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Endangered creature ALPHABET!

Endangered Creature Alphabet





Hello! I've been itching to tell you about a project I've been involved in since May but until now have had to keep things close to my chest! Well not anymore as it is now LIVE! Myself and 25 other artists were selected to be a part of the Endangered Creature Alphabet project- the brief was to draw and illustrate an endangered animal- one for each letter of the Alphabet. The project initiated via twitter and organised by Matt Witt of CreatureMag includes an insightful foreword by John Farndon as well as a helpful key that lists the different levels of risk these animals are at.

The aim of the project was to:

'bring together a group of artists to create something that would highlight the plight of endangered species and hopefully enlighten and educate some minds. The alphabet seemed like a good means to meet this end.'


26 artists were involved in the project and each were given their own creature to illustrate in their distincitve style.




My letter was S and the animal I was asked to illustrate was the Sea Otter. I've pictured him with one of his favourite foods- starfish. He typically likes to float usually in large groups and funnily enough the collective word for them is 'a raft of sea otters'. Sea otters weren't the first group of animals that came to mind as an endangered species and thankfully a hunting ban has brought them back from the brink, but their future is still precarious.



Personally for me its been great to work on something collaboratively with other artists from across the globe. Something which I think has really been made achievable by social media and the accessibility we now have from being online. Twitter in particular enables this kind of dialogue and shouldn't be underestimated in facilitating projects that can help educate and engage minds.

Here are the 26 artists in order of appearance:



David Blatch - www.davidblatch.com 

Kerri-Ann Hulme - www.kerriannhulme.co.uk 

Alex Woollam - www.alexwoollam.com 

Polly Alizarin Harvey- www.pollyalizarinharvey.blogspot.com 


Gareth Barnes - www.garethbarnes.com 

Fiona Purves - www.fionapurves.co.uk 

Leila Shetty - www.leilashetty.com 



Julia Broughton - www.juliabdesign.tumblr.com 

Paul Shinn - www.paulshinndraws.com 


Poonam Mistry - www.poonam-mistry.com 


Jenny Robins - www.jennyrobins.co.uk 

Julie Vermeille - www.julievermeille.com 

Melanie Chadwick - www.melaniechadwick.com 


Kathryn Corlett - www.kathryncorlett.co.uk 

Martyn Warren - www.velcrocows.co.uk 

Kate Eggleston-Wirtz - www.eggwirtz.com 

Tom Moore - www.tommoore.eu 

Teresa Eastwood - www.tiaeastwood.blogspot.com 

Christina Bretschneider www.peppig-illustration.de


To see the book just click the book image above and you'll be able to read it online.

Click here to see more from CreatureMag and get involved with future projects!









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Out of this world!


I had drawn this space themed alphabet a little while ago and had put it away whilst I was concentrating on Fishy/Sea related products. However prompted by the call-out for SPACE related submissions for the Cardiff Design Festival,  I decided to dig it out and finish it off.  I decided to keep to a simple colour palette as the lettering did get a little wacky!
Why not enter yourself - the exhibition is open to anyone who likes to draw and all pieces will be featured on the website. See here for more details.

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The Winner is...

Its been a bit hectic this week with Stithians Show on Monday, finding a new stockist on Wednesday and dropping of products at StudioFourSeven on Thursday - I had almost forgotten to get on with announcing the winner of the Win a Print Competition! 
So...DRUMROLL please....

Picking out the piece of paper now....
unfolding it ....
reading it ....
and the winner is.... GEORGIA COOTE! 


Congratulations! Just get in touch with the print you would like and I'll post it your way.


Thanks to everyone else that entered - it was really nice to hear which products you liked in the Shop and an encouragement to have people take part- Thank-you!
If you missed taking part this time no worries I'll have another comp pretty soon-follow along to make sure you don't miss out!


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Rate SHARK ATTACK!


Hello just a quick post to invite you to rate my Shark Attack Design over at All Tropical.
Its based on one of my prints and I thought it may work as a Tee! If you think so to, do  please vote for it before the week is up and it may be made into one!
Many thanks, Yours Truly x

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Win a Print Competition!


Hello! Having launched my shop last week I think it's time for a competition.
The PRIZE is a signed digital print, of your choosing either A4 or A5 from my shop!
These are printed on 300gsm Somerset Enhanced paper and have a lovely textured feel.
So here's the deal should you decide to enter:
Make sure you're following along on twitter then...

  • Take a browse through the SHOP and CHOOSE a product you like
  • TWEET about it including the link and my twitter name @mellybeeblog so I know you have and...
  • That's it!
You have until SATURDAY this week (9th July) when I will draw from random the winner.  Each time you tweet will count as an entry so the more you do the more your chance of winning! ALL THE BEST!
International entries welcome!





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