Kristyna Litten

Give us a twirl

2012-01-27T16:22:00.001Z

Something a little more grown up for this weeks illustration friday!

Fennel the fox

2012-01-09T17:14:00.000Z

-Fennel The Fox In A Field Full Of Flowers-

All belly!

2011-12-30T14:13:00.000Z

The highlight of christmas has definitely been all the amazing food! But now I feel all belly, just like this dragon.

Happy Christmas Eve

2011-12-24T20:33:00.000Z

Giraffe

2011-12-15T10:09:00.001Z

I'm going letraset catalogue crazy at the moment- going loads of little collages. Will post more soon.

Separated

2011-12-13T09:37:00.000Z

A robot detached from his normal ridgid movements- doing the 'Robot Boogie'- 0000001000000100000011111...... ah memories!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1BdQcJ2ZYY

Bert

2011-11-29T09:48:00.001Z

Bert was a master of disguise,

he'd wear wigs or glasses over his eyes.

Vanity

2011-11-20T14:31:00.001Z

Fairy Godmother

2011-11-09T10:29:00.000Z

Wolf Girl

2011-10-26T10:02:00.002+01:00

Shuzies

2011-10-23T12:27:00.001+01:00

Click to enlarge

I used to love drawing shoes when I was little, designing my own shoes and making a catalogue which I'd make my mum look through. Drawing shoes is something I've not done in ages so I had a bit of fun yesterday.

Ladies

2011-09-05T13:11:00.000+01:00

Winston

2011-08-30T16:51:00.002+01:00

Here is Winston (the Wolf) of course. I'm hoping he will feature in this weeks rhyme.

There once was a fennec named Frederick

2011-08-25T20:01:00.004+01:00

So there once was a fennec named Frederick,

Who liked to find tasty things to lick.

Flapjacks and honey nut loops,

toffee apples and chocolate soups.

But it's not healthy to only have things sweet,

for a good diet you also need meat.

I need savoury and sweet thought Frederick that day,

Then I can teach other fennecs the way.

Fairy buns and strudels are fine sometimes,

but I could help others in the form of my rhymes.

Listen up! Bob, Harris and Mary!

We can eat cake but we also need dairy.

We need veg, meat and also fish,

together we can make a real tasty dish.

Frederick sang and rapped throughout town,

and the fennec's faces turned to a smile from a frown.

After a pint or more of ginger beer,

Frederick had another fantastic idea!

If only there were a way to combine savoury and sweet

I would only need two eggs to beat....

A sweet Pancake with a meaty,veggie filling would really hit the spot.

Steak, asparagus and a sprinkle of sugar was the lot.

So the fennecs ate pancakes from then on,

and all because of Frederick's Song.

-The End-

So I might make this a weekly thing, if I remember. I'm no poet but its a little fun thing I try to do each day. I did have a drawing of a rapping fennec but he got the cut, sadly.

Farmer Fox

2011-08-21T17:46:00.003+01:00

Farmer fox before he was sadly cut from the Chickens Can't see in the dark extravaganza! He looks suspiciously like Flint the fox yet with less dapper clothing.

Oscar

2011-08-16T09:39:00.002+01:00

He is Oscar the llama, who likes eating flowers. He's been lost for a while, but I just found him on my USB. Happy days! He makes me smile.

Character Development

2011-07-18T11:27:00.003+01:00

School Play- Gestures

2011-07-16T13:38:00.003+01:00

I few sketches I've been doing at the moment around a story i'm thinking about at the moment. But I thought it also fitted well to this weeks 'gesture' topic.

Alien and Dog

2011-07-09T12:23:00.001+01:00

countryside

2011-06-03T13:12:00.001+01:00

Its days like today were I wish I was biking through the countryside.

The Royal Wedding

2011-04-28T14:54:00.002+01:00

I can't help but get a little caught up in all the hype about William and Kate's wedding and I wish them the best of luck tomorrow.

Bicycle

2011-04-26T12:59:00.002+01:00

Happy Easter

2011-04-25T19:35:00.002+01:00

I'm rather late with any the easter wishes and related imagery, but due to the amazing weather I couldn't help but to sit outside, product of which is this quite detailed (yet crude at the same time) map of my garden. Which I then made into a treasure map easter egg hunt along side rhyming riddles for my nephew and nieces. Kept them amused for quite a few hours.

Birds to bird houses

2011-04-12T13:06:00.004+01:00

It was such a lovely weekend, that I decided from drawing birds last week I would jazz these bird boxes up a bit. Not sure what the birds will think of them though.

Beat that..! (duet)

2011-04-07T13:23:00.003+01:00

Fish, Flowers and....Insects

2011-04-06T13:13:00.002+01:00

Its been long since my last blog entry, so here we go. last week since finishing my picture book Chickens Can't See In The Dark for OUP, I have been alas getting on and writing my second book. Yet on the side I've set myself a little project to do some more serious grown up work, ( a break from trumpet playing hares and grumpy bears).

First Plant!

2011-03-09T10:33:00.003Z

I have no idea what type of plant this is, but in my excitement of it being the first plant in my room I thought I'd need to share this with you, in a drawing medium obviously. Its pretty ace and matches the unintentional red/orangey theme I seem to have going on in my office area at the moment.

Happy Month Of March!

2011-03-07T17:33:00.003Z

Resolutions

2011-01-05T12:17:00.005Z

so for this weeks Illustration friday- Resolutions I've gone down the route of instruments and maybe learning how to play something before getting older.

Mail

2010-12-17T15:11:00.002Z

Here's a sketch a did a while back but thought appropriate for this weeks word.

Snow= Snowman Times

2010-11-29T09:06:00.005Z

So when it snows this much, I couldn't miss the opportunity to make a good snowman. With the aid of someone who is over 6 foot this beast of a snowman has come to life.

Owls owls owls!!!

2010-11-26T19:03:00.001Z

Fennec

2010-11-26T12:53:00.003Z

So I've recently discovered a real love for fennecs, and here's my first and hopefully not the last drawing of a fennec. I'm there's a story to come of of this.

A Morning Painting

2010-11-11T17:42:00.005Z

So this morn I woke up with an urge to paint, he is a lion looking pretty proud of himself...
a rather large red dog. With a bow tie and glasses of course and....
a fox on a bicycle. I have no use for them at the moment but I'm sure they could inspire some book characters. Enjoy!

West Bow

2010-11-09T12:10:00.002Z

I've been missing a bit of Edinburgh lately and I drew this a few weeks ago, so here we go.

Transportation

2010-10-13T16:43:00.002+01:00

I'm back and with a quick brand new illo for this weeks Illustration word. Saw this old cracked water tank whilst I was away on holiday and thought it had to be used for something... possibly a form of transport or hide away for monsters. Monsters are not something I usually draw but it was actually quite fun. Hope you like!

Feeling Bookish

2010-09-23T10:22:00.005+01:00

Hello, it's been quite a while since my last blogging session, but here we go. I'll start with some exciting news. My "Feeling Bookish entry" will be featuring in the forthcoming 7th edition of Uppercase, which is one of these below! I will post more photo's once I have a copy.
The magazine is widely available all over the US and Canada and Europe, and in Magma Books and Pedlars in the Uk. But can also be purchased online!!! and here's a little money saving tip, if you enter the code "bookish" you will get 10% of your order.

Chairs, Chairs, Chairs!!!!

2010-08-25T21:48:00.002+01:00

A little pattern of chairs which i hope to do something with.

Flint's restyling

2010-08-23T22:37:00.003+01:00

Reworking some old ideas and restyling Flint into a tad more dapper style fox. This is one of my ideas so far. He's possibly missing a little something, but it's coming along. By the way I'm not proud of the photoshop grass- for the purpose of a rough only!

Playtime trade show

2010-08-16T20:54:00.002+01:00

After featuring as Small magazines Small illustrator this spring, Small Magazine decided to use my black and white colouring bear for a promotional postcard at the Playtime Trade fair in New York, and will soon feature in their new colouring book.

Donkey tandem

2010-08-13T22:11:00.003+01:00

Here is a little i've been working on at the moment for a sumer quiz. The question this illustration relates to is- Donkey rides at seaside resorts became very popular in Victorian times, and children can still enjoy a ride on some beaches in the UK. But what are the correct names for the male and female donkey?

a) A John and a Jackie

b) A Joe and a Jessie

c) A Jack and a Jenny

Sisters

2010-08-12T10:15:00.003+01:00

So I need to hand in some roughs today, but its getting to the last few which really uninspiring me. Therefore instead i've been drawing people, here are a few! and now I shall crack on.

No longer Caged

2010-08-10T18:16:00.003+01:00

This is an image I did a while back for the book Pigeon fancier, for the saughton stories series

Double- Spot the Difference

2010-07-23T20:27:00.003+01:00

Two twins, but can you spot some of their subtle and some of their obvious differences. There are 5 differences in total.

Smoking Lemur

2010-07-17T20:16:00.003+01:00

So since being to the zoo, I've been sketching a lot of lemurs and this one seemed to just appear on the page. A some what 20's gangster looking lemur, but a lemur none the less.

