Elfie has a new friend now! Not just the little red robin but the cute Jollybelle, my new Christmas elf. She's getting ready for Christmas with the help of Chickadee, but has tangled a bit with some ribbons and wrapping paper! For now, you can get my little redhead friend as prints and Tshirts. She will be added to my Etsy shop very soon!

Uniquely Different Bags

New bags featuring my work are available in London based Uniquely Different shop at Etsy! These are printed onto cotton fabric and close with a magnetic snap. They make beautiful and very unique bags which are perfect for yourself or as gifts for friends and family!

Featured in Digitalis Art Magazine

I have the honor to be featured in the amazing Digitalis Art Magazine , a quarterly publication that supports and encourages creativity. Digitalis Art Magazine runs a group in RedBubble which shows tips, ideas and tutorials, features artists, and runs challenges and creative events. They select new artists and showcase them in the magazine, which is distributed world wide.

This time I have the honor to be featured. Thank you!

Click on the image to read more!

New Alice's Tea Party purse!

My Alice's Tea Party artwork is now available as a quirky high quality purse! This nice handbag created by Haut Totes has customizable features like:
- Brushed brass or gunmetal hardware
- Long or short handles
- Lining color
- Custom quotes for the bottom (so creative!)

This roomy handbag has a fun and functional kiss lock closure and lots of decadent little extras we love in a purse: a hard bottom, purse feet, and a winged skeleton key designed specially for the handbag line. Haut Totes bags are made to order. Get your Alice's tea Party purse here. Also tote bags, zipper pouches and gadget bags with my artwork are available here.

My Chest of Curiosities: Sorelle

There are so much fun, beautiful and enchanting treasures I find in the internet that I'd love to share with you through my Chest of Curiosities, a wish box that keeps my favorite things, curiosities and magical findings in a special place for you to admire.

The first jewel I want to take out of my chest is this magical book, Sorelle, written by Matz Mainka and illustrated by celebrated Spanish illustrator Ana Juan.

Sorelle is the tale of two sisters, joined together by their strong reddish root-like hair. They grew up in solitude, in a world of their own whose access they denied to anyone else… until a spring day when one of them finally met love.

Sorelle is an obscure story about love, sadness and the sickness of obsession; a nebulous world inhabited by gloomy characters and their inner monsters.

This wonderfully illustrated book is actually edited in Italian only, so I can hardly wait for it to be edited in Spanish or English as well! A must have for all those fantasy/gothic lovers!

~ Info ~
Publisher: Logos
Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.5 inches – 24 x 17 cm
Extent: 48 pages
Language: Italian
Binding: Hardcover
Publication: March 2011

Art Print Discounts!

This summer brings more gorgeous discounts!
Enjoy 15% OFF any art print from my Etsy shop! Just visit my Art Prints section and apply coupon code PRINTSALE15 at check out. Coupon Code ONLY applies exclusively to all prints from my "Art Prints" section. Code expires on July 31 2011.

Summer Sale!!

Summer time is here, and also time to enjoy, refresh and make great sales!
Enjoy 15% OFF any art print from Sandygrafik's shop! Just visit my Etsy shop and apply the coupon code (available in my message board under my shop's banner) at check out. Coupon code ONLY applies to all prints from my "Art Prints" section. Code expires on July 31 2011.
And there's more! My Zazzle shop is also on sale, so I have posted lots of promo codes in my shop's frontpage. Check them out and take advantage of these amazing discounts!
Zazzle codes expire on August 31 2011.
Enjoy!

New Stamp Line

My first rubber stamps featuring my artwork were launched thanks to Vicki from Queen Kat Designs Stamp Co.! These are unmounted laser etched rubber stamps made in the USA, wonderful for card making, scrapbooking, crafts and much more!
My first designs are available for purchase here.
Another great thing is that from June 17-19 they're 25% off!
Check them out!

Red

This is my last work, inspired (again!) by Little Red Riding Hood... I guess that she has this "thing"!
Immersed into the deep forest, she represents sensuality and innocence lost.
Mixed media illustration: Ink, acrylics on kraft paper, digital.
Copyright © Sandra Vargas 2011

"A Forest" by The Cure (my all time favorite band!) creates the perfect atmosphere for my work... I love how music can surround an image and recreate a fantastic "short animated film" in your imagination.

Here are the lyrics:

Come closer and see
see into the trees
find the girl
while you can
Come closer and see
see into the dark
just follow your eyes
just follow your eyes

I hear her voice
calling my name
the sound is deep
in the dark
I hear her voice
and start to run
into the trees
into the trees

into the trees

Suddenly I stop
but i know it's too late
I'm lost in a forest
all alone
The girl was never there
it's always the same
I'm running towards nothing
again and again and again

Did you guess the Mad Riddle?

"Why is a raven like a writing desk?", asked the Mad Hatter.
The real point of the riddle is that... it has no answer! Lewis Carroll, never intended to give any logical or real answer to the question, it was just kinda clue which reveals the long way between the whimsical and creative children's imagination and the logical (and sometimes boring!) adult thinking.
This is my interpretation of the Mad Riddle. So much fun creating this Mad Hatter's female version (my second one)!!
Mixed media: ink and digital. Available as Art Prints, Tshirts, Stickers, Cards and more fun stuff!
Copyright © Sandra Vargas 2011