Today is my last day in the studio before our little summer break – and in mid-August I’ll continue fresh and rested with showing some amazing new projects and identification charts, which I’m already looking forward to!
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Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We’d like to wish you very lovely, candle-lit and heartwarming holidays (and a merry Christmas, or whatever you may be celebrating!), and all the best for a truly happy, healthy and wonderful new year Twothousandtwentytwo! ➔
Art Prints | Wall Chart with Wildlife of New England
As part of my “Foxy goes Hiking” project, I’ve researched and illustrated a whole lot of the smaller animals of New England. When the abundance became confusing, I’ve turned them into another identification chart, and now the infographics is available at Redbubble and Søciety6, printed on posters, art prints, notebooks, postcards and mugs as pictured below, as well as bags, shirts, pillows, scarves, blankets, covers, stickers and plenty of other products! ➔
Art Print (Special Birth Gift) | Foxy goes Hiking
Little Foxy was one of my favorite projects this year! It all started with a friend enquiring me to draw a special art print for the birth of a friends’ daughter, and it involved extensive research (like, snooping the new mother’s blog for likes and interests :)), finding a new style (I’ve never drawn anthropomorphic animals before, and it was more fun than expected!), figuring out that New England’s wildlife is surprisingly different from European wildlife (American robins are actually thrushs!) and, somehow, drawing so many of these animals that they got their own wall chart! ➔
Trali trala, finally a Summer Break!
We’re taking a little break for summer – and look forward to August, when we’ll continue fresh and rested, and when I can finally show you all the wonderful projects I’ve been working on but am not supposed to show yet!
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We’d like to wish you very lovely, candle-lit and heartwarming holidays (and a merry Christmas, or whatever you may be celebrating!), and all the best for a truly happy, healthy and wonderful new year Twothousandtwentyone! ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We wish you very lovely, candle-lit and heartwarming holidays (and a merry christmas, or whatever you may be celebrating!), and all the best for a happy, healthy and absolutely wonderful new year twothousandtwenty! ➔
Drafts for a Bulgarian Fairy Tale
For a client who doesn’t want to be mentioned, I’ve made some drafts to illustrate the Bulgarian fairy tale “The little Girl and the Winter Whirlwinds”. The project evolved in a different direction, but those drafts have led me to a new style – so I’d like to show them, even though they are unfinished and I most likely won’t finish them properly. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We wish you very lovely and heartwarming holidays, and all the best for a happy and wonderful new year! ➔
Personal Work | Lola at the Beach
With the series Lola macht Urlaub, I experiment with new techniques, patterns and colours between other projects. Inspired by almost summerish days, I tried to picture the slothy happiness of a warm, sunny afternoon by the sea. ➔
Summer for Dressup Doll »Gerti geht baden«
Gerti, the DIY dressup doll I designed, styled and illustrated as stamps and dies for the online shop Charlie & Paulchen, just got her third set of clothes and accessories for the summer! The fresh set is called »Gerti geht baden« (Gerti takes a bath), and it contains everything you need for a lovely day full of fun by the sea or by the lake! ➔
Personal Work | Lola in the Café
With the series Lola macht Urlaub (Lola is on vacation), I experiment with new techniques, patterns and colours inbetween other projects. Inspired by late winter, I tried to catch a summer evening in a French café here. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We wish you very lovely and heartwarming holidays, and all the best for a happy and wonderful new year! ➔
Cards and Tags with our Santa Stamps and Dies
Via Instagram, I discovered cards and gift tags which bloggers crafted with the stamp and die set “Nikolausbande” by Charlie & Paulchen – and those are so amazing and full of stunning ideas that I really have to show them here! ➔
Santa Card Crafting Set of Dies and Stamps
For Charlie & Paulchen, I already designed, styled and illustrated Gerti, the craftable dressup doll, and some seasonal outfits for her – and now, there are three cute little Santas for christmas cards and gift tags following! This gang of Santas is also produced as stamps and dies, which can be used on their own or in combination with each other. ➔
Winter for Dressup Doll “Gerti feiert Weihnachten”
Gerti, the DIY dressup doll I designed, styled and illustrated as stamps and dies for the online shop Charlie & Paulchen, just got new clothes and accessories for the winter! The fresh set is called “Gerti feiert Weihnachten” (Gerti celebrates Christmas) and contains elements of winter, snow sports and christmas, so Gerti is ready for many winter joys! ➔
Now Available | DIY-Dressup Doll “Gerti geht Gassi”
For Charlie & Paulchen, an online shop for finest German stamps and dies, I designed the DIY dressup doll Gerti, as well as some seasonal outfits for her! With stamps, dies and various materials, Gerti can be crafted onto cards. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We wish you very lovely and heartwarming holidays, and all the best for a happy and wonderful new year! ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We wish you very lovely and heartwarming holidays, and all the best for a happy and wonderful new year! ➔
