Yipori

Off Topic: Totoro Birthday Cake

2012-01-14T12:51:00.004Z

Yes, it's that time of year again that I attempt to make my sister a Totoro cake for her Birthday, so here is this years!

Super close up of that little Totoro's face, aww.

Snowball

2012-01-06T14:59:00.002Z

These little guys love to play in the snow but it always ends the same way... Snowball fight!!!

Who threw that? Aww give that guy a little hug.

And this is why you NEVER have a snowball fight with a Piplee, run away!

Yummy nom nom!

2012-01-03T14:52:00.002Z

A little Inkmallow finishes of a slice of tasty strawberry cake, nom nom!

In other news thanks for all your support last year and wishing you all an awesomeville new year!

Merry Christmas

2011-12-24T18:51:00.006Z

A quick last minute gift for you guys, a couple of Christmas (and a couple of slighty more sunny) mini wallpapers for your iPod or phone, get them here!

Merry Christmas everyone, I hope you have a awesomeville time!

Sledging

2011-12-06T12:45:00.002Z

Wwweeeeeii, penguin and a shroomie have a sledging race!

I really hope we get some sledging action this year and I'm totally up for a race with any sledging penguins if you know any.

Kawaii Christmas Wallpaper

2011-11-28T21:53:00.005Z

Super awesome Christmas wishes to you all from Yipori!
To celebrate I have a brand new super snowy wallpaper to cover your screens with, download it here right now!

TOP FACT: Candy canes taste 3 times tastier when in a loop instead of straight. Don't believe me? Ask this lot, this field was covered in them two hours ago!

Extreme close up! This present looks pretty heavy, I wonder what it is?

Flip and Swim

2011-11-27T12:56:00.003Z

Take a cool dip!

I've been working on a few underwater characters recently so I thought I better show you them!

Web Designer Magazine workshop feature

2011-11-19T13:31:00.004Z

I'm extremely proud to say that issue 190 of Web Designer magazine features my site in the web workshop section, giving some top tips on using characters in web design! :) Check out a little peek inside the magazine below.

And Yipori even made it onto the contents page, so excited!

Nintendo Pumpkins

2011-10-30T11:44:00.015Z

Happy Halloween! I thought I would share with you some of the pumpkins I have made over the last few years.

Go link go!

Mario and Princess Peach share a moment :)

Not a Nintendo one, but hopefully you still like.

Watch out behind you!

Bongo Bee

2011-10-11T21:12:00.003+01:00

Super Bongo Bees take flight!

These particular bees are happy to be 'played' with by pating their heads like a drum, each one produces a different note so if you can grab enough of them you could totally play a song... that's 'if' you can catch one...

Gallery now open!

2011-09-25T15:39:00.001+01:00

Now you can view Yipori's pictures in one handy place. The gallery is now open and best of all there are no queues! Check it out over on my site.

Flower Coast

2011-08-31T20:49:00.004+01:00

Watching over the Wimbits at Flower Coast.

Hey peeps, I thought I better post a new picture and let you have a peek at the Wimbits, the sweet filled jars of happiness.

Inkmallow Anniversary

2011-07-31T12:18:00.002+01:00

A couple of Inkmallows celebrate my parents 40th wedding anniversary.
Congratulations!

Kawaii Flower Guy

2011-06-26T11:41:00.002+01:00

One of the new characters I have been working on recently. Kinda looks a little flower like and don't have a name for him yet (always find the naming bit tricky) so 'Kawaii flower guy' will have to do for now!

New Charms!

2011-06-05T17:43:00.008+01:00

Two new (of the ever popular) charms are now available in the Yipori shop!
The new arrivals are a sweet Schromie and a cute yeti, why not pick one up today?

Also this month everyone gets a FREE badge with every order at the shop (Just for being awesome!)

Meet the Inkmallows

2011-05-31T21:13:00.003+01:00

Learn a little bit about these loveable little white puffs of cuteness right here.

Oh so cute I could eat one (probably best not to do that though)

Shop now open!

2011-05-24T21:38:00.005+01:00

Yipori is extremely happy to announce that it's shop is now... open! There are lots of cute gifts and presents for you and your friends, with more on there way.
Please click here to see what's on sale.

