My first attempt at Photoshop animation….

This is my first attempt at making a little animation in photoshop!
Stop Sticking, Stan! is out tomorrow :)

Great Big Giveaway! 3 New books out on May 8th

It's been a while since I've blogged - so I thought I'd come back with a big giveaway!  In a couple of weeks time, Egmont UK will be publishing 3 new books of mine and to celebrate I'm running a giveaway here on my blog, on my Facebook page Nicola Killen Illustration and on twitter too @nicolakillen.

The prizes:  All three books: My Pop-Up World Weather, My Pop-Up World Things That Go and Stop Sticking, Stan! AND an original piece of artwork signed by me.

How to enter:  Either follow this blog and leave a comment under this post; like my Facebook page and share a post about this giveaway; or follow me on twitter and retweet a post about this giveaway.
If you do all three you will be entered 3 times so you will increasing your chance of winning!

The winner will be picked at random after the closing date which is 8pm BST on 8th May 2014.

More information about the books:

Stop Sticking, Stan!  Stan loves collecting things.  Odd socks, buttons and feathers are a few of his favourite treasures.  One day, when Stan has been extra good, his parents give him a sticker…but, of course, ONE sticker isn't enough for Stan.

It comes with a free sheet of stickers at the back of the book - just like the ones Stan uses!

My Pop-Up World   My Pop-Up World is full of fun things to discover and explore with a pop-up on every page.

Things That Go In this book, have fun with cars, planes, rockets and trains!

Weather  In this book, have fun in the wind, rain, sun and snow!

Stop Sticking, Stan!

I received the first copy of my next book Stop Sticking, Stan! a few days ago.  There is a free sheet of stickers in the back of each book - they match the stickers that Stan plays havoc with….I have been finding it very hard to resist tearing them out and sticking them everywhere.  I think the book is a little more autobiographical than I realised!

More Handmade Christmas Cards!

Here are some bears in hats!

I will be selling my handmade cards at Cambridge Christmas 2013.  This event is on the 25th November at the Unitarian Church Hall in Cambridge from 1pm to 8.30pm.  For more details click here.

Some new handmade Christmas cards...

It's less than a month away to this year's Cambridge Christmas event so I have started to make some new cards.  Here are dogs in hats!

My Agent's New Website

My agent, Elizabeth Roy, has just launched a new website which you can see here.  Each illustrator can mange their own content so we can refresh our images as often as we want. See my page here!

Some snakes!

Here are a few action shots from my recent library event.  20 children drew dogs, penguins and made pop-up snakes.  I really enjoyed the event as everyone really got involved - and the feedback from parents was great!  Thanks to everyone who attended and to all the library staff for making me feel so welcome.