Release | Mimi Fiedler’s “Balkantherapie”
Today I received my – beautifully printed! – voucher specimens, and tomorrow the »Balkantherapie« by the great actress, musician and author Mimi Fiedler will be released and available in bookstores! ➔
Release | Flora in the IO Sedbook
I just happily received my voucher specimens of the brandnew Illustratoren Organisation‘s Sedbook 2015/2016, which features my Flora im Walde as a page spread as well as my Queen of Hearts from the 52 Aces Poker Deck and the curious fairytale girls as vignettes – and the book turned out really beautiful! ➔
Mimi Fiedler | Balkantherapie | Sports with Guy
May I introduce you to Monsieur Guy le Sailör? I developped and illustrated the guy for the Mimi Fiedler’s awesome »Balkantherapie«, and in the books he presents some physical exercises (and a little more)! ➔
Preview | Mimi Fiedler’s “Balkantherapie”
I just finished numerous illustrations for the book »Balkantherapie« by the charming, smart, incredibly funny and simply great actress, singer, photographer and author Mimi Fiedler, which I’ve enthusiastically been drawing the past couple of weeks, as commissioned by the Münchner Verlagsgesellschaft. ➔
Anthology | Spring Goddess Flora for IO Sedbook
In february, I was so happy about the first signs of spring that I started to draw Flora, walking through the forest. Soon, there were animals gathering around her, such as foxes, squirrels, swallows, peacock butterflies, racoon, badger, hedgehog, rabbit, marten, falcon, rookie, dormouses, jaybird, magpie, woodpeckers, titmouses, robins, goldfinches, sparrows, chiffchaff, blackbirds, tree frog, bumble bees and a roe deer! ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein wunderbares neues Jahr! ✭ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ✭ Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! ✭ ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ✭ Prettige Kerstdagen en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! ➔
Lillesang – Das Geheimnis der dunklen Nixe
I am very happy about my fresh specimens of Lillesang – Das Geheimnis der dunklen Nixe (Nina Blazon, CBT Verlag), because the book turned out to be really, really awesome! Everyhing about it is really super nice: the print, the colours, the paper, the smell and the format! And how much I like the book itself, I already mentioned before. ➔
Youth Book | “Lillesang” by Nina Blazon
For the editor CBJ/Random House, I have illustrated some very detailed end papers and lots of vignettes for “Lillesang” by Nina Blazon, a youth book for girls from age 10 – and a really beautiful and exciting mermaid story. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein wunderbares neues Jahr! ✭ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ✭ Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! ✭ Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo! ✭ ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ✭ Prettige Kerstdagen en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! ➔
Home Studio | Dayshifts and Nightshifts
This is what happens when you wait for a client’s final corrections and time is running… ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein großartiges neues Jahr! ✭ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ✭ Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! ✭ Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo! ✭ ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ✭ Prettige Kerstdagen en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! ➔
Bettgeschichten + Personal | A little Backstage Break
Little in between illustration that somehow happened while I worked on the Bettgeschichten spread and which I cleaned, coloured and furnished now. Her name is Loulou, by the way, and she really needed a break. Maybe this will become a series? ➔
Bettgeschichten | Composition for the Neighbour
The development of all the layers nested in windows and mirrors in the “Neighbour” scene I illustrated for the anthology “Bettgeschichten” (Zwerchfell Verlag) was terribly complicated, so it may deserve to be shown in detail as well. ➔
Anthology | “The Neighbour” for “Bettgeschichten”
I’ve drawn another special page: the “Neighbour” for the erotic anthology “Bettgeschichten – Comics für Erwachsene”! The book will be published by Zwerchfell Verlag, right in time for the Comicsalon Erlangen in June and was edited and supervised by Naomi Fearn and Reinhard Kleist. ➔
Making Of Lily Lux | Christmas and New Year’s Card
This is how my christmas card evolved: from snippety sketches (above) to the straightened pose, development of background and details, and the full layout in progress. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein großartiges neues Jahr! ✭ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ✭ Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! ✭ Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo! ✭ ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ✭ Prettige Kerstdagen en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! ➔
Fresh Feature | Lily Lux is visiting Sven Elch
We felt honoured to be invited to take part in the Illustrie’s advent calendar projekt, and we are very happy about our own star on their “Walk of Art & Fame”!!!