Carrot breakfast

2010-07-16T18:01:00.004+01:00

This is a spread from my book Chickens Can see in the Dark, and this is chuck who decides that to see in the dark he will eat carrot based food all week long. Breakfast, lunch and dinner. carrot cookies, carrot sundae, carrot cake etc

Brand New Work

2010-07-15T13:53:00.003+01:00

My website has just been revitalized, some of the old work has gone and brand new work is up. So please have a little browse and let me know what you think.

Isac and Rachel Lillie

2010-07-13T10:25:00.005+01:00

Firstly i would like to say a massive congratulations to Rachel lillie for her well deserved winning entry to this years AOI competition to design a poster highlighting the benefits of cycling around london. There is lots of beautiful work on her website, but this is definitely one of my favorites and I can't wait to see her work around London when I'm down next week. Big well done!!
On to a little of my own work. In between doing a little work I've also been trying to sort out portfolio and website stuff. Along the way I found Isac, from my short book Inky who has served his time on my website, and will soon be replaced by more recent work.

Ampersand

2010-07-09T19:04:00.005+01:00

I recently took part in a collaborative edition of a publication called Ampersand. The magazine is a new publication showcasing and celebrating a collection of design. Featuring illustration, graphic design and photography.
Edition one features a collaborative project. Where the featured artists have pooled together to create a final design piece- The Ampersand Collective
It was a fun project to work on, and features some great fellow creatives including the lovely Sophie Warden, Mr Owl, David Gallety, Menna Jenkins, and most of all Matt Ellwood- Editor and art Director.

Zoo Times

2010-07-08T15:17:00.003+01:00

I had a lovely day at the zoo the other day, think the lemurs and monkeys were my favorites, but i was rather disappointed when I didn't find any big cats, so here is a jaguar to fulfill my zoo experience.

Dailies

2010-06-13T14:00:00.002+01:00

I was grateful to be asked to do a photographed dairy of a day in the life of me for the fantastic Design For Mankind. I did this a while back, but with Erins busy life the article was blogged yesterday. Read the whole article here. And check out the rest of her blog it is packed with inspirational goodies.

Rrrrrraahhhh

2010-06-07T22:52:00.000+01:00

Thats right its a lion! no more to be said... good night!

Nicola O'Byrne

2010-06-07T19:07:00.003+01:00

Nicky has a great range of work, most of which can be seen on her website. My particular favourite is this series of images from a picture book about fishing, as I'm drawn to the limited palette.
One of nicky's favourite places to draw are in coffee shops and she has collated a collection of lovely observational drawings in a handmade book which will be exhibited at the Edinburgh College of Art from this Thursday to the 21st of June.

Vangeli

2010-06-05T19:29:00.006+01:00

We've had buildings and birds, so next comes the work of Vangeli Moschopoulos which can be viewed here on the illustration 2010 website. Vangeli's work brings us a great combination of screenprinting and woodcut print methods. Vangeli has really developed his style this year and his method of working is extremely important to him. There is great concept in his work and he has developed a strong eye for composition, as his love for graphic deign and poster design has grown.
These are the 3 posters exhibited at the show and follow the theme of resistance.

Menna Jenkins

2010-06-04T17:49:00.005+01:00

The second of my fantastic illustrative peers is the wonderful Menna Jenkins. Other than having a passion for gouache paints and mechanical pencils, her final major project named Faded Glory has really illustrated that she is rather fond of drawing buildings to. See more of her work here
This photograph shows her exhibition space, with paintings models and books Menna really demonstrates a clear direction for her work. A big well done!!

Sophie Warden

2010-06-03T17:53:00.004+01:00

The beginning of the degree show approaching (Thursday 9th of June) to be exact, I have decided to show you a selection a the great work which will be featured. Firstly the lovely Sophie Warden.
Sophie's way of capturing detail through her drawing, make birds a perfect subject. She is great at recreating the character and behavior of the species. Her birds are my favourite around town.
If you would like to see more of sophie's beautiful drawings, prints and sketches just have a look on her website. Just to make a point Sophie doesn't just draw birds, her drawings of people are amazing to.

Chickens Can See In The Dark

2010-06-03T08:24:00.004+01:00

A finished this a while back, but here is my finished book, which I am delighted to d=say was high commended by macmillan, and my chicken model of my main character- Chuck.

Leo

2010-05-26T22:32:00.005+01:00

I've recently been pretty rubbish at the whole blogging thing, but I'm getting back on it and here is a little something I've just done on a series of horoscope illustrations. Being a leo myself here is my leo illustration.

