Laurie Woodruff Illustration

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2012-02-25T07:06:00.000-08:00

Have ventured into the technological unknown by signing up to twitter... Should you wish to follow my twitterings you can do so by searching for @drawinglaurie.

Birdy Workshop...

2012-02-21T13:55:00.002-08:00

Did a little crafty workshop a couple of weekends back with a bunch of weeny year olds. It’smeant to be spring.. and Valentine's Day was imminent, so we collectively madesome hanging-fledgling-love-birds...

Wood Street Whimsy

2012-02-11T12:52:00.001-08:00

Should have posted about this eons ago…

For a challenge, Idid some out-of-my-comfort-zone drawings for @thepinkbearclub to be used ontheir website, including these delightful bear heads, who appear when their lifeless alter egos are stroked (or rolled over with your mouse). The brief was for a pink bear that appears “foul, animalistic, impulsive, grumpy, perverted and filthy". I also designed adamask wallpaper for the background with some some discreetly hidden requested items...

From today, they’re holding a four week fiesta of all things pinkbear-y at Wood Street Indoor Market, E17, London... So if you live dahn south, go and delve intotheir forest.

I've organised the production of some merchandisey bits from the genuinely @awesomemerch... So if you’d like to get your hands on a badge, magnet or pocketmirror branded with your favourite bear, send me an email and I’ll organise a method to get one toyou.

Swapsies...

2012-02-02T12:08:00.000-08:00

Taking part in the International Postcard Show atSurface Gallery in Nottingham… Submitted a little Russian matryoshka doll with aslightly human face, which I drew after thinking about feeling trapped, as itfitted quick nicely on a 6x4” piece of card…

The gallery is open Tues to Fri 12-6pm and 11-5pm on Sat, with thecards on show (and on sale for a bargain £15 squid) until February 11th... so go looksee at the collection.

Then afterwards, it's time for the exchange! ...when I'll most likely receive another postcard gem back in return for mine. Exciting!

In homage to the capital letter...

2012-01-18T13:21:00.000-08:00

Recently realised that this blog was lacking all signs of punctuation... So here's an upper case letter 'a' to make amends...

hippos at the harley

2012-01-07T10:00:00.000-08:00

new year started well... my hippos got in! so they are now temporarily residing with all the other 'h is for...' entries at the harley gallery, welbeck, worksop s80 3lw. the exhibition's on from 7th Jan - 5th Feb so go visit and vote for your favourite entry thank you please.

robins coming out of my ears

2011-12-16T14:08:00.000-08:00

been drawing robins by the flockload over the last week. in a stamp shape because they are going to fly through the post (from the land of robin hood no less) and hopefully arrive before christmas. blob of paint for the red breast and a quick bit of machine stitching for added interest (still to be added to the bottom two... )

hungry hippos

2011-12-16T14:00:00.000-08:00

mousetrap and screwball scramble coming soon...

november facial hair

2011-11-23T13:55:00.001-08:00

it's nearly over, but i thought i'd try and get in the movember spirit.. only i can't grow one.. so here's baby me with a moustache instead. theres something hilarious about moustaches (moustachi?) and i sense they are going to feature quite heavily in my future doodles...

confetti in the air...

2011-11-11T08:54:00.001-08:00

so wedding’s are all the rage in my friendship circle. kind of hitch-hiked onto the wagon myself by designing invites for stef and kerry (which was mainly a graphic design job)…

... and have since been asked to do the same for the aforementioned lana and her bloke adam, who are having a picnic themed wedding.

they want brown paper/cream colours with typewriter/art deco fonts... so here’s some work in progress to show the latest front/reverse of their save date card, and a couple of earlier bits I’d offered up to get in more drawing and trial fonts…

ever felt like a disposable razor?

2011-11-06T10:43:00.001-08:00

i like how an object can hold meaning… smooth? sensitive? rough?used? throwaway?

enough said.

uk cod

2011-09-03T11:54:00.000-07:00

after attending a BNI breakfast get together, met a couple of people who were putting together a pitch for the UK council on Deafness website. they wanted to put forward both a traditional photographic based template, and an illustrative one, so asked me to produce a banner that visualised sound.

wanted to avoid being too clichéd and started trying to be all conceptual… but ended with an abstract landscape the incorporates different environments (city/residential/country etc..) within a sound wave shape. although obvious, i figured the overall shape has an immediate connotation and the necessary impact to hold the attention of prospective website users. i thought interlinking shapes and lines could relate to UKCoD's umbrella organisation status... and i've added in textures to hopefully suggest depth of sound whilst appealing to other senses such as sight and touch, which are heightened when hearing impaired.