The advent calendar project is all about the awesome Mr. Sven Elch, employee of the “Santa & Sons” company, and his very special adventures in the advent season… the Illustrie made a hilarious advent calendar app for iPhone und iPad from this.
In our contribution, we show what happens when Mr. Elch personally takes care of the blog’s guests… Thank you very much Stew and Timo for a very pleasant game of visual ping pong! ➔
Hugh! Winnetou | Exhibition with Lily Lux
Our special page with Lily Lux – “Lily loves discoveries.” – that we developed and illustrated for the beautiful anthology “Hugh! Winnetou” that will be published in celebration of the Peng!-award to Helmut Nickel as father of the Winnetou-comics in June 2011 at Edition 52, will be exhibited at the Münchner Comicfest June 23rd to 26th, 2011, at the Jagd- und Fischereimuseum and later in some other cities as well! ➔
Hugh! Winnetou | Characters and Details
Here is everything collected you need for a real fun Wild West adventure: the dauntless blood brothers, the sleepy sheriff, the friendly and peaceful settlers, some beautiful native handicrafts, the very serious chief (shown with a totem), lots of exciting books, a malicious bandit, bows and arrows and tomahawks, a herd of wild and brash buffaloes, a little, non-smoky camp fire, a graceful unblinking squaw and a lovely couraged settler girl (riding and shooting like a devil, unfortunately not pictured), the totem (or stake, just like needed), the three smart trappers (wenn ich mich nicht irre, hihihi), the terribly dangerous grizzly, and the cactuses in the ready… and, for sure, a brand spanking new railroad track. ➔
Anthologies | “Hugh! Winnetou” with Lily Lux
For the wonderful anthology “Hugh! Winnetou” that will be published in celebration of the Peng!-award to Helmut Nickel as father of the Winnetou-Comics in Juni 2011 by Edition 52, I developed and illustrated a special page with Lily Lux: “Lily loves discoveries.” ➔
(Deutsch) Feiertag | Lily Lux und der Tag des Baums
Heute, am 22. Mai, ist Welttag der biologischen Vielfalt, und dieses Jahr sind die Wälder das Schwerpunktthema des UN-Tages. Lily Lux war zur Feier des Tages in ihrem wunderbaren Arboretum, hat ein paar Notizen gemacht und einige großartige Bäume kennengelernt und wiederentdeckt. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein großartiges neues Jahr! • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! • Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! • Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo! • ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ➔
Lily Lux Online | Fresh Animated Banners
I’ve been wondering for a pretty long time how animated gifs might work e.g. how they are made, and I found out today! I usually need a reason to work such things out, and I had a good one: making banners for Lily Lux and the idea that a waving lucky cat and twinkling matryoshka dolls would be even nicer than just showing their pictures.
After all, making the tiny animations was much easier than expected, plus a lot of fun. You just have to be careful not to get hynotized… ➔
Lily Lux and her Authors say Thank you!
