Manda Tarr Illustration

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Blue Mole Rat Plush Buddy

Naked Mole Rat Plush Buddy in Blue
Materials: Fleece, Cotton, Felt, Safety Eye, Embroidery Thread, Polyfil
Size: About 11 Inches Tall

Here is a sneak peek at my new collection of plush creations. This whimsical mole rat it both hand and machine stitched, with hand embroidered details. He is lovable and squish-able! I will be posting more photos and additional pieces from the collection in a week or two. Please be sure to check back soon, and thanks for looking!

Monday, August 29, 2011

Art Plush Creations: New Paisley Fawn Line

It's been quiet in this blog lately! Here are my newest art creations. The little guys above are called "Smudges" and the bigger creatures with two arms are called Quazipods. All are designed and created by me, featuring bright eco-felt and hand embroidery. If you are interested in adopting any of these sweet little beings, I just opened up my etsy store here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/paisleyfawn?ref=pr_shop_more

I haven't posted a blog post on this blog in.... a long time because I have been focusing all energies on my other website: www.paisleyfawn.com In the future, I will be updating this blog here and there with major updates, but for the most part I am using the blog section on my other site. Please make sure to update your bookmarks, and I look forward to seeing you at the new site!

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

The Paisley Fawn: New Site

I am happy to announce that my

new website has launched:

http://paisleyfawn.com/

Be sure to check it out my new site for brand new

artwork, events, plush creatures, and more!

I must admit, I will miss this blog.

It's been a lot of fun over the past 4 years...

WOW... I cannot believe it's been 4 years already!

But, the new site is still me, still my artwork, and I look forward to this new chapter.

I hope you will follow me there!

Love,

Manda

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Sketchbook Project: "Below the Surface"

A few months ago I signed up for a nifty art project called "The Sketchbook Project" through Art House Co-Op. For those of you not familiar, artists from all over the world signed up for a theme and recieved a sketchbook. From there, it was up to them to fill up it's pages with beautiful art. Then the finished books get mailed back and go on tour across the USA!

Here is a short video project I made showcasing my sketchbook:

I chose "Below the Surface" as my theme (choosing mostly bacteria/microbes as subject matter). I loved the challenge of completing the ENTIRE book, keeping each page unique/interesting/bizarre.

A lot of artist's chose to re-bind their book, but I rather liked how the paper took so smoothly to my micron pens. It is a sketchbook, after all, not necessarily finished pieces, so I decided to keep it in the style of my other sketchbooks.
Just pen and ink (I did do acrylic painting on the cover though)!

The paper really was a bit thin for painting on, BUT I am using all of the illustrations inside for other finished pieces, which will be up shortly. Nothing like a deadline to get a bunch of great ideas flowing. I cannot wait for the show to come to Orlando, FL so that I can see my book again... as well as all of the other amazingly talented artists' works ♥

This weekend I will be posting the rest of my pages, so be sure to check back soon!

* The Paisley Fawn website will be up shortly as well! I have been building a wordpress blog specifically for all things Paisley Fawn. So far, so good! Will write a short blog when it's up.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Paisley Fawn @ 2010 Atomic Holiday Bazaar

This weekend I had a blast working the 2010 Atomic Holiday Bazaar here in Sarasota. The atmosphere was lively, the customers were cheerful, and creative minds were lined up down every aisle, tables bursting with awesome products. Top it all off with great music and the day was complete! Thanks, Adrien, for making this such a fun and successful show!

I enjoyed meeting all of you that came up to my table and said hello, and BIG thanks to the people who adopted some of my creatures! My little creations are sure to be loving their new families very much ♥

Here Are A Few Photo's from the show:

To see the rest of the photos from visit my Flickr Album:

www.flickr.com/mandatarr

Sweetie Dew Drop

Christmas Tree display with laminated

color illustrations on watercolor paper

Much thanks to Amy of Lucas Bags for this beautifully cute

retro-styled bunny acquired in an art trade :)

He loves his new home up high in my art studio ♥

Look! A whale pincushion made out of a vintage ceramic planter!
I absolutely love the fact that he is cute AND functional.
Created by: Kim Taylor of The Sassy Crafter !
It was so great to meet Kim. She has a lot of other cool items,
so be sure to check her out!

I also had the pleasure of talking with Carissa Paige,
another Florida artist with some amazing works!

Her pieces are beautifully girly and simply gorgeous!

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Paisely Moose! Wow... 100th Blog Post!

This whimsical little guy is part of my new animal series playing with color, texture, pattern, and creature design. More of this series will be coming very soon!

Mini Announcement:

It's hard to believe, but this is my 100th blog post! I was going to do a montage of 100 never-before-seen creature designs... and I'm up to about 95 of them in my new sketchbook.... just 5 shy! So Instead I decided to share one of the pieces in my new animal pattern series. I hope you like it!

I am happy to announce that my

new website has launched:

http://paisleyfawn.com/

Friday, November 26, 2010

Project Snippet: Plush Creatures

These hand-made plush creatures are a small snippet of a new project I've been working on the past few weeks. I will post more photos as soon as I can! In the mean time, I hope you enjoy them.

I really love creating these characters and cannot wait to share the rest of these little guys with you soon. Happy Thanksgiving!

I am happy to announce that my

new website has launched:

http://paisleyfawn.com/

Monday, November 1, 2010

Sarasota International Chalk Festival 2010

Title: "Trick-Or-Eat!!"
Show: Sarasota Chalk Festival 2010
Prize: Best Use of Bright Colors

This weekend I participated in the 3rd annual Sarasota Chalk Festival, which was the first international street painting festival in the United States. It was an amazing experience and a real honor to be working along world famous artists such as Edgar Mueller, Tracy Lee Stum, Leon Keer, and many many more!

All cleaned up after finishing the piece.

I re-created a 10' x 8' vibrantly colored chalk version of my original "Trick-Or-Eat!!" illustration that I made specifically for the festival. I did a free-style painting based off of the previously created design, which means I did not use any grids or transfer methods to get my drawing on the pavement. It was done completely free-handed! This was my first time ever doing a street painting, and I loved it so much that I want to do it again... and again, and again!

It was such a wonderful experience. Live music, live performance street painting, good company, talented artists, great food, and a beautiful rain-free weekend! I want to thank my wonderful husband for staying out with me both days, and my friends and family that were able to come down and hang out with me! Also a BIG thanks to Hatch and Rob for taking so many beautiful photos for me.

Chalk Detail

Adding a title and finishing touches.

These adorable little girls wanted to pose next to my piece.

I'm so glad you liked it!

DIRTY gross artist feet covered in chalk!

My feet are usually cleaner than this, I swear!

Covered in chalk and having fun!

The small remainder of my promotional materials!

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Danger: Trick-Or-Eat!!!

"Trick-Or-Eat!!!!"

Medium: Hand Drawn + Digital Coloring

This piece is part of an upcoming Halloween project! I will write more about it in a few weeks. In the mean time, I hope that your October is much safer than these unfortunate trick-or-treaters!