The Folio Collection of Ghost Stories Competition Entry

The Folio Illustrated Book Competition 2015

This Years' competition brief was to design three illustrations and a book cover for an anthology of ghost stories - always a fun theme to illustrate,

so I thought I'd give entering a go.

For the front cover design, the challenge for me was to come up with something graphic and interesting. I love Gothic style imagery, and since the stories featured all had a Victorian or Edwardian feel to the writing. To find out more about the stories and the competition itself, here is the link:

 http://competitions.houseofillustration.org.uk/book-illustration-competition-2015/about-the-book/

I felt that old fashioned was a good way to go. In the end I chose a raven to make use of the symbolism and the appropriate link to the poem 'The Raven' by Edgar Allen Poe.  

The Abbott's Treasure by M. R. James

Mixed Media

The Upper Berth by F. Marion. Crawford

Mixed Media

A Tale of an Empty House by E. F. Benson

Mixed Media

Overall, I'm happy with what I've done, and i was glad to get stuck into an intensive project again. More of my work can be seen at http://www.alisonmoonillustration.com

A New Blog

It's Time for a Fresh Start

It's a New Year (somewhat) and that fresh start feeling has yet to go stale, so I'm starting this blog as a space to experiment - because sometimes art really just needs to be done for the sake of art.

2014 was a good year for drawing - I discovered what has to be one of my favourite combinations of artistic media: Copic markers on stone paper, which blend beautifully and doesn't experience any bleed through. For those of you who have ever used alcohol based markers - you'll know what I mean.

So here is a zebra from the sketchbook, to officially say goodbye to the Year of the Horse.