Lily Lux and her authors are exceedingly delighted to now introduce the Lily Lux Notizbuch and want to use the opportunity to thank some gorgeous people that supported us and our project in one or the other way:
First of all, our thanks go to Hoffman und Campe Verlag who made this project possible, and especially to our reader Ulla Mothes. And once again, very special thanks are due to Henning Mühlinghaus for countless, very creative and constructive thursday evenings and some more specialist knowledge. Furthermore (in no particular order) we thank: Angelika and Reinhard Luckhaus, Helga Klesse, Anette Schaumlöffel and Jonathan Schaumlöffel, Frederik Stolz, Oliver Beicht, Vivian Maempel, Bruni Kintscher, Tanja Kleiner and Eliseo Milonia, Tanja Krüger, Bärbel Endter and Bernd Jakobi, Pauline and Nina. You magnificent people! ♥ ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein großartiges neues Jahr! • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! • Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! • Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!• ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ➔
Release | Lily Lux Kühlschrankmagneten
From today on, they’re available in bookstores!
Ab heute im gutsortierten Buchhandel:
IRIS LUCKHAUS: LILY LUX KÜHLSCHRANKMAGNETE
35 MOTIVE AUF MAGNETFOLIE | 29,6 x 21,0 CM
€ 9,99 [D] | € 10,30 [A] | SFR 18,20 (UVP)
CADEAU BEI HOFFMANN UND CAMPE | 978-3-455-38062-0
“Lily Lux makes everyday life so much more colourful! Picnic or getaway, walk or discovery journey through the city: Lily likes having her favourite things with her. Because you never know what you might need them for. These favorite things are now published as 35 diverse combinable magnets that hold little messages. For everyone who likes to discover Lily time and again.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #28 | Thank You! ♥
Today, we would like to officially thank all these great people, that companied, supported and encouraged our Lily Lux in one or the other way:
First of all, we’d like to thank the Hoffman und Campe Verlag, who made this project possible, and in particular our reader Ulla Mothes. Another special thanks goes to Henning Mühlinghaus for countless constructive and relentless thursday evenings and some specialist knowledge… furthermore, in unsorted order: Angelika and Reinhard Luckhaus, Helga Klesse, Tanja Kleiner and Eliseo Milonia, Sarah Sloane, Oliver Beicht, Carola König, Christina Danzer, Tanja Krüger, Ulrich Luckhaus, Hans Eberhardt, Guillaume Haudebert, Frederik Stolz, Vivian Maempel, Rebecca von Itter, Anette Schaumlöffel, Pauli and Nina. Without all of you, Lily wouldn’t have become the person she is now. Thank you so much!!! ➔
Anthology | “Illusive III” by Die Gestalten Verlag
Today I received my copy of the Illusive III anthology by Die Gestalten Verlag, in which Lily Lux is featured on a beautiful page. Thanks a lot!
ILLUSIVE | CONTEMPORARY ILLUSTRATION PART III
DIE GESTALTEN VERLAG | R. KLANTEN & H. HELLIGE | HARDCOVER
24×30 CM | 340 P | ¤ 44,00 | $ 65,00 | £ 33,00 | 978-3-89955-191-4
“Illusive (…) continues to document the flourishing discipline of contemporary illustration. This definitive reference and veritable guide to the best in illustration today, presents an unparalleled collection of work showcasing nearly 200 world-class illustrators (…). The book addresses the inexhaustible possibilities of styles and techniques that are practiced today through the broad range of examples (…)” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #26 | Stealing Time
“Lily loves stealing time.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #01 | Walks in the Rain
“Lily loves walks. Whatever the weather is like.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #05 | Miracles happen
“Lily believes in miracles. Because sometimes, very sometimes, they actually happen.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #27 | Change of Perspective
“Lily thinks it’s really important to look at the world from different perspectives sometimes.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #22 | Finding Sights
“Lily loves to get lost. Because the greatest sights are only discovered haphazardly.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #21 | Home Abroad
“Lily loves to travel. And to feel home abroad.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #20 | Shooting Stars
“Lily is convinced that wishing helps. Especially, if you firmly believe in it.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #06 | Running late
“If Lily runs late already, the most important things keep hiding.” ➔
Lily Lux Magnetic Cards
For the Frankfurt Book Fair in October, we made some magnetic cards (7,2 x 10,2 cm) as advertising materials for Lily Lux – for happy fridges (and other magnetic surfaces), for fall anticipation, for some more Lily Lux in everyday life, and especially for holding little papers with important notes. Just as Lily herself likes to do. ➔
Category Archives: Details
Trali trala, finally a Summer Break!
