Penguin's book cover competition

Grimm's Fairytales


I wanted my cover for Grimm's fairytales to retain some of the traditional style book design I used to love when I was younger. The main image is a mish mash of various elements from Red riding hood, cinderella, snow white and rose red, the 6swans and rapunzel. Clened up and sanitized a bit as it's aimed at children. Grimm's fairytales are brutal!

One Flew over The cuckoo's nest
I wanted my cover for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest to be as clean and sterile as possible, similar to a mental hospital, so I just used black and white images and type.

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my first submissions for a job I'm going after illustrating a kids book...

The finished book

Straying from the path

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Here's five of the dry point prints from the book I've just completed for my final year at university. It's called Straying from the path and is based on the short stories by Angela Carter in her collection The Bloody Chamber.