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Caroline Gardner

2012-01-31T11:40:00.000-08:00

Something I forgot to report back about!

At the end of 2010 I did some drawings in collaboration with Caroline Gardner, for Christmas 2011 card designs. Above are the results.

Feeding Time

2012-01-31T09:55:00.001-08:00

So, the friend I designed the previous poster for has recently set up a live music promotions company in the city of Bath, called Bête Noire Promotions.

The above piece is an illustration for their promotional material, that I've named 'Feeding Time'. Pencil and digital.

A Fun Favour

2011-09-11T13:25:00.000-07:00

Recently I was asked by a friend to design a poster for a show he's putting on. Money was offered but I politely declined, and besides, I enjoyed doing it and it was for a local show in our home town (I haven't seen any good posters for gigs around here in so long - not that I mean to blow my own trumpet).

Anyway, here it is. I drew it differently to how I would normally approach a drawing. I focussed on making up the marks out of shapes and dashes, and I really like how it's turned out.

Ed Roth

2011-08-23T13:05:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since my last update. I have been doing things here and there, but some I shan't share and others I can't share(just yet), so there we are.

Something I will share however, is this collaboration between myself and the awesome Jason Nye. Inspired by Ed Roth, it was just a bit of fun. Initial drawings by me, vector illustration by Jase.

Pattern Rally #1

2011-05-30T13:12:00.000-07:00

Last week I took part in the floral pattern rally on Illustration Rally, which if I haven't mentioned before is a brilliant blog for inspiration and networking. I don't have much experience of either drawing flowers or creating repeated patterns, but I managed to get it to a point I was happy with it. Hope ya like it!

Submotion Orchestra

2011-05-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

So I did another illustration for Amelia's Magazine, this time for a review of Submotion Orchestra. It's pretty simple but I'm mostly pleased with how it came out. I'm trying really hard to start adding confident colour to my work.

Read the review here.

Happy Birthday Gary

2011-05-10T15:11:00.000-07:00

It was my boyfriend's birthday on the 8th and so it was only natural that I make him a card. Unfortunately, upon typing said date into wikipedia in hope of finding some interesting trivia to aid the design, I found out the above.

I share it with you from a design point of view, in that I think I executed the type nicely. Other than that I should probably be given a prize for most inappropriate birthday card.

He did like it though.

Queen of the Rats

2011-04-03T10:39:00.001-07:00

I'm really pleased with this drawing. I think I want to finish it at some point - shock horror!

In fact, I'm in touch with a chap who is going to be taking down his artwork at a venue soon and wants to replace it with other peoples', one of which might be me if I have the work. I think I want to finish a series of drawings based on these weird people wearing dead animals that I've been drawing.

I think.

Mokita

2011-03-25T10:53:00.000-07:00

Another illustration for Amelia's Magazine, this time for a review of the Mokita Symposium @ Pick Me Up graphic art fair, London. All male cast of speakers. Tsk tsk.

Read all about it here.

P.S. I had a terrible day of printing on Wednesday. It all started with some woman at work, when I was being perfectly polite as always-- and anyway, not putting the Lewisham prints up until they are PERFECT. Which they are not. Sorry.

Elementary

2011-03-22T14:42:00.000-07:00

Today I used ink and did Holmes.

I have still yet to photograph the 'Lewisham' print or put it in my shop. I think I have been spending too much time working the day job - either that or I've been watching too much Holmes.

Tomorrow or the next day. Probably.

Nick Cave

2011-03-10T13:56:00.000-08:00

This week, amongst getting the H.G.Wells prints together so that I can make some sales ('Lewisham' is on the threshold! - photo evidence soon), I've been doing scribbles of Nick Cave. This month at Illustration Rally it's Portrayal March and so I've been working on 'Ideal Dinner Party Guest'.

I knocked this version together because I'm running out of time for this week, but I'm hoping to take my drawings further and turn them into a print, of which will be for sale to any of you Nick Cave fans out there.

Peace!

- Cat

Jean-Pierre Braganza @ LFW

2011-03-02T14:09:00.000-08:00

Over the weekend I did an Illustration for Amelia's Magazine. It was for a review on Jean-Pierre Braganza's autumn/winter 2011 collection shown at London Fashion Week, written by Amelia.

Read it here.

People. Everywhere.

2011-02-22T13:52:00.000-08:00

Recently all I have been drawing is people. My friend Chris, he has also been drawing people. We might be putting those people together for your enjoyment in some form or other. I'll keep you posted.

For now, here are some people, because I haven't updated in a while.

Invoice. In Voice? Inv Oice?

2011-02-08T11:39:00.000-08:00

Greetings!

I know, I know. It hasn't even been three months and I'm updating again. I must definitely be ill. BUT NO. I am updating to show you all my lovely new invoice design. I'm particularly pleased with it, not only because it means that I am reacquainted with inDesign, but because I had a need for an invoice.