Today is my last day in the studio before our little summer break – and in mid-August I’ll continue fresh and rested with showing some amazing new projects and identification charts, which I’m already looking forward to!
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We’d like to wish you very lovely, candle-lit and heartwarming holidays (and a merry Christmas, or whatever you may be celebrating!), and all the best for a truly happy, healthy and wonderful new year Twothousandtwentytwo! ➔
Art Prints | Wall Chart with Wildlife of New England
As part of my “Foxy goes Hiking” project, I’ve researched and illustrated a whole lot of the smaller animals of New England. When the abundance became confusing, I’ve turned them into another identification chart, and now the infographics is available at Redbubble and Søciety6, printed on posters, art prints, notebooks, postcards and mugs as pictured below, as well as bags, shirts, pillows, scarves, blankets, covers, stickers and plenty of other products! ➔
Art Print (Special Birth Gift) | Foxy goes Hiking
Little Foxy was one of my favorite projects this year! It all started with a friend enquiring me to draw a special art print for the birth of a friends’ daughter, and it involved extensive research (like, snooping the new mother’s blog for likes and interests :)), finding a new style (I’ve never drawn anthropomorphic animals before, and it was more fun than expected!), figuring out that New England’s wildlife is surprisingly different from European wildlife (American robins are actually thrushs!) and, somehow, drawing so many of these animals that they got their own wall chart! ➔
Trali trala, finally a Summer Break!
We’re taking a little break for summer – and look forward to August, when we’ll continue fresh and rested, and when I can finally show you all the wonderful projects I’ve been working on but am not supposed to show yet!
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We’d like to wish you very lovely, candle-lit and heartwarming holidays (and a merry Christmas, or whatever you may be celebrating!), and all the best for a truly happy, healthy and wonderful new year Twothousandtwentyone! ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We wish you very lovely, candle-lit and heartwarming holidays (and a merry christmas, or whatever you may be celebrating!), and all the best for a happy, healthy and absolutely wonderful new year twothousandtwenty! ➔
Drafts for a Bulgarian Fairy Tale
For a client who doesn’t want to be mentioned, I’ve made some drafts to illustrate the Bulgarian fairy tale “The little Girl and the Winter Whirlwinds”. The project evolved in a different direction, but those drafts have led me to a new style – so I’d like to show them, even though they are unfinished and I most likely won’t finish them properly. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We wish you very lovely and heartwarming holidays, and all the best for a happy and wonderful new year! ➔
Personal Work | Lola at the Beach
With the series Lola macht Urlaub, I experiment with new techniques, patterns and colours between other projects. Inspired by almost summerish days, I tried to picture the slothy happiness of a warm, sunny afternoon by the sea. ➔
Summer for Dressup Doll »Gerti geht baden«
Gerti, the DIY dressup doll I designed, styled and illustrated as stamps and dies for the online shop Charlie & Paulchen, just got her third set of clothes and accessories for the summer! The fresh set is called »Gerti geht baden« (Gerti takes a bath), and it contains everything you need for a lovely day full of fun by the sea or by the lake! ➔
Personal Work | Lola in the Café
With the series Lola macht Urlaub (Lola is on vacation), I experiment with new techniques, patterns and colours inbetween other projects. Inspired by late winter, I tried to catch a summer evening in a French café here. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We wish you very lovely and heartwarming holidays, and all the best for a happy and wonderful new year! ➔
Cards and Tags with our Santa Stamps and Dies
Via Instagram, I discovered cards and gift tags which bloggers crafted with the stamp and die set “Nikolausbande” by Charlie & Paulchen – and those are so amazing and full of stunning ideas that I really have to show them here! ➔
Santa Card Crafting Set of Dies and Stamps
For Charlie & Paulchen, I already designed, styled and illustrated Gerti, the craftable dressup doll, and some seasonal outfits for her – and now, there are three cute little Santas for christmas cards and gift tags following! This gang of Santas is also produced as stamps and dies, which can be used on their own or in combination with each other. ➔
Winter for Dressup Doll “Gerti feiert Weihnachten”
Gerti, the DIY dressup doll I designed, styled and illustrated as stamps and dies for the online shop Charlie & Paulchen, just got new clothes and accessories for the winter! The fresh set is called “Gerti feiert Weihnachten” (Gerti celebrates Christmas) and contains elements of winter, snow sports and christmas, so Gerti is ready for many winter joys! ➔
Now Available | DIY-Dressup Doll “Gerti geht Gassi”
For Charlie & Paulchen, an online shop for finest German stamps and dies, I designed the DIY dressup doll Gerti, as well as some seasonal outfits for her! With stamps, dies and various materials, Gerti can be crafted onto cards. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We wish you very lovely and heartwarming holidays, and all the best for a happy and wonderful new year! ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
