Ali J Art & Illustration

Media - Shopgirl & Giftwrap Magazines

I had a few bits and pieces in the media the past few weeks.

Firstly - ShopGirl.   A new Australian magazine for "tweens" advertising clothes etc.

Secondly - Giftwrap Magazine.  A magazine distributed to gift & homeware stores across Australia.  I was absolutely blown away that they did a full half page spread of my work.  Exciting!

For those of you who aren't aware I've now been wholesaling my products since September/October last year.  It has been a great experience, teaching me a lot about the retail world.  Next year the business will be expanded in regards to this and the plan is to start doing trade shows which will be a lot of fun!

Russh Magazine and General Pants

Thanks to winning season one of the Bubble at General Pants I had one of my peices printed in the November 2008 edition of Russh Magazine.  

I love, love, love Russh!  Having my work printed in it in my world is the equivalent of meeting someone from Star Trek!!  (That is a good thing!)





The full page spread.  I love how this peice pops straight off the page.

A close up detail.

Frankie Love

I love Frankie Magazine.  I've been an eager subscriber since about Issue 8 when I first read it.  They have cool fashion shoots, have pages on people who collect things, feature upcoming artists/illustrators, have random stories and great givewaways.

So I was absolutely tickled red to be asked if I wanted a little feature & to do a giveaway in their latest issue.  Of course - how could I say no?
 

Then the boy came home from work today, and he barely made it through the front door before he blurted "Did you know you were in the paper?"

I had no idea, and had a very blank look on my face but I was intrigued by the information.  He flipped open the recent issue of Xpress magazine to find my work gracing its pages in relation to an upcoming Market.

Is it weird that when he says to me 'you' I automatically think of my illustrations rather then an actual picture of me?  Sometimes I don't know if the characters I draw are based on imaginary figures or if they represent who I see myself as/could be/might be.

One thing I do know, they have rosier cheeks, are more fashionable in their clothing and have way cooler hair!!!

Summer Soft Serve

Issue  7 of Thread Magazine was released today.  Thread Magazine is based in Perth and the theme for this issue is "Summer Soft Serve".  I was very excited to be commissioned to create three new illustrations that tied in with the theme.

You can visit the magazine here -

and introducing my newest illustrations!

"Neopolitan Delight"

"9 Scoops Of Summer"

"Twinpole"