Recently I have been working with Paul Brooking of Reggie again, helping out with pitches and assistanty things. It's been great to be proactive again and the experience is really invaluable. Stepping into marbled halls and high-rise meeting rooms has been both exciting and terrifying!

La Môme Piaf - Available to Buy

2011-01-26T04:35:00.001-08:00

'La Môme Piaf' 11" x 8.5"

Finally available to purchase in my Big Cartel shop.

That is all.

Cat

365 Challenge

2011-01-23T10:00:00.000-08:00

Hello! Second post in 24 hours, that must be a personal record or something.

I mentioned in my previous post about Reggie that I'm endeavouring to keep a bit more active on the creative front, to keep the ball rolling. One way I'm doing this is by taking part in a 365 challenge with a peer and friend from University, Kalie Stanton(Check her out! She also has a blogspot).

I update my tumblr almost every day these days, so I don't see why I shouldn't post the fruits of my labour on here aswell - at least the stuff I'm particularly pleased with. Anyway, if you have a tumblr then go ahead and follow us!

12/365

2/365 (note: wrote my own web address wrong!)

Reggie T-Shirts

2011-01-22T12:18:00.000-08:00

So, again, it's been a while. Just updating to let you guys know that the T-shirts DID go live, but I've been so busy plugging like mad on facebook and Tumblr that I completely forgot about my poor old "professional" blog. Apologies.

So, like I say, the t-shirts went live in December. I've had a few sales but it's proving very hard to get facebook friends (people I know in "real life") to put their hands in their pockets and purchase a shirt! There is a need to get this out to the wider world, so i need to become a social networking genius if I'm to make my fortune.

So, the shirts! www.reggielondon.net

I went down to London to meet Paul and drop in on the shoot. Glad I went, 'cause it was good to feel like part of the process still (plus I got to pick up my own shirt, and well, I've never seen a fashion shoot before).

You should definitely BUY A T-SHIRT for yourself or someone you know, or else please do me the huge favour of passing this on. Blog about it, tweet about it, facebook status about it. It's the only way this project can work.

Last thing to add is that I'm trying to keep a bit more actively creative after a long break so there will be more regular updates on here.

Cat

And The Award Goes To..

2010-11-15T07:24:00.000-08:00

Me. For the worst blogger in existence. Very sorry about the lack of updates or any interesting content at all for coughALMOSTFOURMONTHScough! I suppose I should tell you about my internship with Reggie and what else I've been up to.

The internship was FANTASTIC. Our team was based in a swanky little studio belonging to Protégé, on the Thames in Somerset House. Not only did it give me the opportunity to finally work in a professional environment on a real design job, it gave me the challenge of meeting and working with strangers, and living on my own in a strange city.

The job assigned to us was to create a set of design led t-shirts on the theme of what eventually became anti-celebrity; six interns, six designs. It proved quite difficult at first - trying to avoid cheesy caricatures or being completely offensive - but in the end we came out with a really strong set of images.

My final t-shirt design (yellow image on charcoal t-shirt)

Another of my finished artworks from the week

The Reggie website is currently receiving a complete overhaul to include the t-shirts which should be available by December. I'll be posting on here again when that time comes and I expect you all to purchase one! (otherwise us poor designers get no monies)

PS. The Team:

Richard Teets Kyriakides

Laetitia Rouget

New Project

2010-07-31T06:28:00.000-07:00

Phew! Now it has been a while.

I am happy to report that New Designers went extremely well! Lots of interest was had and I've made a few contacts, interview dates and am about to start a new project off the back of it. Huzzah! I didn't waste thousands of pounds on my degree!

The new project is with Reggie London. I won't divulge the details just yet, but I will basically be working with a team of graduates to create a set of design-led t-shirts (of which I expect you all to buy one!) starting this Monday 2nd August. It's my first "proper" design job and I'll be working away from home, in London. Exciting!

Until next week then - if I can survive in a hostel.

Cat

I am up and running!

2010-06-28T12:44:00.001-07:00

It feels like I haven't updated this in a while, although I think it's only been a week or so. This post is to mainly announce that MY WEBSITE IS FINALLY DONE (for the most part - still got a few bits of work to put up). I figure it's important that I have it working and up-to-date by the time of Drawgasmic and New Designers.

Speaking of New Designers, I am seriously behind on getting some more edith prints done. I've been at Glastonbury Festival for the past week (Which was quite possibly one of the best experiences of my life! Highly recommend!) and I'm also behind on packing for the move to my new place. Argh! Stressful and wonderful times!

I hope you're all well. See you after New Designers now, I reckon!

Cat

It has arrived!

2010-06-17T11:01:00.000-07:00

So, my work has arrived in St.Louis, MO without a hitch! Thank you postal service, you have served me well!

If you guys want to do me a huge favour, then please promote the show as much as humanly possible. Even if you don't live in St.Louis, spreading the world will still give Cranky Yellow more publicity, along with all the artists exhibiting. Just head on over to the website to nick the html for a banner and promote!