We wish you very lovely and heartwarming holidays, and all the best for a happy and wonderful new year! ➔
Release | Mimi Fiedler’s “Balkantherapie”
Today I received my – beautifully printed! – voucher specimens, and tomorrow the »Balkantherapie« by the great actress, musician and author Mimi Fiedler will be released and available in bookstores! ➔
Release | Flora in the IO Sedbook
I just happily received my voucher specimens of the brandnew Illustratoren Organisation‘s Sedbook 2015/2016, which features my Flora im Walde as a page spread as well as my Queen of Hearts from the 52 Aces Poker Deck and the curious fairytale girls as vignettes – and the book turned out really beautiful! ➔
Mimi Fiedler | Balkantherapie | Sports with Guy
May I introduce you to Monsieur Guy le Sailör? I developped and illustrated the guy for the Mimi Fiedler’s awesome »Balkantherapie«, and in the books he presents some physical exercises (and a little more)! ➔
Preview | Mimi Fiedler’s “Balkantherapie”
I just finished numerous illustrations for the book »Balkantherapie« by the charming, smart, incredibly funny and simply great actress, singer, photographer and author Mimi Fiedler, which I’ve enthusiastically been drawing the past couple of weeks, as commissioned by the Münchner Verlagsgesellschaft. ➔
Anthology | Spring Goddess Flora for IO Sedbook
In february, I was so happy about the first signs of spring that I started to draw Flora, walking through the forest. Soon, there were animals gathering around her, such as foxes, squirrels, swallows, peacock butterflies, racoon, badger, hedgehog, rabbit, marten, falcon, rookie, dormouses, jaybird, magpie, woodpeckers, titmouses, robins, goldfinches, sparrows, chiffchaff, blackbirds, tree frog, bumble bees and a roe deer! ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein wunderbares neues Jahr! ✭ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ✭ Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! ✭ ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ✭ Prettige Kerstdagen en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! ➔
Lillesang – Das Geheimnis der dunklen Nixe
I am very happy about my fresh specimens of Lillesang – Das Geheimnis der dunklen Nixe (Nina Blazon, CBT Verlag), because the book turned out to be really, really awesome! Everyhing about it is really super nice: the print, the colours, the paper, the smell and the format! And how much I like the book itself, I already mentioned before. ➔
Youth Book | “Lillesang” by Nina Blazon
For the editor CBJ/Random House, I have illustrated some very detailed end papers and lots of vignettes for “Lillesang” by Nina Blazon, a youth book for girls from age 10 – and a really beautiful and exciting mermaid story. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein wunderbares neues Jahr! ✭ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ✭ Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! ✭ Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo! ✭ ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ✭ Prettige Kerstdagen en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! ➔
Home Studio | Dayshifts and Nightshifts
This is what happens when you wait for a client’s final corrections and time is running… ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein großartiges neues Jahr! ✭ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ✭ Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! ✭ Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo! ✭ ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ✭ Prettige Kerstdagen en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! ➔
Bettgeschichten + Personal | A little Backstage Break
Little in between illustration that somehow happened while I worked on the Bettgeschichten spread and which I cleaned, coloured and furnished now. Her name is Loulou, by the way, and she really needed a break. Maybe this will become a series? ➔
Bettgeschichten | Composition for the Neighbour
The development of all the layers nested in windows and mirrors in the “Neighbour” scene I illustrated for the anthology “Bettgeschichten” (Zwerchfell Verlag) was terribly complicated, so it may deserve to be shown in detail as well. ➔
Anthology | “The Neighbour” for “Bettgeschichten”
I’ve drawn another special page: the “Neighbour” for the erotic anthology “Bettgeschichten – Comics für Erwachsene”! The book will be published by Zwerchfell Verlag, right in time for the Comicsalon Erlangen in June and was edited and supervised by Naomi Fearn and Reinhard Kleist. ➔
Making Of Lily Lux | Christmas and New Year’s Card
This is how my christmas card evolved: from snippety sketches (above) to the straightened pose, development of background and details, and the full layout in progress. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein großartiges neues Jahr! ✭ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ✭ Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! ✭ Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo! ✭ ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ✭ Prettige Kerstdagen en Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! ➔
Fresh Feature | Lily Lux is visiting Sven Elch
We felt honoured to be invited to take part in the Illustrie’s advent calendar projekt, and we are very happy about our own star on their “Walk of Art & Fame”!!!
