Tuesday was the official release date of the Australian Bush Babies II stamps featuring the illustrations I did for the Australian Bush Babies II silver coins. The original Australian Bush Babies coin series began back in 2009 and Australia Post enjoyed the illustrations so much…
Another super busy month with releases! This platypus coin is the the fourth release in the Bush Babies II silver coin series I designed and illustrated for The Perth Mint. There is one more release in this series, the wombat, which I think is due…
I was recently commissioned by the friendly folk at Gold Stackers to create a design for a silver round based on the “buffalo nickel” (aka “indian head nickel”) designed by James Earle Fraser in 1913. Gold Stackers has initiated the production of silver rounds featuring the currency…
It’s a busy month with coin releases. In addition to the griffin coin, the next coin in the Australian Bush Babies II coin series has been released. The series started off with the kookaburra, followed by the possum and now the third coin has been released, which features…
I have just updated my portfolio with a new illustration of some happy cows in a field for Rock Ridge Dairy; a family owned farm located in Alberta, Canada. I was contacted by Amplomedia (a motion graphics company) to collaborate on a milk carton label as…
Wow! What a wonderful result. The auction for the Mali in the City event was held last Thursday with an amazing display of painted elephants and generosity from bidders. The whole event raised over $450,000 which will go towards the conservation efforts of the Melbourne…
This big night is fast approaching! The one and only chance for people to claim one of the 50 elephants painted for the Mali in the City event. Both of my painted elephants “Elephantasy” and “Here Today…” along with the 48 others will be auctioned…
The second coin in the Australian Bush Babies II coin series has been released by The Perth Mint! The coin features a possum surrounded by native Australian flora. This is probably my personal favourite of the set because I think possums are great. I have a couple of…
I ordered these postcards about two weeks ago from Zazzle to send to old clients and introduce myself to new ones. They arrived on Friday so I’ve been busily writing addresses over the weekend. Prepare for some blatant plugging here, but the quality and colours turned out great…
The Cafe Kidz activity packs I posted on the blog back in July have been produced and Robyn from Cafe Kidz kindly sent me some samples! I illustrated the sticker sheets and the sticker backgrounds, which you can see on their own in the third image.…
Four coins of the apocalypseThe coin design and manufacturing process can take…
Painted Malis revealed at MyerFour painted Malis were unveiled today in the…
Two week Diablo III sculpture challengeThis is the reason for my late posts…Copyright © Elise Martinson 2013 All rights reserved
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