Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Pencils that Rock


British illustrator and designer Mel Elliott, best known for her pop culture colouring books, brings you 'Pencils that Rock'.

12 high quality colouring pencils foil-stamped with classic pop and rock songs including: Back to Black - Amy Winehouse, Orange Crush - REM, Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones, Purple Rain - Prince, and Blue Monday - New Order.

These pencils are perfect for adults that love colouring in, or simply want to look cool in the office and make everyone else jealous.

You can download the full press release PDF here.

You can buy the Pencils that Rock from the ilovemel shop at: http://shop.ilovemel.me/collections/stationery/products/pencils-that-rock

Colour Me Swiftly

Colour me Swiftly - The Taylor Swift Colouring Book... 'Cause the crayon's gotta cray cray cray cray cray

2014 was undoubtedly the 'Year of the Swift' and if she wasn't shakin' it off to one of the best pop tunes in decades, Taylor was offering feminist sound-bites to get her young "Swiftes" feeling strong and confident.

Now, British illustrator Mel Elliott, is best known for her pop culture colouring books such as Colour Me Good Ryan Gosling, Colour Me Good Benedict Cumberbatch, and Colour Me Good James Franco, but for her first creation of 2015 Elliott has been drawing her favourite ever pop star (like ever ever ever). Colour Me Swiftly contain's Elliott's usual style of accurate line drawings all awaiting you, your crayons, and a rainy afternoon.

Download the full press release PDF here.

Colour Me Swiftly can be bought from the ilovemel shop here: http://shop.ilovemel.me/collections/frontpage/products/colour-me-swiftly

Colour me Good Jamie Dornan


Fifty Shades of Grey and The Fall star, Jamie Dornan, has become the latest celebrity to be immortalised in one of Mel Elliott's range of colouring books. Previous stars that have been the subject of the "Colour Me Good" books are: Benedict Cumberbatch, Ryan Gosling, Taylor Swift and James Franco and Cara Delevingne.

Download the press release PDF here.

You can pre-order Colour Me Good Jamie Dornan on the ilovemel website here: http://shop.ilovemel.me/collections/colouring-books/products/colour-me-good-jamie-dornan

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media promotes Pearl Power




View the full press release here.


Pearl Power, a book that addresses gender equality is the first children’s book by Royal College of Art graduate, Mel Elliott, an author and illustrator previously known for her grown-up pop culture

colouring books. The book has been promoted on social media by the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, a project founded by the Thelma and Louise star that aims to balance out inequalities within the Hollywood film industry and media in general



Pearl Power can be purchased from the ILoveMel shop at http://shop.ilovemel.me/collections/pearl-power/products/childrens-book-pearl-power

Friday, October 24, 2014

Pearl Power by Mel Elliot is out on the 1st of October!

pearl power colouring book press release

I Love Mel's new children's book, Pearl Power, is out on the 1st of October!


With the Always LIKE A GIRL campaign and Emma Watson’s HE FOR SHE campaign and recent speech for the UN on gender equality and feminism, this is undoubtedly, a time for change. A time when women AND men are ready to banish old fashioned beliefs about sexual stereotyping. 

But what about little girls and boys?

Pearl Power is a feminist book aimed at 4-7 year olds. Its aim is to teach children from a very young age about negative gender stereotyping... in a fun way!



Colour Me Good Harry Styles by Mel Elliot is released on the 20th of October

Colour Me Good Harry Styles Colouring Book press release

I Love Mel's new colouring book, Colour Me Good Harry Styles, is out on the 20th of October!


Since the success of Colour Me Good Ryan Gosling, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston, illustrator Mel Elliot is back with a new offering: Colour Me Good Harry Styles, the fluffy-haired colouring in book for good colourer-inners as well as beginners!


Colour Me Good Tom Hiddleston by Mel Elliot is now available for sale from the I Love Mel store!

Colour Me Good Tom Hiddleston colouring book press release


I Love Mel's new colouring book, Colour Me Good Tom Hiddleston, is available for purchase now!


Colour Me Good Tom Hiddleston is the colouring book that every fan-girl has been waiting for!

Packed with crazy fun and games, this book lets you colour in Tom's perfectly chiselled cheekbones as well as his cheeky grin. Tom is everyone's favourite villain as Loki in the Avengers, everyone's favourite Shakespearean in The Hollow Crown, but most importantly he's everyone's favourite dancer... in chat shows!