The advent calendar project is all about the awesome Mr. Sven Elch, employee of the “Santa & Sons” company, and his very special adventures in the advent season… the Illustrie made a hilarious advent calendar app for iPhone und iPad from this.
In our contribution, we show what happens when Mr. Elch personally takes care of the blog’s guests… Thank you very much Stew and Timo for a very pleasant game of visual ping pong! ➔
Hugh! Winnetou | Exhibition with Lily Lux
Our special page with Lily Lux – “Lily loves discoveries.” – that we developed and illustrated for the beautiful anthology “Hugh! Winnetou” that will be published in celebration of the Peng!-award to Helmut Nickel as father of the Winnetou-comics in June 2011 at Edition 52, will be exhibited at the Münchner Comicfest June 23rd to 26th, 2011, at the Jagd- und Fischereimuseum and later in some other cities as well! ➔
Hugh! Winnetou | Characters and Details
Here is everything collected you need for a real fun Wild West adventure: the dauntless blood brothers, the sleepy sheriff, the friendly and peaceful settlers, some beautiful native handicrafts, the very serious chief (shown with a totem), lots of exciting books, a malicious bandit, bows and arrows and tomahawks, a herd of wild and brash buffaloes, a little, non-smoky camp fire, a graceful unblinking squaw and a lovely couraged settler girl (riding and shooting like a devil, unfortunately not pictured), the totem (or stake, just like needed), the three smart trappers (wenn ich mich nicht irre, hihihi), the terribly dangerous grizzly, and the cactuses in the ready… and, for sure, a brand spanking new railroad track. ➔
Anthologies | “Hugh! Winnetou” with Lily Lux
For the wonderful anthology “Hugh! Winnetou” that will be published in celebration of the Peng!-award to Helmut Nickel as father of the Winnetou-Comics in Juni 2011 by Edition 52, I developed and illustrated a special page with Lily Lux: “Lily loves discoveries.” ➔
(Deutsch) Feiertag | Lily Lux und der Tag des Baums
Heute, am 22. Mai, ist Welttag der biologischen Vielfalt, und dieses Jahr sind die Wälder das Schwerpunktthema des UN-Tages. Lily Lux war zur Feier des Tages in ihrem wunderbaren Arboretum, hat ein paar Notizen gemacht und einige großartige Bäume kennengelernt und wiederentdeckt. ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein großartiges neues Jahr! • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! • Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! • Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo! • ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ➔
Lily Lux Online | Fresh Animated Banners
I’ve been wondering for a pretty long time how animated gifs might work e.g. how they are made, and I found out today! I usually need a reason to work such things out, and I had a good one: making banners for Lily Lux and the idea that a waving lucky cat and twinkling matryoshka dolls would be even nicer than just showing their pictures.
After all, making the tiny animations was much easier than expected, plus a lot of fun. You just have to be careful not to get hynotized… ➔
Lily Lux and her Authors say Thank you!
Lily Lux and her authors are exceedingly delighted to now introduce the Lily Lux Notizbuch and want to use the opportunity to thank some gorgeous people that supported us and our project in one or the other way:
First of all, our thanks go to Hoffman und Campe Verlag who made this project possible, and especially to our reader Ulla Mothes. And once again, very special thanks are due to Henning Mühlinghaus for countless, very creative and constructive thursday evenings and some more specialist knowledge. Furthermore (in no particular order) we thank: Angelika and Reinhard Luckhaus, Helga Klesse, Anette Schaumlöffel and Jonathan Schaumlöffel, Frederik Stolz, Oliver Beicht, Vivian Maempel, Bruni Kintscher, Tanja Kleiner and Eliseo Milonia, Tanja Krüger, Bärbel Endter and Bernd Jakobi, Pauline and Nina. You magnificent people! ♥ ➔
Frohe Weihnachten, Merry Christmas et Joyeux Noël!
