ACEO Details

"Octo"

"Pinky"

"Surly"

"Robin"

"Crackers"

"Tubby"

"Flutter"

"Kiwibird"

"Terry"

ACEO's

See I did get busy and started making a dint in the pile of cards. I am still deciding whether or not to put them in the shop or not? What do you think? I'd rather just swap them with someone, anyone keen? Sorry for the quality of photos, we are well into winter here which means I don't get to see the sun until August. I go to work in the dark and come home in the dark and I am well and truly over it. So no good photos until then, unless I actually remember to take them in the weekend (that is unless the rain is pouring down, which it usually is. Getting washing dry is a nightmare, don't even get me started!)

Cutting, cutting, cutting...

I've spent a good deal of this afternoon cutting up some matt board offcuts I got from my local framer, for use as ACEO's. I now have enough little cards of varying colours to last me a good while. Best I get drawing then eh?

And speaking of the shop...

I also found this cute little frame for photographing my new ACEO's. I think it is easier to see them in situ so this was just perfect. I may even have to frame a few new ones.

Two Little ACEO's

Finally a photo of the little original ACEO's I've made. I have been waiting for some decent lighting but there seems to be little chance of that happening some (winter has definitely taken its hold) so this will have to do for now. "Octo" and "Tubby", both a hand drawn in pencil on a nice mid-blue matt board.

Itty Bitty

Yesterday I found a really great book of old nature illustrations, courtesy of Cherry Fields, Artforms of Nature by Ernst Haeckel (available here) which is now in the public domain and can be used in your own artwork. Which is brilliant timing because I am about to receive a few little ACEO's in the post and have been making a little album to house them but I couldn't decide on what to put on the cover.

I just love this hummingbird illustration and printed it, doublesided, onto really thick silver metallic card. The photos don't do it justice, but the birds really shimmer.

The back is printed as well, with the bottom half of the illustration.

And the inside pages are really thick black card with enough space to house 96 ACEO's. Now I can't wait to fill it up with them. Let me know if you want swap an ACEO with me as I have been making a few originals and limited editions during the long weekend.