Up today we have sweet badge sets and charming mobile charms. Please get in contact to let me know what you think, and what you would like to see in the future!

Jelly and Icecream

2011-04-27T21:29:00.006+01:00

Another little happy birthday to Yipori for becoming the grand old age of two :)

Warning: Hats are not edible.

Yipori is 2 years old!

2011-04-19T22:00:00.008+01:00

Happy birthday Yipori! Now 2 years old (don't they grow up fast?!)

Celebrate 2 years of Yipori with a brand new wallpaper just for you guys, which you can find on my site here.

Ooh I wonder if there is going to be jelly and icecream at this party? I could really go for some of that right now. At least it looks like I will be able to get a nice big slice of that cake...

Why not say hi in the comments today or pop over to my facebook page and say hello? And feel free to tell your friends, your pets (and your pets friends) about Yipori.

Also hopefully there will be a few surprises in store this week, until then thank you sooooo much for all your support over these past two years, it means a lot to me *hug* :)

Happy Mothering Sunday

2011-04-03T16:54:00.001+01:00

Hugs all round!

Very Berry

2011-03-31T21:03:00.002+01:00

It's berry nice, almost too cute to eat?

Tweet!

2011-03-26T11:18:00.002Z

Look after your tweets :)

Off Topic: Angry Birds Cakes

2011-02-28T21:30:00.006Z

Tasty treats that don't look too happy about being eaten!

For those of you wondering they are white chocolate (with yellow food colouring) rice crispy cakes, and they were super yummy :)

Kawaii math

2011-02-28T20:56:00.003Z

OK get to your seats and no talking at the back, it's time for... Kawaii math!

1 + 1 = too cute!

Pretty sure math lessons would of been more interesting if taught by these guys.

Happy Valentines

2011-02-13T18:30:00.002Z

Happy Valentines from the happy little sea worm.

Press Start

2011-01-28T20:18:00.027Z

Yipori goes all 16 bit, giving you peek at what Yipori would look like if it was a game in a brand new desktop wallpaper and 4 mini wallpapers to power up your iPod!

Level up with the mini wallpapers you can download right here.

Penguin present

2011-01-20T20:00:00.008Z

A little present for you!

Why thank you little penguin! You can also get this as a phone or iPod wallpaper right here.

Christmas Cards 2010

2010-12-30T18:27:00.005Z

I thought I better show you a peek of the super limited edition Christmas cards I sent out this year. If you received one of these then you are VERY lucky! :)

These cards also contained a special Christmas badge which I will post soon.

Mini Mobile Wallpapers

2010-12-19T11:44:00.003Z

The cutest, brightest, happyest wallpapers for your phone (and Ipod). Get yours here!

Carry a little piece of Yipori around with you all day!

Merry Christmas Everyone

2010-12-01T21:32:00.003Z

Enjoy the super happy winter wonderland in this wallpaper which you can get here right now.

TOP FACT: Penguins are the best animal at decorating Christmas trees!

Ginger bread men don't actually eat candy canes, they use them as fashion accessories to stand out in the crowd. This years colour is pink, lucky!

Off Topic: Totoro cakes

2010-11-24T21:01:00.013Z

I love Totoro, he might just be the most awesome creature on the planet (Fact!). My sister agrees so I made her this Totoro cake for her birthday one year.

Another year I made these tasty little cakes.

And once I made these (slightly scared looking) biscuits ALL for my self, Yum Yum!

Oh gone on then, I'll let you have one...

Snow monster march

2010-11-18T13:11:00.006Z

The lovable snow monsters take a little wintry stroll.

It's getting a little nippy here now so am a little jealous of these little guys and their full body of fur.

Snow monster

2010-11-11T14:13:00.003Z

Howdy! How are you today?

This lovable snow monster doesn't say that much, but the little he does will always be cheery.

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-31T12:40:00.004Z

Watch out for monsters hiding in the night!

And if you do run across any, just hide behind the nearest (friendly) giant pumpkin :)

Peas in a pod

2010-10-17T16:28:00.007+01:00

Please don't eat these little peas!

These are my take on the incredibly cute 'Peas in a pod' characters from Toy Story 3, created for the awesome Pixar times blog, definitely a great place for all things Pixar, PLUS if you click here you can see lots of amazing Pixar illustrations, go check it out!

