BUILT TO SPILL

I recently had the pleasure of designing a poster for Built To Spill's latest Australian tour by Feel Presents. Built to Spill are an American indie rock band that formed in the 90's and are touring their latest album, 'Untethered Moon'. I wanted to go with a comic book cover space theme. I always love to be able to combine my love of illustration and hand drawn type, and even better a space girl. Inspired by the lovely Jean Shrimpton.

Jean Shrimpton in a space suit.Richard Avedon. Harpers Bazaar 1965.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Here's something warm and fuzzy to say thanks for all support this year. Whether you commissioned me for work or bought something from the online shop. We loves ya!  Merry Christmas and happy holidays! Hope 2016 is a goodun!

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HOORAY MAGAZINE

I was excited to work on this front cover and interior illustrations for Hooray Magazine's Xmas edition. All summer fruits and cocktail fun. Bring on the holidays! Thanks Hooray and my Australian agent, Jacky Winter.

SHOWGIRL ORIGINALS SALE!

As promised I am selling a few showgirl originals over at Instagram. I will list them here first so you can see them in more detail, then post them for sale on Instagram. First to comment sold. More details on instagram @nerylwalker

All original artworks are A4 acrylic and pencil on brown craft paper or card. Hand signed. A4 size is 8.27 x 11.69 inches for US customers.

Priced at AUD$175 inc GST (for Aust customers) and including postage anywhere in the world. Payment via Paypal.

First one for sale will be listed tomorrow Thurs 3rd Dec at 12pm AEST.  I'm kicking off with this showgirl, Moulin Rouge.

Listed on Thurs 3rd Dec at 4pm AEST.

Listed on Fri 4th Dec at 12pm midday AEST.

Listed on Fri 4th Dec at 5pm midday AEST.

This is on brown craft paper (not card)

XMAS POP UP SHOP

The last pop up shop was so successful we have decided to do it again for Christmas!

I'm joining forces with four creative Melbourne folk, photographer Natalie Jeffcott, Bombora handplanes, homewares Sweeney Lee and Ena Products that is launching a range of hand made body products.

I will be selling prints and original artworks at reduced prices. There will also be screen printed tea towels, t shirts and copies of The Fashionable Cocktail book available for sale. Perfect stocking fillers!

Natalie Jeffcott will be selling her photographic prints plus prints by other international artist's including Gary Taxali, Lab Partners, Nate Williams and more.

Bombora Handplanes make hand crafted body surfing handplanes. Hand carved from sustainably grown Australian Paulownia timber. Old school retro styling and perfect for body surfing the waves this summer. 

Sweeney Lee make hand painted serving paddles on Acacia wood, 80 x 19cm. All unique. There will also be potted succulents in retro pottery for sale.

Ena Products is a luxury range of all natural body care products made by hand, using plant based ingredients and genuine essential oils. All gorgeously packaged and designed by Melbourne design studio, Ortolan.

Come down and say hi, support local and handmade products and get your Xmas present shopping sorted!

Cash only please!

ROMANCE WAS BORN

Loved the Romance Was Born's Bush Magic collection earlier in the year. I especially loved the make up and styling, all blue eyes and wattle in their hair. A salute to the Australian bush.

NEW PRINT IN STORE!

You can now find this limited edition giclee print, 'Call Me' in the shop. (How could I not get that Blondie reference in?) It's a little bit saucy and a lot pink.

Available in A3+ size (297 x 420mm) Printed on 300gsm natural Cotton Rag Art Paper using archival inks. 

Limited edition of 100. Each edition hand numbered and signed.

Perfect gift for your lover or for your personal boudoir.

POP UP ART SHOP- SAT 5th SEPT

Hello fellow Melbournites! 

I'm joining forces with Melbourne photographer Natalie Jeffcott and Melbourne artist Gemma Jones for a one day only pop up shop this Saturday.

We will be selling prints, photographs and original artwork. Natalie will also be selling prints by artist's Gary Taxali, Lab Partners, Nate Williams and more.

My prints will be at reduced prices. Original artworks, stickers, and cushions will also be available.

