Merry Christmas

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. A big thank you to everyone who has blogged about my work or got in touch with me. I have received some of the most wonderful emails this year. I really do appreciate them.
Thanks to all my followers on Society 6, the blog and on twitter.

I can't wait to get started in the new year.

New work

Hello everyone,

Sorry I haven't posted sooner, said i'd post new work last week but been very busy. Anyway I'll try to post some new work before xmas if I get the chance.

Hope everyone's keeping well.

Poonam

The Hare and The Tortoise - Page 4

(Text translated by George Fyler Townsend)

At last waking up, and moving as fast as he could, he saw the Tortoise had reached the goal, and was comfortably dozing after her fatigue.

Slow but steady wins the race.

The Hare and The Tortoise - Page 3

(Text translated by George Fyler Townsend)

The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep.

The Hare and The Tortoise - Page 2

(Text translated by George Fyler Townsend)

On the day appointed for the race the two started together. The Tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course.

The Hare and The Tortoise - Page 1

(Text translated by George Fyler Townsend)

A Hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: "Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race." The Hare, believing her assertion to be simply impossible, assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should choose the course and fix the goal.

The Hare and The Tortoise

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a lovely weekend.
Those who know me know that I love folklore tales and so I took the challenge of trying to illustrate one of Aesop fable's most classic stories The Hare and The Tortoise.
Everyday this week I'll reveal one of the pages. It's a short story only consisting of 4 images.

I'll post the first page tomorrow.

African Safari

Hey folks,
I posted a couple of smaller pieces over the last few days. I have a few larger illustrations I have done to put up now.
I'll post the others next week.

I Love Toys

Phoenix

Agency and Digital Artist mag

Hi guys,

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. Have lots of new pieces to put up but have been very poorly and it was also Diwali a few weeks ago.

Anyway I have some exciting news to share.

I have an art agent :) The lovely people at Phosphor Art are kindly representing me. Take a look at their website here:

http://www.phosphorart.com/

http://www.phosphorart.com/poonam-mistry/

Also a while back I took part in a collaboration about 26 animals that are facing extinction. Well it has been featured in the recent issue of Digital Artist Magazine and my illustration is in it. You can take a look at it here. My illustration is also attached.

http://www.creaturemag.com/creature-in-digital-artist-magazine/

Will be back soon with all the new work I have been working on.

Poonam

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Peculiar Bliss

Hi everyone,
Recently I submitted a piece for an online magazine called Peculiar Bliss.
Here's the image I did. It's of the sea monster Kraken.
Check out the other great submissions here too. It's a great mag.

http://peculiarbliss.com/magazine/peculiarbliss-magazine-issue-seven/

Some exciting news to come :)
Poonam


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Delays

Hey everyone,

I hope you've all been keeping well. This is the first of a couple of new pieces I have done.
It's of one of my most favourite bands Delays. Most of the piece is inspired by a particular song I just love called Wanderlust.

Anyway the band is incredibly underrated. Please go check them out. You can have a listen to some of their stuff below. More to come soon guys.
Poonam X

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQMTQ7WHf-Q

http://thedelays.co.uk/

http://www.myspace.com/delays

Interviews

Hey guys,

Sorry it's been a bit quiet. Been working on lots of new stuff.

In the meantime here are a couple of interviews I have done in case you haven't already seen them.

http://meganthomasillustration.blogspot.com/2011/04/poonam-mistry-kindly-answers-some.html

http://www.oldbookillustrations.com/references-documents/2011/05/25/poonam-mistry/

http://www.theartfuls.com/interviews/poonam_mistry


Many thanks to the lovely Megan, Hervé and Tony :)

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Endangered Creature Alphabet

Hey folks

Hope you're all well.
Just to let you know I recently contributed to a wonderful project which is based on endangered animals. 26 illustrators were given an animal to illustrate for the e book which features a wide variety of beautiful animals who are facing extinction.

I was lucky enough to take part and got a great animal to draw too.
Take a look here to see my contribution......I'm the letter O.

http://www.creaturemag.com/endangered-creature-alphabet/

Poonam
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African inspired pieces and TWITTER

Hey everyone,

Just a couple more pieces.....these are inspired by African art and culture.
Also I have a twitter page, feel free to follow. You can contact me through that too.
You can find me here http://twitter.com/#!/pmistryartist

Hope you're all keeping well and enjoying the sunshine


Poonam

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Maharaja

Hey folks,

Just another blog post, this piece is called Maharaja. It is the journey of a King going into battle. It's rather big and there is lots of detail so click to enlarge if you'd like to take a closer look.

New Narasimha illustration

Hey everyone,
If you haven't already seen on my website I have improved my Narasimha illustration I did a while ago. This was actually going to be another gold screen print but got far too complicated in the end so I ended up just making it into a large drawing instead.
Hope you guys like it.

Poonam

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Happy Easter

Hey everyone,

Happy Easter! Hope you all enjoy stuffing your faces with chocolate...I know I will :)

Here's the other set of bird illustrations I did.

The Inspiration Grid

Hey guys,

I was kindly featured on The Inspiration Grid website! Go check it out!!

http://theinspirationgrid.com/#illustrations-by-poonam-mistry

Birds

Hey guys, Just thought I'd post some new work up. Did this quite recently. Still have a fascination with birds. Thought i'd take a new direction with it. More to come!

Star Signs

Hey guys,

These are a couple of illustrations I did based on several star signs. If you would like to see Gemini please visit my website.

NEW WEBSITE AND ONLINE SHOP

Hey folks,
Finally I have my website sorted (thanks to the talented Mr. Phil Kwapong). My online store is set up too (link on the website) so please take a look at the prints available. I will be adding lots of new products in the near future so please keep an eye out. Also there is lots of new work on the website so go take a look. I'll be posting the new work on the blog soon!!

http://poonam-mistry.com/

More Wallpaper designs

Patterns

Just a couple of patterns I have been playing around with.

New patterns and Flickr

Hey guys,

Sorry it's been a while, been very busy with things.

Anyway just thought I'd post some other patterns I did a while back. Also I have a flickr account now.

It's www.flickr.com/people/poonammistryillustrator/

It has a few things that might not be posted on the blog. I will be adding more work over the next few days.

Hope you're all well

Poonam