Ashes To Ashes

I hadn’t done any drawing today, been busy putting up work for the final degree show! 
But treated myself to sketching out Bowie from one of my favourite songs. 

Shortlisted!

 I made the top five for the competition to design a logo for the Federation Of Children’s Book Groups. 
It’s great news, the other shortlisted designs are great and over fifty entries entered the competition.  

Myself and the other short listed designers have been featured in this blog

Logos for FCBG Festival Of Children’s Literature

 Here are some logos that I designed for a competition. The winning logo will be the logo of the festival that has many movers and shakers of the children’s book industry. I hope that they like it :) 

The Twelve Days Of Christmas- Commission

A month ago I applied for a job to illustrate a programme for a play of The Twelve Days Of Christmas. The target audience was children and families. I got shortlisted, but unfortunately did not make it to the final five applicants for the job. (its a lot of work for a potentially small pay job!) 

But on the good side, I can now show you my work I created for it! :)
I decided to make the main characters as fun and cheeky as possible, for the children to love and to put a new twist on the classic song.  

Threadless!

I’ve decided to submit a card design to threadless as its been a while since i’ve had time to do this. 
There is one week from now to vote, so please share the love and tell your friends. (only if you like the card of course, no pressure!) 

You can vote here

Hi everyone! 

In the next few months (if that) I will have completed my degree in Illustration. Three years have flown by! 
This means that I will have a super duper cool qualification in all things illustration. 

After I finish my degree I will no longer be charging student prices on personal commissions. 
If you’ve always fancied something designed by me now is the time before I get all grown up on you. 
Grab a bargain! :)

Here is a link to my portfolio if you’re curious as to what I do best (but will always work around your taste + needs) : http://gracesandford.carbonmade.com/

The strange encounter of Sally Shakespeare and Toby Tinker

Now that the deadline is done and dusted, I wanted to show you my entry for the Hawkwood book cover competition. The winner is decided at an event a week today. 

Fingers crossed! 

“We lost dogs eat whatever we can find. We get by though, whatever the weather!”

This is (sadly) the last DPS of The Lost Dog.
I’ve submitted it off to the Macmillan Prize (fingers cross that they love Hugo + the gang as much as I do!), and it’s been a fun project.

Considering that the story and characters started off by inspiration from of a Tom Waits song, the project has evolved so much! Safe to say, i’m really pleased with the project and will miss drawing Hugo! It is also the first story i’ve attempted to write so i’m pleased with that too. 

Spot The Difference

I just wanted to upload both the first dps and updated dps of Hugo to show you the difference in quality! 
 

“Hugo Even Searches through the muddy puddles!” 

Revisited my last DPS that I wasn’t happy with. Redesigned/Drew/Painted/and edited for a better outcome. 
Would love to know what you think! :)

Here is what it previously looked like