FINAL EPICASE RESULTS!!!

Hello all my wonderful friends and bloggers!

I'm so happy to announce that my Hansel & Gretel illustration came 3rd in the 3rd Epicase Competition! My heartfelt congrats to the winner from Russia, indeed an amazing and complicated work-well done! I would be lying if I said I wasn't hoping to win (I believe we all did who entered top 10) which is natural and good, but I'm not dissapointed at all. Very, very happy 'cos my illustration has now become a part of their retail art collection and you'll be able to purchase their products with my illo on it! How awesome and cool is that?! :)
When I reflect on how I've entered and expected really nothing out of it, and then to enter top 10 out of 1,214 works from all over the world, and now my work came 3rd-yeyieeee!!! Is all I can say and shout :)
Thank you all again for your precious votes and cheereing me on-truly means the world to me!

I'm sending you all warm hugs and kisses!

xoxox

Ant

Epicase competition results! :)

I have received such uplifting and amazing news today. I have entered a competition by Epicase a couple of months back with one of my illo's, after my dear friend Ni suggested I should try and enter. Today I got an email saying that amongst 1,214 works from all over the world mine entered the top 10-WOW!!!! :) Woooooohooooooooo! Can you tell how excited I am?! So the facebook fan poll starts today and I will shamefully ask for all of you my dear friends to help me out and vote for my illustration on their fan poll wall. The voting starts from 5pm and will last for a couple of days I think, till the 28th. Multiple choices are allowed as well. I'm not sure yet how many times you get to vote, I asked them this question so will let you know. 

I would love to at least enter the top 5 since my work would enter their collection then and would sell in their stores! :) Pls don't forget to pop over to their fb page HERE and vote!!!!

Thank you all and wish me good luck! :)

 xoxo

Ant

Something tad different :)

Hello to all my blog friends and followers, it's been ages I know :)
Well for those of you who don't know yet I have had a very good reason for 'hiding' away :) Lol
I'm so proud and joyful to announce that in April 2013 I'll be a mommy for the 2nd time! Wooohoo! :)
And normally that alone wouldn't be a reason for not posting or working on my illustrations lately, but unfortunately my 1st trimester wasn't a glorious one, since I had early pergnancy complications and was bedbound for a month, wasn't allowed to to anything, and I really do mean anything! I'm still on some sort of therapy and still have to take plenty of rest but I don't have to lay in bed anymore and boy were those news awesome for me!

My sweet peanut is doing very well the Doc said so I'm just grateful and thankful to Him who's looking after both of us :) And to celebrate my recovery and the fact I'm able to sit and walk more I was working on a new personal illustration yesterday and am sharing it with you here today. It is inspired by my very brave and amazing friend Victoria and her funny story about a lizzard who's living in her guitar :) We might turn this one into a real proper story for kids, I think it would be swell :)

Hope you're all doing fine and I'm sending you all warm hugs!

xxx

Ant

Antoana Oreški ©2012 

Brodet alla nonna :)

Here's my latest submission to TDAC called Brodet. It's a yummy treat for all the sea food lovers out there :)
 If you decide to make it one day let me know how you liked it and how it turned up...just remember, while cooking this amazing dish you NEVER stir but always SHAKE the pan! It's rule No.1 in making it!

Hope you enjoy my illustrated version!
xoxox

Ant

                                             (Click on the recipe below to see it on TDAC's site in bigger version)

Antoana Oreški ©2012

Three Piglets :)

Hello everyone!

I know I've been absent for a long time, it's summer here and I have been enjoying every second of it so far. Going to the beach every day with my family is awesome but tiresome too, at least we all have a good night rest after such a well spent day :)
I did however prepared something very summery for all of you. I have decided for the 1st time to turn one of my black & white enigmatic illustration into a proper coloured one....I like the result and would love to hear your thoughts on it too, so don't feel ashamed to leave me a comment! :)

I'm sending warm hugs to each & every one of you out there and wishing you a wonderful summer!

xoxo
Ant

Antoana Oreški ©2012

2nd piece for the Grimm Exhibition-Hansel & Gretel

Hiya guys,

been very busy and still am, so just wanna show you all my 2nd Hansel & Gretel piece for the Grimm's exhibition. I chose to illustrate the part of the story where Hansel is leaving bread crumbs behind so they could find their way home-but to no avail, since the birds are gonna eat up the crumbs trail :)
I was debating whether to illustrate this part of the story or the one where Gretel throws the evil witch into the burning furnace...but I decided upon this one, since to me the bread crumbs were always the highlight of the entire story :)
Anyways, hope you'll like it :)

Cheers,
Ant

Antoana Oreški ©2012

Hansel & Gretel-piece for 200yr of brothers Grimm exhibition

Finally finished my whole piece for the upcoming exhibition I told you about in my previous post :)

I'll do my best and do another one for the same exhibition if I manage to complete other projects with short deadline :) So without further ado here it is! :)

Your thought on it are always very welcome....

Have a great day everyone! :)

xox Ant

Antoana Oreški ©2012