A Magazine Blog

The other day I read on twitter that Amelia's Magazine is soon coming back in print. Great news I thought and I'm sure many people share my opinion. The way this magazine presented art, illustration, photography, fashion was original and fascinating. But what I always loved the most about it was this timeless feel that it had. It was easy to forget it was a magazine. It felt more like it was a book. 

Hearing that there will be new issues soon made me look for my collection. Here are some pics of it:

I've got all the issues except the first three. Hope to find and buy them some time.

These are pics of some of the gifts they used to send with each issue: lovely cards, a small notebook with a great illustrated cover, a wonderfully designed usb, a set of colour pens etc 

  close up of the notebook and usb

Thats the paper carousel that you could cut and assemble yourself. It was featured in issue #5 if I remember correctly.

What I find inspiring part 2: Le petit Nicolas

I don't think that I need to write a huge introduction about these books. They're absolute classics. Written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean Jacques Sempé they present the (school) life of a group of kids in Paris during the 50s, as described by little Nicolas.

It's a series of illustrated books that I absolutely adore! I got to know about them a few years ago and not as a kid as most readers probably have. It was a random discovery while I was looking for something that would help me improve my ability to understand written French. The black and white illustrations captured my attention immediately and when I actually begun reading I was truly fascinated by the books' incredible sense of humor.

A film based on those books has also been made a few years ago. It's a wonderful comedy and I higly recommend watching it. More info about it HERE

Couldn't help but post some photos from my collection so here they are:

A Cat Called Louiza

This illustration is actually inspired by this cat I used to have. A cat that was called Louiza. See this was a very clever cat but she never seemed to relax. So I wanted to draw her as this character who's trying to calm down a bit maybe do some yoga. Somehow I found this idea quite funny. At first in the drawing she had cat ears, whiskers etc but for some reason I decided to erase them before coloring everything. Now she almost looks like very normal person but she's still 100% Louiza. See she's trying to relax but one of her eyes remains open.