Happy Friday illustrator friends. Here are some further details about Night of 1000 Drawings. Anyone and everyone should and can get involved. Click on over to BizCommunity for their article on these good guys. Draw anything, with anything, on anything. 

We are so excited about this (you have no idea!) The awesome guys at 1000 Drawings will be hosting a Joburg event this year (hooray!). Whether you fancy yourself an illustrator, doodler or any kind of image maker (telephone doodles included - is that still around? Ask your mom!); 1000 Drawings hosts an evening where 1000s of drawings get submitted (for free) and get sold for a reasonable amount and proceeds go to charity. High 5s! For more details, although limited, stroll on over to the 1000 Drawings page.
Love Mary J will most definitely have a presence at the event. Keep a look out!

I had such a lovely time meeting the winners of the Hello Pretty Pet Portraiture competition
(both named Taryn).Turns out we have a a few aspects in common, Grace the Boston Terriers mom is a graphic designer (just like me) and we have gone through the same ups and downs in our career but have both found our way to finding happiness. Taryn even has her own company now called Tica Design (I love the colours and layout). Oh, and I got to meet Grace. She has so much energy and I reckon she has ADD!
Levi the Bulldogs mom has a partner that owns an ad agency called Straight Twisted (website under construction) and we share mutual friends. Loved meeting them both!

Here are the illustrations that got hand delivered to each of the winners.
Happiness and hearts all round <3

hello ya'll

im having a sale with the  good guys hello pretty on my pet portraiture item for a limited time.
be sure not to miss out and spread the word. hooray hooray!

(for more info or customisation contact me on hellomaryj @ gmail.com)

xoxox

geometric rush
pen & gauche on textured watercolour paper with gold detail • purchase on hello pretty

hello sailor

pen & gauche on textured watercolour paper with gold detail • purchase on hello pretty

native american hair

pen & gauche on textured watercolour paper with gold detail • purchase @ hellomaryj(at)gmail.com

flash flash

pen & gauche on textured watercolour paper with gold detail • purchase on hello pretty

hello pretties.

since there was a huge response to our competition with Hello Pretty, we have gone ahead and decided to spread some more love by choosing another winner who will get their pet illustrated. we realise that photo likes can sometimes be frustrating for some, plus the photos submitted were too cute not to resist another winner independently.

Our lucky winner is Grace the Boston Terrior from Taryn Campbell-Allwright:

A big thank you to Nicole Raffle, our original winner with Hello Pretty who was so kind to donate her prize to Taryn De Lacy, who has just recently lost her bulldog, Levi. So very kind-hearted.
Thank you for spreading so much love.