Today I took a nice little trip to The Arts Picture House in Cambridge with my family, and after starting to feel a bit peckish and searching for a menu - I came across these little beauties illustrated by Melissa Castrillon.
A Great Find
What struck me about the illustrations for these menus is how simple they are in terms of colour (yet great colour choice!) and production, yet they are so charming and full of detail. The mark making and use of negative space is really cleaver and reminds me of some of Carson Ellis's work for the Wild Wood book series that I have also been researching a lot into recently.
Melissa Castrillon
Website: http://www.melissacastrillon.co.uk/
Researching into Melissa and her work was really interesting, especially finding out that she is from and studied her Illustration degree in my hometown of Cambridge. Checking out her website, there isn't a huge amount of work to go on - however all of it I love. Her sketchy detail, attention to this mark making and sensitive colour palette make her illustrations seem perfect for children's book illustration as well as her variety of media choice such as print and watercolour. Children's book illustration happens to be what she studied for her Masters and here are some of her other works:
