Shiny new blog!!

It's been quite a while dear blogger friends!
Hello Niccoco has a shiny new blog over at wordpress, go on and take a look at the recent happenings by visiting me there!
xoxo,
Nicole

popping in to share the rest of the jungle crew with you today!
along with the hippo gift certificate i designed the invitation for the shower and the thank you notes!


who doesn't love a playful monkey? he's most certainly my favorite of these characters!

hippo gift certificate

peeking in to share this sweet little hippo gift certificate that i was commissioned to create a few weeks ago for a dear client. it was part of a baby shower gift and couldn't have been a better more thoughtful idea for her daughter's first baby!

i'll have more to share soon featuring this hippo and a couple other fun jungle characters!

allison and anthony

remember these boston terrier wedding portraits matt & i created? well this commission was inspired by them but featuring black cats! i jumped for joy at the proposition because i have the perfect model, even though he can't sit still, my very own black kitty licorice!



we had fun creating each in our own style, but adding similar touches with the border and colors



congratulations to the couple, anthony and allison!

daily doodle day #18

the beautiful bright blue jay is today's daily animal doodle!
i'm thoroughly enjoying opening my watercolor's each day, even if its only for a few moments.

daily doodle day #17

i can safely say i've never drawn a camel in my life- until now!
while looking at a number of camel photos, it struck me how top heavy they are... and by the looks of it, they shouldn't be able to function and hold themselves up! my favorite part about this guy is his eyes. i normally stick dots in place of eyes, but camels have such heavy eyelids. adding that tiny line, i think, made all the difference in his expression!