Election

2010-05-09T18:06:00.003+01:00

Inspired by the election, I did an image/ editorial to reflect that so many voters where still so unsure about who to vote for even when they were queuing at the polling stations.

Reading Your Dog

2010-05-05T10:24:00.005+01:00

Editorial about about how to read your dogs signs of behaviour, and not treating them the same as humans. This dogs impression is " knife and fork- Bolognese!!- Are you kidding!" I kind of prefer the original drawing, but it needed some colour.

I wish I could do this

2010-05-03T22:50:00.003+01:00

With all the boring stuff left to do before my hand in, like statements and cv's, I wish I had the ability to do it all while I was a sleep, and i would wake up with it all done. So i could spend the day drawing nice things. This is a great little piece of work by Jean Julian, and it sums up how I feel right now.

Lost treasures

2010-04-30T15:56:00.003+01:00

In the process of going through all my drawings/ photos etc in preparation for my hand in, I found these two amazing photos of two lovely people of which i seem to have tampered slightly, but I kind of like them.

Art exchange

2010-04-26T08:48:00.004+01:00

I recently took part in an art exchange and here are some goodies I've got so far. 2 great prints from the Cloud Commission based in Newcastle. A mini zine and some lovely drawings by Sanna Dyker A beautiful handmade brooch by Kathleen at Murgatroyd and Bean and ring by Beth Dawson. Thanks Guys.

Shop Now set up!

2010-04-24T00:59:00.005+01:00

I now have a shop!!!, it's rather modest right now and needs a bit of a redesign but it's a shop none the less. So don't hesitate to have a browse around the vast variety I have to offer, Or give me suggestion of what I should put up. just click here

forest

2010-04-20T15:09:00.002+01:00

My desk looks like a forest at the moment, full of little trees which links to one of my children's books at the moment. My love for trees is growing.

Tree time

2010-04-14T23:35:00.003+01:00

Like a family tree, all the branches are 'Linked'.

Pattern Design

2010-03-25T14:55:00.004Z

This is a fabric sample of chicken feathers I designed and printed a few weeks back now, for costume designer Lizzie Povey. Next week proper print will start and will be used as the feature neck piece for Fantastic Mr Fox, ready for the ECA fashion show in May.

Massive Carrot Feast

2010-03-18T16:48:00.003Z

That's right, more chickens... Shocker! I do draw other things honestly, but it's rather turned into an obsession. That and carrots. Next post I promise no relation to either.

60 Minute Zine

2010-03-11T11:30:00.003Z

working solidly on my childrens book is rather tiresome. So yesterday I set myself a challenge to create a zine from pencil to print in an hour, and here is the product of just that. More of this zine can be seen on my flickr. Hopefully I will make a small collection of these.

overload

2010-03-10T11:29:00.003Z

I haven't posted anything in a while, feeling a bit like this picture; surrounded with work rather than carrots though. On a more positive note I am feeling busy, but happy. Getting well on with my children's book. This is the character for this book, he is rather a brave character. Here he has 'stolen' as many carrots as he can from the nearby carrot farm.

Life drawing

2010-03-04T17:38:00.004Z

Life drawing is not a strong point of mine, however as I have nothing as yet to post picture book wise, here we go... today i had a go with the acrylics. Sorry for the rather bad photographic reproduction.

Small Magazine

2010-03-01T15:07:00.005Z

I was chosen to feature in the spring issue of Small Magazine as their 13th 'Small Draw' artist, along side Gemma Correll, who has done the illustrations for this issue. Small is a great online magazine dedicated to design, art, and photography all for little people. See more of my featured work and the rest of the magazine here. By going to 'small draw', you can download this issues colouring in image. Drawn by me. Its a great magazine so you should check it out.

Character modeling

2010-02-23T11:42:00.002Z

Taking a break from drawing, and this was the result. I also hope to make a cuddly toy, with fabric that I have designed and screenprinted in the not so distant future.

Dahma Died Without a Fuss

2010-02-19T00:08:00.003Z

Image for text collaboration with Rahul Panda. This was for a project between eca illustration students and post graduate creative writers from Edinburgh University. More work can be seen here.

For someone special

2010-02-14T22:00:00.003Z

Nonsense

2010-02-13T15:17:00.006Z

A small book of Edward Lear's Nonsense rhymes.

There Was an Old person Of Dutton....

2010-02-11T15:56:00.008Z

There was an old person of Dutton

who's head was so small as a button

so to make it look big he purchased a wig

and rapidly rushed about Dutton

One of the great rhymes by Edward Lear. This is the product of being stuck on actual work, and drawing the first thing that came to mind...hence the hilariously sized arm. But now I hope to make a small book of about nine or ten of similar drawings.

Muddy

2010-02-05T15:16:00.001Z

Focus- Carrots

2010-02-04T18:33:00.002Z

Chicken Hutches

2010-02-04T17:08:00.003Z

As part of development for my new book... long way to go.

Night Sky

2010-01-22T15:48:00.003Z

A piece of experimentation and how to create the sky at night for my book. This is done using a mixture of ink, pens and chalk pastels.

Chickens Can't See In the Dark

2010-01-19T23:01:00.001Z

A start to a new book, and to character development.

Toy Museum- Drawing Journal

2010-01-05T17:41:00.005Z

Milk Bear

2009-12-07T00:36:00.003Z

Another bear for the collection.

Bear and his Book

2009-12-02T19:36:00.002Z

Another drawing based on the great old toys I saw at the Toy museum in Newcastle. This was a definite favorite.

Trumpet Man

2009-11-26T01:29:00.001Z

An illustration of a toy car, influenced by my visit to the children's museum

Give me........

2009-11-25T20:21:00.003Z

... because I deserve it,
I'm finally feeling on top of the dissertation, and I really want to draw something.

Miroslav Sasek

2009-11-24T14:59:00.004Z

I have always been a big fan of Sasek's, and I particularly love his series of children's books about cities around the world. The image below is an ace image of Victoria street, one of my favorite streets in Edinburgh. I'm definately going to add some of these books to my Christmas wish list.

My annoying habit

2009-11-18T16:35:00.003Z

A model illustration based on my annoying habit of twisting mine and the boyf's hair when I'm all sleepy and content.

Massive Hair

2009-11-14T23:29:00.002Z

Unbalanced by massive hair.

First Book rough

2009-11-12T10:42:00.006Z

So this is how far on I am with my Atlas book Adaptation of Ryan Braunds animation, but there are many alterations to be made. For a sneaky peak at few of the other pages don't hesitate to have a look at my flickr.

Bearded man in a bath

2009-11-09T00:50:00.002Z

When life is a bit of a blur, after a bottle. Have a bath. This Bald, bearded man has. This scenario is inspired by words beginning with the letter B.

Skinny Long Dog

2009-10-31T11:33:00.002Z

A very quick illustration for illustration Fridays word, Skinny. But If time permits I will come back to this and spend more time on this.

Saughton Stories

2009-10-29T10:36:00.004Z

Saughton Stories is a collection of books illustrated by students from eca, and written by people who have spent time in HMP Edinburgh. Amongst the titles are “Advice”, illustrated by Hannah Rye, “The Pigeon Fancier”, illustrated by Kristyna Litten, “The Jumble Sales”, illustrated by Rick Thomas, “Methadone”, illustrated by Nicola O’Byrne and “Dialysis”, illustrated by Sophie Warden., and "Dear John", illustrated by Chuck Ban Chan.

Atlas Book

2009-10-21T22:04:00.003+01:00

As part of my dissertation I am looking at adaptation between animation/films and picture books, and have decided to make a picture book of my own based on a short animation. So this is a sneaky section of part of my book.

Dolls House

2009-10-20T11:19:00.005+01:00

Inspired by all of the Toy and Childhood museums I've been going to lately here is a wee drawing of a doll's house. Something which maybe the subject of obsessional drawing.

Stickers!

2009-10-19T11:28:00.004+01:00

I'm very excited to be the proud owner of these amazing Marc Boutavant stickers that I bought at the Seven Stories, a museum solely dedicated to children's story books.

Bert the Bear

2009-10-13T15:02:00.004+01:00

Bert and the flying Birds. Some development work for illustrations based around the alphabet.

Back to work

2009-09-29T09:54:00.007+01:00

So its back to college and my final year already feels like its disappearing beneath me, beginning the year with editorials. This editorial and the two complementary vignette images are for an article reviewing the book 'Tormented Hope: nine Hypochondriac lives', by Brian Dillion. This book includes people such as James Boswell, Charlotte Bronte and Charles Darwin. The image above is particularly relating to the story of Daniel Paul Schreber, a politician who went 'insane' , believed that god wanted him to change into a woman and that benidictine Monks had found themselves inside his head, amogst other things.

One of the hypochondriacs included Florence Nightingale, who often complained of her illnesses, often taking work to her bed for long periods of time. Three images done, just one to go, as well as the issue of printing.

zebra crossing

2009-09-25T14:35:00.003+01:00

A sketch done for the design of a Zebra crossing, for an editorial I am working on, also Zebra's are known for their pattern. Any suggestions for this would also be appreciated.