Book By Its Cover » Sketchbook Series: Melissa Castrillon

11.11.11

review by Leah

Melissa Castrillon is an illustrator living in Cambridge, UK where she is working on an MA in children’s book illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. I first discovered her work in a feature on one of my favorite blogs, Where The Lovely Things Are. Melissa’s drawings have a beautiful attention to pattern and mark making. I love her characters, they always feel slightly melancholy and full of emotion, and seem to have strong bonds with each other. Melissa is currently illustrating a book for the Holland Times and is having a solo exhibition for the duration of January 2012 at the Arts Picture House in Cambridge, UK. She also received ‘Highly Commended’ in the 2011 Cheltenham Illustration Awards for her book Two Wolves. You can see more of Melissa’s work on her flickr, and follow her blog here. She’s currently working on a portfolio site that will be up soon!

14 Comments

11/11/11 7:29pm

Austin English wrote

Beautiful work!

11/12/11 11:06am

Conseula Marquis wrote

The most fantastic set of pics I have seen on here in a long time!

11/13/11 2:49pm

Saga wrote

I love Melissas work! Beautiful sketckbooks.

11/14/11 4:55pm

Daniel Hertzberg wrote

Such as whimsical, beautiful way of drawing and with such a dark sense of humor! Impossible not to love.

11/14/11 9:48pm

Mia wrote

I love these, gorgeous

11/15/11 2:31am

shimrit wrote

Stunning! Thank you for sharing this

11/15/11 5:14am

seb cazes wrote

classe, des dessins très inspirés

11/15/11 5:52am

karin wrote

really great drawings

11/15/11 3:32pm

Suhita wrote

Beautiful sense of movement in all the work. And what a lovely, textural and warm sense of color.

12/8/11 9:43pm

Rob Dunlavey wrote

Beautiful work!

12/15/11 3:45pm

h wrote

cool absurd stuff, all this throttling and wrestling and flying!

01/10/12 8:00pm

IKER AYESTARAN wrote

Beautiful work!

01/31/12 11:55am

Alicja wrote

wonderful drawings!!! can’t stop looking at them!!:)

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