Author Archives: Darren Di Lieto

About Darren Di Lieto

a long haired, bearded, sock wearing man, who was born in London in the early 1980's. He spends most of his to time chained to a computer designing and building websites, and as the founder and joint Senior Editor of the essential illustration news portal, The Little Chimp Society, the promotion of illustration and illustrators has become his life.

Mail Me Art 2′s Winner for August – Jonathan Cusick

August’s MMA 2 winner is Jonathan Cusick with his brilliant flying postman. He will receive a Treeson vinyl toy donated by Urban Retro, a set of lenticular Football Hero cards and a pack of pin badges donated by Christian Lindemann, … Continue reading

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MMA 2′s winner for July – Carla Berrocal

Our winner for July is Carla Berrocal, with her wrestlers! This month’s prize is a Knuckle Bear Qee, an original painting by Livia Coloji, an item of hand-made jewellery from All Those 3hrees, and (of course!) a signed copy of … Continue reading

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MMA 2′s winning entry for June – Tommy Kane

Our fantastic winning submission for June is by Tommy Kane. He wins a signed copy of the book Mail Me Art: Going Postal with the World’s Best Illustrators and Designers, a Limited Edition Peel Magazine (donated by Dave and Holly … Continue reading

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MMA news & winner for May – John Martin

Well, finally after a very long delay, we can announce that our Mail Me Art 2 winner for May is John Martin! John’s winning artwork is shown above. We will be sending out a signed copy of the book, Mail … Continue reading

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Mail Me Art 2

Mail Me Art 2 is now open for submissions! Following the success of the first project, we are looking forward to having just as much fun with Mail Me Art 2. This second project will run for around 6 months … Continue reading

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What’s in the book?

Apart from the book being a showcase for the best submissions from the Mail Me Art project. It’s an in-depth look at my experience of having putting the project together and what it took to do so. There are also … Continue reading

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Wooden Mail Art

I thought about calling this article “Mail Me Wood” for a while, but decided against it in the end. This post is about the submissions that were sent on pieces of wood. Although there weren’t that many, I was still … Continue reading

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London it is, then

While looking for a location for the Mail Me Art show, I travelled up and down the UK in search of a gallery that felt right. At the start of the project I had decided I wanted to hold the … Continue reading

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Mail Me Art at the Red Gate Gallery

Mail Me Art: Going Postal with the World’s Best Illustrators and Designers is showing at the… Red Gate Gallery from Friday 3nd April until Thursday 9th April 2009. All 600 pieces of mail art will be on display and for … Continue reading

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The Art of Dan May

This piece has to be one of my favorite and I can’t believe it made it all the way from the United States with out being stolen. I’ve been a fan of Dan May’s work for a long time now. … Continue reading

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