Anorak Magazine - The Happy Mag For Kids

I read about the Anorak Magazine- The Happy Mag For Kids at
Book By Its Cover. Julia Rothman writes, that Anorak just blew her away when she first saw it. She wondered whether it would be weird if she ordered a subscription for herself.
So I checked out the links she posted and she is right The design is awesome and the illustrations fantastic.
I ordered a copy of it too and now I´m keeping it hidden from the kids. :) I want to enjoy it first before they get their hands on this little gem. After having seen this great kids´magazine, which comes with colored “happy pencils”, I´m thinking of getting a subscribtion myself.
For more images check out SuperMundane (one of the creators behind the magazine) and here or here.

The cover:


And some random pages:

Favorite Artists #1 - holly

Another method of trying to improve my skills, is copying the work of artists I really like. I draw/copy 3 to 5 pics of the artist I like and then I try to do my own.

The first artist I chose is holly (quinquereme) on deviantart. Her ladies are just cool and I love all the details she adds to her illustrations. Check out her page and don´t forget to have a look at her bling-bling fingers. ;)

So here are the copies I made:





And here is my own interpretation:
(Can anybody find the secret message?)