carlydraws

Drive

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:37:00 +0000

Hello, I am back from my travels and back at my sketchbook. Saw Drive the other day and really enjoyed it, especially all those neon colours! Here’s some sketches of a poster design I’m thinking about for it.

Work in progress

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:14:00 +0000

Hello hello! I finished reading ‘Soon I will be Invincible’ by Austin Grossman today, and enjoyed it very much. Here is my exceptionally rough sketch for a cover idea. I’m going away for a few days soon, but I hope to final version up not long after I get back. Until then, this little scribble shall have to do! :-)

Drink ye harpooners!

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:44:00 +0000

Another cover today; one of the all-time classics, Moby Dick. I now know more about whales than I ever thought possible! I’ll post my next cover as soon as I have finished reading the next book- only got a few chapters left :-)

More book covers

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:56:00 +0000

Today I've been sprucing up a design I did a while back for the wonderful Incarceron by Catherine Fisher. The Book is set in a gigantic prison, and I really wanted to have a hand-drawn map feel but with high tech elements to it, to match some of the themes in the book. I can't say more without giving too much away so you'll have to go read it instead!

neglect

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:18:00 +0000

Ooops! I have been neglecting my blogging and tumblr of late- sorry! But I have been drawing away, and to prove it, here is a book design I've been doing for fun. It's the delightful and strange Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell.

film poster time

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:42:00 +0000

Carrying on with my one in a day attempt at film posters, here is one of my favourite films: Stranger than Fiction. Watch it! disclaimer: photo of Will Ferrell is not mine, everything else is my artwork :-)

Film poster time

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:48:00 +0000

Today's film poster is for the beautiful Ikiru, by one of my favourite directors Akira Kurosawa. Going for a quiet, reflective feel, in keeping with the atmosphere throughout the film. If you haven't seen it, it's really worth checking out.

Pirate Unicorn Designs

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:17:00 +0000

Hello! You may recall that I mentioned I had started a new project called PirateUnicorn Designs alongside a fellow Illustrator. I'm pleased to announce that our new shop is now OPEN for business.
http://www.folksy.com/shops/pirateunicorn

Touchscreen Technology

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:59:00 +0000

New editorial Illustration to surround an article about touchscreen technology.

Film poster time

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:46:00 +0000

Sorry it has been so quiet around here lately! I've been experimenting with some pixel art illustrations recently, as part of a fun new project with Fellow Illustration Ms. Robinson: PirateUnicorn Designs. We are collaborating to design cards, badges and anything else we fancy! I will be able to show some some work soon, as soon as our online shop is live :-)

In the meantime, a poster design for the excellent film: The Truman Show. I'm seeing what happens when I combine pixels with pencils; so far, I like it!

I have also got myself a tumblr, (carlydraws.tumblr.com) which will be a mirror of all the posts here. If you've not got one, try it out!

Re-cycling

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:50:00 +0000

Hello!
Here is a new editorial I have just finished, about the joys of getting on your (recycled) bike. You can also see it in this month's flair competition.

Cromer

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:27:00 +0000

I went on a nice relaxing trip to Cromer with a few friends not too long ago; so here is my version of my favourite spot on Cromer beach. You might see it up at they draw and travel sometime soon hopefully!

Jane Eyre

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:17:00 +0000

hello!

I've been enjoying doing some book cover redesigns lately, here is a just for fun piece for a Jane Eyre redesign competition on the fox is black design blog have a look to see the other entries. It was fun trying to capture the gothic romantic atmosphere of the book without going too murky or dark. I'd not read the book before, so it was cool to give it a go; I liked it a lot more than I thought I would.
ta-ra for now

The Paleo Diet

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:49:00 +0000

Sorry it's been a while. I'm redoing my website at the moment, and it's taking longer than I wanted! Here is a new Illustration I have just finished, for an article about 'The Paleo Diet'. It's a healthy eating plan about having seasonal fresh veggies and local meat and fish. It's up for voting in this months' Flair competiton
here

Quite Honestly

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Sun, 29 May 2011 15:23:00 +0000

Here's some of the ideas I had for a book cover of John Mortimers' Quite Honestly . It's a farce/crime-romance sort of thing, fun and frothy. I liked them both so combined them into the final cover below. Wanted to show the topsy-turvy nature of the characters relationship in the book, and the opposite places and situations they end up in. I can't say anymore without spoiling it! :-)

I love Books

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:59:00 +0000

Hello, here is a new piece, and a reworked older one! i have decided to try and Illustrate the cover for every book I read from now on, so here is the first one: 'The Uninvited' by Geling Yan. Wish me luck! I also turned an older piece into a proper cover- the amazing ' The Lost World' by Arthur Conan Doyle. Read it now!
x
p.s if you have any books to recommend to me, leave me a comment!

Aoi Thames competition

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:23:00 +0000

Here is my entry for the aoi and london transport museum competition to design a poster celebrating the thames. Mine's called 'System Map' and it's about the Thames as the lifeblood of London, and all the life that pops up on its banks. I was thinking about the human circulation system and the tube map when I did it. I'm happy to say it's one of 50 that have been selected to exhibit at the London Transport Museum. Hurrah! The exhibition opens in May 2011.

Ghost Record

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 19:46:00 +0000

A new illustration for a Swedish magazine article about how hard it is to throw things away, and the emotional attachment we have to our stuff.

The Canterbury Tales

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:58:00 +0000

I'm part of an Illustration collective, and one of our recent challenges was to design a new book cover for Chaucers' Canterbury tales, and here's mine. I enjoyed having a go at some pen and ink drawings, not done those for a while! My idea was to show the different characters and elements of thier stories, but keep it all looking like it belonged as part of a set. Sort of like how all the various pilgrims are travelling together in a big mis-matched group. I wanted it to look old but not grimy. If you've not read them, give them a go. The stories are really old, but full of lively characters bickering and telling tall tales.

some new things

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:30:00 +0000

Hello
Here is some sneaky peaks of what I've been working on recently, I can't show the whole things yet. Sorry!
My Shakespeare illustration has been entered for this month's Flair competition, see it here.
More to come soon, thanks for reading!

Books of all kinds

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:59:00 +0000

Some more new things, a piece for an article about the release of some classic texts as ebooks, and a personal project; a pretend book cover for the (fictional) novel of the film 'Clash of the Titans'; by my fictional publishers Three Arrow Press. The Harryhausen original film is great, loads better than the new film! (Apart from the stupid golden owl). Check it out.

third arm

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:26:00 +0000

A new bit from me, for an editorial pieces about a woman who developed a phantom 'third arm' after paralysing the bottom half of one of her arms. Going for a diagramish feel....

The Lost World

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:40:00 +0000

A book cover idea for one of my favourite books. If you've never read it, give it a go. This Illustration is also entered in this months' flair competition . Fingers crossed!

Toucan time

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:26:00 +0000

Hello
New Illustration about how Toucans keep thier cool (or not).
And Neils (below) won Flair competition last month! Thanks, creativematch!

p.s I've been having a bit of a revamp over at my website Check it out

Niels Bohr

noreply@blogger.com (carlydraws) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:11:00 +0000

Hello! I'm working on a series about nobel prize winners at the minute, here is the first one, Neils Bohr, a really interesting guy. The bottom one is a mockup so i can see how it could work with the text.
Vote for Neils in 'Flair' competition