Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Album Covers: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone

Top: Vs Children (2009)

Middle: Etiquette (2006)

Bottom: Advance Base Battery Life (2009)

Even if you aren't familiar with a band, I really believe you should get an essence of their spirit from the album artwork. I love these charming illustrations, and they confirm Casiotone for the Painfully Alone's dreamy, rich and sensitive sound. Go check them out on Spotify... I did!

Beautiful Illustrations

Amy Dover- Images courtesy of the Behance Network

Haven't posted for a while, but having got back to my beautiful home for the Christmas period, its time to get back on track! Just been scanning the net and came across Amy Dover. Using the simplistic medium of graphite pencil, her illustrations are detailed and dramatic. I love her work, and these pieces inspire me to draw... The horse is stunning. I love it when illustrators draw on to textured/used paper; i love the contrast between the layers and depth, against the perfect drawing. Check her website out here.

Hawkins Bazaar

Matthew Hawkins

Top: Christmas Cards (2009)

Middle: Booty Love (2009)

Bottom: Snæfellsjökull (2009)

These illustrations are just marvellous! The Christmas card woodcuts are very cute indeed. Matthew Hawkins embraces hand-drawn imperfections and textures of differing mediums, creating artwork that resembles adventure and mystery.

what a feast!

National Geographic

Aren't the colours of the ocean just utterly phenomenal?! I love nothing more than to swim amongst the tranquility of the big blue. However, Jellyfish have to be my biggest fear! Take a look at these images taken by Omri Bronstein... Here, a predator coral (termed 'Mushroom Coral') devours a jellyfish! Well, nothing really is impossible. If only the ocean was made up of a blanket of these creatures!

I would love to journey on that ship

Matt Lyon

Top: Game Over

Middle: Sweetroot

Bottom: The Magic Ship of Freyr

Here's just a small selection of my ultimate favourites from Matt Lyon's collection. If I looked at these everyday, I'm sure that it would fill my day with inspiration. The Magic Ship of Freyr is beautiful: I long for a world so colourful and bold as this...

Good winter

Bon Iver- 4AD

Top: For Emma, 2008

Middle: For Emma, Forever ago, 2008

Bottom: Blood Bank, 2009

I forgot just how magical Bon Iver's music is, until I started listening to it again this morning. I adore the album cover photography too, which encapsulate Justin Vernon's winter hibernation in Northwestern Wisconsin, following the break up of his band.

Black and white secrets

Jason Langer- Secret City, Michael Hoppen Gallery

Top: Go-Go Girl, 1994

Middle: Moonlight over Montmartre, 2002

Bottom: Woman in Window, 2002

These photographs by Jason Langer are mysterious and exceptionally wonderful. His impeccable layouts create stark lighting contrasts that intensify the powerfulness of black and white photography. I was lucky enough to visit the beauty of Paris in August, and viewing 'Moonlight over Montmartre' takes me back to that sublime city- Paris was another world, and Langer manages to encapsulate the feelings that I felt when I was there in this stunning and sensitive composition.

Just in time for winter

Brighton- Phone Camera

I travelled to Brighton on Friday to visit my best friend who's just moved down there. She took me shopping around the wonderful lanes and we spotted this- Banksy?? Probably not... but it is rather delightful and mysterious!

Epic Scenery

District 9 Film Poster

I watched District 9 last week and thought the scenery within it was absolutely fantastic. Although I found the film a little disturbing in parts, I would definitely recommend it purely for the dramatic scenery!

Coca-Cola throughout the years

The history of the coca-cola bottle... Image courtesy of Stumble Upon

Left to Right- 1899, 1900, 1915, 1916, 1957, 1986.

This just shows how far a brand develops and changes over a period of time. Gosh, 110 years has gone by and still, Coca-Cola is dominating the world!