An '8 Tracks' mix tape for you

I'm busy setting up the Fawn and Thistle shop/still working on a lino cut, so I thought I'd share a mixtape with you. I've seen a few other bloggers doing it and thought it seemed like a good idea, as I'm pretty much constantly listening to music whilst working and am often inspired by it.

This one is kind of cohesive, but mainly just some of my favourite songs that weren't too loud (coffee induced headache!)...

 Stars have their moment...  8tracks

1. Patti Smith - Because the Night

2. Nick Cave - Spell

3. Bat For Lashes - Horses of the Sun

4. Radiohead - Blackstar

5. Yeasayer - Madder Red

6. Nick Cave - (Are you) The One That I've Been Waiting For?

7. Patrick Wolf - Bluebells

8. David Bowie - Rock and Roll Suicide

Edward Julius Detmold

I don't ever really post about other illustrators, preferring to keep my blog's focus on my own work, but recently whilst researching book illustrators for my MA I came across Edward Julius Detmold's work. It's quite simply stunning; amazing lines, vibrant colour, story book animals perfectly realised. So I wanted to share it. Here's the mood board I made for my research book, with the images mainly taken from his version of Aesop's Fables.

You can actually buy a copy of Detmold's original from the Folio Society here.