Cover design: The Sugar Plum Fairy's Adventure
Showing posts with label adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adventure. Show all posts
Saturday, 3 December 2016
Saturday, 24 October 2015
Moonlit Adventure
Tuesday, 11 August 2015
Thursday, 25 June 2015
Second Step
This is not the end of the adventure...
Sam & the Adventure - the magical story of a young boy who goes in search of an adventure, will be available from Sept 2015 onwards via: ALISON DAY DESIGNS
The storybook will be available in softcover and hardcover versions, along with the colouring book and picture magnets.
The storybook will be available in softcover and hardcover versions, along with the colouring book and picture magnets.
Tuesday, 2 June 2015
Sam and the Adventure
Please support my Kickstarter campaign—Help me turn the story behind the mural into: Sam & the Adventure—the book! :
Hello everyone,
Some of you may be aware that for the last I year or so, I’ve been busily—writing, illustrating and designing a children’s story book entitled: Sam & the Adventure.
Sam & the Adventure is based on a mural that I painted many years ago for my then 2-year old son, Sam. This 88-page book, filled with 43 full colour illustrations is the story about a small boy, who sets off in a blue, ten carriage train, in search of an adventure and the story ends with a light-hearted twist.
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The Plan:
I have finally reached the point where my next step is publication. In order to be able to do this—printing costs and publishing in general being an expensive business—I have set up a Kickstarter campaign. This is where you come in...
How you can support me:
If you visit my Kickstarter campaign you will find a video outlining the whole project and a selection of rewards to pledge for. As you can see there is something to suit every budget.
By choosing one of the rewards, you’ll not only help me towards my goal, but for or a modest pledge you already have secured your very own, signed copy of Sam & the Adventure.
Please Share the campaign:
Another way to help me reach my goal is to share the Kickstarter campaign with family, friends and anyone else you think might be interested.
Also, if you don’t have children, or know of any you can delight with a copy of Sam & the Adventure, maybe there’s a school who’d be pleased to receive a copy or one of the packs!
Please share the Kickstarter campaign—via social media, email, word of mouth—every little action will help me get closer to my goal, being completely funded and ultimately enable me to publish the story.
The hashtag I will be using is: #SamandtheAdventure
Many thanks, Alison Day
Sunday, 10 May 2015
Fountain of Shame
The Fountain of Shame by Alison
Day
The Fontana Pretoria, or 'Fountain of Shame', as it is commonly known, can be found on the Piazza Pretoria in Palermo, Sicily.
The fountain was designed by Francesco Camilliani, a Tuscan sculptor of the Renaissance period. Originally commissioned for a private villa in Florence, it was eventually moved to Palermo. In its day, it was considered a risqué affair, due to its opulence. The balustraded staircases, nude statues of gods and goddesses striking a pose, animal heads, monsters and nymphs spouting water, led the Palermitans to name it: Fontana della Vergogna, or 'Fountain of Shame.
© Alison Day
Sunday, 3 May 2015
Weekend Wonder
After my recent visit to Sicily and an inspirational visit to an artist's studio-shop in the little town of Monreale, I decided to have a go at a mosaic technique I saw being used there.
© Alison Day
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Marble Marvellous
A peep into an annex of the Cattedrale Monreale, in Sicily, opened out into a curvaceous romp of Baroque figures, pillars and motifs—what a feast!
© Alison Day
Monday, 27 April 2015
Gotta Go
Sign on the door to the ladies in a restaurant in Monreale, Sicily.
—When you've gotta go...
by Alison
Day
© Alison Day
Sunday, 26 April 2015
Primavera Prosecco
Lunch on a balcony, in the little restaurant: Dietro L'Angolo. Overlooking the town of Monreale (Sicily), with its lemon groves and the hazy blue of the sea.
Glorious! — Sun, Prosecco aperitif, wine, fresh fish and olives.
by Alison
Day
© Alison Day
Friday, 24 April 2015
Tuesday, 21 April 2015
Spring Delight
Below our favourite coffee place: Spinnato, in Palermo, which dates back to 1860. A lovely place to sit for morning coffee, an aperitif or to while away an afternoon.
Alongside the news stand, with its giant yo-yo-like planters.
© Alison Day
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