The folks at Little Otsu have launched a new mini art book series, and the first two Living Things Series Vol 1+2 have just been released!
The first in this series is by Lizzy Stewart and is called "A Guide to Eastern European Wildlife." Bursts of color shoot from the mouths of wolves and bears look on as carefully rendered unknown European towns are off in the distance. There are birds in flight and an owl on a perch, buildings on the backs of deer and tiny animals wearing tiny hats; all beautifully drawn in interchanging full and single color.
The second volume in the series by Jo Dery is called "Pheromones: a chemical conversation" and is an exploration of how animals use pheromones differently to do things like mark territory, attract mates and even attack enemies. Jo's beautiful watercolor drawings of sea urchins and amazing line drawings of beetles meet dogs, cats, gulls and even people in this factoid-filled and often humorous book.
Click here to read more about the books!
To celebrate the release, they are offering a giveaway here this week (Tue/Wed) to you our readers! Just leave a comment in this post by Wed, December 22 (by 6pm) and we'll post the winner on Thursday, December 23rd! Yay! Merry Good Luck!
littleotsu.com
155 comments:
Oh wow! Looks so good! Thanks for the chance to win!!!:)
I want one, looks good! =)
Wow that book looks amazing! :)
i loved "A Guide to Eastern European Wildlife" zine the first time I saw it. this would be a great gift to myself. happy holidays.
i love little otsu.. one of my favorite shoppes in san francisco. i think i'm gonna have to make a visit there, soon. thanks for the great giveaway.. happy holidays <3
Well, they both look wonderful so I am keeping my fingers crossed for one.
Hello, Hello.
Lovely colourful illustrations and I really love the hand drawn text, what a great giveaway today!. Today is my 39th birthday so hopefully I get some extra birthday luck.Fingers crossed x
Oh wow, that looks amazing; I am in!!!
What a lovely and appealing way to connect to nature and art. I would love these books not only for myself but to share with my students.
A truly lovely giveaway.
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I love these illustrations :)
ME! ME! please choose me!!!!
what an awesome giveaway, those mini-books would look great on my coffee table ;)
xx Miriam
what a lovely little christmas gift for myself! xx
great giveaway! I would love to win this.
These are fantastic!!!
i'm in love with the art books, great style!
this looks amazing and would be lovely in my house in australia :)
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Oooh gosh- those books look beautiful- my daughter would be enchanted, Please count me in x
These little beauties look fabulous! Count me in on the giveaway,,,PLEASE!!!!
I particularly like the moose with perched birds. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity.
Sue
Oh pretty pretty!
Thanks for the chance, and good luck with this new book series :-)
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What an amazing series!
I especially adore Lizzy Stewart work, but I'm really looking forward to see the upcoming volumes and who the artists involved will be.
would love the living things set for my little nature boy.
glad tidings,
wendy (at wendycook dot com)
Oooh! These look great. I would love to read about "Chemical Conversations" so I hope I win!
Thanks for a great giveaway,
Stephie x
What beautiful and fascinating books ! I would love to win these.
I can't believe no one is all over this yet! I love your blog and would love these books. Thanks!
Oh- they are beautiful drawings. I love the Eastern European Wildlife series! So rad!
I love these mini art books and had recently featured the first volume by Lizzy on my blog. Count me in!
these are beautiful, i'd love to win!
mini art books are a genius idea! both of these look amazing . . .
lovely books! count me in!
I would love to win the first one!
These new books look like fun. I love the moose with birdies.
I want!
Those are awesome. I'd sure like to be the winner! I have a new grandson and I am building a library for him
Heather
Heather.foster@kp.org
Awesome. Very awesome.
Hi, these are gorgeous!! I would love to win them!
beautiful. aburkman@hotmail.com
These are very cool- thanks for the giveaway!!!
Wow - what a lovely giveaway. These are beautiful (& informative) looking books. I'd love to read & re-read them with our son. Hmmm...and they would even inspire me to create stories about the various animals within.
Woo! Love giveaways! :)
those look beautiful!!!
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What beautiful books! I would love to frame those pages!
SUPER COOL, count me in. :)
i would love to own these books. thanks for the chance to win.
I would love to win these art books! They look adorable!
what fun books! something creative this way comes!
What quirky, beautiful little books. I love the chipmunk... Thanks and Happy Holidays!
I would love to be entered in the giveaway! I looked through those books at Crafty Wonderland in Portland!
Beautiful little pieces of art...I covet them!
Excellent illustrations! These are lovely!
looks like a great series. thanks for the chance to win!
LOVE these!
Oh my goodness those look amazing! I would love to win.
I love living things!!!!
these books look amazing. I'd love them, please.
These are so fun! I love them!
E.O. Wilson - my hero. I was just using The Diversity of Life yesterday for something I was writing for my thesis. Love the look of these books. Thanks, Poppytalk.
these are GREAT
What beautiful creations! I love them! Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Wonderful illustrations! Thanks for sharing. I've purchased many books after reading about them on your blog!
oh wow, the books look brilliant.. talented people!
I'm in! Cross my fingers :-)
Woah! Lovely books!
ooooh, I love those illustrations! So nice.
Those books look fantastic!
