Halloween 2009-Martha Stewart Crafts / Group 3

More Halloween products based on the illustrations and pattern design I did for Martha Stewart. Available at Micheal's Craft stores.

Martha Stewart Halloween products for grandinroad

Here are some of the products that use my designs and illustrations

Wall Cling 

Witch on broomstick and cat illustration

Invitations 

Dr. E.Vil Genius, grave hill laboratory logo 

Caution tape 

typography and skull illustration

Mad Scientist Bottle Labels 

typography, borders, icons

Close up of bottle label

Hand drawn Poison type and painting of skull

Halloween reading poster for Highsmith

Here is a Halloween poster I illustrated for Highsmith. It is 17x23 inches and is available for 5.95!

Halloween 2009 - Martha Stewart Crafts / Group 2

Products for Martha Stewart Crafts. Classic Halloween theme with pumpkins, witches, owls, trees, birds and rats. I had a great time drawing these icons, the witch scenes, and working on the style guide. But, drawing the seamless spooky tree and bird pattern for the paper pack took FOREVER! The owl on the branch and jack-o-lantern are favorites of mine. 


Available at Michael's Crafts (but I hear they are disappearing quickly!) And they seem to be sold out online--so, no links at them moment!

3x3 Children's Book Show

 Bone Soup was selected for an award of Merit for the 3x3 Children's Book Show 2009!
The printed annual will be available this fall. Hooray!

Halloween 2009 - Martha Stewart Crafts / group 1

Martha Stewart Crafts Halloween products with my illustrations are starting to be available online at two peas in a bucket. I'll be posting them in groups. Here is the first group that is mad scientist style. I painted the skull and crossbones icon, fixed up old etchings of the spider, moth, other skull and skeleton + set custom type, created design elements based on old apothecary labels and drew the silhouettes of branches and birds.

Travel Blog

As usual, life has come before blogging. Kari and I are on an old fashioned Victorian tour of Europe. I've been wanting to post images + sketches from my travels abroad-- but wasn't entirely convinced they fit in with art blob (especially since there are going to be a lot of images) So.... I have a new travel blog! http://tinysketch.blogspot.com Art blob will remain the place for new work + general updated about Kari + I. Thanks, and hope to see you on tiny sketch!

a new website (finally)

I finally have a website up an running. it isn't complete but it's a start.

the url is: www.cambriaevans.com

(p.s. for right now, you have to type www. or it won't work.)

Illustrations that I did for Pistachio, an eco-friendly brand by Indigo Books and Music Inc. (a major Canadian book seller) are being featured on their website.
In addition to the Fairy Birthday Collection, I also did some baby/peapod illustrations for gifts and stationary and more fairy illustrations for a coloring book! Not sure if/when the products will be available for purchase online-- so if anyone in Canada has pictures of the store or products I would love to see them.

Washington Post Review of Bone Soup

Here is the newest review from the Washington Post!

"Familiarity with Stone Soup, the traditional tale of three hungry soldiers who trick an entire village into making soup for them from a pebble, isn't absolutely necessary to enjoy this deliciously shivery send-up . . . but it adds to the fun. The fright-inducing cover sports a greenish moon-shaped face, an eyeball floating in a spoon and the title spelled out in (what else?) bones. Inside, readers meet the rest of moon-faced Finnigin, whose stubby square teeth, squashy body and striped stockings resemble a ladybug gone haywire. Finnigin is looking for a feast. When the witch, mummy, beasts and zombies that he encounters claim they don't have anything for him, he resorts to trickery. The solution involves bat wings, spider eggs, toenail clippings, frog legs and other ghastly ingredients. The double-page spread of the pot filled to the brim with green goop is guaranteed to elicit groans. The illustrations, which borrow paneled layouts and speech balloons from the comics, are filled with tiny visual jokes. Kids will eat Bone Soup up."