King Caterpillar

2010-09-29T20:04:00.002+01:00

This particular caterpillar isn't actually a real king (I know! Pretty shocking!)

But whatever you do DON'T tell him that, other than it upsetting him, if he isn't king, who is going to make awesome royal decrees like 'one must have jelly and custard after every meal including breakfast'?!

Take a relaxing swim

2010-09-19T12:34:00.016+01:00

This little sea worm has on occasion been confused with the lock ness monster, but striving for his own individual style he finds this most fustrating! So now (when on holiday in Scotland) he can offen be seen wearing a "I'm NOT the lock ness monster!" tshirt to clear any sort of confusion up. That's using the old noggin.

Here it looks like he's thinking of the tasty sardine stirfry he just had for lunch.

Origami Flight

2010-08-29T15:19:00.008+01:00

Grab some paper, fold yourself a plane and take flight!
If you like this image a wallpaper version is availble here.

Of course your going to need a massive piece of paper unless your the size of a small mouse, in which case any piece of paper will do. (Damn those lucky mice, getting all the breaks.)

Of course don't forget your passport if you plan on flying far away, and if it's a really long journey it's best to pack a little snack. I'm going to take some jelly in the shape of a hedgehog with me (it's much tastier that way).

Work in progress - Chocks away!

2010-08-17T21:28:00.003+01:00

Sneak peek at one of the characters in my next picture. Treat!

Ice Cool Girl Portrait

2010-08-02T20:43:00.006+01:00

The final girl portrait from me for a while now, so back to cuteness soon!

It was nice to experiment for a few weeks and out of the few posted I posted here I think this was my favourite one. Next time I might try to work on drawing a whole figure, hopefully it will be fun.

Become a fan today

2010-08-01T18:10:00.009+01:00

I'm finally on facebook - become a fan today!

I will be postings news and maybe a picture or two (Once I figure it all out) so join up today for general awesomeness. What are you waiting for?! Clicky clicky.

Green Girl Portrait

2010-07-17T16:51:00.004+01:00

Zesty green girl portrait.

OK this time I didn't have to ask my sister for eye shadow tips, go me!
I think this is going to be 3 of 4 portraits, so don't worry guys, only one more to go!

Ninja Drops

2010-07-11T17:03:00.005+01:00

The Ninja Drops attack, HI YAH!

The super steathly Ninja Drops pack a powerful punch, CHOP CHOP!
They could actually be a little bit more steathly if it wasn't for their love of brightly coloured ninja shorts, but sometimes it's nice to look nice when saving the world.

P.S. Is that how you spell HI YAH?

Summer Girl Portrait

2010-06-27T17:27:00.002+01:00

Another fresh summer girl portrait from me.

So I had to start asking my sister for makeup advice... hey I don't know what colour eye shadow works with brown eyes! :)

Girl Portrait

2010-06-21T19:24:00.003+01:00

OK something a little different from me this time but DON'T PANIC more cute critters are coming!!!

I've been working on some different styled images for a few weeks now for a change, not sure if I will keep posting them here or not. (I have to post it somewhere!) Anyway let me know what you think.

Poplyo the (mystical) cat

2010-05-30T15:52:00.005+01:00

Tiggle the tummy of a tumbling cat!

Not quite sure whats going on here, he looks quite concerned, maybe he's found something mystical in the mystical cats mystical ear... (mystical!)

This is what we all want from life right?! To trampoleen on a giant cats tummy... no... just me then.

Yipori badges go on sale!!!

2010-05-14T20:53:00.001+01:00

Finally I have managed to get my first ever product finished! And here they are, loveable little pieces of Yipori for you to take home and wear (So, so, SO EXCITED!)

"I need theses now! Where do I get them?!" I hear you ask, well they will be going on sale in my home town in the lovely, super tasty cake making shop called Cirencester Cupcakes, and will be going online to buy in a few weeks. I will let you know when ;)

Only problem I'm having at the moment is that I want them to keep them all, hopefully I will be able to let a few of them go for you guys to buy...

Curly Forest

2010-04-29T21:11:00.004+01:00

Now you too can catch fireflies in the curly forest. Like this? Then grab the wallpaper version at www.yipori.com!