we didn’t win the pitch, but i’m not seeing it as failure, considering we were up against an agency who specialise in websites for disabled people…

papergirl chesterfield

2011-08-30T12:19:00.001-07:00

submitted 5 pages cut from old sketchbooks last week to be used in the papergirl chesterfield project. the idea started in berlin, where pictures were rolled up and distributed by girls on bikes to anyone they passed.
random, but i approve.
the chesterfield version is promoting their green fair on september 24th so work will be rolled up within a poster. handing out takes place on september 17th so if you're out and about in chesterfield that day you might get a free picture from me of a giraffe playing chess...

2011-08-08T11:46:00.000-07:00

have been playing around with a banner for my friend lana’s blog because I liked the title.
would make a great band name...
her current image of old envelopes does a rather nice job too.

skbks...

2011-07-25T07:35:00.000-07:00

it’s been a busy few months hence the lack of posts in april, may or june (tut to self).

so, first overdue update…

randomly acquired a commission from mapperley rotary club, in which i was asked to produce a hand-bound comments book with an illustration of their international wheel logo in a nottingham lace draftsman drawing style on the cover.

was pretty pleased with the outcome, so i’ve since bound a load of little sketchbooks with other lace inspired drawings, printed onto squared paper in keeping with the style, with concertina pages that extend out like lace would from a machine. these are currently being sold here.

no snow or no sky norway

2011-03-01T12:35:00.000-08:00

was in norway this time last month which was like being in a fairytale. finally processed the endless inspiration... so here's a play landscape.

thought a flat dark colour for the night sky background would bring out the aurora, but this sucked the life out entirely so i opted for a texture... which then seemed pretty perfect for the snow, looking all crisp and angular yet smooth...

reckon the snow angel maker lowers the tone somewhat by destroying the serenity, but it reminds me of that satisfying crunch in fresh snow... so he stays.

sketchy dr sketchy

2011-02-24T07:42:00.000-08:00

A couple of scribbles from the Nottingham Dr Sketchy 'Ladies of Laughter' event... already looking forward to the next...

and yes that is a woman with a beard...

non baking equipment

2011-01-16T11:08:00.000-08:00

the first rough illustration in a series for creativesinc to be used on teatowels and kitchenware. each illustration will be a collection on a theme.. similar to the 'treasure' range of cards for pq2 - except pencil drawings... yay. so this one is kitchen stuff that's not baking related.. as opposed to one that will be..

o christmas tree

2010-12-27T09:52:00.000-08:00

seasonal doodles inspired by machine lace patterns

festive ideas

2010-12-09T10:47:00.001-08:00

went to a 'design in sustainability' workshop at future factory this morning, which has got my little brain ticking over all sorts of new ideas. just need to find some time to put these into action...

oh and i drew the christmassy jumper above for a couple of cards that may be winging their festive way around and about.

present ideas

2010-11-30T10:34:00.000-08:00

design for gift voucher with lace inspired border for debbie.
amount is going to be hand stamped onto card so each one is all special and individual...

furby doodle

2010-10-26T13:25:00.000-07:00

i finally invested in a graphics tablet last week... a furby was the obvious choice for my first drawing because;

the tablet smells like one. (identically electrical, fuzzy, warm and plastic-y)
i'm equally technologically advanced. (i.e. dated)
and i didn't think the drawing could look any worse than the reality??!

brilliant ‘bad’ drawing with stories can be found here

look who i found lingering...

2010-10-07T03:08:00.000-07:00

old biro sketch of ben that jumped out of an old sketchbook and bit me. not sure how i feel about this...

but the reason i was trawling old sketchbooks (if anyone wonders.. ) is because i'm thinking of submitting one to take part in an exhibition at the usher gallery in lincoln..

flyer for anna's oxjam event

2010-09-17T02:26:00.000-07:00

not certain about the colour scheme - feedback encouraged!

should be a good night - looking forward to seeing the leeds lot already :)

happy engagement

2010-08-23T09:25:00.001-07:00

congratulations to john and jess.

fingers mega crossed..

2010-07-22T14:03:00.000-07:00

off for an interview for an internship tomorrow..

butterfly

2010-07-13T12:31:00.001-07:00

here's a little butterfly drawing so that something is on this page to begin with...

new territory...

2010-07-12T07:11:00.000-07:00

updated news and creative bits and bobs to come...