Sunday, 25 September 2011

Another Year, Another Wrinkle

Birthday card doodle for my wonderful friend/illustrator extraordinaire Hannah Temple.
In case you can't tell, the purple things are Evil Prunes.
I was drinking A LOT of coffee at the time.


©Ciara Monahan

Friday, 19 August 2011

Thursday, 7 July 2011

Uni Doodles

Just a random selection of illustrations I did for some of this year's uni projects. I was terrified of/absolutely hated drawing for two years thanks to a shitty previous course, so it's a happy relief to be getting back into it!







all images ©Ciara Monahan

Monday, 4 July 2011

Saturday, 18 June 2011

Arting About

Had a looksie around the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. 
A few things caught my eye:

'Down The Tube'
I think this was def one of my favs, love the amount of layering going on!

'Bass Rock Fable'
"Is it a pelican or a flamingo?...hmm yeah it's def a flamingo. It has tits."

'Maybe You Can Live On The Moon In The Next Century'
I love how there's a secret little panda going on through the madness of the pastel colours

'Can Can'

'Look Closer and Closer'

'Sons of Pioneers'

'Letters 1'
Love how dance poses have been drawn to resemble an oriental scrawl.

'The Professor'
Beautiful screenprinting! Really want to try a technique like this myself.

Thursday, 9 June 2011

GFW: UCA Epsom

Another amazing friend of mine was also graduating from Epsom this year so I got to sneak into this show as well. 
Here's some pickings from the show:

Beach chic

Coin-purse pockets! Loved this detail

Neons, perspex and shimmying tassels....what more could you want?

This was like stepping into a modern day Marie Antoinette

Some interesting takes on Denim


Bows and buttons


Granny Rock- metallic pinafores and studded dresses

Avanti Bidikar embellished men in peacocks, bells and bright prints

Fashion safari