Website Updated hooray!

I have just updated my little website...go on have a wee look...I dare you!

Claire Wood Illustration...take me there!

Liebster Blog Award....

My oh so lovely and extremely talented friend Elly Carthy just nominated me for the Liebster Blog Award woop woop!

Liebster is a German word meaning dearest, and the award is given to bloggers with less than 200 followers.

If you receive it you should:
1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you...

2. Link back to the blogger who awarded you.

3. Copy & paste the blog award on your blog
4. Reveal your 5 blog picks.
5. Let them know you chose them by leaving a comment on their blog.

Thank you Miss Elly, everyone check out her blog and website they are amazing!

And my top blog picks are...

1. The awesomely talented Jennifer Bows

2. The beautiful Emma Jayne Baylis

3. The wonderful Amy Holliday

4. The fantastic James Bradley

5. And the exceptional Caitlin Ashton

Merci beaucoup!

Disintegration...

The first project of my 3rd year studying Illustration, was to design a booklet based on a word we drew out of a hat. I picked "Disintegration." Rather than going for the obvious, I decided to go for something a bit different and look at quirky quotes to do with my chosen topic.

Whatever Happened to C.T. Studd's?

During my work experience at WEC International, I was given a brief to illustrate a book cover for a new publication about the founder of the organisation, as they head towards their centenary year in existence. I am ecstatic to say the publisher liked my design and the book is in print as we speak...so watch this space!

WEC Work Experience...

Front Cover

Double page spread entitled, "How to make a missions noticeboard."

Double page spread entitled, "Networking for Christ in Turkey."

This summer I have been lucky enough to do some voluntary work at the organisation WEC (http://www.wec-int.org.uk) working with their in house graphic designer. She asked me to do a some illustrations for two articles in their quarterly magazine as well as a book cover for a new publication about the history of WEC. The book cover is still in progress but the illustrations have been printed in the next issue of the magazine which I'm going to collect this week. So excited! The people at WEC are truly amazing and I feel so privileged to have had the opportunity to work with them.

New and improved website...

Well I'd been putting it off for quite a while but I've finally got round to giving my website a bit of a makeover. I spent the past week or so re-designing and re-writing it and it's now uploaded and ready for your viewing! Have a little look...

www.clairewoodillustration.co.uk

Knitting Bag Business Cards...

After having designed the header for my mum's new blog, I decided to make her some business cards for the items she might sell.

The End of Year 2...

I can't believe it but I have pretty much finished my second year of my Illustration degree. Times flies when your having fun as they say! Our last project was to sum up what we had learnt over this semester. For me this term has been quite a poignant one as I have realised that the most important thing is not to label yourself. I became so frustrated with people trying to fit me into a box that I thought the lesson I have learnt is I am a designer and there are many strings to my bow. Here is how I chose to illustrate this...

I designed a mailer which, once opened reveals my contact details and a booklet that has two sections to it entitled, "I am a Graphic Designer who can illustrate," and "I am an illustrator who can design," highlighting both of my skills as a designer. I was really pleased with my design and especially the hands that hold in the booklet. I even created my own typography using collaged letters, which I used throughout the design. I hope you like it too!

Logotastic...

I've just finished a project, creating four logos for four different companies. I'm pretty pleased with my final designs above and had a lot of fun designing them. I'm especially proud of my chicken...cheeky chappy!

Fellside Farmshop - A local shop selling as you can imagine farm produce like meat and veg.

The Open House Project - A children's charity who provide shelter and support for abused children between the ages of 0-16 yrs.

Carlisle Allotment Society - What it says on the tin!

Sealeys - A tools company who produce tools at tradesman quality (I hand cut my final design out of shiny card hence why the image above looks a bit strange!)