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Hiya!
How are you? :heart:
I've been away for a while because I've been very busy with my last book: Hansel and Gretel, it will be released for iPad and iPhone (and soon for Android as well) and it took me a lot of time (25 illustrations! O_O) but I had so much fun experimenting a new character design and trying to use just patterns and no textures in every single illustration.
Here you can find some of my best illustrations from this book: www.behance.net/gallery/Hansel…


:holly: :rudolph: My holidays are quite sad this year, my dog is passing away and I know I will miss him very much; he's almost 15 and I've assisted to his birth in May 22d 1997.
Anyway I'm trying to be positive: I would love to have another dog and...a cat! I've never had a cat and I need one :heart:
I hope your holidays could be more cheerful  ^ ^
:xmas:



I've chosen some important words in my Xmas/Holidays message this year. I think family is the one you choose: partners and friends. And pets of course :)

I'm starting another book within a week and I'm so excited. This year I've worked on six books!!! Plus other little works (posters, flyers and magazine covers). This has been a very positive year for my profession.
I hope 2012 can be even better ^^

This work is VERY HARD and you have to think the better you can and you need the courage to try, you need to be self confident sometimes... I love this work, it takes the bigger part of my time :)

:deviation: I received some notes from people asking for prints: I don't have prints on dA anymore; anyway you can buy almost all of my prints on my ETSY SHOP and also ask for a print you cannot find, just send me a message here or on Etsy mail:
www.etsy.com/shop/mairimart

www.etsy.com/shop/mairimart

I also made some whimsical bookmarks with glitters and beads, you can find them there! :)

:deviation: If you are interested in some products featuring my illustrations, instead, I have a Zazzle Shop, you can also ask for a product with a drawing you like and you cannot find in the shop, just send me an email or a private message,a note ^^ you just need to drop a line and I always reply (mostly via email, I mean, my email replies are always faster because I check my email address daily from my smartphone)
www.zazzle.com/mairim_art

www.zazzle.com/mairim_art


Other news?
Yay! My illustration about "Privacy"  (here you can find the full story) has been selected for Tapirulan international exhibit and Catalogue 2012!
mairimart.blogspot.com/2011/12…

Well... I think it's all... ^^

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My first giveaway!
You're nearly 1000 on my page and when it will count 1000 fans I will start a giveway with jewel bookmarks and a set of 5 illustrations by me (A4 format). The winner will choose between two sets:

THE SECRET GARDEN  SET



THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES  SET




MY PAGE --->  www.facebook.com/pages/MairimA…

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It's a sunny fall day here in Milan and I was having my hot chocolate for breakfast when :iconclaudia-sg: wrote on my FB wall to tell me "did you see, you got your 2d DD!"
And I was like "what?! when?! O_O"

Alice in the moonlight by mairimart

This illustration is quite old but I still like it very much. I can see all its imperfections after all this time (and believe when I say "all this time", one year is a lot of time for an illustrator, speaking on style) but still I can see all its qualities so I'm very proud of this image.

Thank you to :iconminato-kushina: and :iconalexandrasalas: :hug:

I wish you a super cute weekend :D

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I'm joining a contest .. if you love my artwork

Countess of Castiglione by mairimart


please vote for me! :)


Link---> www.cagliostrino.com/wp-conten…
You just need to click "Like" under the picture.

thank you :heart: :heart:

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This is officially the first day of autumn here in Milan.
I was going out with my boyfriend to eat a pizza after a very busy week but after 20 minutes it was raining cats and dogs so we came back home, my feet were cold and my socks totally wet :(

Anyway...this is a very particular period to me... I'm having several health issues but I'm also starting new therapies so I'm quieter because I know I'm finding a cure :)

Autumn is a very special season, isn't it?
I don't know why, maybe because when I was at school, september was the moment of the year in which I started thinking about new goals and projects. Nothing changed: when summer ends I start thinking about new things to do.
I've worked hard during the summer to draw 3 interactive books and I'm starting another one (yesterday I've received the fourth text and I like it! it's a story from Arabian Nights) and I'm working a lot on new style solutions, such as new vintage atmospheres. I'm about to buy a fairytale book printed in 1863. I've already love it as it was here in my hands :heart: Anyway, I'm studying the old victorian illustrators and I love that look, warm colors and light tones.
These studies influenced my latest works.


These illustrations from "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett are my experiment for Bologna Children Book Fair 2012.

The Secret Garden Print Set by mairimart

Other misc. news:

- I'm thinking about working in a studio, outside home. I need to wake up early, take a shower and run to take my train to the studio, and I need to finish the working day after 6-7 p.m. When you work from home you NEVER come to an end. I usually quit working at 3 a.m and this bad habit is driving me crazy and it's terribly unealthy. I mean, I love drawing in the middle of the night, with silence and peace, but my body is giving up so I have to do something good for me. I'm not 15 anymore. I'm turning 28.
- I've deleted all my prints on DeviantArt. Please don't be mad but I feel it's quite fair. My prints are available in different sizes on my Shop on Etsy, here: www.etsy.com/shop/mairimart?re… where I'm also uploading new paper goods everyday such as bookmarks in different size and qualities; I've also created a Mini Collection of bookmarks with a handmade jewel by me :) www.etsy.com/shop/mairimart?se…

If you'd love a small print that is not in the shop yet, just ask. I will be glad to print what you love :)

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