Our Newest Artist Is Annemarie Lieftink, From Raalte, Netherlands

Below she will tell us a bit about herself and her work:


I work in the traditional way (pencil, paint) and with a tablet. I prefer the tablet, because you have more options like airbrush and markers. I used to work in  advertising, but I would love to become a full time illustrator.


I'm a mom of three kids (two boys 18, 14 and a girl 8 years old), living together with my husband. And we have 1 dog, 1 bird and a guinea pig. So very busy!

Artistic Interests

Digital fantasy art and realistic drawings!

Personal Interests

Drawing, music and having a good time with friends and family

This is the link to my website in The Netherlands:  Quattro Design

Following are photos, linking to her work in her Zazzle Shop click on the foto to be taken to the product:

Our Newest Artist Is Carla Martell

Below she will tell us about herself, and how she happened upon Zazzle:

My name is Carla Martell - I'm an illustrator, and I'm pretty new to Zazzle. I discovered it through an online illustrators forum that was discussing merchandising and print on demand sites - I've always had a love of print, pattern and the different ways illustration can be used on products. Hearing about Zazzle, I was very excited and immediately wanted to give it a go! My favorite medium has always been pen and ink, and I love traditional printmaking techniques, but for my Zazzle store I've been using a combination of hand drawn illustration, rendered digitally. I've just started teaching myself Illustrator and after a few weeks of tearing my hair out I am learning to love it - it's so easy to rework and resize designs and I think the boldness of vector graphics suit the style of Zazzle products. There are lots of animals in my store, designs created from hand drawn text, and birds! It's definitely whimsical, colorful and lighthearted, with an emphasis on fun.

Following are Fotos of her work in her Zazzle store, just click on the foto to be taken directly to that product:

Our Newest Artist Is Beth Dunn From Alabama

Below, she will tell us about her work, and we will have links to her items on Zazzle:

I have been working with Zazzle almost 2 years now.  I use Photoshop and my own artwork scanned.
I found out about Zazzle through a friend. I researched it, and found it to be very easy to use and effective for promoting my designs and artwork. A lot of my online advertising is done through mommy blogs which they review and rate one or a few of my products that I provide for them. We usually have a giveaway for the readers, where they sign up to be a fan of OOPSY on Facebook, Twitter and Myspace. Also, in order to enter to win on each giveaway, they have to view my Zazzle stores and rate at least one product.
Offline, I have distributed business cards throughout town. I also purchase my own items for gifts on birthdays and holidays. I even wear my own designs and that is the best advertising, in my honest opinion!

Three of her favorite items (Just click on the picture to be taken to her product):

Our Next Artist/Designer Is Eric Hoff From Wisconsin

Below he will tell us a bit about himself and his work:

I joined Zazzle in October of 2009. I illustrate with just a regular pencil, then scan my drawings into my CorelDraw software and redraw them. Zazzle is perfect for any artist who wants to take full control of what they create to sell. 

My personal interests: Drawing, working on our never ending project of a house, fishing, hunting, football, beer.

My artistic interests: Comic art. Frank Miller, Simon Bisley, Martin Emond, Bill Watterson, Richard Thompson and anyone else who proves to be a genius like these people. 

Below are pictures of a few of his designs.  Click on the design to got to his Zazzle store:

 

Our Next Artist/Designer Is Debi Payne From Las Vegas. Nevada

Below, she will tell us about herself and her work:
 
My name is Debi Payne and I am a freelance artist. Over the years I have dabbled in many mediums for creating my art. After trying many different mediums the ones that I enjoy working in the most are watercolor and colored pencil. For years I have wanted to create art to be used on products. One day, a few months ago, quite by accident, I stumbled across the Zazzle website. I was so excited to find Zazzle.com because this was the first opportunity I had found to explore and experiment with adding my art to different products. In the very short time that I have had my Zazzle store I have really enjoyed working with it daily to create new art and new products.


Click on a Foto below to be taken to Debi's Store on Zazzle:

Our Newest Artist Is Teal Newcomb From Wisconsin

Below she will tell us about herself and her work:


I've had a love for nature and fantasy related art since I was very young, my favorite themes are fantasy landscapes and exotic creatures. I work almost exclusively in traditional media, I usually use some combination of watercolors, pro markers, acrylic, gouache, micron pens and gel pen.

I found out about Zazzle through another seller about a year ago, and it's been a very positive experience for me, without Zazzle I wouldn't have the ability to sell my artwork on so many different products and reach so many potential fans and customers.

In her free time she enjoys painting, gardening, knitting, hiking, reading.


Below are photos of her favorites with links to her Zazzle products:

Our Latest Artist Is Carla

 Below she tells us about her work and Zazzling:

My name is Carla, and I'm pretty new at Zazzle but not so new at drawing, which I've been doing for most of my life.  My favorite medium is pen and ink, but I'm partial to any kind of hand rendered illustration.    To adapt this hand drawn style to Zazzle has made me learn how to use Illustrator and work in a digital/hand drawn combination.  I love the ease and non-mess factor of digital, but I still love drawing with a real pen!  I consider myself a Zazzle beginner, but I've come a long way in a short time, just by trying new things and getting my store together.  I also have a .blog

The only thing I want to say is that I love creating things with Zazzle, but I'm super new and it's all a very big learning experience!

And, photos of her work, with embedded links to her products: