Meet the New Love Letter Plush!

Available now in the shop!

The Knit Shop is Open!

I've been revamping my knit shop. I decided to ditch the Quiet Tiger name and now my knitwear is currently going under the name: Knits by nellie le. I've added a few new styles I've been working on for Fall. I still have a bit more figuring out to do with where I'm going with my knits, but in the meantime you can shop here.

New Mixtape Buttons + End Of Summer Pop-Up

I've been having a little too much fun with our new button maker. I'll pretty much come up with any excuse to make new buttons. While designing some hangtags for the mixtape plushes, I made two cute little mixtape illustrations that I decided to make into buttons. They're available in the shop!

Also, if you're local to the LA area, I will vending at an End Of Summer Pop-Up this Sunday Sept. 6th 11am–4pm at Spirit House in Monterey Park. There will be three local bands playing and the bar & kitchen will be open during the event, so you can grab some grub & drinks. Come hang out and support some local artists!

New Mixtape Plushes!

Just added these two to the shop! Check them out!
There's also a sale going on right now! Get 25% Off all Orders with code: HOTHOTHEAT

New in the Shop this Week

As I sell through the remaining 1in. Real Job Buttons, I'm releasing the new 1.5in version of them. Not only are they bigger, but they got a bit of a facelift too. The first two to be released are: Marathon Napper & Pillow Fort Architect. You can get them now in the shop!

Sad Songs Mixtape Plush

I've been working on my first plush toy ever. The basic model is just a sad little mixtape, but I'm planning on having some one-of-a-kind versions that will be exclusively available at Designer Con. I've been trying out different sizes, and made one of the prototypes available in the shop. I'll be announcing the final version soon.

Meet Robbie the Runt! (and a mini update)

I've been a little busy with freelance stuff because…hey, I need to make money to pay bills too! I've also been interning with Amanda Visell, whose work I absolutely love! I've been learning a lot from her and Michelle Valigura, and they're sorta mentoring me too. They're starting to put some pressure on me to get my DesignerCon stuff done (there might be some resin casting in my future); So I'm starting to stress a little. I haven't really been spending much time drawing and painting lately because of everything that's going on, but I finally had a little bit of time last night to do a bit of drawing. I drew this cute little dude and I'm a little obsessed with him.

I'm so obsessed with him that he's currently my profile pic for a few of my social media accounts. AND he's also available in the shop as a button!

Lucky Little Friend

I've been working on adding plush to my current offerings in the shop. I've been brainstorming things to make for DesignerCon in November and plush toys were an obvious choice. I've always wanted to make my own plushes, but was afraid of getting started. I recently got a new sewing machine as a way to motivate myself to experiment and try new things. I made this little guy a couple of days ago and just added him to the shop. There's currently only one available and you can get him here in the shop.

Etsy Shop Merger

I recently had the Quiet Tiger etsy shop name changed. It has gone through a lot of name changes since it opened in 2006, but the latest change is the final one. I'm getting ready to retire my knitting needles for good this year, but I don't want to lose all the people who have followed my shop over the years. I also didn't like managing multiple etsy shops. My print shop on etsy doesn't do all that well in comparison to the Quiet Tiger etsy shop or my official shop that runs on Shopify. I wanted a way to combine all my existing etsy shops into one. So that's why I chose to change the name to By Nellie Le. I think it's a good transitional name but also gives it flexibility to carry products that don't exactly fit within my illustration world. From today on, this is the best place to find me on etsy.

New in the Shop: Skip Loves Skip-It Print

My piece for the Wonderland Art for Animals show is now available as a print in the shop! The original is also still available through Leanna Lin's Wonderland.