I know those fireflies look fun, but my advice is to STAY AWAY! They have a secret plan to pinchy pinch the little guys sweets (oooh no!!!) but how I hear you ask? Lets take a closer look...

Working in teams they perform complex dancing maneuvers (they call this dance the 'sneak sweet peak') which both dazzles and amazes the forest cuties, then yonk! sweeties pinched! You have been warned!

Site Launch!

2010-04-11T17:43:00.004+01:00

Yipori is proud (and super excited!!!) to launch his new site at www.yipori.com.

This has taken many months of work, and I'm so happy that I can now share it with you. You may also have noticed (at least I hope so) that we have a new blog header to match the new site design, I hope you like.

So enough rambling, please go check out the new site and feel free to tell me what you think, I would love to hear from you guys!

P.S. Tell your friends, your friends friends, and their cat.

Happy Cake shop

2010-03-30T19:41:00.009+01:00

Tasty treats sit in the sun, celebrating the start of spring.

The penguin in the background LOVES cake! (Fear not, he loves to be friends with NOT eat) Sadly he has been bansihed to the window ledge for licking the icing and sniffing the jam, how very naughty.

Monsieur cake is only made out of the finest ingredients don't you know? what what. In his spare time he likes to solve murder mysteries and fight pesky bad guys. But the real mystery of what he keeps under his hat is ONLY known to him...

Rabbit ice cream!

2010-03-14T18:48:00.002Z

Rabbit and bear ice cream, yum!

It's not quite 'owl ice cream' but i'm sure it's still super tasty.

Midnight Sun

2010-02-27T15:50:00.005Z

The sun is setting, but the party continues.

Extreme CLOSE UP!!!!

I wish I could walk upside down...on bushes...and have a penguin hand me sweets ;)

8bit invader

2010-02-23T22:03:00.004Z

Grab your controller and play!

Sweet Clouds

2010-01-30T15:15:00.002Z

Party time up in the clouds, sweets all round!

These special sweets (a favourite of the fluffy clouds) are grown on vines up in the sky. They can grow to the size of a mellon, but no one has ever seen one this big...

...they are sooooo tasty, everyone eats them as soon as they start to grow!

Happy balloon day!

2010-01-14T21:16:00.003Z

Happy Birthday! Eat cake, dance on cake?!

Finally the healthy way to eat cake!

New year balloon festival

2010-01-01T19:08:00.005Z

The traditional balloon festival brings in the new year!

Think I might have to get me one of these.

I would like to say a big thank you to everyone who has supported me, linked to me and sent nice emails to me this year and a big hello/thanks to the followers (Hello and thanks! :) ) Happy new year everyone!

Fly Away!

2009-12-10T12:38:00.001Z

The shrooms are having a few problems with their balloon.

Dance around Christmas

2009-12-01T21:40:00.004Z

Everyone is having fun with family and friends!

Super Christmasy close up!

More Christmasy goodness!

Snowy delight!

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Don't pop this balloon.

2009-11-22T11:39:00.002Z

Peaceful giant ballons float high above the clouds.

Penguin Igloo

2009-11-10T12:49:00.001Z

*Brrrrrr* It's getting cold, better finish off that igloo guick!

Bonfire delight

2009-10-29T20:58:00.002Z

Fireworks light the sky on bonfires night.

Bonus close up shot!

Tea time for King Catepillar

2009-10-20T20:50:00.002+01:00

Get some tasty treats ready for the king himself!

Wow, that strawberry is looking really happy for someone about to be eaten!

Pumpkin Surprise!

2009-09-29T21:11:00.002+01:00

Grab your pointy hat and get ready for some magic!

Halloween bonus shots!

Super lucky extra image!

Play with your food

2009-09-20T12:54:00.004+01:00

I think food prefers to be played with...

...than eaten!

What's the answer? Yipori interviewed by Vector Tuts+

2009-09-07T20:39:00.005+01:00

Hi all, I was recently interviewed by the awesome Vector tuts site, please check it out here if you would like to learn a little bit about me!

Now let's see if this little guy can work out what's puzzling him.

The Jam Factory

2009-08-30T17:03:00.003+01:00

The tastiest jam is being freshly prepared in the sky!