Frohe Weihnachten und ein großartiges neues Jahr! • Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! • Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année! • Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo!• ¡Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo! ➔
Release | Lily Lux Kühlschrankmagneten
From today on, they’re available in bookstores!
Ab heute im gutsortierten Buchhandel:
IRIS LUCKHAUS: LILY LUX KÜHLSCHRANKMAGNETE
35 MOTIVE AUF MAGNETFOLIE | 29,6 x 21,0 CM
€ 9,99 [D] | € 10,30 [A] | SFR 18,20 (UVP)
CADEAU BEI HOFFMANN UND CAMPE | 978-3-455-38062-0
“Lily Lux makes everyday life so much more colourful! Picnic or getaway, walk or discovery journey through the city: Lily likes having her favourite things with her. Because you never know what you might need them for. These favorite things are now published as 35 diverse combinable magnets that hold little messages. For everyone who likes to discover Lily time and again.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #28 | Thank You! ♥
Today, we would like to officially thank all these great people, that companied, supported and encouraged our Lily Lux in one or the other way:
First of all, we’d like to thank the Hoffman und Campe Verlag, who made this project possible, and in particular our reader Ulla Mothes. Another special thanks goes to Henning Mühlinghaus for countless constructive and relentless thursday evenings and some specialist knowledge… furthermore, in unsorted order: Angelika and Reinhard Luckhaus, Helga Klesse, Tanja Kleiner and Eliseo Milonia, Sarah Sloane, Oliver Beicht, Carola König, Christina Danzer, Tanja Krüger, Ulrich Luckhaus, Hans Eberhardt, Guillaume Haudebert, Frederik Stolz, Vivian Maempel, Rebecca von Itter, Anette Schaumlöffel, Pauli and Nina. Without all of you, Lily wouldn’t have become the person she is now. Thank you so much!!! ➔
Anthology | “Illusive III” by Die Gestalten Verlag
Today I received my copy of the Illusive III anthology by Die Gestalten Verlag, in which Lily Lux is featured on a beautiful page. Thanks a lot!
ILLUSIVE | CONTEMPORARY ILLUSTRATION PART III
DIE GESTALTEN VERLAG | R. KLANTEN & H. HELLIGE | HARDCOVER
24×30 CM | 340 P | ¤ 44,00 | $ 65,00 | £ 33,00 | 978-3-89955-191-4
“Illusive (…) continues to document the flourishing discipline of contemporary illustration. This definitive reference and veritable guide to the best in illustration today, presents an unparalleled collection of work showcasing nearly 200 world-class illustrators (…). The book addresses the inexhaustible possibilities of styles and techniques that are practiced today through the broad range of examples (…)” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #26 | Stealing Time
“Lily loves stealing time.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #01 | Walks in the Rain
“Lily loves walks. Whatever the weather is like.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #05 | Miracles happen
“Lily believes in miracles. Because sometimes, very sometimes, they actually happen.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #27 | Change of Perspective
“Lily thinks it’s really important to look at the world from different perspectives sometimes.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #22 | Finding Sights
“Lily loves to get lost. Because the greatest sights are only discovered haphazardly.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #21 | Home Abroad
“Lily loves to travel. And to feel home abroad.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #20 | Shooting Stars
“Lily is convinced that wishing helps. Especially, if you firmly believe in it.” ➔
Lily Lux’ Wunderbare Welt #06 | Running late
“If Lily runs late already, the most important things keep hiding.” ➔
Lily Lux Magnetic Cards
For the Frankfurt Book Fair in October, we made some magnetic cards (7,2 x 10,2 cm) as advertising materials for Lily Lux – for happy fridges (and other magnetic surfaces), for fall anticipation, for some more Lily Lux in everyday life, and especially for holding little papers with important notes. Just as Lily herself likes to do. ➔