If you're not a fan of online shopping or just want to see the goods before you buy then this is the perfect opportunity to come down for a look and say hi!

Saturday 5th September
631 Queensberry St
North Melbourne
10am -5pm

Cash only please!

VOGUE'S FASHION'S NIGHT OUT AT MYER

Last Friday night was Vogue's Fashion Night Out in Melbourne and I was asked back to sketch outfits live at Myer. Each outfit is quickly sketched on a body template and the customer gets to keep the drawing as a memento of their outfit of the day. It's always fun to meet and draw such different stylish ladies, see the current trends and draw like a crazy lady! Some people waited in a queue for over an hour so I hope I got to draw you! I went as quick as my fingers would go.

Here are some of my fave sketches of the night. Lots of leather, long coats, capes and black. Well it was Melbourne! Thanks to Jacky Winter, Myer and Vogue Australia for having me.

You can check my instagram page for a little flipagram of the day @nerylwalker

LIPPIES!

It was National Lipstick Day on the 29th July. Yes there is apparently such a thing! 

Lipstick is thought to have been invented by ancient Mesopotamian women who crushed jewels to decorate their lips. Cleopatra's lipstick was made from crushed carmine beetles, while shinier lipsticks were made from fish scales. 

We've come a long way baby. Pucker up!

JEAN PAUL GAULTIER SKETCH

A quick sketch of a couple of fave looks from the amazing Jean Paul Gaultier Haute Couture AW15 collection in Paris. No computer, just pencils on paper. I just love that orange and black dress! So lush.

20% OFF PRINTS BIRTHDAY SALE!

It's birthday month so I'm celebrating with a sale. 20% off store wide!

That means big savings especially on the big prints. Ends Sun 19th April at 9pm AEST. Use promo code BIRTHDAY at checkout. International shipping available. 

Here are some photos to show sizing of the larger prints. The A0 is a whopper. More large print designs will be coming to the shop soon!

Please be sure to subscribe to the blog to hear all updates and news on future sales.

See the full selection of prints at neryl.bigcartel.com

A0 Jungle Room print

A1 Flamingo print

A2 Josephine print

BUSINESS CARDS

I recently had the pleasure of designing these business cards for Melbourne photographer Steen Vestergaard. The brief was to have a retro, old school glamour vibe with a fashion/photographer element. I was thinking Dior, Audrey Hepburn, you know the classics, and came up with several designs.

 Inspired from classic 50's Dior

 Steen being a dream client decided to go with 3 of the designs and then we agreed that letterpress printing would be the best way to go. Ace! The Hungry Workshop did a sterling job of the 2 colour print job and I am super happy with results. Letterpress printing has such a nice tactile quality and hopefully these will stand the test of time through different fashion trends like an old classic.

LIVE FASHION DRAWING AT THE MYER WORKROOM

I was asked along with the talented Kat Macleod to sketch fashion outfits live in store for some of Myer Melbourne's customers. It was part of their Autumn Winter 2015 launch in the Myer Workroom created by Gloss Creative. Lucky shoppers (and instagram fans) came along to have their outfit of the day sketched onto an already drawn silhouette created by both of us.

Photo by Elizabeth Gao of Gao Photography

I must confess I was pretty daunted at the thought of drawing live in front of people, (especially when one is used to scribbling away in their own hidey hole), but I am glad that I said yes! It was fun meeting, chatting and drawing everyone's outfits from young kids to adults.

Photo by Elizabeth Gao of Gao Photography

This lady was aahhmazing! So stylish. You don't see enough people wearing hats. We had long chats about her vintage clothes collection (which sounded pretty wild) and well I just thought she was ace and I could have chatted all day. 

It was busy! Four days of non stop drawing and lots of happy customers. Did I mention the customers got to keep the sketch! You can see more on my instagram page @nerylwalker

Thanks to Jacky Winter and Myer Melbourne for having me!

Clockwise from top left @kathrynamandajackson, @lisaandlisa, @paintergirl and @oraclefox

Some of the younger customers (not wearing black!)