New Website

2010-06-15T11:42:00.000-07:00

My website has been "Under Construction" for an absolute age now. Today I finally found myself with nothing in particular to do other than my washing, so I sat down and got to work on redesigning it. I'm quite happy with it thus far, so I thought I'd give you guys a sneak peak at the new layout, which is all hand-drawn and put together in photoshop.

Drawgasmic & La Môme Piaf

2010-06-11T10:41:00.000-07:00

Something exciting I came across just this week is Drawgasmic. It is basically an exhibition and book aiming to promote independant artists, illustrators and designers from across the globe. The exhibition is in July and the coffee table book will be released in conjunction with this.

I created a brand new print to submit for the occasion. I only managed to get it posted this afternoon though so I'm peeing myself just hoping it reaches Cranky Yellow by next Friday so it can be included in the event.

The piece just fell into place from some mindless doodling I've been doing this week. I've been listening to and thinking about Edith Piaf a lot and so my print is the outcome of that I guess!

Find it in my Big Cartel Shop soon.

GDI Degree Show 2010

2010-06-11T10:21:00.000-07:00

Well, I've come to the end of the road. My degree show was last Friday (4th), which means my undergraduate education is over. I haven't really had the chance to think about what that actually means yet because I've still had so much to do this past week, but we took the show down today and I have to say, I'm feeling quite sad now.

Still, enough of that. This isn't a secret diary. The show itself was an absolute success. I personally still feel quite overwhelmed by the amount of praise and attention we all received, and I'm immensely proud to have been part of such an amazing group of creatives. I'm going to miss them all a lot.

I was far too busy at the show and during the week to get any decent pictures taken, but I got a few snaps of my boards today before we dismantled the room.

H.G.Wells Covers

2010-05-20T13:33:00.001-07:00

Final book cover designs for a selection of H.G.Wells titles. I'm also in the process of producing them as screen prints too.

In other news, there is a good chance that you will find my work at the New Designers Exhibition in July this year - Coventry University's Illustration stand. So excited, I couldn't begin to tell you!

Cat

It's all taking longer than I had hoped

2010-05-14T15:07:00.000-07:00

Ohhhhh, what a nightmare. I have had such a busy week, and yet because of one set back or another I feel like I have accomplished less than I should have.

I would have printed the shirts today because I re-made my 'Home' screen, but I had re-made it smaller thinking the original was too big. I was wrong. The screen was too small! So then I cleaned the screen and made another one, but I fear it's gone a bit dodgy and I may have to re-do it AGAIN. So, no apparel yet. I should be concentrating on my final project though so I will print the shirts after Monday.

On the final project front (which I haven't really recorded on the internet, mainly due to a late start and numerous stresses surrounding it), I have been spending late nights in the university computer studios trying to get everything sorted for hand-in on Monday. I've almost finished screen printing my final design for 1 of the book covers - the others, alas will have to remain digital because I just don't have time (or the screens - I'm printing 2 colour, A2).

I'll end this with a little peek at some very initial sketches. I'm not going to beat around the bush - somebody on my course poached my bicycle idea almost exactly. It is not coincidence. May the worm of conscience begnaw thy soul.

Coloured 'Home' Print Arrives

2010-05-11T13:15:00.001-07:00

At last I have made the coloured 'Home' print available in the shop. I still haven't located all of the prints but I am sure I printed 8 on the first run, so these are First Edition out of 8.

That is all - other than the customary plea to buy my work. I'm moving house soon and I don't want my new home to be a sleeping bag underneath the ring road!

Cat

T-shirts Ordered

2010-05-10T02:27:00.000-07:00

Late last night I ordered a few plain white t-shirts - 3 small, 1 medium for now - just to see how the prints go. I ordered a sweater in heather grey aswell because a friend expressed interest in having the print on a jumper. I'll try to get some semi-professional pictures of these when they're done to put on here and the shop.

If you're interested in apparel just drop me an e-mail and I'll see what I can do. After the next few weeks I'm going to have a lot more time (and hopefully, money) on my hands to focus on this kind of thing.

Cheers!

Cat

Big Cartel

2010-05-08T13:17:00.000-07:00

Whilst I remember, here is a link to my Big Cartel shop.

There's only one print for sale at the minute because I need to figure out numbers for any others. I'm also considering taking orders for t-shirts as a few people have expressed interest. I just need to get my arse graduated, then I can take this "selling my work and making a career" thing seriously. Just bare with me.

Yet another password to remember

2010-05-08T12:14:00.001-07:00

Greetings. I have to write this even though I've nothing of interest to say, because my blog looks bare and this irritates me.

I already have a Tumblr but I decided I needed a Blogger too. I will in no way maintain them both because I am crap at these internetty things. My Tumblr became a place to sporadically post things I found interesting or nice to look at, as opposed to my initial intention of documenting my illustration endeavors.

Now, this is for my illustration.