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Daria Hlazatova: I'm a Ukraine-basedillustrator with particular love fordrawing and making collages. I drink alot of tea and dream of having a huskydog. I love travelling which is a greatinspirational force for me. My work isvery often inhabited by animals, ladiesand bowler-headed gentlemen who comeout at night. All my drawings arebrought to life by pens and pencils andlargely inspired by literature and theatre.Some of my illustrations have beenpublished in several art magazines andexhibited in the UK and the USA. I'mcurrently working on my first zine whichwill feature a collection of my drawings.I'm delighted to provide illustrations forNew Fairy Tales!www.dariasgallery.blogspot.comFiona McDonald studied painting anddrawing at the Julian Ashton Art Schoolin Sydney in the late 1980’s. After artschool she began developing her life sizefigurative soft sculpture for which shehas become well known. Fiona hascontinued to make two dimensional artwork as well as her sculpture, puppetsand dolls. 2010 saw the publication ofFiona’s first two knitting books: Babes inthe Wool and Knitted Aliens bothpublished by Search Press UK. KnittedFairies and Knitted Vampires are bothforthcoming. Fiona’s first non-fiction titleTextiles: A History will be published byPen&Sword in June 2011. She hasexhibited widely throughout Australia,Britain, China and the US. Visit Fiona’swebsite: www.fionamcdonald.com.auand her bloghttp://fionamcdonald.blogspot.comLaura Carter is an English illustratorcurrently living in the Netherlands. Herlatest crush is on her boyfriend’s Wacomtablet, and she shall be putting hernewest creations onwww.lauracarter.co.uk. On most daysshe cycles to school to learn Dutch,because she finds that words cansometimes be as useful as pictures. Shefeels a bit uncomfortable writing aboutherself in the third person.Laura-Kate Chapman: I’m anillustrator currently living in Liverpool. Igraduated from Liverpool John MooresUniversity in 2008 with a first classdegree in Graphic Arts. I would describemy illustrative style as lovinglymeticulous. I like to weave intricatepatterns into my work as I feel that it isattention to the little details that can bemost captivating. More than anythingI’m trying to create a visual world thatgives the mundane a more magical feeland above all else I want my illustrationsto make people smile.www.laura-katedraws.co.ukYuki Nishimura, a surrealism lover, is aJapanese freelance illustrator andanimator based in UK. She landed inLondon in 2008 to finish MA Illustrationcourse at University of the Arts London.It gave her a chance to explore thenonsensical illustration referring toBritish nursery rhymes which developedher own aesthetic and rules of how tovisualize the words. Her interests inmountains and nature (as drawingmotifs and also as travel destinations)also gives her strong inspiration. As wellas the surrealism, the spirit of natureworship she learnt in Japan forms thebasis of her work.www.yukinishimura.comRosie Lauren Smith (better known asAutumn Alchemy) is a mostly self taughtillustrator of all things magical. Heavilyinspired by the golden age illustrators,she uses traditional mediums for herwork, mostly watercolours, inks andpencils, occasionally touched up withacrylics, gold leaf and pastels. Otherinspiration comes from nature and theBritish countryside, illuminatedmanuscripts, the smell of burning wood,damp leaves and moss and gloomyweather. More recently she has taken upneedle felting to bring her creations tolife. Visit her blog athttp://autumnalchemy.blogspot.comIssue 6 www.newfairytales.co.uk - 45 -