Win an HP Printer & a year's supply of Ink with HP Instant Ink

As some of you already know I have been working with HP Instant Ink on a book project where around 9 bloggers contribute a two page spread towards the book creating the  collaborative and fantastical story of Harrison and Hugo's Imaginary Zoo, something which I am really excited about and cannot wait to show you the final story very soon although you can keep up to date with the latest instalment of the story here As part of my partnership with them I am pleased to announce that one of our readers is in the chance with win an HP Envy  5644 All-inOne Inkjet Printer worth £99 and a one year HP Instant Ink subscription which will provide 100 pages of ink for 12 months worth more than £40 It's super easy to enter and the giveaway ends on the 20th November 2015 a Rafflecopter giveaway ...

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Illustrator Interview with Megan Eckman

Megan Eckman is a very creative person - fact! She is an amazing Illustrator and runs her own business called Studio MME  which is based in California, our paths crossed a few months through this blog and I have been a fan of her amazing ink and pen drawings since. She captures that real sense of childhood imagination and the wonderful places your mind can take you. Megan was kind enough to take a pause from drawing for a few minutes to answer some questions for Side Street Style 1.So Megan, have you always had a passion for the Arts and when did you know you wanted to be an illustrator? My father is a painter so art has always been a major part of my life. I've been drawing since before kindergarten and when I entered college, I knew I wanted to get as much training in art as I could. So I ended up double-majoring in art and English to make sure I got the training I wanted. It wasn't until my last year in college that I realized I wanted to make my art my living. I......

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