These art books look so beautiful!
beautiful books!
so pretty!
Would love to be entered thank you :)
Great books. Thank you for sharing.
ohh, i sure hope i win these books, but it would have to be a christmas miracle.
ohh!! please, i want these beautifuls books ^__
ohhh! Please, i want these beautiful books ^__
yes please yes please yes please.
these are so cool! i love animals! and nature! wow, i love both!
Aww! I really have to win this one!! Lovely books!
I would love to win those beautiful books!
Wow. I love both art and biology. Fingers crossed.
Those are gorgeous...I'm particularly in love with this little squirrel!
The illustrations are brilliant!!!
Wow, beautiful.
Such lovely illustrations. I would love to make them my very own.
these are stunning & i would be a very happy girl indeed to own them. a mix of nature & lovely artwork - perfect! here goes.. :)
beautiful!
Me please! Pretty please?
I hope I get to win a book =) They look beautiful!
Beautiful would love to win them!:)
They both look wonderful!
radtastic!!!
these are so beautiful!
Stunning! I'd love to win.
Eeks! So wonderful! I would love to see these inspiring works!
I couldn't love the EO Wilson illustration any more!
Wow, what an inspiring series! I love that art such as this is being produced and appreciated.
I love love these!
SO SO Beautiful! <3
I LOVE the illustrations.. so amazing!! I would Love love love these books!! Thank you for having the giveaway!
These are gorgeous!
Ooh, I love those! :D
Wonderful illustrations! I love especially love the wildlife.
such great images, i'm hooked!
AMAZING giveaway!!! they look so lovely.x
How amazingly awesome! These books look just terrific! The art is so amazingly awesome and I would love to read the entire books! They are two of the things I adore: 1 a book and 2 animals! Perfect!
Romi.x
These are fantastic! I'm already in love with them both ! I would love to win!!
Ooh! Count me in. :)
-Abbey F.
luvinorange(at)yahoo(dot)ca
These books look stunning. Just Amazing illustrations!
Oh Those look like amazingly fun illustrations. It would be great to win. I would love to show them off at Memphis College of Art :)
What lovely images! Creativity in every stroke ... that is what you call a stroke of genius!!
I propose these individuals showcase some attributes from Canada ... hmmmm :)
xo
Just a simple little comment, with my fingers crossed! :)
Clare
I would love some Little Otsu in my hot hands! (kellypster_at_gmail.com)
love these!
pulchrabliss at hotmail dot com
Wow, that's so amazing! Love it, I hope I win!
♥
Camila F.
naomemandeflores@gmail.com
so fun! i'd love to win! thank you!
j.
I'm amazed at all the wonderful things you are posting on this blog.These books are 100% things my roomate would LOVE! (gift ideas!) Thanks for the giveaway and I'm wishing you wonderful holidays :)
yay lovely <3 fingers crossed ;)!!
Great giveaway! Love the pheromones one.
Ha. I love the squirrel in a Russian hat!
Ow wow! LOVE!!! The science teacher in me is keeping her fingers crossed...
wow, these books look amazing! thanks for the chance at such a wonderful giveaway!
this was already on my christmas list! i love lizzy stewart. can't wait to see the rest of the series.
these look amazing! Love the chance
these look so neat! thanks for the intro and for giving us an opportunity to win!
What a great giveaway! This is such an amazing book. Lizzy Stewart is incredibly talented. I would love to win :)
What lovely inspiration and beauty!
Looks inspiring! Joyeux Noel & thanks for the giveaway :)
Yay! Little Otsu is great.
Hi thanks for the chance to win love your blog...Beautiful and creative ideas...e*
loving the retro vibe of the illustrations, Gorgeous books x
How gorgeous. Thanks for the chance!
What a great giveaway. Fingers crossed!!
Last giveawey before christmas!
Yuhuuuu!!!!
what a fantastic giveaway! these books look like they are filled with inspiration :)
thanks for the opportunity!
These look wonderful! I love living things!
Wow I wanna win! :)
The moose is so funny!
OK, let's give it a try :)
Wowie!
Both of these books are AMAZING, so beautiful and fun, love them! Thanks for the chance to win one!
La! So pretty.
E.O. Wilson!
Thanks for sharing.
It would be delightful to win these lovely books. Thanks for the opportunity.
beautiful books!
These books look awesome! Love the drawings.
amazing! i have a huge book addiction, and these i have to have in my arsenal
These look amazing! I'll throw my name into the pot, please :)
Yay! Thanks for doing this...those books look great!!!
such beautiful pictures!! would be a great addition to any library ;>
what beautiful books!
luvluvluv!
This combines two of my loves: beautiful artwork and animals! I've always been interested in wild animals in Europe (I live in Switzerland now, but have been in quite a few places around here) and it's nice to see others are interested enough to make books and purchase them!
Please enter me (in case that competition is an international one). I like these drawings very much.:-) thanks
lubaska dot k at gmail dot com
Fabulous!
They look filled with inspiration.
Thank you.
Ooo! What lovely things those are! :)
LUCKY 2 b u*
Those are quite possibly the best books I've seen in a while!
A great christmas present for me :)
i would love to have one!!
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