I am doing a bit of fundraising for World Wildlife Fund, doing what I do best - drawing! In February I decided to doodle a tiger every day, to raise some awareness for their current campaign to save wild tigers from extinction. I encouraged everyone (or anybody who were willing to listen to my eco-warrior / crazy illustrator cat-lady ramblings ) to give drawing a tiger a go themselves...and I actually got a pretty good response!! It was incredibly heart warming to watch the pictures flowing in! People were wanting to pitch in to help raise awareness, taking a small step to attempt to make a big change in our understanding of nature and how to preserve and respect it! It made me very happy to see!

Check out the facebook group:

DrawATiger

On Saturday 9th March I hosted an exhibition, Art Auction and Creative Fundraising evening at ELK Salon in Exeter. It was a dROARing success ;)

Here are some of the best bits of what was on display:

(above: examples of my own work; below: examples of work submitted by other artists - Adam Quinton, Neil Price, Emma Randall, Joe Sutton, Vince Knight, Vera Johansen, Matthew Taylor, George Flint and Oscar Flint)

Please keep dROAR going by sending me your tiger drawings via osonju@hotmail.co.uk (or post to the facebook group!)

Also, please visit my just giving page to dontate to WWF, an awesome charity who work tirelessly to provide clear and accessible information and actionable steps to protect our planet and make it a better place for all! 

Thank you so much to everyone who have so far contributed and donated!

Thank you also to WWF UK, who cheered me on and sent lots of stickers and posters to put up on saturday!  Also Thank You to Pukka Herbs, who provided me with tea and support to help create a beautiful world ;)

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I've recently done some logo and branding development for a brilliant new salon in Exeter called ELK founded by my two beautiful friends and talented hairdressers (/hair-artists) Ellie and Kate. 

Not only does their new place look great, elegantly merging sleek and earthy / industrial and comfortable / shabby and chic, but their salon also promises to soon become a buzzing creative hub. Their ethos is 'more than a haircut' - their walls will feature work from local artists, tunes from local musicians will be playing and you can even grab fair-trade coffee and order in lunch from the Real Food Company (which lies directly opposite the salon) to enjoy whilst you're waiting for your highlights to develop

I'll post further pictures asap (now that they are open)

meanwhile, check out and like their Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/ELKsalon

http://www.elksalon.com/

I love creating large detailed images out of patterns and I've been very inspired by Henna designs since visiting Indonesia this summer! The above is the beginning of a series of drawings I'm in the middle of producing using Henna patterns and random, decorative lines and swirls :)

Owly

20 mins of photoshop fun...

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Couch Puppy

A fun little logo I conjured up for my boss at Dynamo, inspired by his little fluff-ball of a puppy and her lazy sofa-slouching lifestyle!

Zomberries

What if a blueberry was left to go all mouldy and icky, and then grew arms and legs and 'rose from the dead'?...not very likely...but IF it happened, it would be a blueZOMBerry and might look a little like this:

Fizz and Foxy

New characters on the block!

These guys have been in my head for about a year, it's time they were unleashed upon the world. I have been doing a few character sketches in order to figure out how they look, move, behave etc...but at the same time I'm writing and creating their story so hopefully they'll soon be placed within a visual narrative depicting their adventures together...watch this space!