 27th September.
Gurr Illustration contributes to Kukeña’s upkeep through the zoo’s virtual adoption scheme, http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/adoptions
Portrait of Nathan Oliveira
I drew this directly in ink without any pencil underdrawing and remember feeling distinctly nervous! It was done exactly a year ago, one of 24 daily portraits of artists with December birthdays. It’s now owned by Alison Sampson, whose blog Space In Text I thoroughly recommend.
The best places I found to see Oliveira’s art were here and here.