Close up shot of the jam collectors.

Bonus close up! Treat!

Whoops!

2009-08-23T14:57:00.005+01:00

One small slip for you...

...one giant leap of freedom for your ice cream!

Fluffy ears

2009-08-06T21:09:00.002+01:00

Flufffy ears or fluff for ears?

Either way, it's warm and toasty ears!

Sleeping moon, busy planet.

2009-07-27T19:20:00.003+01:00

The planets stay busy making jam, while the moon sleeps.

With bonus close up shots!

Wow, another bonus picture, super lucky!

Float birds float

2009-07-21T21:20:00.005+01:00

Really wishing I could float, it looks so relaxing.

Right thats it, i'm going off to get some helium...

Hip Hip Birthday!

2009-07-09T20:52:00.006+01:00

Happy Birthday!

Everyone celebrates a birthday with a nice (massive) slice of cake, yum yum!

Bells dance

2009-07-01T20:20:00.008+01:00

Jump to the sound of the dancing bells.

Just try not to run under them mid jump, I did once and got stuck under a giant blue one for two hours, very scary stuff! You're been warned!

Deep sea diving

2009-06-18T21:27:00.004+01:00

Time to cool off for the summer and take a little dip!

Although I think using a submarine may be cheating?

Tasty fruit

2009-06-09T20:47:00.004+01:00

Everyone is celebrating this years extemely tasty looking harvest.

I want to try all of them, Yum Yum! All the joy of eating blue food without those pesky E numbers, (or where they the best part?!)

Let's get cooking!

2009-06-04T20:14:00.007+01:00

Why have a barbeque when you could have a bake-be-que?!

Just watch out for those pesky bees stealing your sugar.

Bee a Doughnut!

2009-05-25T21:57:00.006+01:00

Incoming tasty treats!

I wish things this yummy would fly past my window... Hmm or maybe they already do...? Anyone licked a pigeon recently?

If you shouldn't swim after eating...

2009-05-17T16:04:00.008+01:00

...what happens if you eat while you're swimming?

One of the many problems that face an octopus! To try and empathise I'm going to try and eat my sandwich underwater in the bath, and update you guys later...

...(later) euuwwwww!

Ribbon Festival begins!

2009-05-10T21:57:00.004+01:00

Summer is here and the ribbon festival starts!

Everyone is preparing for the festivities with the traditional wrapping of trees with flowing ribbons, and of course they can all sneak in a cheeky roasted marshmallow, mmmm yum!

Gift tags...

2009-04-26T20:23:00.001+01:00

...or crazy hotwater bottles?

I wish I had a gift wrapped up with one of these bad boys stuck to the side, it would be THE best present!

Attention! Sergeant Walrus Commands you...

2009-04-23T22:01:00.000+01:00

...to be awesome!

I was going to put this character up on a plain background, but this upset Sgt. Walrus (and no one likes to see a grown Walrus cry), so I got on and made his second favourite thing in the world to swim round him, lots of little fishys!

P.S. Sgt. Walrus's favourite things are socks, but it didn't look right with them swimming around him.

Welcome to the Launch of Yipori!

2009-04-20T21:43:00.000+01:00

Welcome to Yipori! The super happy and wonderfully cute home of Yipori illustrations and news.

I hope you enjoy your stay (althought with this being the first post there isn't alot I can do about that at the moment other than bribe you to come back soon with more cute images AND free chocolate...OK the chocolate thing might be alittle hard at the moment until I work out how to post it via this pesky web thingy.) anyway for now I hope you enjoy the first picture.

P.S. How amazing will it be when we can send chocolate via the internet?!

Contact

2009-04-20T20:43:00.003+01:00

Hello. How are you doing?

If you would like to contact me please feel free using the following email address.
cma45[at]hotmail.com

P.S. Until I get the new email address working, please start the subject with "yipori" so I know it's not spam, (I woundn't want to miss your email!) thank you.

About

2009-04-20T20:42:00.004+01:00

Hi! I'm a web developer and illustrator based in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, (UK). I love all forms of media and enjoy playing around with many.

Here you can find some of my cuter illustrations with a definite 'kawaii' feel. I hope you enjoy, and feel free to let me know in the comments!